No.   1:   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

No.   2:   CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

No    4:   APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER

No.   5:   APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:

Consent Agenda items  are approved in one motion, unless removed by a Town Council Member.

A.   REYNOLDS CHARITABLE TRUST: REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL: 

 1. RECOMMENDATION; SINGLE INDIVIDUAL (AO) FINANCIAL  

     ASSISTANCE UP TO $2,900.00, AND $7,000.00 FOR WOOD RIVER

     HEALTH SERVICES (SERVICING EXETER IN A VARIETY OF AREAS)

             2. VOUCHER; WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC. $7,000.00 

B.     COMMUNICATIONS: See Appendix A attached hereto and incorporated herein. 

         Those removed by a Council Member will be addressed under Agenda Item No. 11

         for referral or placement on a future agenda.

C.     BILLS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND ABATEMENTS:

         1.   BILL SHEET:   August 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026

         2.   TAX ASSESSOR’S ABATEMENTS: 

               One Accounts: $1,754.73 Account # 12-0013-00

               (See Tax Assessor for details)

         3.   TAX COLLECTOR’S ABATEMENTS : None

         4.   TAX COLLECTOR’S REMITTANCES : None

No.   6:   VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS:

A.     VACANCIES:

 1.   PERSONNEL BOARD (5 MEMBERS NEEDED)

 2.   EXETER RURAL LAND PRESERVATION TRUST COMMITTEE

               MEMBERS (THREE NEEDED) (TO SERVE FOUR-YEAR TERM

               BEGINNING DATE OF APPOINTMENT)

         3.   BOARD OF TAX AND ASSESSMENT REVIEW ALTERNATE MEMBER

               (ONE NEEDED) (TO SERVE THREE-YEAR TERM BEGINNING DATE

               OF APPOINTMENT)         

         4.   PLANNING BOARD CLERK

         5.   TAX COLLECTOR CLERK

         6.   DEPUTY TREASURER

B.     RESIGNATIONS: 

         1.     TOWN CLERK, LYNN M. HAWKINS, CMC

C.     APPOINTMENTS: 

1.      INTERIM TOWN CLERK

2.      DEPUTY TOWN CLERK

D.     SWEARING IN:

         1.  INTERM TOWN CLERK

         2.  DEPUTY TOWN CLERK

E.     CLERICAL ASSISTANT POSITION: POST AND ADVERTISE

F.     EXPIRING TERMS: 

         1. LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER, DONALD HOLDER

         2. REYNOLDS CHARITABLE TRUST COMMITTEE MEMBER,

             CARL BOWEN

No.   7:   PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

A.     PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO EXETER CODE OF ORDINANCES:

         CHAPTER 42, TAXATION; ARTICLE V, VETERANS WITH SERVICE-

         CONNECTED TOTAL DISABILITY TAX EXEMPTION

No.   8:   PUBLIC COMMENT:

Comments are not limited to items on this agenda.   

However, items not on this agenda will only be heard and not acted upon by the                       Town Council, unless they are of an emergency nature.  (3-minute time limit per

person; 15-minute maximum time allowed for this agenda item).

Section 42-46-6 of the Open Meetings Act and the Town Council By-Laws

prohibit the Town Council from deliberating, debating, or acting on previously

unposted matters during the Public Comment section of the agenda.

State law prohibits the Town Council from acting or voting upon any such

matter, except under emergency circumstances.  The Town Council may only,

if warranted, refer such matters to an appropriate committee, to another body

or official, or post the matter for consideration at a properly noticed, future meeting.

Accordingly, because the Council is obliged not to respond, the immediate silence of

the Town Council Members relative to any matter raised by a speaker during Public

Comment may not be construed as any endorsement, confirmation, acquiescence in,

support of, or the taking of any position concerning, a matter raised by a member of

the public under Public Comment.

Public participants under Public Comment are also reminded that they must adhere

to the dictates of Sections 115.B, 117 (Manner of Address), 119 (Decorum), and 120

(Enforcement) of the Council By-Laws in addressing the Council during a public

meeting under Public Comment.

No.   9:   NEW BUSINESS:

A.     TOWN PROPERTY AND FACILITIES: PUBLIC USE

B.     RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MUNICIPALITIES COLLABORATING

         IN REVIEWING, ANALYZING, AND RESPONDING TO THE 2025

         AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAWS

C.     RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTANCE: RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT

         OF TRANSPORTATION 2026 SCENIC HIGHWAYS GUIDEBOOK

D.     ZONING INSPECTOR: REQUEST FOR DAMAGE COSTS TO PERSONAL

         VEHICLE

E.      SEPTEMBER COMMUNICATION NO. 1:  AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES

          UNION: REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY PARTICULAR

          SIGNS WERE DISPLAYED AT THE JULY 8^TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

F.      RHODE ISLAND ENERGY: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL:

          1.   PETITION OF NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC FOR POLE LOCATION:

                MAIL ROAD: INSTALLATION OF ONE NEW STUB POLE AND ANCHOR

                TO GUY A NEW SERVICE

           2.  PETITION OF NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL

                POLE LOCATION: MAIL ROAD: INSTALLATION OF ONE NEW MID-

               SPAN POLE TO ACCOMMODATE PRIMARY WIRE EXTENSION FOR A

               NEW SERVICE

G.      SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES

          (SOP): DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION

H.     AMENDMENT TO CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 2, PROCEDURES FOR

         THE QUALIFICATION-BASED SELECTION OF ENGINEERING SERVICES   

         FROM THE TOWN’S PREQUALIFIED ENGINEERING SERVICES LIST:

         DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING  

I.        RURAL HEALTH GRANT APPLICATION : UPDATE

J.       DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: REQUEST TO GO OUT TO BID:

          “WINTER RENTAL” A 16 TON-WHEEL LOADER WITH A 3+ YARD 

          DETACHABLE BUCKET AND SNOWBLOWER ATTACHMENT

No.   10:   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

A.     REQUEST OF BEN HARDING: USE OF REYNOLDS FIELD FOR

         GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE

B.     FUTURE TOWN HALL, 742 TEN ROD ROAD: STATUS

C.     NEW ROAD AND TEN ROD ROAD INTERSECTION: 

         TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES: SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

No.   11:    COMMUNICATIONS:

Consideration of those removed from Appendix A attached hereto and incorporated herein (see Agenda Item No. 5, Consent Agenda) for

No.   12:    EXECUTIVE SESSION: 

A.     RIGL 42-46-5(a)(1): JOB PERFORMANCE: 

         1.     DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

B.     RIGL 42-46-5(a)(2): LITIGATION:

         1.     STATE v. ASA DAVIS (41-2026-00803)

         2.     ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER: 

                 SUPERIOR COURT OF RHODE ISLAND:

                 a.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2019-0533)

                 b.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2020-0226)

                 c.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2020-0515)

                 d.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2023-0139)

                 e.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0136)

                 f.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0466)

                 g.  ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0562)

                 h.  ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0638)

                 i.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2025-0419)

                 SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND:

                 a.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (SU-2024-0087-MP)

                 b.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (SU-2024-0010-MP)

No.   13:    ADJOURNMENT