AMENDED & POSTED DECEMBER 12, 2023*
POSTED DECEMBER 12, 2023
REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 18, 2023
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND
The following items of business, having been filed with the Town Clerk under the Rules of the Council, will come before the Council at a regular meeting to be held on Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6:00 P.M. Executive Session, Immediately Following Executive Session – Town Business Update and 6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting at the Middletown Town Hall, 350 East Main Road, Middletown, Rhode Island. Said meeting will be conducted in person, by telephone conference call/ webinar, members of the public may access and listen to the meeting in real-time by calling 1-877-853-5257 (Toll Free) or 1-888-475-4499 (Toll Free) and entering Meeting ID: 828 6507 9629 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82865079629
If you choose to join the meeting by zoom or telephone, Council Rules allow for the Public to speak only during the Public Forum and Public Hearings. If calling in by telephone, pressing *9 raises your hand and pressing *6 will unmute.
The items listed on the Consent portion of the agenda are to be considered routine by the Town Council and will ordinarily be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Council, or a member of the public so requests and the Town Council President permits, in which event the item will be removed from Consent Agenda consideration and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. All items on this agenda, with the exception of the Public Forum Session, may be considered, discussed, and voted upon in executive session and/or open session.
Pursuant to RIGL §42-46-6(b). Notice – “Nothing contained herein shall prevent a public body, other than a school committee, from adding additional items to the agenda by majority vote of the members. Such additional items shall be for informational purposes only and may not be voted on except where necessary to address an unexpected occurrence that requires immediate action to protect the public or to refer the matter to an appropriate committee or to another body or official.”
Any person not a member of the Council, desiring to address the Council concerning a matter on the docket of the Council, not the subject of a Public Hearing, shall submit a written request to the Town Clerk stating the matter upon which he desires to speak. Persons are permitted to address the Council for a period not to exceed five (5) minutes.
The Middletown Town Council follows the codification of present-day general parliamentary law as articulated in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised 10th edition (2000), together with whatever rules of order the Council has adopted for its own governance. The motion to reconsider is one of the motions that can bring a question again before an assembly, and is designed to bring back for further consideration a motion which has already been voted on:
If, in the same session that a motion has been voted on, but no later than the same day or the next day on which a business meeting is held, new information or a changed situation makes it appear that a different result might reflect the true will of the assembly, a member who voted with the prevailing side can, by moving to Reconsider [RONR (10th ed.), p. 304-321] the vote,
propose that the question shall come before the assembly again as if it had not previously been considered. (From Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, Robert, Evans et al., De Capo Press, 2004)
1. Executive Session - Pursuant to provisions of RIGL, Sections 42-46-2, 42-46-4 and 42-46-5 (a), (2) Collective Bargaining (NEARI Teacher Aides*), and (2) Collective Bargaining (Council 94), - review, discussion and/or potential action and/or vote in executive session and/or open session.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION
2. The Town Administrator will provide an update on the School Building Project.
3. (Advertised for Public Hearing)
Application of the Estate of Dennis Crookes dba Woodhookers Sports Tavern, Carol Crookes, Executrix, 238 East Main Road to TRANSFER said Class BV Liquor License to Carol Crookes dba Woodhookers Sports Tavern for use at the same premises.
4. Pursuant to Rule 25 of the Rules of the Council, Citizens may address the town on one (1) subject only, said subject of substantive Town business, neither discussed during the regular meeting nor related to personnel or job performance. Citizens may speak for no longer than five (5) minutes and must submit a public participation form to the Council Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. All items discussed during this session will not be voted upon.
5. Approval of Minutes, re: Regular Meeting, November 20, 2023.
6. (Continued from the December 4, 2023, Regular Meeting).
Memorandum of MPC Director, through Town Administrator, re: MPC Committee Infrastructure. (Continued to January 2, 2024 at the request of the Administration)
7. (Public Hearing Advertised)
Public Hearing Remains Open.
An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code of the Town of Middletown, Title IV: Land Usage, Chapter 152 Zoning Code. (Planning Board recommendation on file)
8. Application of the Carol Crookes dba Woodhookers Sports Tavern, 238 East Main Road, for a Victualling House license for the 2023-2024 Licensing year. (NEW)
9. Memorandum of Finance Director, thru Town Administrator, re: Architectural Services for Town Hall.
10. Resolution of the Council, re: Architectural Services for Town Hall – Award of contract to DBVW Architects.
11. Memorandum of Finance Director, thru Town Administrator, re: Contract award – Investment Advisory Services for 401(a) and 457(b).
12. Resolution of the Council, re: Investment Advisory Services for 401(a) and 457(b) – Award of contract to Agilis Partners, LLC.
13. Memorandum of Finance Director, thru Town Administrator, re: Tyler Technologies Scope of Work.
14. Resolution of the Council, re: Approval to move to the negotiation phase with Tyler Technologies.
15. Memorandum of Town Administrator, re: Memorandum of Agreement with City of Newport for Joint Community Center.
16. Memorandum of Town Clerk, re: Appointment of Tree Warden – 2024.*
17. Communication of Elizabeth Morancy, re: Resignation from the Affordable Housing Committee.
Wendy J.W. Marshall, CMC
Town Clerk
This meeting location is accessible to the handicapped. Individuals requiring interpreter services for the hearing-impaired should notify the Town Clerk’s Office at 847-0009 not less than 48 hours before this meeting.
Posted on December 12, 2023, at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library Middletown Web Site and Secretary of State Web Site.