POSTED JULY 10, 2024
REGULAR MEETING JULY 15, 2024
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, July 15 2024, 5:30 P.M. Executive Session 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: 850 6105 8959 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85061058959
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) Potential Litigation, (2) Potential Litigation, (5) Land Acquisition, (5) Land Acquisition (5) Land Acquisition (West Main Road) - review, discussion and/or potential action and/or vote in executive session and/or open session.
2. The Town Administrator will provide an update on the School Building Project.
3. 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.
4. (Continued from the July 1, 2024, Regular Meeting)
Memorandum of Town Administrator, re: Affordable Housing Update – Presentation by Pennrose.
5. Memorandum of Finance Director thru Town Administrator, re: School Department-Surplus office desks and furniture.
6. Resolution of the Council, re: Approval of School Department-Surplus office desks and furniture.
7. Application for Special Event Permit from FabNewport for First Tee Rhode Island Chapter, Summer Beginner Youth Development Golf Camp at Linden Park on Wednesdays July 17th, 24th, 31st, August 7th and 14th, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ( Applicant respectfully requests all fees be waived)
8. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code of the Town of Middletown, Title III Administration, Chapter 36 “Fee Schedule ”, Sections (A) Clerk’s Department, (18) Mobile Food, (22) Short Term Rentals, (25) Tobacco License Fee, (B) Building Official, adding (8) Short Term Rentals, and (F) Police Department, (4) Public Safety Private Detail Billing Rates: Police Department.
9. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code Title III, Chapter 36, Entitled “Fee Schedule”, Section (F) Police Department, (1) Concealed Carry Permit, (5) Security Fingerprinting.
10. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code Title VII, Traffic Code, is hereby amended by (1) amending Sections Section 70.01, Definitions and Section 70.99, Penalties of Chapter 70, General Provisions, and Amending Sections 73.01 through 73.14 of Chapter 73, Bicycles – Rules of Operation.
11. Memorandum of Town Administrator, re: No Parking on Rosedale Terrace.
12. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (First Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code Title VII, Traffic Code, Chapter 74 Parking Code, Schedule I: Parking on Roadways is hereby amended by adding no parking on either side of Rosedale Avenue.
13. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (First Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code Title IX, General Regulations, Chapter 90, entitled “Animals” by amending Section 90.01, Hunting Restricted, Permit Required and that Title XIII, General Offenses, Chapter 130, General Offenses is amended by deleting Section 130.67, Discharge of Firearms Prohibited While Hunting on Sunday.
14. Memorandum of Town Planner, thru Town Administrator, re: 2024 RIIB Resilient Rhody Municipal Resilience Program (MRP) Action Grant and RIDEM Climate Resilience Fund (CRF) Grant.
15. Resolution of the Council, re: Authorizing the Planning Department to prepare and submit grant application(s) - 2024 RIIB Resilient Rhody Municipal Resilience Program (MRP) Action Grant and RIDEM Climate Resilience Fund (CRF) Grant, for the Green End Avenue and Berkeley Avenue Culvert Replacement project.
16. Appointment of two (2) members to the Personnel Review Board, one (1) vacancy, Democrat or Republican Representative, for a term expiring June 2027 and one (1) vacancy, Democrat or Republican Representative, for a term expiring June 2028.
17. Resolution of the Council, re: Tax Exploration Committee - Composition and Charge.
18. Appointment of four (4) members to the Tax Exploration Committee, terms to be determined.
19. Email communication of Pamela McLaughlin, re: Resignation from the Middletown Prevention Coalition.
20. Email communication of Kaitlin Kirwin, re: Resignation from the Affordable Housing Committee.
Wendy J.W. Marshall, MMC
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 July 10, 2024, at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library and Secretary of State Web Site.