POSTPONED TO JANUARY 27, 2025
POSTED JANUARY 15, 2025
REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 21, 2025
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 Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 5:30 P.M. Executive Session, 6:00 P.M. - Pre-Budget Consultation 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: 889 0757 0710 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88907570710
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.
RECONSIDERATION
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), (5) Land Acquisition - review, discussion and/or potential action and/or vote in executive session and/or open session.
6:00 P.M. SCHOOL COMMITTEE - PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION
2. Pursuant to - “§ 16-2-21 Pre-budget consultation – Annual reports – Appropriation requests – Budgets. – (a) At least sixty (60) days but not more than ninety (90) days prior to the formal submission of the school budget to the appropriate city or town officials by the school committee, there shall be a joint pre-budget meeting between the school committee and the city or town council(s). At or before this meeting:”
(1) “The highest elected official of the city or town shall submit to the school committee an estimate, prepared in a manner approved by the department of administration, of projected revenues for the next fiscal year. In the case of the property tax, the projections shall include only changes in the property tax base, not property tax rates; “
(2) “The school committee shall submit to the city or town council a statement for the next ensuing fiscal year of anticipated total expenditures, projected enrollments with resultant staff and facility requirements, and any necessary or mandated changes in school programs or operations”.
3. Communication of Paul M. Rodrigues, Middletown Town Council President, re: Information in accordance with RIGL 16-2-21.
4. Receipt of Revenue Manual.
5. Presentation – Pre-budget Consultation – FY 2026 – Town/School Revenue Conference.
6. Memorandum of Greg Huet, School Committee Chair, re: Pre-Budget Consultation FY2025-26.
7. Presentation – Middletown Public Schools Revenue Conference.
TOWN BUSINESS UPDATE
8. The Town Administrator will provide an update on:
a. School Building Project
b. Library Building Project
9. (Advertised for Public Hearing)
Application of Island Management, Inc. dba Flo’s Clam Shack, 4 Aquidneck Avenue to TRANSFER Class BV Liquor License to Four Aquidneck Opco, LLC dba Flo’s Clam Shack (2024-2025 Licensing year) for use at the same premises.
10. (Advertised for Public Hearing)
Application of D & H, Inc. dba Coddington Brewing Co. holder of a Class BM Alcoholic Beverage License for premises located at 210 Coddington Highway, to TRANSFER 100% of stock in said corporation.
11. Application of East Main Road Restaurant 88, Inc. dba Mindy’s Galley, 72 East Main Road for a Class BV Alcoholic Beverage License for the (2024-2025 Licensing year) for use at the same premises. (New; Council action to advertise for public hearing and notification to the abutters.)
12. 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.
13. Petition of David P. Martland, filed on behalf of Knight Capital, LLC, for an Amendment to the Town’s Zoning Ordinance, Plat 113, Lot 115F to allow for warehousing in the Office Business District. (Council action to forward to the Planning Board for review and recommendation).
14. Memorandum of Town Administrator, re: Adding Ordinance to Regulate Temporary Storage Units on Residential Property. (Planning Board recommendation on file; Memorandum of Town Administrator regarding Planning Board Recommendation on file; Council action to advertise for a future public hearing.)
15. Communication of Tax Assessor dated January 13, 2025, re: Cancellation of Taxes for certain Middletown Residents.
16. Resolution of the Council, re: Cancellation of Taxes for certain Middletown Residents.
17. Public Hearing Advertised.
Public Hearing Remains Open.
An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code Title XV, Chapter 152, Entitled “Zoning Code”, § 602. Schedule of District Regulations and § 902(A) (g) Recreational. (Planning Board recommendation is on file)
18. Application of Four Aquidneck Opco, LLC dba Flo’s Clam Shack, 4 Aquidneck Avenue for a Victualling House License for the 2024-2025 licensing year. (NEW)
19. Application of Four Aquidneck Opco, LLC dba Flo’s Clam Shack, 4 Aquidneck Avenue for an Amusement License for the 2024-2025 licensing year. (NEW)
20. Application of Umami Buffet, LLC dba Umami Buffet, 872 West Main Road for a Victualling House License for the 2024-2025 licensing year. (NEW)
21. Communication of St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, re: Request for support by placing an ad in the Parade Bulletin or donating to the parade committee.
22. Memorandum of Police Chief, re: Bliss Mine Road – Response for speed humps.
23. (Continued from the January 6, 2025, Regular Meeting)
Memorandum of Councilor Turano, re: Discussion of topics.
24. Memorandum of Town Clerk, re: Appointments requested by the Middletown Local 250th Commission.
25. Appointment of one (1) member to the Affordable Housing Committee for an indefinite term.
26. Appointment of two (2) members to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for terms expiring March 2028.
27. Appointment of one (1) member to the Board of Canvassers for a term expiring March 2030.
28. Appointment of one (1) member to the Economic Development Advisory Committee to complete a term expiring January 2026.
29. Appointment of one (1) member to the Library Board of Trustees to complete a term expiring September 2027.
30. Appointment of one (1) member to the Middletown Prevention Coalition, Civic volunteer organization sector, for a term expiring April 2027.
31. Appointment of one (1) member to the Pension Trust Fund Committee for a term expiring February 2028.
32. Appointment of three (3) members to the Planning Board for terms expiring February 2028. (The Council may waive the requirement for reappointments to the interviewed; all new applicants shall be interviewed prior to appointment.)
33. Appointment of one (1) member to the Roads and Utilities Advisory Committee, professional member, to complete a term expiring January 2027.
34. Appointment of three (3) members to the Senior Citizens Board of Directors for terms expiring January 2028.
35. Appointment of one (1) member to the Tree Commission for a term expiring January 2028.
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 January 15, 2025, at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library Middletown Web Site and Secretary of State Web Site.