POSTED – NOVEMBER 12, 2025
REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 17, 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 Monday, November 17, 2025, 5:30 P.M. Executive Session, Legislative Agenda Immediately Following 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. Virtual access will also be provided by telephone conference call/ webinar and 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: 872 3685 1197 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87236851197; however, virtual access is being provided only as a convenience and is not an official "location" where access to the meeting is guaranteed. Being physically present at the meeting is the only way to guarantee complete access to the meeting, as the meeting will not be paused or rescheduled if the virtual access fails.
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.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
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)
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30 P.M.
1. Executive Session - Pursuant to provisions of RIGL, Sections 42-46-2, 42-46-4 and 42-46-5 (a), (2) Collective Bargaining (Teamsters) and (5) Land Acquisition (West Main Road).
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
2. Town’s Legislative concerns to be addressed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly - with the Town’s General Assembly Delegation. (No Documentation)
REGULAR MEETING – 6:30 P.M.
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
3. Communication of Justin Bernard, Senior Project Manager, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: New Middletown Middle-High School- Gilbane Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal, Recommendation to Award for Tree Relocation.
4. Resolution of the Council, re: Approving the proposal from North-Eastern Tree Service, Inc., for the relocation of trees at the new Middletown Middle High School site funding from the School Improvement Bond Proceeds and all expenses recorded in the School Department’s Capital Projects Fund and the Town Administrator is authorized to execute the agreement of behalf of the Town.
5. Communication of Justin Bernard, Senior Project Manager, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: New Middletown Middle-High School- Gilbane Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal. (See attached memorandum.)
6. Resolution of the Council, re: Approving the construction manager at risk’s Guaranteed Maximum Price Contract for the Middletown Middle High School construction project with Gilbane Building Company, funding from the School Improvement Bond Proceeds and all expenses recorded in the School Department’s Capital Projects Fund and the Town Administrator is authorized to execute the agreement of behalf of the Town.
7. Communication of Justin Bernard, Senior Project Manager, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: Valley Elementary School (ES Complex)- Bently Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal, funding from the School Improvement Bond Proceeds and all expenses recorded in the School Department’s Capital Projects Fund and the Town Administrator is authorized to execute the agreement of behalf of the Town, as follows:
8. Resolution of the Council, re: Approving the construction manager at risk’s Guaranteed Maximum Price Contract for the Middletown Middle High School construction project with Bently Builders LLC.
PUBLIC FORUM
10. 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.
ACTING AS A BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSION
11. Application of Liyi Li and Lifeng Guo d/b/a Ching Tao Chinese Restaurant, 268 West Main Road to TRANSFER Class BV Liquor License to RJR, Inc. d/b/a Ching Tao Chinese Restaurant (2025-2026 Licensing year) for use at the same premises. (Requires Advertising for Public Hearing to be held on December 1, 2025)
CONSENT
12. Approval of Minutes, re: Regular Meeting, October 6, 2025.
13. License of Burial, re: Melanie Warren, Section 57, Graves 25.
14. Email Communication of Bryan Hoffman, re: Resignation from the Conservation Commission.
ORDINANCE
15. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (Second Reading)
An ordinance in amendment to the Town Code of the Town of Middletown Title XI, General Regulations, Chapter 90 Animals, 90.03 Disposition of Carcasses and Waste.
TOWN COUNCIL
16. Communication of Vice President Welch, Councilor Connerton and Council President Rodrigues, re: Street Fair in the Atlantic Beach District.
17. Memorandum of Councilor Turano, re: Newport Water Meeting.
18. Memorandum of Councilor Turano, re: Middletown 5 Year Budget Forecast Review- Workshop.
19. Memorandum of Councilor Turano, re: Coddington’s Holiday Hope Fundraiser.
20. Discussion of scheduling a workshop between Middletown Town Council and Newport City Council, re: Regionalization - The entire City Council is available on Monday, December 8, 2025, 5:30 p.m. The meeting would be held at the Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842.
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 November 12, 2025 at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library and Secretary of State Web Site.