POSTED – OCTOBER 15, 2025
REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 20, 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, October 20, 2025, 5:00 P.M. Executive Session, 6:00 P.M. Promotional Ceremony 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: 870 4478 3496 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87044783496; 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.
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 (West Main Road), (1) Personnel (Town Administrator), (2) Work session related to collective bargaining, (2) Discussion of Potential Litigation / Legal Strategy - review of statutory obligations, risks, and potential disputes arising from regionalization and legal advice regarding these issues and (5) Collective Discussion of Real Estate and Asset Transfers - potential impacts on ownership/transfer of school facilities and property and discussion and/or potential action and/or vote in executive session and/or open session.
2. Memorandum of Police Chief, re: Request for Promotional and Swearing In Ceremony.
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. Application for Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. dba Dollar Tree, 880 West Main Road, for RENEWAL of a Holiday Sales License for the 2025-2026 licensing year.
5. License of Burial, re: John J. Murphy, Section 59, Graves 260, 261, 262 & 263.
6. License of Burial, re: Alan Kirby and Elaine Kirby, Section 56, Graves 40 & 41.
7. Notice from the Town of Middletown Planning Board – Public Hearing Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM at Middletown Town Hall, Council Chambers, 350 East Main Road for Newport National Real Estate LLC for a waiver from design standards section 521.2 C of the Middletown Rules and Regulations Regarding the Subdivision and Development of Land for the proposed construction of a golf cart storage structure, including proposed use of exterior building materials not meeting design requirements. Property located at 425 Mitchell’s Lane, Assessor’s Plat 124 Lot 29.
8. Memorandum of Councillor Turano, re: Middletown 5 Year Budget Forecast Review. (Presentation at the November 3, 2025, Regular Meeting)
9. Application for Special Event Permit from Newport Boxfix for Fall Fury, Charity Boxing Event, to be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at St. Georges School, Van Buren Gymnasium, 372 Purgatory Road.
10. Application for Special Event Permit from Gray Matter Marketing for the Aquidneck 10K, 10K around the area starting and ending at Second Beach to be held on Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 6:00 am to 12:30 pm. (Start time of 10K 9:00 am).
11. Application for Special Event Permit from Blue Horizon Racing, LLC for Second Beach Sprint Triathlon, Sprint-Distance Triathlon, to be held on Saturday, September 12, 2026, 7:00 am start from Main parking lot at Sachuest Beach (Second Beach and on Town Roadways).
12. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (First 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.
13. An Ordinance of the Town of Middletown (First Reading)
An ordinance in amendment to the Town Code Title III, Chapter 34, Taxes, Section 34.70 entitled “Tax Classification System”.
14. 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 XV Land Usage, Chapter 152, Zoning Code, Section 602 regarding Multifamily dwelling structure (3-6 dwelling units per lot) and Multifamily dwelling project including condominiums.
15. 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 XV Land Usage, Chapter 152, Zoning Code, Section 603 regarding dimensional requirements for two-family dwelling, multi-family dwelling structure, and multifamily dwelling project, and Section 1504 regarding allowable density for multifamily dwelling structure and multifamily dwelling project.
16. Memorandum of Terri Flynn and Wendy Riel, re: Proposed library/office/storage space: Location and retrofit funding.
17. (Continued from October 6, 2025 Regular Meeting)
Approval of Minutes, re: Regular Meeting, September 15, 2025.
18. Communication of Council President Rodrigues, re: Request for update on the effort to manage the coyote population.
19. At the request of Council President Rodrigues discussion and consideration of the Resolution of the City of Newport, re: Regionalization – Resolution No. 2025-146.
20. Resolution of the Council, re: Annual support of the Community Learning Center Project Director of the Florence Gray Center of $50,000 for each of FY2026 through FY2031 be approved and funded from the additional 1% local hotel tax.
21. Memorandum of Finance Director thru Town Administrator, re; MIDD-026-004 Pavilion Deck Expansion at Second Beach.
22. Resolution of the Council, re: Award of contract for PAVILION DECK EXPANSION AT SECOND BEACH to E.W. BURMAN INC; funding for the pavilion deck expansion at Second Beach will be from the Parks and Recreation Fund-Capital Replenishment Restricted Fund Balance and the Finance Director is authorized to execute agreements on behalf of the Town.
23. Appointment of three (3) members to for the Beach Commission, terms expiring November 2027.
24. Appointment of one (1) member to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee term expiring March 2028.
25. Appointment of one (1) member to the Board of Canvassers, Bi-Partisan Board, Democrat or Republican representative, alternate member, to complete a term expiring March 2029.
26. Appointment of one (1) member to the Conservation Commission term expiring July 2027.
27. Appointment of three (3) members to the Library Board of Trustees, terms expiring September 2028.
28. Appointment of (3) three members to the Middletown Prevention Coalition: one (1) member (parent sector) to complete a term expiring April 2026 and two (2) members (student sector) terms expiring April 2027.
29. Appointment of one (1) member, term expiring November 2027 and three (3) members, terms expiring November 2028 to the Open Space and Fields Committee.
30. Appointment of two (2) members to the Outreach Committee, indefinite terms.
31. Appointment of one (1) member to the Personnel Board, term expiring December 2028.
Wendy J.W. Marshall, MMC
Town Clerk
Posted on October 15, 2025 at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library and Secretary of State Web Site.