***POSTED AND AMENDED – OCTOBER 29, 2026
POSTED – OCTOBER 28, 2026
REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 2, 2026
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 2, 2026 at 6:00 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. 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: 835 6442 7347 or on the web at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83564427347; 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.
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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 (FOP) and (2) Litigation (Opioid Litigation), (2) Potential Litigation and (5) Land Acquisition (351 East Main Road).
2. The Town Administrator will provide an update on:
3. Communication of Justin Bernard, Associate Director, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: Middletown Public Schools – Recommendation to Award – Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E) for Middletown Middle High School.
4. Resolution of the Council, re: The Town Council approves the recommendation from the Project Team to award the furniture, fixtures, and equipment to the vendors and not to exceed amounts identified as follows:
| Type | Vendor | Description | Award Amount |
| Bid | WB Mason | Furniture and Miscellaneous Items | $2,026,407.00 |
| Bid | Red Thread | Furniture | $125,307.33 |
| Bid | Learning Interiors | Furniture | $73,430.44 |
| Bid | Hertz | Furniture and Miscellaneous Items | $41,675.95 |
| Bid | Hertz | Equipment | $303,244.03 |
| Bid | Lakeshore | Equipment | $7,969.42 |
| Bid | School Specialty | Equipment | $4,340.38 |
| MHEC | PSI | Media Shelving and Book Returns | $65,164.40 |
| MHEC | Fitness Smith | Weight Room | $82,983.90 |
| MHEC | Next Gen | Custodial | $92,990.00 |
| | | | |
| | Total | | $2,823,512.85 |
Funding for
5. Communication of Justin Bernard, Associate Director, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: Middletown Public School – Recommendation to Award – CDW APC Smart-UPS Equipment for Middletown Middle High School.
6. Resolution of the Council, re: The Town Council approves the recommendation from the project team and Colliers Project Leaders to award the purchase of uninterruptible power supply units for the construction of the Middle-High School project to CDW Government LLC of Chicago, IL in the amount not to exceed twenty thousand five hundred fifty-seven dollars and sixteen cents ($20,557.16), the funding for
7. Communication of Justin Bernard, Associate Director, Project Management Services, Colliers Project Leaders, re: Middletown Public School – Recommendation to Award – Rhode Island Telephone CloudWorx Hosted Telephone System for Middletown Middle High School.
8. Resolution of the Council, re: The Town Council approves the recommendation from the project team and Colliers Project Leaders to award the purchase of applicable hardware equipment for the construction of the Middle-High School project to Rhode Island Telephone of Warwick, RI in the amount not to exceed seventy-eight thousand one hundred eighty-seven dollars and zero cents ($78,187.00), the funding for
9. Memorandum of Finance Director thru Town Administrator, re: Library Renovation Project – Donations.
10. Resolution of the Council, re: The Town Council hereby accepts the donation from the Friends of the Middletown Public Library of $2,300 in support of the Library Renovation Project, that the funds be designated and applied in accordance with donor intent as follows: $250 designated for Community Gathering and Program Space, $1,000 designated for Study, Work and Private Spaces, $1,050 designated for any area, and the Finance Director is authorized hereby to allocate and expend said funds in accordance with all town purchasing policies and procedures.
11. Memorandum of Finance Director, thru Town Administrator, re: Contract Award: Middletown Public Library – Library Move.
12. Resolution of the Council, re: The contract for Middletown Public Library Move is hereby awarded to
| Service | Funding from: | Amount |
| Library Base Move | Bond Anticipation Note Proceeds, interest income, eligible private donations, and eligible grants and all expenses recorded in the Town’s Grant or Capital Project Fund | $43,550.00 |
| Friends of the Middletown Library Move | Donations | $3,282.00 |
And the Finance Director is authorized hereby to execute said
contract on behalf of the Town.
13. Memorandum of Finance Director, thru Town Administrator, re: Phone Deployment – Town and Library.
14. Resolution of the Council, re: That the one time purchase and installation of a cloud based telephone platform for all Town Departments for the amount not to exceed TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($29,234.00), and the recurring annual service charge of THIRTEEN THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS (13,032.00) is hereby awarded to Rhode Island Telephone of Warwick, Rhode Island, the funding for this purchase and installation will be funded as defined below:
| Hardware Purchase: | Amount |
| Library BAN Proceeds/Interest | $5,371 |
| CIP Special Revenue | $23,863 |
| Total | $29,234 |
| | |
| Annual (12 months) Recurring Charges: | Amount |
| General Operating Fund | $13,032 |
And the Finance Director is authorized hereby to execute said purchase on behalf of the Town.
14a.***Resolution of the Council, re: Supplemental Budget Transfer – Library Construction Project Financing - The Town Council hereby authorizes and appropriates the transfer of $100,000 from the PPV Special Revenue Fund to the General Fund, increasing the total Fiscal Year 2027 appropriation for these interest payments from $265,250 to $365,250.
15. Communication of Councilor Connerton, re: Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Final Report & Sunsetting of Committee.
16. Memorandum of George Krol, Chair, Middletown 250 Commission – Final Report.
17. 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.
18. Approval of Minutes, re: Regular Meeting, October 19, 2026.
19. An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code of the Town of Middletown, Title XV, Land Usage, is hereby amended by (1) amending Sections Section 152.01, Appendix A, Article 7, Section 728 entitled “Adaptive Reuse of Commercial Buildings”. (Planning Board Recommendation on file. Council action to forward to Advertise for a Future Public Hearing.)
20. Memorandum of Finance Director thru Town Administrator, re: Fire Department Surplus Equipment.
21. Resolution of the Council, re: Fire Department has declared fire equipment as surplus due to the age and condition of the equipment, and it has been removed from service, the equipment is identified as follows: One set of Jaws of Life hydraulic rescue equipment, removed from service in 2011, Older Scott self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) packs and associated air cylinders, donated to the Middletown Fire Department by the Navy Fire Department in 2015 and the surplus equipment be salvaged and donated by the Finance Director in accordance with Town Ordinance §33A.130 disposal of surplus or obsolete property.
Wendy J.W. Marshall, MMC
Town Clerk
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Posted on October 28, 2026 at Middletown Town Hall, Middletown Public Library and Secretary of State Web Site.