PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

137 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET, RI

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024

7:00 PM

 

 

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

5:50 PM – FINANCE COMMITTEE

6:00 PM – JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE/PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

6:20 PM – COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS

6:40 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – APPOINTMENTS OF JUAN PABLO BARRERA AND STEVENT CLETO GARCIA TO THE JUVENILE HEARING BOARD

6:45 PM – PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD – Must Sign-in at City Hall or Join via Zoom by 6:35 p.m.

6:45 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

7:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

 

 

DOCKET

 

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

1.     Previous Minutes of      1/24/2024                    City Property Committee

                                                                           City Council

                                  

2.     *CONSENT AGENDA (*Denotes all items on the Consent Agenda)

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

 

            A.     Resolution from the Town of Hopkinton in Support of Full Funding of Categorical Transportation Aid as Outlined in RIGL §16-7.2-6

           

            B.     Communication from Jeannine S. Bourski, Deputy Finance Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Statement of Estimated, Realized and Unrealized Revenues for the fiscal period July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023)

  

            C.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (New Director of Administration and Chief of Staff Introductions)

  

            D.     Communication from the Honorable Mark J. Wildenhain, Chair of the Finance Committee, to the Honorable Terrence E. Mercer, Council President.  (Chief of Staff Position)

  

            E.      Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Reappointment of Members to the Mayor’s Community Board)

  

            F.      Communication from Camerin Bennett, Assistant Planning Director, to Peter Microulis, Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church (Demolition of the Read Ott House)

  

            G.     Communication from Susan L. Reed, Library Director, to Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk (Lease Renewal for Library Parking) TO BE REFERRED TO THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE

           

            H.     THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS:

Stephen Hamilton, Fair Value Rentals, LLC – $1,870.00 (Sewer Line Collapse)

John F. Allison – $436.00, $669.58 (Pothole)

Angelina Chea – $212.30 (Pothole)

Betty Ann Christiansen – $319.32 (Pothole)

Euclides & Heather Depina – $172.79 (Pothole)

Mary Amaral – $489.87 (Exposed waterpipe)

           

            I.       THE FOLLOWING CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY TO BE REFERRED TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND RI INTERLOCAL TRUST:

Brian Dippolito & Nick Sousa – $3,371.91, $3,456.36 (Firetruck)

           

 

3.     Communication from Christopher Montalto, RI Energy, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, requesting approval to relocate a joint pole on Moshassuck St. TO BE APPROVED PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

 

 

4.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment as a member of the Juvenile Hearing Board, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

 

JUVENILE HEARING BOARD

 

Juan Pablo Barrera, 44 Burgess Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02861

Term Expires the 1^st Monday in December 2025

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

  AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment as a member of the Juvenile Hearing Board, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

JUVENILE HEARING BOARD

 

Stevent Cleto Garcia, 8 Armistice Blvd., Apt. 3L, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Term Expires the 1^st Monday in December 2025

 

ROLL CALL  FOR CONFIRMATION

 

 AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.     THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ENTER INTO AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH 460 SMITHFIELD AVENUE LLC, TO MAINTAIN A RAMP ON THE CITY’S SIDEWALK ON OAKDALE AVENUE, LEADING INTO A SIDE ENTRANCE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 458 SMITHFIELD AVENUE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.     THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS RETURNS THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY:

 

Alison Frigon – $599.65 (Railroad)

 

Joan Tremblay – $200.00 (Railroad)

 

Heather Fontaine – $300.00 (Pothole)

 

Marie Lombardi – $1,015.44 (Pothole)

 

Zemanual Gomes – $1,295.53, $1,604.96 (Vehicle)

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.  

 

 

Posted:  February 1, 2024

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