PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024

7:00 PM

AMENDED AGENDA

**Denotes Added or Amended Item(s)

 

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

5:45 PM – ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

6:00 PM – FINANCE COMMITTEE

6:10 PM – CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE

6:25 PM – COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS

6:40 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – APPOINTMENT OF INEIDA ROCHA TO THE PRA

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

6:45 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

7:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF SCHOOL STREET, AND ALL OF NASSAU STREET, BISHOP STREET AND BERRY SPRING STREET.

 

DOCKET

 

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

 

The purpose of this meeting is for discussion and/or consideration of the following:

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED______________________PM

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET

 

 

ADJOURNED______________________PM

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED______________________PM

 

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF SCHOOL STREET, AND ALL OF NASSAU STREET, BISHOP STREET AND BERRY SPRING STREET

 

 

ADJOURNED______________________PM

 

 

 

RECONVENED__________________PM

 

 

1.          Previous Minutes of         5/22/2024              Committee of the Whole

                                                            Finance Committee

                                                            City Council

                                                            Finance Committee/Committee of the Whole

 

 

 

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

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

 

            A.     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 April 30, 2024)

           

            B.     Communication from the Honorable Neicy Coderre, 4th District Councilor, Marlena Martins Stachowiak, 6th District Councilor, and Yesenia Rubio, Councilor At Large, to William Keegan, Interim Human Resources Director (Pension Eligibility for Municipal Court Judges)

           

            C.     Communication from Tina Goncalves, Police Chief, to the Honorable Terrence E. Mercer, City Council President (Response to Councilor Gregor’s Comments Regarding the Pawtucket Police Department)

           

            D.     Communication from Mark Stankiewicz, Finance Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Audit Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023)

           

            E.      Annual Financial Report for the City of Pawtucket by Hague, Sahady & Co. P.C. Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023

           

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

Balbino Ramos by Progressive Subrogation – $10,374.51 (Police Cruiser)

Rachel Lapointe by Progressive Subrogation – $22,848.11 (Fire Vehicle)

           

 

            **G.      Communication from Judge Donna M. Nesselbush, to Council President Terrence E. Mercer. (Letters previously sent regarding Job Description)

           

 

            **H.      Communication from Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable K. Joseph Shekarchi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Honorable Dominick J. Ruggerio, President of Senate. (Thank for the FY25 Budget, As Amended)

           

 

3.     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 Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

Ineida Anderson Rocha

65 Woodbury Street

Pawtucket, RI 02861

Term expires September 12, 2026

(To fill the unexpired term of Moriah Garcia Nelson)

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

4.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment as a member of the Historic District Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

 

Thomas Perry

112 Walcott Street

Pawtucket, RI 02860

Term expires the 1^st Monday in February 2027

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.     THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING:

 

Window Agreement by and between the City of Pawtucket (the “City”) and Fraternal Order of Police Pawtucket Lodge No. 4 (the “FOP”) Regarding the Retirement of Police Officers

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.     THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING:

 

Beneficial Use Determination (BUD) Application on the Closure of the Grotto Ave Landfill

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.     RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $110,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 83.7% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

8.     THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF SCHOOL STREET, AND ALL OF NASSAU STREET, BISHOP STREET AND BERRY SPRING STREET

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

9.     Communication from Bianca M. Policastro, Director of Planning & Redevelopment, and Mark Goudreau, CD Program Manager, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Supporting Materials for the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for the use of funding from the CDBG, HOME and ESG Programs)

 

 

 

10.  RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDS UNDER THE 2024-2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

11.  CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE 2024-2025.

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

12.  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ORDINANCE 2025-2029.

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

13.  ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCE 2024-2025, AS AMENDED. 

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

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

 

Lisa Jones – $300.00 (Pothole)

 

Karen Tager – $760.01 (Pothole)

 

Juan F. Lopez – $2,089.59, $2,453.75 (Firetruck)

 

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.  

 

 

Posted: May 30, 2024

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