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PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

PAWTUCKET MUNICIPAL ANNEX, 100 FREIGHT STREET

2nd FLOOR – TEMPORARY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2025

7:00 PM

AMENDED DOCKET

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

5:45 PM – FINANCE COMMITTEE

6:05 PM – COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS

6:15 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – DR. ROBERT BILLINGTON, FOUNDER OF BLACKSTONE VALLEY TOURISM COUNCIL

6:15 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – INTRODUCTION OF NICK RADESCA, FINANCE DIRECTOR Video

                  INTRODUCTION OF JENNIFER ALMEIDA, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Video

6:15 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – APPOINTMENT OF MARK MCLAUGHLIN TO THE PRA Video

6:30 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – JK EQUITIES UPDATE Video

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

6:45 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS Video

7:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

     

DOCKET

 

CONVENED__________________PM Video

 

 

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

 

1.      Previous Minutes of          07/23/2025            City Council Video

 

 

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

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

A.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Christopher Durand, Chief Executive Officer, RIPTA.  (Maintain Full Service on RIPTA Route 71) Video

           

B.     Communication from Tina Goncalves, Chief of Police, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council. (Speed Camera Zone Times) Video

           

C.     Communication from Jason Pezzullo, Commerce Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Appointment of Jennifer Kilsey, as the Planning/Commerce representative on the Arts Panel Review Committee)

           

D.    Communication from Carl J. Johnson, Director, Zoning & Code Enforcement, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Zoning Volunteer Task Force Update July 2025)

           

E.     Communication from Ashley Tashian, Tax Collector/Assistant Treasurer, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Write-Offs by the Collections Department for 2014 Taxes) Video

 

F.      Communication from the Honorable Clovis C. Gregor, 5th District City Councilor, to the Honorable Terrence E. Mercer, City Council President (JK Equities/Blackstone Distribution Center Tax Stabilization Agreement) Video

 

G.    Communication from Carl J. Johnson, Director, Zoning & Code Enforcement, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Response – Building Permit Status for 1 Moshassuck Street)

           

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

Myrna George – $208.98 (Tire)

           

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

Marco Tulio Banegas Flores - $4,500 (Property Damage)

Steven Cabral, by Geico Insurance - $10,638.19 (Vehicle Accident)

Susan Henderson, by Inman & Tourgee, Attorneys at Law- $100,000 (Trip and Fall)

 

J.       Communication from Kelley Morris Salvatore, Esq., Attorney for JK Equities, LLC, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council Video (Update to the Development of 1 Moshassuck Street)

 

 

 

2.      Communication from His Honor, Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment to the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency, FOR CONFIRMATION: Video

PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

Mark T. McLaughlin, 110 Gates Street, Pawtucket, RI 02861

Term Expires September 11, 2030

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

3.       APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE ARTS PANEL REVIEW COMMITTEE.  Term Expires June 1, 2028. Video 

 

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4.      REAPPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO THE ARTS PANEL REVIEW COMMITTEE, FOR CONFIRMATION: Video

 

Tammie Worthington-Witczak, 145 Sheffield Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Term Expires June 1, 2028.

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES______   NOES_____

 

 

5.      Communication from Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment by Council President Mercer as a member of the Riverfront Commission, pending confirmation by Mayor Donald R. Grebien Video

 

RIVERFRONT COMMISSION

 

John J. Barry, III, 118 Division Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Term Expires 1st Monday in June, 2028

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.      Communication from Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment by Council President Mercer as a member of the Riverfront Commission, pending confirmation by Mayor Donald R. Grebien Video

 

RIVERFRONT COMMISSION

 

Miriam Plitt, 44 Cooke Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Term Expires 1st Monday in June, 2028

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.      RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DR. ROBERT BILLINGTON ON HIS RETIREMENT AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY TOURISM COUNCIL.  -- TO BE POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE Video

 

 

 

8.      RESOLUTION URGING RIPTA TO RETAIN ROUTE 71 IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET THAT SERVICES THE PAWTUCKET – CENTRAL FALLS COMMUTER RAIL STATION. Video

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

9.      RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING AUGUST 18, 2025 TO BE “MACKINAC REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025” Video

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

10.  THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING: Video

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTERS 26 AND 40, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, REGARDING MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY SURCHARGE FUND.

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

11.  THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS RETURNS THE FOLLOWING CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY: Video

 

Shandra Ferreira – $268.81 (Tire)

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M. Video 

 

 

Posted: July 31, 2025                                               1                                  Amended Docket Posted August 4, 2025                                                                                               

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