PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

7:00 PM

 

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

6:15 PM – FINANCE COMMITTEE

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

6:45 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

7:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

           

DOCKET

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

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

 

1.      Previous Minutes of                      05/12/2025      Budget Workshop Session FY 2026

                                          06/04/2025      Committee on Claims and Pending Suits

                                                                  Joint Committee on Claims and Pending Suits/Committee of the Whole

                                                                  City Council

 

 

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

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

 

A.    Resolutions from the Town of Hopkinton, Town of Exeter, and the Burrillville Town Council in Opposition to Senate Bill S-0909 and House Bill H-6273 Relating to the Access to Public Records Act (APRA)

 

B.     Resolution from the Town of Smithfield in Opposition to House Bill H-5436 and Senate Bill S-359 Regarding Registration of Firearms

 

C.     Communication from Jill Olson-Crowley, MPA, Clerk, Pawtucket School Committee, to Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk (Bi-Monthly Baldwin Elementary School Construction Report)

 

D.    Communication from Jill Olson-Crowley, MPA, Clerk, Pawtucket School Committee, to Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk (Bi-Monthly New High School Construction Report)

 

E.     Communication from Jordan Karlik, Blackstone Distribution Center, LLC, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (1 Moshassuck St. Q1 2025 Construction Update) WAS POSTPONED AT THE APRIL 23, 2025, MAY 7, 2025, AND JUNE 4, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

 

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

                                                                                      i.      Ronald Baccala, Jr. – $900.00 (Pothole)

 

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

                                                                                      i.      Peter Perruzzi – No specified amount (Pothole/Manhole)

H.    **Communication from Judge Cristine L. McBurney, Probate Court, to the Honorable Terrence E. Mercer, City Council President (Security for Probate Court)

 

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 Juvenile Hearing Board, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

JUVENILE HEARING BOARD

 

Kinnan Dowie, 1112 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in December, 2027.

To fill the unexpired term of Kevin Whalen

 

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 Public Arts Fund Committee FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

PUBLIC ARTS FUND COMMITTEE

 

Mimo Gordon Riley, 75 Montgomery St, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Term expires 1st Monday in June 2027.

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.      Communication from Jason Pezzullo, Commerce Director, and Mark Goudreau, CD Program Manager, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Supporting Materials for the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for the use of funding from the CDBG, HOME and ESG Programs)

 

Activity Applications

Home Applications

Public Service Applications

 

 

6.      RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDS UNDER THE 2025-2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.      RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET ADOPTING A VISION ZERO (SAFE STREETS 4 ALL) POLICY

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

 

8.      THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTERS 108, 112, 193, 251, 260 AND 302 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, REGARDING VARIOUS LICENSE FEES

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

9.      THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 202 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “FEES” (VARIOUS FEES CHARGED BY THE ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS)

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.  

 

Posted: June 18, 2025

**Agenda Amended June 23, 2025

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