PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

100 FREIGHT STREET BUILDING

2^nd FLOOR – TEMPORARY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

ENTER PARKING LOT AT 75 SABIN STREET, PAWTUCKET, RI

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025

7:00 PM

 

 

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

6:40 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT E. BENSON TO THE WATER SUPPLY BOARD 

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

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON 2024 PAWTUCKET – CENTRAL FALLS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET

               – FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE – IMMEDIATELY

                  FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET

                 

DOCKET

 

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

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

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED______________________PM

 

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2024 PAWTUCKET – CENTRAL FALLS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

 

ADJOURNED______________________PM

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED______________________PM

 

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET

 

ADJOURNED______________________PM

 

 

RECESS___________________________PM

 

JOINT MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

 

RECONVENED__________________PM

 

 

1.      Previous Minutes of  05/07/2025  Finance Committee

                                                            Committee on Claims and Pending Suits

                                                            City Council

 

 

 

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

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

 

A.    Resolution from the Town of New Shoreham Opposing A Statewide Non-Owner-Occupied Property Tax

 

B.     Resolutions from the Town of Exeter, Town of Warren and the Town of Hopkinton Regarding Funding of Student Transportation

 

C.     Resolution from the Town of Barrington In Support of Senate Bill S-57 & House Bill H-5393 Regarding Maintenance of Sidewalks 

 

D.    Resolution from the Town of Barrington in Support of the 2025 Composting & Organic Waste Diversion Act (H-5195/S0104)

 

E.     Proclamation from the Town of Barrington Declaring the Week of May 18, 2025 to May 24, 2025 as “National Public Works Week”

 

F.      Resolution from the Hopkinton Town Council Opposing Specific Land Use Legislation Proposed in the Rhode Island General Assembly 

 

G.    Resolution from the Town of Hopkinton Opposing Senate Bill S-0851 Relating to State Affairs & Government-Tourism & Development

 

H.    Resolution from the Town of Hopkinton in Support of House Bill H-5201 – Relating to Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act as Outlined in RIGL §16-7.2-6

 

I.        Resolution from the Town of Hopkinton Opposing House Bill H-5887, Legislation Relating to Holidays and Days of Special Observance – Victory Day

 

J.       Resolution from the Town of Warren Requesting an Amendment to RIGL Title 39, Chapter 2 Regarding the Duties of Public Utilities

 

K.    Communication from Jeannine S. Bourski, Acting Finance Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Statement of Estimated, Realized and Unrealized Revenues for the fiscal period July 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025)

 

L.     Communication from Jeannine S. Bourski, Acting Finance Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Statement of Estimated, Realized and Unrealized Revenues for the fiscal period July 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025)

 

M.   Communication from Denise Panichas, Executive Director, Samaritans of Rhode Island to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Municipal Donation)

 

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

 

a.       Denise Woodard/Safeco Insurance Company of America by Wilber Co. – $2,338.80 (Police Collision)

 

 

 

3.      THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCE 2025-2026

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

4.      THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE 2025-2026

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.      RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2024 PAWTUCKET – CENTRAL FALLS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.      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 Water Supply Board, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

PAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD

 

Robert E. Benson, 35 Lloyd Phillips Ct., Pawtucket, RI 02861.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in January 2029.

To Fill the unexpired term of Thomas E. Hodge

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

 AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.      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

 

Jason C. Bacon, P. E., 143 Parkside Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02861

Term expires the 1^st Monday in February 2028

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

 AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

8.      RESOLUTION CHANGING THE DATE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025, TO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025, TO COMPLETE THE BUDGET PROCESS IN A TIMELY MANNER

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

9.      RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY TO BE LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

10.  RESOLUTION WELCOMING MAYOR GUSTAVO PÉREZ GIRALDO AND SENIOR ADVISOR MARLON CONTRERAS FROM OUR SISTER CITY, ARJONA, COLOMBIA, TO THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

11.  AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SCHEDULE OF PAY RATES FOR LOCAL 1012 IN §88-12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996.  (CORRECTION SCHEDULE OF PAY RATES)

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

12.  AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SCHEDULE OF PAY RATES FOR LOCAL 1012 IN §88-12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996 (RECLASSIFICATION – ACCOUNTANT II) SUBSTITUTE A

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

13.  AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SCHEDULE OF PAY RATES FOR LOCAL 3960 IN §88-12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996 (RECLASSIFICATION – Senior Appraisal Technician/Tangible Property Specialist)

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.