PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

PAWTUCKET MUNICIPAL ANNEX, 100 FREIGHT STREET

2^nd FLOOR – TEMPORARY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

ENTER PARKING LOT AT 75 SABIN STREET

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026

 

A regular session of the Pawtucket City Council was held on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:32 p.m., in the Temporary City Council Chambers, 2^nd Floor, 100 Freight St., Pawtucket, RI.

 

Present – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moran, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak and Wildenhain.

 

Absent – 0.

 

President Mercer presided.

 

1.      The reading of the records of the June 24, 2026 City Property Committee meeting, Finance Committee meeting, Joint Finance Committee and Committee of the Whole meeting and City Council meeting was dispensed with and the records were APPROVED as prepared by the Clerk.

 

2.      Upon motion made by Councilor Araujo, seconded by Councilor Moreno, the *Consent Agenda was APPROVED on a unanimous voice vote:

 

*THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE READ AND ORDERED FILED

           

2. 061 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, 2025, through April 30, 2026)

 

3. 061 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, 2025, through May 31, 2026)

 

4. Communication from Randy A. Buck, Superintendent, Pawtucket School Department, to His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, and the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Quarter 4 Reporting Update – $500,000.00 City Grant)

 

5. Communication from Megan Havrilla, Associate Director, Colliers Project Leaders, to Pawtucket School Department & Others (Pawtucket High School Construction Report)

 

7. 589 Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Reappointment to the Mayor’s Community Board)

 

8. Communication from Jay Priddy, Overland Ave., to Richard J. Goldstein, MMC, City Clerk (Street Abandonment – Hobson Ave.) – WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE

 

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

Ashley Mazzucco – $281.27 (Tire)

Christine King – $250.00 (Pothole)

Branden Dyson – $300.00 (Pothole)

William Samos – No amount specified (Pothole)

 

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

Megan Faria – $5,909.91 (Vehicle Damage)

Nicholas Rodriguez by D’Amico & Burchfield, LLP – No amount specified (Firetruck)

 

1. 028 Communication from Jordan Karlik, Blackstone Center, LLC, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (1 Moshassuck St. Q2 2026 Construction Update) WAS READ AND ORDERED FILED.

 

6. 591 Communication from the Honorable Clovis C. Gregor, 5th District Councilor, to the Residents of the Woodlawn District (Rodent Abatement & Prevention Program) WAS READ AND ORDERED FILED.

 

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCILOR GREGOR

 

3.      With majority consent of the Council, the following motion made by Councilor Gregor, seconded by Councilors Moreno, was PASSED on a unanimous voice vote:

 

The Clerk was instructed to send a communication to Chris Crawley, Acting Director of Public Works, and Carl Johnson, Zoning Director, requesting 1 Moshassuck Street be cleaned up around the perimeter of trash and mattresses, along with dirt piles to be covered.

 

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

 

Jane Larson

255 Rice St.

Pawtucket, RI 02861.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in June 2029, WAS READ AND ORDERED FILED,

 

The following nomination submitted by His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, for confirmation, was CONFIRMED on a roll call vote, as follows:

 

AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moran, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain

 

NOES – 0.

PUBLIC ARTS FUND COMMITTEE

 

255 Rice St.

Pawtucket, RI 02861.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in June 2029,

 

 

5.      UPON RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE, AS FOLLOWS:

 

AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moran, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain

 

NOES – 0.

 

588   RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ENTER INTO A TAX SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH HASBRO FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1027 NEWPORT AVE. & 1011 NEWPORT AVE.

 

 

6.      UPON RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE, AS FOLLOWS:

 

AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moran, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain

 

NOES – 0.

 

588   RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ENTER INTO AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH COXCOM, LLC, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF UNDERGROUND LINES AND OTHER FACILITIES AT CITY-OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS MAIN STREET PLAZA (ASSESSOR’S PLAT 43, LOT 592).

 

 

7.      613 Communication from Frank J. Milos, Jr., Esq., City Solicitor, to Council President Terrence E. Mercer.  (Proposed City Charter Amendment regarding the School Committee) WAS READ AND ORDERED FILED

 

 

8.      Upon motion made by Councilor Moran, seconded by Councilor Araujo, the following resolution was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED on a roll call vote, as follows:

 

AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moran, Moreno, Rubio and Stachowiak.

 

NOES – Councilor Wildenhain.

 

023   RESOLUTION TO PLACE ON THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026, BALLOT A REFERENDUM TO AMEND THE PAWTUCKET HOME RULE CHARTER TO ALLOW FOR A SCHOOL COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPOSED OF APPOINTED AND ELECTED MEMBERS

 

 

THE COUNCIL RECESSED AT 7:51 PM. TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD FROM PRE-COUNCIL.

 

THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 8:58 PM.

 

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Araujo, seconded by Councilor Coderre, the meeting was adjourned at 8:59 PM.