Posted 2.3.23

 

TOWN OF SCITUATE

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Thursday, February 9, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

 

High School Auditorium

94 Trimtown Road

N. Scituate, RI 02857

 

The meeting will also be live-streamed only with no remote participation at the following address:

 

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2^nd AMENDED AGENDA

Attachments are available to view on our website www.scituateri.org

 

1.   Pledge of Allegiance

 

2.   Call to order – Town Council President

 

3.   Roll Call – Town Clerk

 

4.   Possible Motion(s) to convene into Closed/Executive Session:

 

A.   The Town Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss, take possible action, and/or vote pursuant to the relevant requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5 (a) Subsection (1), a discussion of the job performance, character, or physical or mental health of a person or persons, specifically to allow the Town Council to conduct interviews of potential Director of Animal Control candidates, provided that such person or persons affected shall have been notified in advance in writing and advised that they may require that the discussion be held at an open meeting.  Discussion and/or Potential action, announcement and/or vote(s) from Executive Session and/or Open Session concerning interviews of potential Animal Control Officer candidates.

 

5.   Motion to close Executive Session / Motion to seal Executive Session minutes / Announcement of Vote(s) in Executive Session, if any.

 

6.   Regular Meeting call to order – Council President – Beginning no earlier than 7:00 P.M.

 

7.   Recognition of retiring Director of Animal Control, Patricia Howarth

 

8.   Possible discussion and/or potential action(s) and/or vote(s) concerning the selection and appointment of an Director of Animal Control or an Interim Animal Control Officer, to include salary and benefits in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement with NAGE Local R1-42, and with other terms and conditions of employment consistent with the Town of Scituate Human Resource Manual

 

9.   Presentation by Baxter Dansereau & Associates of the Town’s audit results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2022

 

10. Public comment for items not on the agenda

 

11. Appointments—Review, Discussion and/or Potential Action and/or Vote:

 

A.   Recreation Committee, Term ending December 31, 2023; applications received from:

i.    Brian LaFauci

ii.   Paul Lamoureux

 

B.   Board of Canvassers Alternate members appointment; term expiring March 6, 2023 (first Monday of March per R.I.G.L. § 17-8-2); One alternate member from each political party to be appointed per R.I.G.L. § 17-8-1 with term expiring March 4, 2024

                   

 

12. Consent Items—Review, Discussion and/or Potential Action and/or Vote:

 

A.   Approval of Town Council meeting minutes:

 

i.    Executive Session – January 12, 2023

ii.   Regular Meeting –   January 12, 2023

 

B.   Department Reports

 

i.    Town Clerk

ii.   Public Works

iii.  Building Official/Zoning

iv.  Police       

v.   Treasurer

vi.  Senior Services

vii. Human Services

viii. EMA

ix.  Recreation

 

C.   Abatements and Additions: NONE

 

D.   Correspondence: NONE

 

E.   Joint Pole Location(s):  123 Quaker Lane-New J/O Pole

 

F.   Re-Appointments: NONE

 

G.   Resignations & Retirements:

 

i.    Robert Knox, North Scituate Village Overlay Review Committee

ii.   Charles Collins Jr., Scituate Housing Authority

 

H.   Authorization to post for open positions:

 

i.    Authorization for the Town Clerk to post for one open position on the North Scituate Village Overlay Review Committee; term expiring 5/31/2023 

ii.   Authorization for the Town Clerk to post for one open position on the Scituate Housing Authority; term expiring 12/31/2024

 

I.    Licenses—subject to receipt of all required paperwork, all State and Local permits, and compliance with all stipulations, rules and regulations as previously required by the Town Council:     NONE

 

J.    Payment of Town Bills:

 

i.    Early Town Expenses - $112,429.12

ii.   Early General Obligation Bond - $15,756.00

iii.  Regular Town Expenses - $227,053.05

 

13. Resolutions—Review, Discussion and/or Potential Action and/or Vote:            NONE

 

14. Town Business—Review, Discussion and/or Potential Action and/or Vote:

 

A.   Update from EMA Director John Robinson.

 

B.   Consideration of First Amendment to PCS Lease with T-Mobile Northeast LLC (previously known as “OHI”) effective November 2025, concerning the cellular tower lease contract for PCS located at 116 Main Street, North Scituate; original lease with OHI began August 14, 2000 with four (4) extensions of five (5) years each; proposed amendment includes five (5) possible extensions of five (5) years each, with T-Mobile paying Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) per month as rent, with a Three Percent (3%) escalation in rent beginning November 2026, and annually thereafter; authorization for the Town Council President, in consultation with the Town Solicitor, to sign any and all documents necessary to effectuate the forgoing.

 

C.   Request from Police Chief Rollinson to raise the fee for the National Background Check (fingerprinting) from $40 to $55, as advised by the Office of the Attorney General.

 

D.   Authorization for the Town Planner to draft scope of work for a request for proposals (“RFP”) concerning a project for sewer lines in the Town, using up to $2,400.00 of American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds; authorization to post said RFP in consultation with the Town Purchasing Agent.

 

E.   Request from the Volunteer Initiative for the Scituate Animal Shelter (“VISAS”) to use up to $2,400.00 of ARPA funds to be used for a new ceiling, new lighting and replacement of ceiling tiles at the Scituate Animal Shelter

 

F.   Possible amendment to Ordinance Section 8-4 of Part II, Chapter 8 (“Possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages on town property”), Section 9-1 of Article I, Section -29 of Article II, Section 9-55 of Article III, Section 9-73 of Article IV, Section 9-82 of Article V, Section 9-93 of Article VI, Section 9-103 of Article VII, Section 9-123 of Article VIII, Section 9-133 of Article IX, and Section 9-143 of Article X of Chapter 9 (“Parks and Recreation”) to include prohibition of consumption of Cannabis and Cannabis products on public property; ordinance amendment to be drafted by Town Solicitor in consultation with Town Council President and to be advertised for March 9, 2023 meeting for a public hearing and First Reading.

 

G.   Authorization for the Town Council President and Scituate Land Trust, in consultation with the Town Solicitor, to effectuate the trail right-of-way swap and transfer with Providence Water at Lawton Farm, including authorization for the Town Council President to sign any and all documentation that may be needed.

 

H.   Update from School Building Committee Representative Councilman Parmelee

 

15. Adjournment of Meeting

 

 

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