MEETING CANCELLED
Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island
Town Council Meeting
NOTICE and AGENDA
Regular Meeting: Monday, December 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
Tiverton Public Library
34 Roosevelt Ave
Tiverton, Rhode Island 02878
****PLEASE NOTE NEW MEETING LOCATION****
Notice: This meeting is IN PERSON only.
The meeting will also be viewable live at: www.youtube.com/user/TivertonVideos
Individuals requesting interpreter services for the hearing impaired must contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 343 Highland Road or call (401) 625-6704 at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting.
Pursuant to RIGL §42-46-6(b): “Nothing contained herein shall prevent a public body, other than a school committee, from adding additional items to the agenda by a majority vote of the members. Such additional items shall be for informational purposes only and may not be voted on except where necessary to address an unexpected occurrence that requires immediate action to protect the public or to refer the matter to an appropriate committee or to another body or official.”
The public may send written comments by regular mail to the Town Clerk at 343 Highland Road, Tiverton, RI 02878, or place them in the grey drop box located outside Town Hall by noon on the day of the meeting.
Date Posted: December 4, 2025
| President John G. Edwards V | Vice President David J. Paull | Deborah G. Janick |
| Denise M. deMedeiros | Craig R. Committo | David Perry |
| Michael S. Burk | | |
All items listed within the Consent Agenda are to be considered routine by Town Council and will ordinarily be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Council, or a member of the public so requests and the Town Council President permits, in which event the item will be removed for separate consideration later on the agenda.
A. Approval of Town Council Minutes
1. November 24, 2025 – Regular Meeting
2. November 24, 2025 – Executive Session
B. Acknowledge Receipt of Minutes from Boards/Commissions/Committees
1. Conservation Commission (1)
2. North End and Industrial/Business Park Advisory Subcommittee (6)
C. Acknowledge Receipt of Reports
1. Town Administrator – Departments’ Monthly Reports – November 2025
2. Police and Fire Department Overtime Reports – November 2025
D. Approval of Tax Assessor Abatements – $291.18
E. 14th Annual Polar Plunge at Grinnell’s Beach, January 1, 2026, at 11:45 am
F. Annual Budget Process/FTR – Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Key Dates
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING A COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM OR OTHER TOWN BUSINESS
6. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH
A. Police Officer Justin Simmons
7. APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS– Discussion and possible votes
A. Acknowledgement of resignation:
1. Raphael Weschler from the Semiquincentennial Commission, effective 12/3/2025
2. Brenda Mottram from Conservation Commission, effective 4/15/2025
3. Constance Fleckenstein from Conservation Commission, effective 4/15/2025
B. Board of Canvassers – Republican Alternate position, (6) Year Term, Term ending 10/15/2030
1. Judith Jones (recommended choice)
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS (ADVERTISED) – Discussion and possible votes, subject to meeting all legal requirements
A. Approval of the proposed amendment to the Tiverton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78 TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES, Section 78-37 (g) adding provisions for placing stop signs at the intersection of Wampanog
Lane and Gadsby Lane
9. GENERAL BUSINESS
A. Charter Review Commission Summary Report – Scheduling of potential workshop
B. Councilor Committo – Requesting workshop with Planning on Zoning Amendments
C. DPW Director Silvia – Discussion and possible vote to award contract for 40 Yard Container Rental to
Excel Recycling
D. DPW Director Silvia – Discussion on Cynthia Ave Engineering Design bid and potential for additional
unaccepted roads in general
E. Councilor Paull - Discussion and possible vote to purchase 6 new AEDs to replace 5 current units and
to have a spare
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. Solicitor Marcello - R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(2) - General update on all pending litigation
11. ADJOURNMENT