REVISED AGENDA

 

 

 

Please click the link below to join the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88400121037

 

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and enter the meeting ID when prompted:

 

929 205 6099 (Long Distance Call)

888 475 4499 (Toll Free)

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Meeting ID: 884 0012 1037

 

Written public comment can be submitted prior to the meeting by emailing mleblanc@westerlyri.gov.

(Pursuant to Governor Gina M. Raimondo Executive Order 20-05, dated March 16, 2020 and

Executive Order 20-25, dated April 15, 2020)

 

 

1.      CALL TO ORDER

 

INVOCATION – Councilor Giorno

 

SALUTE TO THE FLAG – Council President Duhamel

 

 

 2.    RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS & MEMORIALS

 

a.     Proclamation – Memorial Day, May 25, 2020 – Honoring All Veterans

 

 

 3.    PRESENTATIONS

 

a.     COVID-19 Update

Christopher A. Duhamel, Council President

J. Mark Rooney, Town Manager

Shawn Lacey, Chief of Police

Amy Gryzbowski, Westerly EMA Director

Lisa Konicki, President, Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce

 

b.     Upgrades And Improvements To Water And Sewer Infrastructure – Update – Bill Beauregard, Assistant Director/DPW – Utilities

1.     Water Department Overview / Outline 2020-2021

2.     New Canal Street Grant Application

3.     Old Canal Street Grant Application

4.     Wastewater Treatment Facility Grit Vortex Separator Grant Application

5.     Wastewater Treatment Facility Perimeter Berm Grant Application

6.     Grant Match Summary / Outline

 

c.     Quarterly Update Of FY2019/2020 Budget – Dyann Baker, Finance Director

 

 

 4.    CITIZENS COMMENTS

 

     Any citizen wishing to be heard can access the meeting using the Zoom app or via phone.  Please note:

 

If accessing the meeting via phone, Press *9, to be recognized or

if using the Zoom app, press the “raise hand” button to be recognized

 

     When addressing the Council, please state your name and address; please conduct yourself in an orderly and respectful fashion.  The comments of citizens accessing this portion of our meeting are neither adopted nor endorsed by this body, but heard as requested.  If the matter is scheduled for a public hearing, the comments shall be deferred to that agenda item. 

 

 

COUNCILORS’ RESPONSE

 

 

 5.    CONSENT CALENDAR (all items are considered routine and can be approved by one motion; however, if discussion is necessary on any item, it can be moved to “New Business”)

 

        a.     Approval of Minutes

 

Regular – 5/11/20

Executive – 5/11/20 (Sealed)

 

        b.     Fiscal Matters

 

        None

 

        c.     Appointments and Resignations

 

                       None

 

 6.    PUBLIC HEARINGS (Adv. on   5/11/20   for this time)

 

a.     FY2020/2021 Water & Sewer, Transfer Station and Self-Insurance Fund Budgets

        (Please bring materials previously submitted)

 

b.     Proposed Ordinance – “An Ordinance Setting Water Rate Schedules For The 2020-2021 Fiscal Year” (Single Unit Residential - $86.00 per unit Service Charge plus $4.36 per 100 cu. ft. in excess of 4,800 cu. ft. per meter; Commercial & Industrial - $86.00 per unit Service Charge plus $5.06 per 100 cu. ft. in excess of 4,800 cu. ft. per meter

 

c.     Proposed Ordinance – “An Ordinance Establishing The Sewer Use Or Service Charge For Fiscal Year 2020-2021” ($306.00 per unit)

 

d.     Proposed Ordinance – “An Ordinance Establishing The Ad Valorem Tax On Personal And Real Property For The Fiscal Year 2020-2021” ($0.54 per $1,000 of assessed valuation)

 

 

 7.    NEW BUSINESS

 

        None

 

 

 8.    UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

               None

 

 

 9.    COMMUNICATIONS & REPORTS

 

        a.     Liaison Reports

 

        b.     Town Council

 

        c.     Town Manager

 

        d.     Town Solicitor

 

        e.     Town Clerk

 

        f.     Agenda Referrals and Backlog Agenda (Items to be assigned to future agendas)

 

        g.     Requests of Town Manager by Councilors

 

 

10.   POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

The Council may vote to go into executive session for discussion and/or action regarding those items of business exempt from open meetings under Rhode Island General Laws §42-46-4 and:

 

a)    §42-46-5(a)(5) Land Disposition – Vacant Lots Off Tarrapat Drive

b)    §42-46-5(a)(5) Land Disposition – Sale of Old Town Garage (AP 76, Lot 69)

c)    §42-46-5(a)(2) Litigation - Smith vs. Westerly ALT-0081392 - Settlement Offer Authority

 

 

11.   ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

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 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.

 

 

INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED MUST CALL 348-2502 IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING DATE.

 

 

The Town Council agenda and supporting documents can be accessed on the Town of Westerly website at www.westerlyri.gov.