NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL

MAY 4, 2026

83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD

6:45 P.M.

PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY

 

*Executive session starts at 6:45 p.m./Regular meeting SHOULD start APPROXIMATELY 7:30 p.m.

 

 

 

*THE ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE*                                                                                                                                                                              

The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:

                                https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgw5KxL950ZgZ_DKz8B-MQ

                           or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings     

*If technical difficulties occur during the livestream the above specified meetings will resume as scheduled

 

Documents related to the meeting will be posted on the Town Council’s page of the Town’s website on Monday, May 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/

 

FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES:  https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/412/Vacancies

 

FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS: https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/FormCenter/Boards-Commissions-5/Application-for-Board-Commission-46

 

I.                 OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE

 

II.              ROLL CALL

 

III.           EXECUTIVE SESSION (CLOSED SESSION)

A. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE OR OTHER ACTION PURSUANT TO RIGL 42-46- 5(A)(2) Sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation or work sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation or potential litigation:

1. Pound Hill Realty, LLC v. Town of North Smithfield, C.A. No. PC-1999-1811.

 

IV.           OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)

 

V.             DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON PAYMENT OF BILLS

 

VI.           OLD BUSINESS  

A.  RENOVATIONS OF NORTH SMITHFIELD PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX: PROJECT CAPITALIZATION

1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on North Smithfield Police Station Renovations

     a. RESOLUTION of the Town of North Smithfield Authorizing the Town to issue General Obligations Bonds and/or NOTES in an Amount not to Exceed $9 Million to Finance the Construction, Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Town’s Public Safety Complex Located at 575 Smithfield Road, North Smithfield Rhode Island

     b. RESOLUTION of the Town of North Smithfield of its intent to fund annual interest and principal payments associated with the $9 Million of General Obligations Bonds to Finance the Construction, Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Town’s Public Safety Complex with the Town’s Unrestricted Funds for Fiscal Year 2027 and Fiscal Year 2028.

“NOTICE: A mediation process regarding the following matters (B1, B2, and C1) is currently in progress and will be discussed in Executive Session on May 4, 2026. The Town Administrator will request that the following matters (B1, B2, and C1) be continued to a new date of May 18, 2026, due to the ongoing mediation.”

B. Discussion by Council, Vote or other Action on Petition/Application for an    Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 45-24-50 and 45-24-51 - 45-24-53 as follows:
           1. Petition/Application for Amendment to Zoning Ordinance filed by Pound Hill Realty, LLC, c/o 618 Greenville Road, North Smithfield, RI 02896, the owner of the parcel of land situated off Old Oxford Road, Pound Hill Road and Pine Hill Road in the Town of North Smithfield, more particularly described as Town of North Smithfield Tax Assessor’s Plat 7, lot 38, consisting of 89.44 acres (subject property).

2. Text amendment and a zoning map amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of North Smithfield (the “Zoning Ordinance”). The proposed zoning amendment will create a new zoning district “Industrial Special Management District 1 Overlay,” the intent of the district is to allow mining, quarrying, sand and gravel extraction, loam stripping, stone cutting operations, crushing, washing, and/or processing of materials. The zoning map amendment proposes to amend the zoning designation of the parcel of land located at 14 Pine Hill Road in the Town of North Smithfield, more specifically described as Assessor’s Plat: 7, Lot: 38 (the “Property”) from Rural Agricultural (RA) & Rural Estate Agricultural (REA) to Industrial Special Management District 1 Overlay.
     a. Continuation of Public Hearing
      b. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action
C. Discussion by Council, Vote or other Action on Mediation (Pending):
      1. Pound Hill Realty, LLC v. Town of North Smithfield, C.A. No. PC-1999-1811.

D.   NORTH SMITHFIELD COUNCIL SITTING AS BOARD OF LICENSING

1. Discussion by Council, Vote or other Action on HT Auto LLC Licensing   Requirements—Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Cote

E.     Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Charter Review Committee Update
      and Presentation-Jeff Porter & Committee Members

F.      Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Multi-Generational Project-Mr. Gibbs
1.
Presentation of Senior Center/Multi-Generational Project

2.      Resolution of the Town Council

 

VII.        NEW BUSINESS

A.    Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Transfer Request from Town Council Reservations-Mr. St. Onge

 

VIII.     OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person) 

 

IX.           ADJOURN

 

Individuals requesting special assistance should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 767-2200, ext. 504 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.

Agenda posted April 30, 2026

 

 

 

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