DECEMBER 16, 2024

6:45 P.M.

NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI 02896
PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY.


The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:
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or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings
*If technical difficulties occur during 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, December 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/


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I. OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
II. ROLL CALL
III. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
IV. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON PAYMENT OF BILLS
V. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON CONSENT AGENDA
    All items listed in this section are considered in one motion. There will be no separate     discussion of these items unless a Councilor requests, in which event the item will be     removed from the consent agenda.
        A. Town Council Minutes of November 18, and December 1, 2024
        B. Communications
            1.  Animal Control Monthly Report for November 2024
            2.  NSF&R Monthly Report for November 2024
            3.  NS Municipal Court Monthly Report for November 2024
            4.  NSPD Monthly Report for November 2024
VI. OLD BUSINESS
    A.  Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Status/Progress Report of Specific
    Items
        1. Facilities Manager
        2. Human Resources Position – Ms. Alves
        3. Municipal Building Review Task Force – Ms. Alves
    B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Salary and Wage Ordinance – Mr. St.     Onge
        1. 2nd Reading
VII. NEW BUSINESS
    A.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Proposed Memorandum of     Understanding (MOU) by and between North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Services, Inc., and     the Town of North Smithfield – Chief Chartier
    B.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Selecting a Date for a Joint Meeting     Between the Town Council, The Halliwell Review Committee, and the Multi-Generational     Advisory Committee – Ms. Alves
    `C.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Amendment of Section 15-5 of the     Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5, Article II entitled “Length of Service” – Ms. Alves
        1. 1st Reading
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 December 11, 2024

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