Woonsocket Radio News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 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:
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 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, February 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., see link here:
https://clerkshq.com/NorthSmithfield-ri

FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES: https://onboard.nsmithfieldri.org/
FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS: https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/home/webforms/town-north-smithfield-application-boardcommission


I.
OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
II.
ROLL CALL
III.
PRESENTATION BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE ON SERVICE THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE RHODE ISLAND TOWNS IN THE BLACKSTONE RIVER WATERSHED – Christopher Riely, Conservationist and Licensed Forester (Ms. Hamilton)
IV.
OPEN FORUM (Non- Agenda Items Only) PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
V.
OLD BUSINESS
A.
Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Status/Progress Report of Specific Item
1.
Facilities Manager
2.
Grants
3.
Halliwell Review Committee
4. Human Resource Manager
5.
Municipal Building Review Task Force
a. Payment of Invoice #46922 to Tecton Architects – Immediate Repairs to NS Police Station
VI.
NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
– Public Safety Communications – Director Marc Pappas/Deputy Director Tom Guthlein/
Operations Support Branch Chief Gil Woodside
B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on North Smithfield Senior Citizen Advisory
Committee Position Paper – Linda Thibault
C. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Request of Unused Economic Development
Commission Budget Funds to be Transferred to Enterprise Fund – Mr. Biron
D. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Economic Development Commission Request
for Authorization to Draft and Release an RFP for Professional Services – Mr. Biron
E. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Appointment to Town Boards/Commissions
1. Asset Management Commission (Appt by TC)
a. One appointment to complete a term serving 12/1/2020 through 11/30/2025
2. Board of Canvassers (Appt by TC)
a. One appointment for a term serving 3/1/2024 through 2/28/2030
3. Zoning Board (Appt by TC)
a. One appointment as 1st Alternate to complete a term ending 11/30/2024
F. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Resolution Establishing the Groundwater
Protection Committee (“GPC”) – Mr. Osier
G. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Appointments to the Groundwater Protection
Committee (GPC”) – Mr. Osier
H. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Dissolution of the Water Supply Review
Committee (“WSRC”) – Mr. Osier
I. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Protocols for Grant Requests – Mr.
Beauregard/Mrs. O’Hara
J. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Approval of Additional Services from
ClerkBase for Town Council Minutes -Timestamping – Ms. Buttie
1. Reclassification of Reserves for Funds to Purchase Timestamping Program from Clerkbase
K. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Penalties/Adjustments – Mr. St. Onge
L. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Profit & Loss Report Q2 FY2024 – Mr. St. Onge
M. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Authorization of Two (2) Councilors to Meet
with the City of Woonsocket to Negotiate an Updated Water Supply Agreement – Solicitor Igliozzi
VII. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed)
A. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action Pursuant to RIGL 42-46-5 (a)(5) Any discussions or considerations related to the acquisition or lease of real property for public purposes, or of the disposition of publicly held property wherein advanced public information would be detrimental to the interest of the public.
1. Potential Acquisition of Land
B. 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. Potential Litigation
VIII. OPEN FORUM (Agenda Items Only) 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. 326 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.
Agenda posted February 1, 2024

 

A federal judge in Maryland is ordering thousands of fired government employees be reinstated. Thursday evening, the judge issued a temporary restraining order against a dozen agencies that had fired their probationary employees. The ruling said the government gave no advance notice to the workers and fired them illegally without cause. This comes the same day that a different judge in California also ruled some of the mass layoffs were unlawful.        Russian President Vladimir Putin has a number of conditions before he'll agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine. A U.S.-negotiated 30-day cessation of hostilities is on the table more than three years since Russia launched a full scale invasion of its neighbor. Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Putin said Russia supports the idea of a ceasefire but he wants Ukrainian troops in the Russian territory of Kursk to surrender.        A tough crowd for JD Vance at the Kennedy Center. The Vice President appeared at the performing arts center in Washington, DC Thursday night for a performance of Stravinsky by the National Symphony Orchestra, and was loudly booed by audience members as he took his seat.        Clean-up will continue today after a tornado touched down near Los Angeles during stormy weather on Thursday. The twister that hit Pico Rivera packed a wind-speed punch of 85-miles-per-hour and lasted about two minutes, dropping trees, damaging water lines and roofs and causing other damage across a four-block area of the neighborhood. There were no reports of injuries.        The Food and Drug Administration is issuing its recommendations for which flu shots to use this year. Thursday's decision came without input from a panel of independent vaccine advisers after a February meeting was cancelled without explanation. The FDA did however use its own experts working with the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Defense to review data from around the world about the type of flu viruses currently circulating.        It's Pi Day today. Pi Day honors the mathematical ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Pi technically extends infinitely, but it's frequently rounded to three-point-one-four, which is why it's celebrated on March 14th each year. You can celebrate Pi Day even if you're not a math whiz. Plenty pf businesses are taking advantage of Pi Day to offer discounts.       

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