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FEBRUARY 18, 2025  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 Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/

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https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/FormCenter/Boards-Commissions-5/Application-for-Board-Commission-46

I. OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
II. ROLL CALL
III. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
IV. NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL SITTING AS BOARD OF LICENSING- Secondhand
license DBA She Shed Furnishings-1105 Iron Mine Hill Rd.- Ann Marie Champagne
V. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON PAYMENT OF BILLS
VI. 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 January 6, 21, February 3 and 10, 2025
    B. Communications
        1. NSF&R Monthly Report for January 2025
        2. NS Municipal Court Monthly Report for January 2025
        3. NSPD Monthly Report for January 2025
VII. OLD BUSINESS
    A. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Status/Progress Report of Specific
    Items
        1. Asset Management
        2. Grants
        3. Human Resources – Ms. Alves
        4. Municipal Building Review Task Force – Ms. Alves
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
    A. 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. Public Hearing
            b. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action
    B. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Map Plotter Bid Award-Antony St. Onge
    C. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Resignation of Evan Masse from the     North Smithfield Historic District Commission
IX. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
X. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed Session)
    A. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION RE: 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. Notice of Claim to Town Council of North Smithfield - Personal Injury Claim
XI. OPEN SESSION
    A. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION RE: Notice of Claim to Town     Council of North Smithfield - Personal Injury Claim
XII. 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 February 13, 2025

A federal judge says President Trump's mass firings of government employees can continue for now. Multiple labor unions recently filed a lawsuit trying to block the administration's layoffs of thousands of probationary employees. On Thursday, the judge denied the bid, saying the federal court was not the appropriate avenue for their lawsuit.        The Trump administration is ending the temporary protected status of Haitian immigrants. Back in June, former President Biden announced Haitians would receive temporary protection due the island's violent domestic turmoil. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced it will end those protections.        There are no reports of injuries after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv. Police are calling it a suspected terror attack. Explosive devices on two other buses failed to detonate. The explosions happened in a parking lot in Bat Yam, which is south of Tel Aviv.        Millions are dealing with extreme cold weather from the plains to the southeast. Parts of the East Coast were hit with a ton of snow yesterday and treacherous travel conditions remain an issue. Most of it came down in Virgina and North Carolina, where more than a foot of snow fell in some areas.        Most Americans are worried about the Department of Government Efficiency's cuts impacting programs like student financial aid and Social Security payments. In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, 58-percent of Americans said that they're worried about delays to those payments. President Trump named tech billionaire Elon Musk to head the agency, but the White House noted earlier this week that he's technically not part of the group.        "Inside Out 2" is no longer the highest grossing animated movie of all time. The Chinese film "Ne Zha 2" [[ nah-zah ]] has now grossed about one-point-seven-billion dollars worldwide. Disney-Pixar's "Inside Out 2" raked in one-point-69-billion dollars last summer. "Ne Zha 2" is a sequel to the original 2019 movie. The fantasy adventure grossed around eight-point-three-million dollars in the U.S. since it released on Valentine's Day.       

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