SEPTEMBER 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.

*Executive session starts at 6:45 p.m./Regular meeting SHOULD start APPROXIMATELY 8 p.m.

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, September 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://clerkshq.com/NorthSmithfield-ri

 

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

 

  1. OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
  1. ROLL CALL
  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed)
    1. 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: Agreement between the Town of North Smithfield and Rhode Island Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO on behalf of the North Smithfield Town Employees Local 937 (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027)
    2.  
    3. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION RE: 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. Considerations related to the acquisition of real property for public purposes (parcel 1)
    4. Consideration of the disposition of publicly held property
    5. Considerations related to the acquisition of real property for public purposes (parcel 2)
    6.  
    7. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION RE: RIGL 42-46-5(A)(1)) Any discussions of the physical health of a person or persons provided that such person or persons affected shall have been notified in advance in writing and advised that they may require that the discussion be held at an open meeting

1. Employee of North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Services, Inc.

D. 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. Potential Litigation - Contract by and Between North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Services, Inc. and Town of North Smithfield (7/1/2022 through 6/30/2025) 

  1. 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. Consideration of amendment to Town of North Smithfield and International Brotherhood of  Police Officers, Local Number 410. Collective Bargaining Agreement. July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025 

IV. OPEN FORUM (Non- Agenda Items Only) PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person) 

  1. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON UPDATE OF NORTH SMITHFIELD TRASH PROGRAM – Mr. Pendergast 

VI. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL SITTING AS THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS 

  1. Knights of Columbus – St. Andree, Bessette #15829 Located at 79 Saint Paul Street - Applying for Class F Liquor License (Beer and Wine) – September 28, 2024

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

VIII. 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 July 1, and August 19, 2024

B. Communications

  1. Animal Control Monthly Report for August 2024
  2. NSF&R Monthly Report for August 2024
  3. NS Municipal Court Monthly Report for August 2024
  4. NSPD Monthly Report for August 2024

IX. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE OR OTHER ACTION ON SPECIFIC ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA ABOVE 

X. OLD BUSINESS

A. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Status/Progress Report of Specific Items

1. Facilities Manager – Mr. Osier

2. Human Resources Position – Ms. Alves

3. Municipal Building Review Task Force – Ms. Alves

B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Rhode Island Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO on Behalf of the North Smithfield Town Employees Local 937 Agreement Contract Ratification (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027) 

C. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Halliwell Review Committee – Mr. Porter

1. Recommendations from August Halliwell Review Committee Meeting

2. Federal Grant Location

3. Directives for Halliwell Review Committee to Move Forward

D. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Multi-Generational Advisory Committee – Linda Thibault 

XI. NEW BUSINESS

A. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Appointments to Boards/Commissions-

1. Historic District Commission (Appt by TC)

a. One appointment for a completion of a term ending 11/30/2024

2. Groundwater Protection Committee

a. One appointment for a completion of a term ending 11/30/2024 (Appt by TA)

B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Usage of Opioid Funding for the North Smithfield Fire Department Equipment – Chief Chartier 

C. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on North Smithfield Probate Judge Rossi – Ms.

Buttie

  1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Award of Bid for Purchase of Tire changer and Balancer – Public Works – Mr. Pendergast
  2. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Open Forum on Agenda Items Only at the Beginning of the Meetings – Mr. Beauregard
  3. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Pickle-Ball Courts at the Halliwell Basketball Courts – Mr. Beauregard

XII. OPEN FORUM (Agenda Items Only) PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person) 

XIII. 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 September 12, 2024

A key report shows wholesale inflation slowed last month. The July Producer Price Index shows a rise of zero-point-one percent. The PPI measures prices that businesses receive for goods and services. Economists had been expecting a slightly higher increase, according to a survey by the Wall Street Journal.        Over one-point-three million people tuned into Elon Musk's conversation with former President Trump on X last night. Some technical issues delayed the conversation, but the pair still spoke for over two hours. They discussed the attempted assassination of Trump in Pennsylvania, immigration, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the threat of global warming, and more.        Voters are heading to the polls for primary elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin today. In Minnesota, progressive Congresswoman Ilhan Omar will defend her seat against former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels. The contest comes after two other members of the so-called progressive "Squad," Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, lost their Democratic primaries this cycle.        Tropical Storm Ernesto isn't expected to hit the U.S. mainland as it heads up the Atlantic Ocean. Current forecasts show the storm will bring heavy rain and flooding to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands today. The National Hurricane Center says Ernesto will then head northward and into the Atlantic.        A former Colorado clerk is facing up to 22 years in prison for election tampering. Tina Peters was convicted yesterday and will be sentenced in October. Prosecutors argued she let an unauthorized person access Mesa County's voting equipment in 2021 and make a copy of hard drives, as well as pictures of passwords, and then tried to cover it up.        U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles will not have her appeal heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee said it would take away her bronze medal because of a scoring error. Monday, USA Gymnastics said in a statement that it was notified that CAS rules don't allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered.        

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