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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

No suspects are in custody following a shooting outside a DMV branch in the Louisville, Kentucky area that left three people dead. Police say the shooting happened today around noon local time in the Valley Station neighborhood, about 13 miles south of Louisville. The shooter was seen fleeing the scene, according to police.        A sour end to the week for Wall Street as stocks are tanking for the second day in a row. Weak consumer sentiment data and a decline in UnitedHealth stock could be part of the reason. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been down over 800 points at times, while the Nasdaq has been down close to 300 points during the day.        Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is out of a job. Mayor Karen Bass fired the embattled chief today saying she was acting in the best interests of LA's public safety. The move comes after weeks of tensions following the deadly Los Angeles wildfires last month.        Luigi Mangione has made his appearance in state court in New York today. Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk late last year, has pleaded not guilty to murder. Supporters have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his defense.        A man is being found guilty of attempted murder in the New York stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. In 2022, the award-winning novelist was about to speak in front of an audience when Hadi Matar rushed at him and stabbed him more than a dozen times. The New Jersey man faces up to 25 years in prison.        If your lifelong dreams are to grow a beard and to play for the New York Yankees, you no longer have to give up one for the other. The Yankees are moving away from a five-decade policy banning facial hair apart from a mustache. Players are now allowed to have "well-groomed beards."       

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