SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

7:00 P.M.

 

JOINT MEETING NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL/HALLIWELL REVIEW COMMITTEE/MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMITTEE     

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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**If technical difficulties occur during livestream the above specified meeting will resume as scheduled.

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  1. OPEN MEETING – PRAYER – PLEDGE
     
  2. ROLL CALL

 

  1. OPEN FORUM (PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) Maximum 15 Minutes)

     

  2. NEW BUSINESS
  1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Introduction and Update from BH+A
  2. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Grant Funding at Pacheco V. Halliwell
  3. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Council Direction for HRC and MAC
  4. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Relocating Playground Equipment from Halliwell to Another Location in Town – Mr. Osier

 

  1. 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 September 5, 2023

 

The U.S. is telling Americans to immediately leave Iran as major anti-regime protests rage on. The State Department bulletin is asking its U.S. citizens to leave Iran, prepare for communication blackouts, avoid demonstrations, stock up on essential equipment, and consider leaving by land via Armenia or Turkey. The bulletin comes just as President Trump is reportedly reviewing military options if the regime kills more protesters.        Democratic leaders in Minnesota are announcing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. The lawsuit is over the surge of additional ICE agents to Minneapolis following the deadly shooting involving an ICE agent. The state's Attorney General Keith Ellison says the agents are untrained and are making illegal arrests, causing chaos, and targeting people based on the color of their skin. Protests in Minneapolis have been ongoing since the shooting in Minneapolis last week.        The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow on cases involving transgender athlete bans in two states. The justices will consider challenges out of Idaho and West Virginia on whether states can ban transgender girls should from participating in girls' and women's sports. The decisions on those cases will impact similar bans already enacted in about half of the U.S.        The Clintons could be slapped with a contempt of Congress charge if they don't show up for a House committee hearing in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were originally ordered to appear before the GOP-led committee in December, but asked that the date get pushed back to January 13th. Now a committee spokesperson says neither has confirmed they will appear, and Congressman James Comer, the chairman of the panel, said he'll slap them with contempt if they don't show.        The Eastern U.S. is bracing for a mid-week snowstorm. The Tennessee River Valley, the Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast could all see significant snowfall totals. Meanwhile, arctic air is set to travel down from Canada starting today, which could create the right environment for large snow totals.        The first trailer is out for Lee Cronin's "The Mummy" ahead of its April 17th release. The film is a reboot of the horror franchise and follows a journalist searching for his daughter, who disappeared in the desert. When she reappears eight years later, something isn't quite right with her. In 2024, Cronin said this film will be unlike any "Mummy" movie "you ever laid eyeballs on before."