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CITY OF NEWPORT
MAY 27, 2020
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNOR RAIMONDO’S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-25- 1. (b) “ SUCH MEANS MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH TELEPHONE, INTERNET, OR SATELLITE ENABLED AUDIO OR VIDEO CONFERENCING OR ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO CLEARLY FOLLOW THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC BODY WHILE THOSE ACITIVITES ARE OCCURING” .
The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the Rules of the Council, will come before the Council at a meeting to be held in accordance with Governor Raimondo’s Executive Order 20-25 on May 27, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
1. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Budget FY 2021 (A copy is available on the city’s website) http://cityofnewport.com/departments/finance/budgets-cafrs-cips
a. Ordinance Appropriating Revenues (First Reading) - Continued from May 13, 2020
b. Ordinance Amending Title 3, Personnel (First Reading)- Continued from May 13, 2020
2. Mobile Food Establishment (MFEC), 3 available:
a. Viking Hot Dog, LLC, d/b/a Viking Hot Dog LLC, One Courthouse Square, Newport, RI, Renewal
b. Derek Ardito, d/b/a Mooseman’s Kettle Corn, 87 Van Zandt Ave, Newport, RI, New
c. The Coffee Guy LLC, d/b/a The Coffee Guy, 796 Aquidneck Rd., Middletown, RI, New
d. Longade LLC, d/b/a Del’s Lemonade, 1 Winfield Court, Middletown, RI, New
3. Postpone the Re-valuation Process – K. Leonard, L. Ceglie, J. Napolitano
4. Road Closures – J. Bova, S. Taylor, L. Ceglie
5. Guiding Principles for Summer 2020 – J. Bova
6. Homestead Exemption – J. Bova
7. Mask Wearing – S. Taylor
8. Memorializing the General Assembly to Enact Legislation Authorizing the City of Newport to Issue not to exceed $106,500,000 General Obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance all costs relating to the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of: (I) an addition to the Claiborne Pell Elementary School, including but not limited to, classrooms and associated support space, site improvements, and parking and (II) a new school facility for the William S. Rogers High School, provided that the authorization shall be reduced by the amount of certain grants received from State bond proceeds, from the Rhode Island Department of Education or from the Rhode Island School Building Authority
Laura C. Swistak
City Clerk
ADJOURN – May 20, 2020
Public comments will be heard during the meeting via video and teleconferencing and may also be sent in advance to LSwistak@CityofNewport.com until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
The docket, along with all supporting documents, can be viewed on the City of Newport website: www.cityofnewport.com – “Council Agendas and Minutes.”
(Posted 5/20/20)
(Revised - 5/22/20)