CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS CLAIMS COMMITTEE MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
OCTOBER 25, 1994
AT THE RISE OF THE LIQUOR BOARD
MEETING BEGAN AT 9:05 PM
MEETING WAS CHAIRED COUNCILMAN LEE MATTHEWS
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS | YES |
| COUNCILMAN GOES | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | ABSENT |
FOUR QUORUM PRESENT
CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT ESQ. (JOSEPH BARRA)
LAWRENCE GOLDBERG, ESQ. ( HARRY MINKE)
DANIEL ISSA NOTIFIED JONATHAN F. OSTER, ESQ. ( RAYMOND HASKELL)
DANIEL ISSA NOTIFIED SUZANNE PASELA
DANIEL ISSA NOTIFIED GEORGE M. PRESCOTT,ESQ. (RAYMOND ST.AMAND)
WILLIAM BURKE,ESQ. RE: NOTICE TO CLAIMS
CHAIR READ TITLES.
MOTION TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE
SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.
COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE COMMENTED.
CITY SOLICITOR GEORGE MUKSIAN QUESTIONED ON PYTEL CASE.
FURTHER DISCUSSION.
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS | YES |
| COUNCILMAN GOES | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | ABSENT |
FOUR TO ZERO, MOTION CARRIES.
JOSEPH BARRA, PERSONAL INJURY THAT OCCURRED AT HIGGINSON FIELD ON 9/18/94, BY HIS ATTORNEY CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT.
HARRY MINKE, PERSONAL INJURY THAT OCCURRED DUE TO A SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 20, 1993, BY HIS ATTORNEY LAWRENCE L. GOLDBERG.
MOTION TO TABLE MINKE CASE-NO ONE HERE, MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS | YES |
| COUNCILMAN GOES | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | ABSENT |
FOUR TO ZERO, MOTION CARRIES
SUZANNE C. PASELA FOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHILE HER VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNATTENDED ON LAKE ST. BY A CITY VEHICLE HIT AND RUN.
SUZANNE PASELA PRESENT AND GAVE TESTIMONY. HIT AND RUN ON HER VEHICLE ALLEGED BY WITNESS. ACCIDENT REPORT MADE OUT.
TWO SEATER SPORTS CONVERTABLE.
NO PICTURES OF CAR AFTER ACCIDENT.
CHAIR ASKED HOW MUCH THEY PAID FOR CAR.
WITNESS DECLINED.
GIFT. WILL NOT DISCLOSE. MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN.
CLERK ASKED BOOK VALUE TOPS, $1,750.00
AVERAGE LOAN IS $ 675.
AVERAGE TRADE IN $ 625.
SOLICITOR ASKED AND RESPONDED.
FAIR MARKET VALUE OF VEHICLE IF ALL CONDITIONS ARE MET.
CAR NOT DRIVEN NOW. DISCUSSION.
CLERK INFORMED THE COMMITTEE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BUCCI EST. $ 2,000.00 TO REPAIR THE CAR MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU,
CHAIR POINTED OUT THIS IS $ 250.00 MORE THAN THE BOOK VALUE.
MOTION DOES NOT INCLUDE CITY KEEPING THE CAR.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS | YES |
| COUNCILMAN GOES | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO.
CHAIR INSTRUCTED THE WITNESS.
RAYMOND HASKELL FOR REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS, AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S FAILURE TO FULFILL AGREEMENTS MADE TO A RETIREE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.00 BY HIS ATTORNEY JONATHAN F. OSTER, ESQ.
JONATHAN OSTER, ATTORNEY, FROM LINCOLN REPRESENTING HASKELL.
CHAIR REQUESTED RECAP OF THE CASE.
BENEFITS FOR HASKELL AND CONTRACT DISCUSSED.
JUNE 1993 PAY INCREASED BUT NOT IN HIS RETIREMENT PAY.
BLUE CROSS COVERAGE NOT KEPT AS PER AGREEMENT PER OSTER.
OSTER SAID HE MADE REPEATED REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. IT WAS RESPONDED TO, BUT NOT TO HIS SATISFACTION IN WRITING.
OPEN RECORDS ACT NOT COMPLIED WITH IN THIS CASE IN HIS OPINION.
NO SUIT FILED YET.
MATTHEWS QUESTIONED OSTER REGARDING CONTRACT.
NO WRITTEN AGREEMENT ON HAND.
IN 198 THE CITY SOLICITOR WAS RAYMOND COONEY. THIS WAS AT THE TIME.
SOLICITOR RESPONDED. HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY OF THE
ALLEGED CORRESPONDANCE OR DOCUMENTS.
OSTER WANTS TO SEE FILE.
HE SAID SIX MONTHS AGO HE ASKED FOR IT, AND DOES NOT HAVE IT.
CLERK INDICATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE PERSONNEL SPECIALIST COULD NOT LOCATE FILE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OR FOUR PERSONNEL SPECIALISTS SINCE MR.JOYCE WAS HERE ON THAT CASE.
ATTRONEY OSTER WILLING TO SUMMONS FORMER CHIEF GALLIGAN AND FORMER SOLICTOR COONEY.
ASKED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SO THEY CAN PROCEED.
ORIGINALLY A WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND HASKELL.(OSTER)
LIGHT DUTY DESK JOB WAS ALTERNATIVE.
AGREEMENT ALLEGEDLY MADE TO RESOLVE.
HASKELL: IN AND OFF LIGHT DUTY FOR 5-6 YEARS.
OSTER WILL PRODUCE WHAT HE HAS.
COUNCILMAN LEE MATTHEWS WILL SEARCH CITY RECORDS.
MOTION MADE TO TABLE PAQUETTE MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY COUCILWOMAN MOREAU.
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS | YES |
| COUNCILMAN GOES | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | ABSENT |
FOUR TO ZERO, MOTION CARRIES
RAYMOND AND LAURETTE ST. AMAND FOR DAMAGES BY THE CITY FOR DENIAL TO THEM OF EQUAL PROTECTION BY OCCASION BY THE SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF RUBBISH REMOVAL FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THEY HAVE A BUSINESS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $11,683.52.
NO ACTION NEEDED.
NONE
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GOES TO AJOURN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.
FOUR TO ZERO, MOTION CARRIES
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DANIEL J. ISSA
CITY CLERK
TIME:9:48 PM