November 9, 1992 - Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1992

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:00 P.M.

A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CENTRAL FALLS CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THE ABOVE DATE IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:05 P.M.

ROLL CALL

ROLL CALL:

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS

COUNCILMAN FERRI

COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE

COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU ABSENT

COUNCILMAN CANAVAN

QUORUM PRESENT.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROBERT CANAVAN PRESIDED.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN LED THE ASSEMBLY IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS

THERE WERE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

MINUTES

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 24, 1992.

MOTION TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CORRESPONDENCES

MAYOR LAZIEH/; BOARD APPOINTMENTS

BOARD OF APPEALS

RONALD BACHAND

145 CROSS ST.

TERM TO EXPIRE JAN. 1993

LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

JOSE A. AICA

103 SHAWMUT AVE.

TERM TO EXPIRE JAN. 1995

READ BY CITY CLERK ISSA.

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

ALBERT O. LAROCHE                                 NORMAND DEGIULIO

347 CENTRAL ST.                                         61 COTTAGE ST.

TERM TO EXPIRE NOV. 1993                     TERM TO EXPIRE NOV.1993

PATRICIA SALISBURY                                KENNETH CASTLE

16 RIVER ST.                                                 16 RIVER ST.

TERM TO EXPIRE NOV. 1994                     TERM TO EXPIRE NOV, 1994

MAUREEN ZUBA                                          CHARLES COELHO

62 HAWES ST.                                               151 CROSS ST.

TERM TO EXPIRE NOV. 1995                     TERM TO EXPIRE NOV. 1995

READ BY CITY CLERK ISSA.

MOTION TO TABLE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1. 4 MEMBERS MUST RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

2. 3 SHALL OWN HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT.

3. NO ONE FROM WARD ONE.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CITY OFFICER'S REPORTS

POLICE REPORT, MUNICIPAL COURT REPORT, BUILDING PERMITS

MOTION TO ACCEPT COLLECTIVELY AND PLACE ON FILE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

ORDINANCES (FIRST PASSAGE)

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS.

MOTION TO TABLE TO NEXT MEETING WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

AN ORDINANCE REPEALING 14-48.5 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES ENTITLED "MORATORIUM-SECOND HAND LICENSES."

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-14 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES ENTITLED "NOISE-UNNECESSARY NOISE PROHIBITED AND DECLARED NUISANCE."

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CLASS A LICENSE (RESTAURANT) NEW

SILVIO DE LA ROSA D/B/A EL YUEVO AMBIENTE

682 DEXTER ST. C.F.

7DAYS 10AM-11PM

COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONED THE APPLICANT.

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS MOVED TO TABLE THE LICENSE UNTIL APPLICANT COULD SHOW THAT THE BUSINESS IS RENTING

THE STORE.

MOTION WITHDRAWN.

UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO DELAY UNTIL LATER IN MEETING.

NO OBJECTIONS.

CITY COUNCIL RECALLED THIS APPLICATION.

APPLICANTS PRODUCED A COPY OF THE RENTAL/LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE COUNCIL.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CLASS C LICENSE NEW

JOSE A.S.SOARES & MARIA J. LUIS

D/B/A MARIA'S MINI MARKET

518 BROAD ST.

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS QUESTIONED THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND STATED THAT HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO APPROVE LICENSE REQUEST WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTION'S APPROVAL.

APPLICANT COMMENTED.

CITY CLERK ISSA COMMENTED.

CHARLES PYTEL COMMENTED.

MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL BUILDING INSPECTOR CAN APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS FURTHER COMMENTED.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE LICENSES NEW

FRANK & JOSE FABIAN

D/B/A J.F. FASHION

718 DEXTER ST. MON.-SAT. 10AM-8PM.

COUNCILMAN FERRI QUESTIONED APPLICANTS.

CHARLES PYTEL RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL LATER IN MEETING WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

ALBA ALVAREZ

D/B/A ALBA'S BOUTIQUE

141 COWDEN ST.

MON. - SAT.

APPLICANT WAS NOT PRESENT AT MEETING.

NO ACTION TAKEN.

JOSE SOUSA

407-417 DEXTER ST.

APARTMENT RENTAL SERVICE

MOTION TO DEFER WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CLASS A RESTAURANT LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

THE CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONED SOME OF THE LICENSE RENEWALS.

CITY CLERK ISSA RESPONDED.

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CLASS B VICTUALLING LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS COMMENTED.

MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE TO RENEW LICENSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POLONAISE CLUB, TROPICANA AND RIGHT CHOICE AND INSTRUCT THE CITY CLERK TO SUMMONS THESE THREE APPLICANTS TO ANSWER WHY THE COUNCIL SHOULD RENEW THESE LICENSES. MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS.

DISCUSSION ENSUED BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY SOLICITOR.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

MR. SALAZAR FROM THE TROPICANA WAS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. THE COUNCIL QUESTIONED MR. SALAZAR ON THE

STATUS OF THE BUILDING SINCE THE FIRE.

MR. SALAZAR STATED THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 60 DAYS BEFORE HE WOULD OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE TO GRANT THE RENEWAL OF THE TROPICANA SUBJECT TO THE LICENSE NOT

BEING ISSUED UNTIL THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS APPROVED AND 30 DAYS AFTER THIS APPROVAL THE CAFE MUST

RE-OPEN.

COUNCIL DISCUSSION ENSUED WITH CITY SOLICITOR.

MR. SALAZAR COMMENTED.

COUNCILMAN FERRI COMMENTED AND SECONDED MOTION.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

CITY CLERK ISSA WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOTIFY THE POLONAISE CLUB AND RIGHT CHOICE TO APPEAR AT THE NOV. 16, 1992 MEETING.

CLASS C & C-1 LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

COUNCIL DISCUSSED SOME CORRECTIONS AND ADDRESS OMISSIONS.

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY AS AMENDED WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

SUNDAY SALES LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

LAUNDRY LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

DANCE, AMUSEMENT DEVICE & POOL TABLE LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY EXCEPT RIGHT CHOICE, JIMBO'S, POLONAISE AND BENJAMIN'S WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN

MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

LAS VEGAS NIGHT LICENSES

ST. EPHRAIM'S CHURCH MEN'S SOCIETY

CHURCH HALL, WASHINGTON ST.

10/30/92 7PM-1AM

CENTRAL FALLS COMMUNITY CENTER

WEST SIDE SOCIAL CLUB

11/14/92 7PM-1AM

MOTION TO APPROVE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

BAZAAR

ST. BASIL THE GREAT CHURCH

CHURCH HALL BROAD ST.

11/22/92 10AM-8PM

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

PETITION TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

ROBERT T. WONDERS, PRESIDENT CALL/; RE: CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ORDINANCE REQUEST REINTRODUCE.

MR. WONDERS ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND COMMENTED ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION

ORDINANCE WHICH WAS DEFEATED A FEW YEARS AGO. HE COMMENTED ON THE NEED FOR THIS ORDINANCE.

CLAIMS

RAYMOND PAULHUS BY HIS ATTORNEY BRUCE J. KATZ FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A FALL ON DEXTER ST. 9/11/92. $150,000.00.

MARY L. BAPTISTA BY HER INSURANCE CO. JOHN HANCOCK FOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE ON SHAWMUT AVE. BY HIGHWAY VEHICLE

ON 10/24/91 IN THE AMOUNT OF $820.44.

MOTION TO COLLECTIVELY REFER TO CLAIMS COMMITTEE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.

REPORTS FROM COUNCIL SUB COMMITTEES

THERE WERE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

OLD BUSINESS

COUNCILMAN FERRI PUBLICLY THANKED THE CENTRAL FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SERVICE DURING THE WATER CRISIS.

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER DISCUSSED.

COUNCILMAN FERRI QUESTION ROBERT MOREAU, CITY ASSESSOR ON TRAILERS ON HIGH ST.

DISCUSSION BETWEEN CITY SOLICITOR AND CITY ASSESSOR.

MR. MOREAU RECAPPED HISTORY OF TRAILERS FOR COUNCIL AND SUGGESTED THAT THE FIRE CHIEF APPROACH THE PROBLEM.

FIRE CHIEF RENE COUTU COMMENTED.

THE COUNCIL QUESTIONED THE CITY SOLICITOR ON THE SIGNING OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE DIRECTOR.

DISCUSSION OF SUPEONA POWER OF COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO DEPARTMENT HEADS ALSO DISCUSSED WITH SOLICITOR.

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN COMMENTED ON THE DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR.

CITY CLERK ISSA WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOTIFY APPLICANTS WHOSE LICENSES WERE TABLED.

NEW BUSINESS

NO NEW BUSINESS.

ADJOURN

MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI. TIME 9:50 P.M.

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DANIEL J. ISSA, CITY CLERK