CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
CENTRAL FALLS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AT 7:00 P.M.
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CENTRAL FALLS CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THE ABOVE DATE AT THE CENTRAL FALLS JR/SR HIGH
AT 7:12 P.M.
COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS
COUNCILMAN FERRI
COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE
COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU ABSENT
COUNCILMAN CANAVAN
QUORUM PRESENT.
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROBERT CANAVAN PRESIDED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN LED THE ASSEMBLY IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALBA GUZMAN
D/B/A ALBA'S HAIR DESIGN
FROM 751 BROAD ST
TO 1236 BROAD ST. C.F.
COUNCIL QUESTIONED THE APPLICANT RE: TRANSFER REQUEST
MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.
ROLL CALL:
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEW | YES |
| COUNCILMAN FERRI | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | ABSENT |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | YES |
MOTION CARRIES 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.
MELVIN INTERIANO
D/B/A MEL'S AUTO REPAIR
96 BLACKSTONE ST. C.F.
MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.
ROLL CALL:
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEW | YES |
| COUNCILMAN FERRI | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | ABSENT |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | YES |
MOTION CARRIES 4 YES 0 NO 1 ABSENT.
COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU JOINED THE MEETING.
LETTER TO COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU READ BY THE PRESIDENT CANAVAN REGARDING HER ABILITY TO VOTE ON DETENTION FACILITY MATTER FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION. COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE MATTER, ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSION'S LETTER.
MOTION TO ACCEPT CORRESPONDENCES AND PLACE ON FILE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.
| COUNCILMAN MATTHEW | YES |
| COUNCILMAN FERRI | YES |
| COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE | YES |
| COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU | YES |
| COUNCILMAN CANAVAN | YES |
MOTION CARRIES FIVE YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN THANKED NUMEROUS PEOPLE FOR THEIR HELP WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.
PATRICIA SALISBURY, CHAIR OF THE DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATION: ORIGINAL INTENT OF FACILITY DISCUSSED. ROLE OF THE VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED, I.E. PORT AUTHORITY, BOND COUNSEL, MARSHALS SERVICE, ETC. JANUARY OF 1994 FIRST PAYMENT DUE ON BOND. TEMPORARILY NEED THE OTHER STATE INMATES TO PAY DEBT, OR DEFAULT WHICH MEANS THE STATE WILL TAKE OVER AND OPERATE THE FACILITY. CITY WILL LOOSE THE INCOME AND CONTROL OVER THE FACILITY. LOSS OF
JOBS, PAYMENT TO THE CITY, ETC. GOVERNOR WILL NOT LET THE BONDS DEFAULT. BOARD NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR OPTION. SHE URGED EVERYONE TO EVALUATE THE FACTS AND PUT EMOTIONS ASIDE. THE BOARD ONLY HAS THE SUCCESS OF THE FACILITY AT HEART. KEEP OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY ONCE THE BONDS ARE PAID OFF.
FRANK FLAHERTY, ATTORNEY FOR BOARD: FACILITY HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. HE THANKED LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS , AS WELL AS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE. NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH HAVING TO TAKE OUT OF STATE INMATES. GOVERNOR SUNDLUN CONFIRMED THAT STATE WILL HONOR CONTRACTS BOARD MAKES WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. BOND DEFAULT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON REST OF STATE, I.E. SAME INMATES WILL BE HERE NO MATTER WHAT, BUT REVENUE STREAM WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF STATE, NOT THE CITY. $200-300,000. POTENTIAL LOSS OF REVENUE. AFTER THE 20 YEARS, CITY WILL OWN THE BUILDING. IF DEFAULT, THE BUILDING WILL NOT -STATE WILL TAKE OVER. THIS MEANS THE CITY WILL LOSE A BUILDING RIGHT NOW WORTH $21 MILLION. URGED THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THEM, TO PROMOTE A PROJECT THAT WILL BE IN BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN LONG AND SHORT TERM.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN WHO SET THE RULES ON THE HEARING.
ANN BRUEN 1270 BROAD STREET PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNER, TAXPAYER IN CF AND STATE. DEFAULT TO CITY AND STATE WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE. REVENUE LOSS TO CENTRAL FALLS. JOB LOSS TO CITY RESIDENTS. NO HIGH RISK PRISONERS HAS BEEN THE COMMITMENT. STATE CAN ALSO EXERCISE EMINENT DOMAIN IF THE BONDS ARE DEFAULTED AND STATE TAKES OVER. BOND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE REFERENDUM. COUNCIL WILL BE IRRESPONSIBLE IF THEY ALLOW DEFAULT. STATE WILL OFFER THE CITY NOTHING. VOLUNTEER FROM THE LAYMEN LEGAL NETWORK IN WARWICK: BUILT AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. SUGGEST THE COUNCIL LEAVE THE CENTER AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE JOSEPH PAOLINO MENTIONED RE: CONVENTION CENTER REFERENDUM.
CHARLES PICERNO, 33 MULBERRY CIRCLE, LINCOLN: MAYBE THE FAMILIES FROM NORTH CAROLINA PRISONERS WOULD MOVE HERE. PRISONERS WOULD NOT BE HERE, STATE SHOULD TAKE OVER. WE OWN THE FACILITY. GET THE PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTED IT BE BUILT HERE AND PUT THEM IN THE FACILITY.
KEN CASTLE, CENTRAL FALLS:LIVES A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE DETENTION CENTER, CHAIRMAN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. USE HAS IMPROVED WITH THIS FACILITY. ENERGY SHOULD BE BETTER SPENT TO CALL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO EXPRESS THE DISCONTENT WITH BREACH OF THE MARSHALS SERVICE. MARSHALLS SERVICE IS NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR COMMITMENT. IF BATTLE IS WON, WAR IS LOST, BECAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL OF FACILITY. PEOPLE WANT CRIME PROSECUTED, YET WE NEED A PLACE TO PUT THE PEOPLE.
VIOLA PARENT 39 PERRY STREET, CENTRAL FALLS. DOES NOT WANT FACILITY TO GO INTO STATE'S HANDS. MOVED HERE AT 17, SO FAR IT IS NOT TOO BAD. AGAINST ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR DETENTION FACILITY. MORE EMPTY TENEMENTS, LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
RAYMOND BELANGER, SACRED HEART AVE.. CENTRAL FALLS. GUARD AT THE CENTER, DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE CONTROL OF FACILITY. PROUD OF FACILITY AND ITS STAFF.
LORRAINE SAVARD 76 EMMETT ST. CENTRAL FALLS. DIDN'T LIKE DETENTION CENTER ORIGINALLY. DETAINEES WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED. REVENUES TO BE GENERATED. INCARCERATE CROOKED DEVELOPERS, INVESTORS, AND POLITICIANS IN THE FACILITY.
VERONICA ORTEGA, 50 GARFIELD ST., CENTRAL FALLS STUDENT AT CENTRAL FALLS HIGH, TOURED FACILITY, GUARDS DO A GOOD JOB. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED, FEARS ARE BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. HANDSHAKE DOES NOT MAKE A DEAL.
JACINTO BENRUS, 50 COWDEN ST. CENTRAL FALLS.
SCOTT R. SULLIVAN, SUMMER ST. CENTRAL FALLS, 21 YEAR OLD RESIDENT, GUARD AT CENTER. INMATES EITHER WAY, IN THIS CITY, STATE OR FEDERAL, TRAINING THEY WENT THROUGH WAS ON STATE OF THE ART FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT. CROSS SECTION OF EXPERIENCE.
SHAMEL BULLOCK FALES ST. CF. FIELD TRIP TO DETENTION CENTER. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR INMATES TO GET OUT. THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND FOUND NO WAY AN INMATE COULD GET OUT. CLASS VOTED ON CENTER, ALL APPROVED OF STATE PRISONERS THERE BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY IN GETTING OUT.
ROSE MARIE CANAVAN ILLINOIS ST. CENTRAL FALLS. LETS EXHAUST EVERY AVENUE BEFORE TAKING ACTION. PREVIOUS COUNCIL MAKE THE DECISION. COUNCIL SHOULD GO TO WASHINGTON TO TRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MAYOR DID NOT PROTECT OUR INTEREST. COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE ACTION, DON'T DEPEND ON OTHERS. TRY AND DO SOMETHING. HER PROPERTY IS WORTH NOTHING, WHO WILL COME IN AND BUY HER HOUSE? TRY TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE YOU GIVE IN.
GERRY PETERSON SO. ATTLEBORO, MASS. DETENTION FACILITY OFFICER. ALREADY FEELS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. BEST TRAINED STAFF AND INSTRUCTORS. SAME TRAINERS AS ACI. TEACHERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SANDRA ORTIZ, HIGH STREET CENTRAL FALLS: WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
MARK E. MEENAN 525 MT. PLEASANT AVE.. PROVIDENCE, 02908. WENT TO SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS NOT LISTED. DEBT AND BONDHOLDERS DISCUSSED. MOODYS. FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT ACCUSATIONS. BONDS ON BACK OF THE TAXPAYER, TAX REVOLT. OWNERS OF CORP SHOULD COME RIGHT HERE. DOESN'T WANT POLITICIANS FILLING THEIR POCKETS. TAKING MONEY FROM THE ACI WITH THIS FACILITY. WE ARE GETTING DOUBLE TAXED. I
WANT YOU TO NAME THE OWNERS. CHANGED HEARING DATES, TIMES, CHANGE YOUR WAYS HOLD YOURSELF TO A BETTER STANDARD.
CANAVAN RETORTED. MEETING WAS ANNOUNCED A WEEK AGO, TIME WAS MADE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE. NO OTHER COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN THEM, LARGEST AUDITORIUM, INTERPRETERS.
JOHN DEMELLO, LINCOLN RI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE OWNERS ARE. FEEL SCAMMED.
JOHN ONEIL, HIGH STREET CENTRAL FALLS:WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THE STATE TAKE THIS OVER, WANT TO SEE CITY AND RESIDENTS PROFIT AND BENEFIT. WE WILL LOSE MONEY IF STATE TAKES IT OVER, DO WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO PROFIT. THEY SHOULD HAVE A RESERVE, AND TAKE SOME ALLOWANCE FOR THIS.
JOSEPHINE MCLAUGHLIN MADISON AVE. CENTRAL FALLS. WOULD LIKE THE SENATOR TO SPEAK ON THE BILL HE PUT THROUGH
THE FACILITY.
JOE CROSS TEMPLE PLACE. ASKED QUESTIONS. OUR TAXES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF, AND VALUES ARE LOW. CUT OUR TAXES IN HALF.
JASON MAIN CENTRAL FALLS. UNEMPLOYED UNTIL EMPLOYED HERE. IF PEOPLE ARE SO OUTRAGED, WHERE ARE THEY ALL?
LETS KEEP THE JOBS.
KATHY FONSECA CENTRAL FALLS. WE CAN'T CHANGE THIS, AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM. IT WILL REMAIN, WHETHER WE KEEP IT OR THE STATE RUNS IT. STATE WILL GET THE MONEY IF THEY RUN IT. I HAVE LIVED HERE 22 YEARS, AND COULDN'T SELL MY HOUSE BEFORE. DON'T BLAME THE CENTER. WORKS AT THE DETENTION CENTER, SECURITY IS TIGHT. OFFICERS ARE WELL TRAINED.
WORKED AT CUMBERLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. I TRUST THEM. DETENTION CENTER IS HERE TO STAY. A CRIMINAL IS A CRIMINAL. ALL THESE PEOPLE COMMITTED CRIMES.
SANDRA ORTIZ, HIGH STREET. A JOB IS EASIER TO FIND THAN FINDING A HOME. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN. I WAS AFRAID BEFORE THE CENTER WAS BUILT. PRISONERS ARE BAD, AND THERE FOR A REASON. WHAT IF THEY DO ESCAPE? IT IS WORSE NOW. I AM ASHAMED TO TELL PEOPLE I LIVE IN CENTRAL FALLS.
WILFRED DEMEULE BROAD ST. CENTRAL FALLS: I SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THE BIG HOUSE. I FEEL BAD FOR YOU , YOU FELL INTO A TRAP. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THIS PRISON. THIS IS A SCAM THAT STARTED IN 1989. I HAVE LITTLE RESPECT FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW. PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOAX, MARSHALL CONSTRUCTION, DOYLE, WOULD LIKE
INTO THE WHITEHOUSE. FLAHERTY, ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNCIL, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE : MR. BRODIE, TREASURER POULIN WHO WITHHELD INFORMATION, MAYOR HAS THE INFORMATION UNDER HIS DESK. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET THE MAYOR. MR. BROUSSEAU ALSO, WHO HAD DINNER WITH BRODIE. HONORABLE JOHN CHAFFEE, CONTACTED. I INVESTIGATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NC PAYING 52.50 PER DIEM NOW. OKLAHOMA MENTIONED. MINNESOTA, APPLETON HAS TWO GYMS AND A THEATER, PAY 37.00 HOW CAN THIS THING SURVIVE. I AM STILL FIGHTING THIS. IF YOU DO GET THESE OUT OF TOWN PRISONERS, THEY WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE. WHEN I WAS INCARCERATED, IN THE PENITENTIARY, I HAD TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS. THINK THIS OVER, I HAVE 9 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION. LEGISLATION WAS PASSED ILLEGALLY. THIS WAS A FARCE FROM DAY ONE. READ FROM BILL.
LINDA GAGNE SAMOSET AVENUE CENTRAL FALLS. HEAVILY TAXED. DID NOT WANT THE PRISON. PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE MAYOR. WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE .
LOUIS JOSEPH CORNEAU TEMPLE PLACE CENTRAL FALLS:THERE WERE NO OBLIGATIONS FROM THE MARSHALLS SERVICE. I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING, BUT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT PASS THE RESOLUTION. THE PRISON IS NOT DRIVING THE PRICES DOWN, THE PEOPLE NOT IN THERE ARE.
LOUIS FERUCCION POB. SECOND VP OF CORRECTION OFFICERS. PRIVATE CONTRACTORS SHOULD NOT RUN CORRECTIONS FACILITIES. CENTER WILL BE A STRAIN TO CENTRAL FALLS. STATE PAYS CRANSTON FOR THESE SERVICES. WE HAVE ROOKIES RUNNING THE FACILITY. BOND ISSUE DISCUSSED. DETAINEES AND SENTENCED INMATES BIG DIFFERENCE. DO NOT SUGGEST OUT OF STATE SENTENCED INMATES.
MAURICE BROUSSEAU 70 PACIFIC STREET CENTRAL FALLS. WORK WITH THE DETENTION CENTER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE.
COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS QUESTIONED MAURICE BROUSSEAU REGARDING MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. ASKED CLARIFICATION OF HIS MOTION.
MR. BROUSSEAU EXPLAINED THAT THE MOTION JUST SET UP THE BOARD. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS NOT GOING AWAY. AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, IT IS HERE. DON'T LOSE LOCAL CONTROL. MOTION WAS JUST TO SET UP THE CORPORATION.
AL LAROCHE CENTRAL ST. CENTRAL FALLS. AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED, IT WAS FOR DETENTION CENTER WITH LIMITED STAY.
FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT CONVICTED. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I DID WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. CITY WAS NO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBTS OF THE PRISON. THERE WAS A GREAT NEED FOR THE DETENTION CENTER. DEMEULE
SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE STREET. HE FELT MORE ROOM WOULD BE NEEDED. I DO NOT WANT OUT OF STATE INMATES. DETAINEES ONLY. 30% LOCAL PEOPLE WORKING THERE. ABOUT 18 PEOPLE. I DO NOT INTEND ON MOVING OUT, I LOVE THIS CITY HAVE LIVED HERE 35 YEARS. ACI GUARDS HAVE THEIR OWN AXES TO GRIND.
COUNCILMAN FERRI: READ FROM MINUTES OF OLDER MEETING WHEN LAROCHE WAS ON THE COUNCIL.
SPEAKER REGARDING THE DETENTION CENTER, CAN WE AFFORD TO THROW AWAY THE MONEY THE CENTER CAN GENERATE? LET'S GET THIS TOGETHER, AND MAKE IT WORK. 20 YEARS PLUS HERE, I THINK THEY WILL LEAVE IF THEY BREAK OUT. SAVE THE MONEY FOR THE CITY. LETS HAVE SOME PRIDE. I AM PROUD TO BE A CENTRAL FALLS RESIDENT.
ROSE MARIE CANAVAN ASKED QUESTION REGARDING GOVERNOR AND COMMITMENT. IS GOVERNOR GOING TO PUT IT IN WRITING?
AL LAROCHE MONEY IS NOT THE IMPORTANT ISSUE HERE. IDEA OF WHAT WE STAND FOR, MOST OF US ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE.
SHAMEL BULLOCK LIKES THE GUARDS. TRY TO KEEP THIS FROM THE STATE. KEEP IT HERE.
THOMAS TINKHAM FOP WHAT IS 200,000. ALMOST TWO DOLLARS ON THE TAX RATE. LOCAL POLICE HAS NO TRAINING TO DEAL WITH. NO MONEY FOR TRAINING. WHAT KIND OF TRAINING ARE WE GOING TO GET? OWNERS ARE MAKING A FORTUNE? STATE HAS RIOT TEAMS, AND TRAINING. THIS IS BRAND NEW. A CONVICTED CRIMINAL IS NOT A DETAINEE. WE HAVE NO TRAINING.
WILFRED DEMEULE-READ FROM ARTICLE-ASKED QUESTION.
UNKNOWN-SPEAKER LIVES HERE, TIRED OF THE TEARING DOWN OF THE CITY. RAISING HIS FAMILY HERE. CREATE AND KEEP THESE JOBS HERE. OFFICER AT FACILITY. I TRUST PEOPLE IN CENTRAL FALLS. PRIDE IN THIS CITY IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT. GIVE THE PROJECT A SHOT.
SPEAKER LIVES HERE 33 YEARS, CFPD HAS ARRESTED ALL TYPES, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. TAKE CARE OF THE PRISON. I ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT. WHO WERE THE GREEDY PEOPLE? THE END OF MANKIND.
TAXPAYER OF CF. NOT CONCERNED WITH THE TAX RATE, MORE WITH SAFETY OF THE FAMILY. OUT OF THE CITY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. CONCERNED WITH SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. MRS. KRASKIEKO. LETS TRY AND DO SOMETHING.
J. MCLAUGHLIN $250,000 TO 300,000 IS A JOKE. WE WON'T SEE A DIME.
ACI GUARD STATED HE IS NOT A PARASITE. QUOTED THE FIGURES. WOODEN DOORS BURN. LIVES NEAR PRISON IN CRANSTON.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AT 9:32 PM.
CANAVAN SPOKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE COMING.
CITY CLERK ISSA READ THE RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS:COUNCIL IS TAKING A POSITION WITH THE RESOLUTION. BOARD HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I ASK THE BOARD TO REMEMBER LEGAL COUNSEL WORKS FOR YOU. I WONDER IF MR. FLAHERTY WORKS FOR THE GOVERNOR. I WOULD ASK THE BOAR D NOT TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACTS UNTIL THEY CAN WORK IT OUT. WHY DIDN'T WE WEEK FEDERAL INMATES FIRST. COUNCIL SHOULD CONTINUE WHAT IT IS DOING. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING IN CONVICTED INMATES.
COUNCILMAN FERRI: THANKED EVERYONE HERE. PEOPLE HERE WORK AT THE FACILITY. WE SHOULD HOLD CORPORATIONS FEET TO THE FIRE, AND KEEP ORIGINAL INMATES. GUARDS ARE HERE FOR SELF INTEREST.
COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE: TO CORPORATION: ASKED THEM TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THEY KEEP COUNCIL INFORMED FOR EVERY STEP FROM HERE ON IN. CITY OFFICERS SHOULD BE TRAINED. IT COULD PUT A STRAIN ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN: WE NEED MORE COMMUNICATION. RESOLUTION IS SO INTRODUCED. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTIONS OF THE CENTRAL FALLS DETENTIONS FACILITY CORPORATION (HEREINAFTER "CORPORATION)
TO PROMOTE THE COMMITMENT OF INMATES SERVING TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT AT THE DONALD W. WYATT DETENTION CENTER.
SO INTRODUCED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN: MONDAY AT 11:00 MET WITH GOVERNOR. DETENTION BOARD , SEN. PELL CHAFFEE, REED, MR. DOYLE. DETENTION GAVE PRESENTATION. GOVERNOR SPOKE. FELT HE HAD NO CHOICE ON THE BONDS AND DEFAULT. CF CAME TO HIM AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS HELP. IT IS A CITY ISSUE UNTIL BONDS ARE DEFAULTED ON. GOVERNOR CANNOT ALLOW THE BONDS TO BE DEFAULTED. I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR DELEGATION IS DOING ALL THEY CAN. THEY WILL TRY TO TIE THIS IN WITH THE NEW CRIME BILL. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN EARLY JANUARY. HE FURTHER ELABORATED ON THE MEETING.
COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION. REITERATED GOVERNOR'S STAND ON THE BOND DEFAULT. NO GUARANTEES. THEY WILL WORK WITH THE MARSHALL SERVICE. CORPORATION IS MOVING INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
DISCUSSED POSSIBLE STATE PRISON USES.
MOTION TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION: 45-46-12-EXEMPT 2 WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.
AND SECONDED COUNCILMAN FERRI.
ALL AGREED SO VOTED. TIME 10:00 P.M.
COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU ALTHOUGH PRESENT AT THIS MEETING DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING AS RULED BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
MEETING RECESSED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:30 P.M.
MEETING RECONVENED AT 11:50 P.M.
NO OTHER COMMENTS OR BUSINESS WAS DISCUSSED.
MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI. ALL AGREED. SO VOTED.
TIME 11:52 P.M.
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DANIEL J. ISSA
11:10 PM