June 16, 1993 - Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1993

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:30 P.M.

A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CENTRAL FALLS CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THE ABOVE DATE IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:30 P.M.

ROLL CALL:

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS

COUNCILMAN FERRI

COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE

COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU

COUNCILMAN CANAVAN

QUORUM PRESENT.

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROBERT CANAVAN PRESIDED.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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

MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING APRIL 14, 1993; BUDGET WORKSHOP JUNE 1, 1993; SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL JUNE 3, 1993.

COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE ASKED THAT THE JUNE 3, 1993 MINUTES BE AMENDED.

MOTION TO ACCEPT COLLECTIVELY AND PLACE ON FILE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

CITY OFFICER'S REPORTS

POLICE REPORT; MUNICIPAL COURT REPORT; BUILDING PERMITS; ELECTRICAL PERMITS; PLUMBING PERMITS.

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

COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU COMMENTED ON MINIMUM HOUSING REPORTS AND REQUESTED THAT THEY BE MADE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

CORRESPONDENCES

R. KEVIN HORAN, ESQ. RE: HUCKLEBERRY'S PUB RAMP

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

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

PERSONNEL BOARD RE: CITY ORDINANCES 19-37 & 19-38

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS COMMENTED ON THE LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE PERSONNEL BOARD AND STATED THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH BOARD FOR NOT SENDING LETTERS OR COMING TO THE MEETINGS AT THE TIME THESE ORDINANCES WERE IN DISCUSSION BEFORE PASSAGE. HE ASKED THAT THIS LETTER NOT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE.

MOTION NOT TO ACCEPT LETTER WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 4 YES 1 NO 0 ABSENT.

PETITION TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

CHARLES PYTEL COMMENTED ON LETTER FROM JAMES STEPHENS TO MAYOR LAZIEH REGARDING HIGH SCHOOL. HE STATED THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES ALL SCHOOLS TO BE INSPECTED PRIOR TO OPENING IN SEPTEMBER. HE REPORTED THAT THE BIOLOGY LABS HAD NO TRAPS UNDER THE SINKS AND THIS IS DRASTICALLY WRONG. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WENT TO THE CHEMISTRY LABS AND THAT THERE WERE NO TRAPS THERE ALSO, HE EXPLAINED THAT AND ODOR ACCUMULATES WHEN THERE IS NO WATER IN THE TRAPS. HE STATED THAT HE WENT TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO MONEY FOR THE PROBLEM. HE COMMENTED ON THE CODE.

COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU COMMENTED ON THE LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE MINIMUM HOUSING DIRECTOR RELATIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND STATED THAT SHE FINDS IT TO BE AN INSULT TO THE COUNCIL. SHE COMMENTED THAT THERE ARE REAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND SHE WANTS ANSWERS AS TO THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING TO THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE THERE.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN STATED THAT HE WOULD CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE MATTER AND FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

COUNCILMAN FERRI ASKED IF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THIS COMPLAINT.

COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU RESPONDED.

FESTIVAL

MADEIRA CLUB

ANNUAL MADEIRA FEAST

AUG 8-10 RAINDATE AUG. 11, 1993.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

MARCH

ANNUAL CRIMESTOPPER CITY WIDE ANTI-CRIME MARCH

AUGUST 3, 1993.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

RAFFLE

CENTRAL FALLS SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

RAFFLE DRAWING AT 1993 CAR SHOW SEPT. 19, 1993.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

CLASS A RESTAURANT LICENSE (NEW)

DAISY CABREJA

D/B/A CRIOLLISIMO RESTAURANT

680 DEXTER ST. C.F.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE LICENSE (NEW)

ROBERT B. WALKER

D/B/A BLACKSTONE VALLEY ARCHERY CLUB

1420 BROAD ST., CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.

12PM-10PM 6 DAYS PER WEEK CLOSED MONDAYS

ALSO SUNDAY SALES

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS QUESTIONED SAFETY FACTORS.

MR. WALKER RESPONDED ABOUT STATE REQUIREMENTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

CARLOS CORREIA DA COSTA

D/B/A COSTA'S PHOTO LAB

539 BROAD ST.

8AM-5PM MON-SAT

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

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

THERAPY AND MASSAGE CENTER

ALFONSO BARRERO

D/B/A TEFRA HEALTH CENTER

830 BROAD ST

10AM-8PM MON.-SAT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONED MR. BARRERO ON CREDENTIALS.

MR. BARRERO EXPLAINED THAT THIS THERAPY WAS CENTERED ON SPORTS INJURIES, ESPECIALLY SOCCER.

COUNCIL COMMENTS AND QUEST CONTINUED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED THAT MR. BARRERO CONSIDER THE NAME OF TEFRA HEALTH CENTER AS NAME OF BUSINESS.

MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO STATE REGULATIONS WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

PEDDLER'S LICENSE RENEWAL

NORMA CORCHADO

D/B/A PIRAGUAS COQUI

SPANISH SNOW CONES

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

PEDDLER'S LICENSE (NEW)

RAYMOND L. FINUCCI

SELL FRESH FRUIT CORNER OF PACIFIC ST.

MOTION TO TABLE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

FLEA MARKET & ITINERANT RESTAURANT LICENSES

JEAN VITALI

DEPOT FLEA MARKET

309 BROAD ST

CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

MOTION TO TABLE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

CONSTABLE LICENSE RENEWAL

ALLEN VENTURELLI

229 WASHINGTON ST.

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

SECOND HAND LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LISTS

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

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

USED CAR LICENSE RENEWALS 1993

SEE LIST

MOTION TO APPROVE COLLECTIVELY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HOLIDAY AUTO AND ANNEX WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

SECOND HAND LICENSE (NEW)

THADEUS STEMPIEN AND GEORGE GENDRON

D/B/A MINI FLEA MARKET

694 DEXTER ST.

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

ORDINANCE (FIRST PASSAGE)

CHAPTER 4 ARTICLE II OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING AGGRESSIVE DOGS, AS AMENDED.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16-5-3 OF THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCE AS AMENDED.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE REV. ROBERT BEIRNE OF HOLY TRINITY PARISH ON HIS ANNIVERSARY OF THIRTY YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD.

MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FERRI.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES O NO 0 ABSENT.

ADDENDUM

CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE

MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL JUNE 21, 1993 MEETING WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN MOREAU AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PAQUETTE.

ROLL CALL:

MOTION CARRIED 5 YES 0 NO 0 ABSENT.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 19-37 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES.

NEW BUSINESS

HUCKLEBERRY'S CORRESPONDENCE

COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS COMMENTED ON LETTER.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE SEND A LETTER IN RESPONSE STATING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT CONSIDER A $1.00 OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE AS SUGGESTED.

OLD BUSINESS

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN COMMENTED ON THE APPOINTMENT OF EDNA POULIN TO THE DETENTION BOARD STATING THAT HE FEELS THIS IS A CONFLICT, HOWEVER, SPEAKING WITH A FEW ATTORNEYS RELATIVE TO THE COST INVOLVED IN LITIGATION AND EVEN IF THIS BE FOUND TO BE TRUE IN SPEAKING WITH A JUDGE ON THE MATTER IS WOULD NOT MEAN THAT THE POSITION COULD BE VACATED. HE SUGGESTED THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION BE MADE OPPOSING CITY OFFICERS FROM SERVING ON THAT BOARD. HE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

COUNCILMAN FERRI ASKED WHAT THE STATUS ON THE SALE OF LIVE CHICKENS.

THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER COMMENTED ON REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANAVAN COMMENTED ON FINAL PASSAGE OF THE CURFEW ORDINANCE AND SET A TENTATIVE DATE OF WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 1993 AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AT 7 P.M.

THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOTIFY PRESS.

ADJOURN

MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FERRI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MATTHEWS. ALL AGREED. SO VOTED.

TIME 10:41 P.M.

ELIZABETH A. CROWLEY

DEPUTY CITY CLERK