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City of Central Falls

Special Council Meeting

Central Falls City Hall

580 Broad St. Central Falls, RI 02863

Thursday, May 28, 2015

6:00 p.m.

Meeting Minutes

1. Roll Call

City Clerk Sonia Grace conducted the roll call. Present were Council President Bob Ferri, Councilman Hugo Figueroa, Councilwoman Stephanie Gonzalez, Councilwoman Ann Racquier, Councilwoman Tia Ristaino-Siegel and Councilman Ken Vaudreuil. Councilwoman Carlene Fonseca was absent. Quorum was present.

A moment of silence was observed for service men and women who served in the military.

2. Pledge of Allegiance

Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council President Ferri.

Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Ordinances

a. Annual Operating Budget Ordinance-General Fund (Ferri)

b. Ordinance Pertaining to the Salaries of Department Heads and Others in Unclassified Service (Ferri)

c. Ordinance Amending the Wage Schedule Generally (Ferri)

d. The Annual Capital Program and Capital Budget Ordinance (Ferri)

Public Hearing

The following people appeared and spoke on the FY2016 Budget

-Len Morganis, AFO, City of Central Falls

-Edna Poulin, 68 Notre Dame St.

-Thomas Lazieh, 1072 Lonsdale Ave.

-Jairo Echeverry, 716 Dexter St.

-Juan Peña, 417 Pine St.

-Manny Silva, 4 Parker St.

-Michael Andrews, President of the Central Falls Firefighters Union

-Elizabeth Keiser, Central Falls School District

- Laudilin Rosado, 77 Garfield St

-Andrew Pierson, Central Falls/Pawtucket CDC

-Vernia Carter, Progreso Latino

-Carlos Ocampo, 92 Cleveland St.

Councilwoman Fonseca entered the meeting at 6:52pm

4. Annual Operating Budget Ordinance-General Fund- First Reading and Consideration (Ferri)

Motion to approve the ordinance was made Councilwoman Gonzalez seconded by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel

Councilwoman Gonzalez rescinded her motion.

Motion to substitute ordinance with Substitute A was made by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel, seconded Councilwoman Racquier.

Roll call vote: Councilman Ferri: yes; Councilman Figueroa: yes; Councilwoman Fonseca: yes; Councilwoman Gonzalez: yes; Councilwoman Racquier: yes; Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel: yes; Councilman Vaudreuil: yes; Motion carried 7-0

Motion to approve sub A by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel, seconded by Councilwoman Racquier.

Andy Andujar, Len Morganis and Cynthia Dejesus answered questions from the council.

Roll call vote: Councilman Ferri: yes; Councilman Figueroa: yes; Councilwoman Fonseca: yes; Councilwoman Gonzalez: yes; Councilwoman Racquier: recused; Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel: recused; Councilman Vaudreuil: yes; Motion carried 5-0

5. Ordinance Pertaining to the Salaries of Department Heads and Others in Unclassified Service- First Reading and Consideration (Ferri)

Motion to substitute ordinance with Sub B was made by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel, seconded by Councilman Vaudreuil.

Director DeJesus reviewed all changes.

6. Ordinance Amending the Wage Schedule Generally- First Reading and Consideration (Ferri)

Motion to approve was made by Councilwoman Fonseca, seconded by Councilwoman Gonzalez. Roll call vote: Councilman Ferri: yes; Councilman Figueroa: yes; Councilwoman Fonseca: yes; Councilwoman Gonzalez: yes; Councilwoman Racquier: yes; Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel: yes; Councilman Vaudreuil: yes; Motion carried 7-0

7. The Annual Capital Program and Capital Budget Ordinance- First Reading and Consideration (Ferri

Motion to approve was made by Councilwoman Gonzalez, seconded by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel.

Len Morganis answered questions from the council.

8. Point of order.

Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel stated that she sits on the Library Board and she would like to recuse herself from the original vote for the Operating Budget Ordinance. Councilwoman Racquier also requested to be recused from the original vote.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Councilwoman Ristaino-Siegel, seconded by Councilwoman Gonzalez. Meeting adjourned at 7:50pm.

Approved December 14, 2015