CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE   RHODE ISLAND JOURNAL OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:45pm Executive Session 7:30 PM Regular Meeting

 

I.         EXECUTIVE SESSION

A.  Claims Committee

B.  Disposition of City owned property

 

II.       CALL TO ORDER

7:30 PM Meeting called to order on January 5, 2010 at Council Chambers, City of East Providence, East Providence, RI.

 

 

III.      INVOCATION

 

IV.       SALUTE TO THE FLAG

 

V.        TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR

All items under CONSENT CALENDAR are considered to be of a routine and noncontroversial nature by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the CONSENT CALENDAR and will be considered in its normal sequence on the docket.

 

RESULT:            ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER:           Bruce DiTraglia, Councilman

SECONDER:     Robert E. Cusack, Assistant Mayor

AYES:             Larisa Jr, Cusack, Coogan, Perry, DiTraglia

A.  Letters

1.   Narragansett Bay Commission, Construction/Engineering/Operations Committee Agenda, December 16, 2009.

2.   Narragansett Bay Commission, Finance Committee Meeting, December 16, 2009.

3.   Narragansett Bay Commission Monthly Board Meeting, December 16, 2009.

4.   State of RI Coastal Resources Management Council Management Procedures.

5.   Town of Portsmouth Resolution in opposition to House Bill 5931 and Senate Bill 606 amending the 2006 bill referred to as the “Madeline Walker Bill”.

B.  Vict/Over 50

1.   Famiglia E Amici, Inc., DBA Gavi Trattoria, 99 Hicks Street (02914)

C.   Alcoholic Beverage Class F-1

1.   St. Francis Xavier, January 17, 2009, 95th Anniversary Dinner, 81 North Carpenter Street (02914)

2.   St. Francis Xavier, January 23, 2009, SFX Band Dinner, 81 North Carpenter Street (02914)

D.  Approval of Council Journal

1.   November 3, 2009, Regular Council Meeting

E.   Cancellation/Abatement

1.   Cancellation/Abatement

Year	Amount
2006	$880.63
2008	$222.97
2009	$445.95
Total	$1,549.55

6.   Motion To:         To keep the minutes of Executive Session sealed.

7.   Motion To:         To approve the Consent Calendar.

 

VI.       APPOINTMENTS

1.   Motion To:         Ancient Littleneck Cemetery – Reappointment (by Councilman DiTraglia)

COMMENTS - Current Meeting:

Michael Znosko, 12 Catalpa Street (02915)

2.   Motion To:         Traffic Control  (by Councilman DiTraglia)

COMMENTS - Current Meeting:

Brittany Cunha, 76c Washington Street (02915)

3.   Motion To:         Tree Warden Re-Appoint (by Mayor Larisa)

COMMENTS - Current Meeting:

Michael Bartlett, 210 Newman Avenue MA

 

VII.     LICENSES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARING

A.  Gatherer

1.   Motion To:         Edwin F. Kane, 14 Fisher Street (02914) with stipulation:  between 6:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. only

 

VIII.   NEW BUSINESS

A.  City Managers Report

1.   Motion To:         Approval of Custodian Services Contract

COMMENTS - Current Meeting:

This motion was approved pending one final meeting with the Steel Workers Union, if the $600,000 in real savings can be confirmed then the motion will not move forward and the City Manager will return to Council with changes to Steel Workers Union contract for approval resulting in employees which were laid off returning to work.

B.  Reports of Other City Officials

1.   East Providence Comprehensive Plan Update (by Director of Planning Jeanne Boyle)

1.   Motion To:         Approval of Updated East Providence Comprehensive Plan

2.   Motion To:         Claims Committee Report (by Assistant City Solicitor Robert Craven)

COMMENTS - Current Meeting:

KENNETH LUKE         $798.07

RM No. 09-088, Claim No. 09-049

 

Claim for property damage to claimant?s parked vehicle which was struck by a police vehicle in the parking lot of the police station.

 

 

Motion:  Refer the claim to the insurance carrier.

 

 

DUARTE MONTEIRO   $204.69

RM No. 09-092, Claim No. 09-050

 

Claim for property damage to claimant?s parked vehicle which was struck by a rescue vehicle.

 

 

Motion:  Approve the claim in the amount of $204.69.

C.   Council Members

1.   Discussion of Department Heads and City Manager accepting a co-share of 20% for health care coverage.  (by Councilman Coogan)

The City Manager stated the Department Head Association is in discussions regarding this topic and had previous to this docket item already been in discussions, he will report back to Council at the next Council meeting. 

2.   Request for a One Way Street Sign for the section of Weldon Avenue going from traveling from East to West.  (by Councilman Coogan

Director of Public Works Steve Coutu was asked to look into a possible one way street sign for Weldon Avenue of particular interest during snow storms.

3.   Ratification of amended City Council/School Committee deficit reduction elimination agreement. (by Mayor Larisa)

This item was deferred.

4.   No pay raise, 4% salary decrease and 2 holidays would have done it.  (by Mayor Larisa)

Mayor Larisa stated this topic was covered during the discussion regarding the approval of custodial services. 

 

IX.       ADJOURNMENT

1.   Motion To:         To Adjourn

Approved by Council:  February 16, 2010

 

Attest:

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City Clerk