I.                   EXECUTIVE SESSION

The City Council of the City of East Providence will meet in Executive Session pursuant to RI General Laws § 42-46-5 (a)(2).

A.    Sewer Charge Abatements:

1.      H.S. Management Group, LLC     

2.      Jesse & Joan Perry

II.                CALL TO ORDER

III.             SALUTE TO THE FLAG

IV.             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.

A.    Council Journals

1.      Council Journal Joint Meeting January 12, 2016

2.      Council Journal Regular Meeting January 19, 2016

3.      Council Journal Executive Session August 25, 2015

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V.                PUBLIC COMMENT

All persons wishing to make public comment shall sign a public comment sheet stating their name, address, and the subject of their comments.  .  Said public comment sheet shall be available on a desk at the entrance of the City Hall Chambers no later than forty-five (45) minutes before the call to order of any regularly scheduled council meeting and shall be delivered to the presiding officer no earlier than five (5) minutes before the call to order of the meeting.

VI.             PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

A.    Pomham Rocks Lighthouse (by Councilman Conley)

B.     Swearing-In New Probationary East Providence Police Officers

VII.          APPOINTMENTS

A.    Canvassing Authority (by Mayor Rose)

Isadore Ramos, 33 Bullocks Point Avenue, Apartment 5A (02915)

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VIII.       NEW BUSINESS

A.    City Manager’s Report (by City Manager, Richard Kirby)

B.     Council Members

1.      Winter Storm Jonas - Commending Public Works Department (by Councilman Conley)

C.     Reports of Other City Officials

1.      Claims Committee Report (by City Solicitor Timothy Chapman)

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D.    Report of School Committee Liaison

E.     Resolutions

1.      RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR’S USE OF UNRESTRICTED MONEY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION AND RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION TO FUND NON EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of East Providence is strongly opposed to Governor Raimondo using college non-profit foundation funds;

WHEREAS, the Governor intended to fund her trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland at a cost of approximately $7,000 from foundation funds;

WHEREAS, the Governor intends to pay the State of Rhode Island’s Chief Innovation Officer a $210,000 annual salary plus a $550 monthly car allowance and a $21,000 annual supplemental retirement payment plus benefits from foundation funds;

WHEREAS, the City Council claims that the intended use of these funds diverts resources that could have been used to advance the colleges directly;

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that use of the foundation’s unrestricted funds is a clear violation of donor intent, supplants money from scholarship, financial aid and academic programs, potentially violates separation of powers, and raises IRS concerns about the tax deductibility of gifts used for non-educational purposes;

WHEREAS, the City Council declares that donors support higher education institutions for the benefit of students not to support trips to international economic forum trips and salaries of state government officials.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of East Providence strongly opposes the Governor’s use of unrestricted funds for non-educational expenses and hereby requests that the City Clerk send a copy of this Resolution to Senators and Representatives of the City of East Providence legislative delegation, the House of Representatives, the Rhode Island Senate, the President of the Rhode Island Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor of the State of Rhode Island.

This resolution shall become effective upon its passage.

Requested by:  Councilman Conley

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IX.             ADJOURNMENT

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