DOCKET FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025*
*(RESCHEDULED FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2025)
The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the Rules of the Council will come before the Council at a meeting to be held at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, Council Chambers, 43 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840
Citizens’ Forum: (Speakers must sign in with the City Clerk) The Citizens’ Forum period shall be no longer than fifteen minutes, and citizens may address the Council on one subject only and for no longer than three minutes. Issues to be discussed shall not include matters to be considered or discussed as part of the regular Council agenda and must be related to substantive city business. No comments regarding personnel or job performance are allowed.
a. Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held August 27, 2025.
*b. Special Events:
1. The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a State of the Collections Lecture, Rosecliff; September 30, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
2. The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a Mid-Autumn Festival, Marble House; October 6, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
3. Rev Meaghan Kelly Brower, Trinity Church, d/b/a Trinity Church Pumpkin Patch, 1 Queen Anne Square; October 8-31, 2025, Monday – Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
4. Narragansett Council, d/b/a Adventure at the Fort, Fort Adams; October 10 through October 12, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
5. Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center, d/b/a Water Bro Screening, MLK Basketball Courts; October 15, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Rain date – October 16, 2025)
6. The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a Fall Lecture & Dinner, Rosecliff; October 16, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
7. Newport Live, d/b/a Newport Live Presents Steve Dyer Quartet, Jazz from South Africa: Freedom Suite, Channing Memorial Church; October 18, 2025 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
8. The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a Trick or Treat Tours, The Breakers; October 24 & 25, 2025 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
9. Armstead-Barnhill Foundation, d/b/a 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Friend-Raiser, Edward King House; October 24, 2025 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
10. Cheyene Cousens, d/b/a Omen Halloween Skateboarding Contest, Newport Skatepark; October 25, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
11. Robin Dahlin, d/b/a Japan-America Friendship Festival, Touro Park; October 25, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
12. Newport Art Museum, d/b/a Sean Landers & Philip Eliasoph Talk, 76 Bellevue Ave.; November 3, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
13. Newport Contemporary Ballet, d/b/a Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff; November 26, 28-30, 2025 and December 1 & 3-5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
14. Newport Art Museum, d/b/a Winter Speaker Series/Back Page, 76 Bellevue Ave.; 1/24/26, 1/31/26, 2/7/26, 2/14/26, 2/21/26, 2/28/26 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
c. Letter from the Waterfront Commission, re: Requesting the City to conduct an economic impact study of recreational boating in Newport Harbor (Receive and refer to the City Administration for a recommendation)
2. Victualing License, New, Principal Nutrition, LLC, d/b/a Sip to Shine, 260 Bellevue Ave.
3. Entertainment License, Expansion, Vanderbilt Opco, LLC, d/b/a The Vanderbilt, 41 Mary St., to expand the entertainment by adding the roof deck daily from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. from June 1 through September 30 and the Garden Terrace daily from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Current entertainment: indoors from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and the Garden Terrace from Thursday through Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) (Hearing)
ADJOURN AS COUNCIL AND CONVENE AS BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
1. Class F Daily Liquor License, Newport Live, d/b/a Newport Live Presents Steve Dyer Quartet, Jazz from South Africa: Freedom Suite, Channing Memorial Church; October 18, 2025 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
2. Class F Daily Liquor License, Newport Art Museum, d/b/a Sean Landers & Philip Eliasoph Talk, 76 Bellevue Ave.; November 3, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
3. Action Item #6374/25 – RE: Show Cause Hearing: Pyramid Club, d/b/a Pyramid Club - Operating Without a Valid Class D Alcoholic Beverage License (Continued from July 23, 2025)
ADJOURN AS BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
AND RECONVENE AS COUNCIL
4. Action Item #6505/25 – RE: Ordinance Amendment – Title II, Chapter 2.112.010, 2.112.020 & 2.112.030 and Revised/New Administrative Purchasing Policy (w/accompanying resolution and ordinance)
5. Action Item #6506/25 – RE: CRMC File No.: 2025-08-028 & RIDEM IA Number: IA-0000010396 - Application of 128 Long Wharf LLC, 55 Ruggles Avenue - Perform Dredging of Material at 128 Long Wharf Marina
6. Action Item #6507/25 – RE: Harbor Ordinance Revision (w/accompanying ordinances)
7. Action Item #6508/25 – RE: Award of Contract - RFP #2026-PS-004 - HVAC System for the Martin Recreation Center (w/accompanying resolution)
8. Action Item #6509/25 – RE: Award of Contract - RFP #2026-PS-003 City Hall Retaining Wall (w/accompanying resolution)
9. Action Item #6510/25 – RE: Award of Contract - Bid #2026-PS-002 - LED Sports Lighting John Chafee Recreation Area (w/accompanying resolution)
10. Action Item #6511/25 – RE: Award of Contract - RFP 2026-PS-001 - Traffic Study Thames-Spring Streets Professional Services (w/accompanying resolution)
11. Action Item #6512/25 – RE: Award of Contract - RFP 2025-MAR-003 - Perrotti Park Harbor Shuttle Landing Seawall & Floating Dock Reconstruction (w/accompanying resolution)
12. Action Item #6513/25 – RE: Award of Contract -RIMPA- APX Consolettes - Fire Department Dispatch Center (w/accompanying resolution)
13. Action Item #6514/25 – RE: Authorization to Approve a Special Projects Grant Award to the Newport Prevention Coalition (w/accompanying resolution)
14. Action Item #6515/25 – RE: Authorization to Approve a Grant Request to the RI Department of Health & Human Services (w/accompanying resolution)
15. Amending Section Chapter 3.12.020, of the Codified Ordinances, entitled, “City Manager to maintain specifications – Enumeration of classes,- Annual review of specifications—Enumeration of classes” (Second Reading)
16. Supporting a moratorium on new natural gas hookups on Aquidneck Island- S. Smyth, E. Pinnock
Laura C. Swistak, CMC
City Clerk
Adjourn- September 24, 2025
*(Revised- 9/25/25)