City Council, July 20, 2016

 

A regular session of the Pawtucket City Council is held Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at 12:16 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 137 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI. 

 

Present – President Moran, Councilors Barry, Cano, Hodge, Mercer, Tetreault and Wildenhain

 

Absent – Councilors Bray and Rudd.

 

President Moran presides.

 

 

The reading of the records of July 6, 2016 is dispensed with and the records are APPROVED as prepared by the Clerk.

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Hodge, seconded by Councilor Barry, the *Consent Agenda is APPROVED, on a unanimous voice vote.

 

 

*THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS ARE READ AND ORDERED FILED:

 

 

590	A.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Dennis E. Hoyle, CPA, MBA, Auditor General for the State of RI General Assembly.  (CDBG Allocation Review – Man Up, Inc.)
592	B.     Communication from Susan Mara, Acting Director of Planning and Redevelopment, to Council President David P. Moran (John Rosa to Serve on the Arts Panel Review Committee)
15	C.     Communication from Susan L. Reed, Library Director, to the Honorable Members of the City Council.  (Library 4th Quarter Report)
589	E.     Communication from His Honor Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Confirmation of John J. Barry, III to the Riverfront Commission)
589	F.      Communication from His Honor Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Confirmation of Miriam Plitt to the Riverfront Commission)
590	G.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, requesting reconsideration for Charter Review Resolutions.
	H.    Communication from Paul King, Chief of Police, to the Council President David P. Moran.  (Beloved Community Summer Jobs Program Funding) IS REFERRED TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE/D.A.R.E. FUND COMMITTEE.
592	I.       Communication from Michael Wilcox, Project Engineer, Planning and Redevelopment, to the Pawtucket City Council.  (Conveyance of RIDOT Land on Summit Street to the City of Pawtucket)
	J.       RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF LAND FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TO THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET FOR A PASSIVE PARK (PORTION OF LAND THAT IS PART OF ROUTE 95 LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SUMMIT STREET, SOUTH OF WALCOTT STREET – AP23 L529 – IS REFERRED TO THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE
650	K.    Communication from Joe Morais, Project Leader Engineering Division, Public Works, to the City Council Ordinance Committee.  (Ordinance Amending Park Hours)
	L.     AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 294 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS” (Park Hours) – IS LAID ON THE TABLE AND REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE.
	M.   Communication from Susan Mara, Acting Director of Planning and Redevelopment, to Michael F. Horan, Esq.  (Request to Amend City’s Zoning Ordinance to allow for Electronic Message Centers with in Manufacturing Open Zones) – IS REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE.
623	N.    Communication from Don Zimmerman, Director of Human Resources, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting Substitute A regarding the Animal Shelter Reorganization.
	O.    AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 3059 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET ESTABLISHING A PAY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET FOR LOCAL 1012 (Animal Shelter Re-Organization)  (SUBSTITUTE A) – IS LAID ON THE TABLE AND REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
	P.      THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY IS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS: Bennie Cole and Drarum Barron, by John Osei, Esq. – No Amount Specified Frank McBride - $300.00

 

 

D.    Communication from Henry S. Kinch, Jr., to His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien.  (Disc Golf Concerns) is READ AND ORDERED FILED.

 

 

 

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MERCER.

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Mercer, seconded by Councilor Barry, the agenda is amended to include the following communication:

 

590   Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Henry S. Kinch, Jr. (Response – Disc Golf Concerns)

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Mercer, seconded by Councilor Barry, the following communication is READ AND ORDERED FILED:

 

Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Henry S. Kinch, Jr. (Response – Disc Golf Concerns)

 

 

 

The following ordinance is read for the SECOND TIME and PASSED on a roll call vote, as follows:

 

AYES – President Moran, Councilors Barry, Cano, Hodge, Mercer, Tetreault and Wildenhain.

 

NOES - 0.

 

330   AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 3096 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET ESTABLISHING A PAY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET FOR LOCAL 3960 (GIS COORDINATOR)

 

 

 

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HODGE.

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Hodge, on behalf of Council President Moran, seconded by Councilor Barry, the agenda is amended to include the following communication:

 

Communication from Evelyn Wheeler, Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries, to the Pawtucket City Council, requesting an ordinance to exempt from taxation properties that have a historical cemetery.

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Hodge, on behalf of Council President Moran, seconded by Councilor Barry, the following communication is READ AND ORDERED FILED and REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC WORKS/CEMETERY COMMITTEE on a unanimous voice vote:

 

Communication from Evelyn Wheeler, Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries, to the Pawtucket City Council, requesting an ordinance to exempt from taxation properties that have a historical cemetery.

 

 

 

Upon motion made by Councilor Hodge, seconded by Councilor Wildenhain, the meeting is adjourned at 12:19 p.m.