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PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL
PAWTUCKET MUNICIPAL ANNEX, 100 FREIGHT STREET
2nd FLOOR – TEMPORARY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ENTER PARKING LOT AT 75 SABIN STREET
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026
12:00 PM
A regular session of the Pawtucket City Council was held on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 12:28 p.m., in the Temporary City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 100 Freight St., Pawtucket, RI.
Present – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak and Wildenhain.
Absent – Councilor Moran.
President Mercer presided.
1. The reading of the records of the July 8, 2026 City Council meeting was dispensed with and the records were APPROVED as prepared by the Clerk.
2. Upon motion made by Councilor Araujo, seconded by Councilor Moreno, the *Consent Agenda was APPROVED on a unanimous voice vote:
*THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE READ AND ORDERED FILED
- 622 ** Communication from Carl Johnson, Director, Zoning & Code Enforcement, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council. (Response – Council’s Request regarding 1 Moshassuck Street)
- THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS:
Yessenia DeJesus, by Andrew S. Caslowitz, Esq. – No Amount Specified (Slip & Fall/School)
Rayshonda Stokes - $4,379.01 (Pothole)
** TAKEN OFF CONSENT AGENDA FOR COMMENTS ONLY, NO OTHER ACTION TAKEN.
3. Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment as a member of the Parks Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:
PARKS COMMISSION
589 Charles Allen
23 Atwood Avenue
Pawtucket, RI.
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029, was READ AND ORDERED FILED.
The following nomination submitted by His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, for confirmation, was CONFIRMED on a roll call vote, as follows:
AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain
NOES – 0.
PARKS COMMISSION
589 Charles Allen
23 Atwood Avenue
Pawtucket, RI.
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029
4. Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment as a member of the Parks Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:
PARKS COMMISSION
589 David Farrell
82 Vivian Avenue
Pawtucket, RI
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029, was READ AND ORDERED FILED.
The following nomination submitted by His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, for confirmation, was CONFIRMED on a roll call vote, as follows:
AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain
NOES – 0.
PARKS COMMISSION
589 David Farrell
82 Vivian Avenue
Pawtucket, RI
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCILOR ARAUJO
5. Upon motion made by Councilor Araujo, seconded by Councilor Moreno, the agenda was amended to include the following communication, on a unanimous voice vote:
Communication from Tina Goncalves, Chief, Pawtucket Police Department, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Strategic Relocation and Modernization of Pawtucket Police & Fire Department Headquarters)
Upon motion made by Councilor Araujo, seconded by Councilor Moreno, the following communication was READ AND ORDERED FILED on a unanimous voice vote:
Communication from Tina Goncalves, Chief, Pawtucket Police Department, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Strategic Relocation and Modernization of Pawtucket Police & Fire Department Headquarters)
6. Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following reappointment to the Parks Commission FOR CONFIRMATION:
PARKS COMMISSION
589 William L. Goodwin, Jr.
17 Dewey Avenue
Pawtucket, RI.
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029, was READ AND ORDERED FILED.
The following nomination submitted by His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, for confirmation, was CONFIRMED on a roll call vote, as follows:
AYES – President Mercer; Councilors Araujo, Coderre, Gregor, Moreno, Rubio, Stachowiak, and Wildenhain
NOES – 0.
PARKS COMMISSION
589 William L. Goodwin, Jr.
17 Dewey Avenue
Pawtucket, RI.
Term expires the First Monday in August, 2029
Upon motion made by Councilor Wildenhain, seconded by the City Council, the meeting was adjourned in memory of Paulette Bourski and Kenneth LaFountaine at 12:36 PM.