TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Interviews:
I. CALL TO
ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. AWARDS,
PRESENTATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
1) Fiscal Year
2005 Transportation Enhancement Project proposal – Narragansett Avenue Downtown
Improvement Project Phase II – Grinnell Street to Lawn Avenue (if favorable,
Council endorsement for submission to Statewide Planning and presentation at a
hearing before the Transportation Advisory Committee on January 31, 2005)
a) Resolution
of the Jamestown Town Council endorsing the Fiscal Year 2005
Transportation Enhancement Project proposal
2) John
McCauley & Mike Swistak of the Jamestown Chamber
of Commerce re: allocation of Meal Tax revenues
3) Marsh
Meadows Overlook – presentation by Jennifer Talancy
and Christopher Powell, Jamestown Conservation Commission
IV. COUNCIL
SITTING AS ALCOHOLIC LICENSING BOARD
All approvals for licenses and permits are subject to the
resolution of debts, taxes and appropriate signatures as well as, when
applicable, proof of insurance.
V. CONSENT
AGENDA
An item on the Consent Agenda need not be removed for simple
clarification or correction of typographical errors. Approval of the Consent Agenda shall be
equivalent to approval of each item as if it had been acted upon separately.
1) Adoption of
Council minutes:
a)
2) Bills and
Payroll
3) Minutes from
Boards, Commissions and Committees:
a)
b) Tax Assessment
Board of Review (
c) Tree
Preservation and Protection Committee (
d) Conservation
Commission -
resubmitted (
4) CRMC
Notices:
a) Cease &
Desist order to Mark Maguire,
b) Meeting
notice re: Demolition of the
5) Statewide
Planning Council re: proposals to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
6) Abatements/Addenda
of Taxes
VI. EXECUTIVE
SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
VII. COUNCIL,
ADMINISTRATOR, SOLICITOR, COMMISSION/COMMITTEE COMMENTS & REPORTS
1) Town Administrator report
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To: Town Council
From: Mark W. Haddad - Town Administrator
Subject: Administrator's Report to the Town Council
Date: January 24, 2005
1. Enclosed with
this report are several correspondence received in my office since the last
Council Meeting, I have enclosed them with this report for your review and
information. There are a few of the correspondence that I would like to call to
the Council's attention:
a. As you are aware, we had applied for a
permit from CRMC to perform repairs at the Ft. Wetherill Building. I am pleased
to report that they have approved our application and issued a permit to repair
the roof, doors and windows with a finding of no significant impact. I have enclosed
a copy of the permit (Item A) with this report for your review. On Thursday I
met with Councilors Littman and Settipane, and Mike Gray, at the Ft. Wetherill
Building to review the building and further develop a plan of action to make
the necessary repairs, as well as determine a funding source for the work. I
will update the Council with our findings and an action plan at Monday's
meeting. On a related matter, we have advertised the RFP to hire a Consultant
to conduct a re-use study of the Ft. Wetherill Building, and an assessment of
the other Town buildings.
b.
At your last meeting,
the Council received an application from David and Jennifer Clancy for a Sunday Sales License. At the
meeting, the Town Solicitor
requested that you table the matter until your next meeting so that the request
could be further investigated. At this time, Fred Brown and Larry Parks are
investigating the matter to determine if any action needs to be taken prior to
the Council considering their request. I have enclosed with this report
correspondence between Mr. Brown and Mr. Parks (Items B and C) concerning this
matter. I will advise the Council of their progress when it is available.
Please let me know if the Council requires
any additional information.
2. The EMS
Incentive Committee was scheduled to
meet last Wednesday to review the proposed Incentive Plan for the EMT's. Unfortunately, due to conflicts, we did not have a
quorum and could not meet. We have rescheduled the meeting for Wednesday,
February 2, 2005. Therefore, this item will be tabled until your February 14,
2005 meeting. It is my intent to present the same analysis to the Council that
we presented with the Fire Incentive Plan. Please let me know if you require any additional
information.
3. As requested by the Council, we are
investigating options to deal with the proposed increase in our Worker's
Compensation Insurance. This review will be on-going and we will address the
matter during our FY 2006 Budget Presentation. As a matter of fact, I have
received a letter from an Insurance Carrier (Item D) interested in meeting with
the Town to explore other options. I am planning on scheduling a meeting with
him in the near future. I will continue to keep the Council informed of our
progress.
4. I am still trying to reschedule our
meeting with the National Guard and DEM
to discuss the use of Dutch Island for training. As of the writing of
this report, I have not yet rescheduled the meeting. As soon as this meeting
happens, I will schedule time on a meeting Agenda to discuss it further. I
apologize for the delay.
5.
The Council had
requested that we conduct a comparison survey of what the various exemptions
are set at in other communities. Enclosed with this report (Item E) is the
survey conducted by Ken Gray. We can discuss this matter in more
detail at Monday's meeting.
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(The following action items are referenced in the Town
Administrator’s report)
a)
b) Sunday Sales
License re: David Clancy dba: Clancy Designs update
Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Plan update
e) Tax
Exemption Adjustments Survey re: consideration of adjustments
2)
a) 2004
attendance record
3) Tree
Preservation and Protection Committee
a) Letter from
Chair re: tree planting specifications (for your information (FYI))
4) Tax
Assessment Board of Review
a) Letter from Chair re: appeals
5) Town Clerk
a) Memorandum
re: Committee update
6) Quonset Davisville Management Corporation re: Final Report by Dennis Webster
VIII. PUBLIC
HEARING
IX. ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS
X. COMMMUNICATIONS
AND PETITIONS
1) Letter from
the
2) Letter from
Frank T. Watson, International Brotherhood of Police Officers Jamestown Local
305 re: grievance from Sgt. Angela Deneault
XI. LICENSES
& PERMITS
All approvals for licenses and permits are subject to the
resolution of debts, taxes and appropriate signatures as well as, when
applicable, proof of insurance.
XII. OPEN FORUM
1) Scheduled
request to address
a) Rep. Bruce
Long re: Legislative Update
2) Non-scheduled
request to address
XIII. APPOINTMENTS
AND RESIGNATIONS
1) Tree Warden
a) Letter from
the Vice Chair re: recommendation of Dave Nickerson
b) Request from
the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to appoint a Tree Warden for
2005
i) Reappoint
Dave Nickerson
2) Quonset
Development Corporation Board of Directors
a) One (1)
vacancy exists, term ending
i) Letters
of interest:
• Donald C. Bresnan
• Emmet E. Turley
• Sav Rebecchi
3) Conservation
Commission
a) Letter from
Grace Mariorenzi re: resignation
c) Three
(3) vacancies exist, terms ending
i) Seeking
reappointment:
• Carol Lynn Trocki
• J.
Christopher Powell
ii) Letters of
interest:
• Danielle Minto
• Gail Noble
Glanville
4) Library
Board of Trustees
a) Request from
Gail Noble Glanville re: appointment
b) One
(1) vacancy exists, term ending
5) Water
Resources Protection Committee
a) Letters of
resignation:
i) Ellicott
Wright
ii) Daniel
Lilly, Jr.
XIV. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
1) Tax
Exemptions (cont. from
a) Report from Town Administrator
2) Sunday Sales
license application of David Clancy dba: Clancy
Designs,
3) Ambulance
Incentive
XV. NEW
BUSINESS
1) Memorandum to
the Town Clerk from Richard M. Bianculli, Jr.
(assistant to the Town Solicitor) re:
XVI. EXECUTIVE
SESSION
XVII. ADJOURNMENT
Pursuant to RIGL § 42-46-6(c) Notice of this meeting shall
be posted on the Secretary of State’s website and at the Town Hall and the
Jamestown Philomenian Library.
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also may be posted, from time to time, at the following locations: Jamestown Police Station; Town Office; and on
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