Woonsocket Radio News Room

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

6:45 P.M. 

NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL

                                  83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI                                     

 

PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY.

*Amended

*Executive Session will begin at 6:45 p.m. The regular council meeting will follow at approximately 7:00 p.m.

The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:

                                     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgw5KxL950ZgZ_DKz8B-MQ

                           or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings     

*If technical difficulties occur during livestream the above specified meetings will resume as scheduled.

 

Documents related to the meeting will be posted on the Town Council’s page of the Town’s website on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., see link here:

https://clerkshq.com/NorthSmithfield-ri

 

FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES:  https://onboard.nsmithfieldri.org/

FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS:  https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/home/webforms/town-north-smithfield-application-boardcommission

 

  1. OPEN MEETING – PRAYER – PLEDGE
     
  2. ROLL CALL

     

  1. OPEN FORUM (Non- Agenda Items Only) PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)

     

  2. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed Session)
  1. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action Pursuant to RIGL 42-46-5(a)(2) Sessions Pertaining to Collective Bargaining or Litigation or Work Sessions Pertaining to Collective Bargaining or Litigation or Potential Litigation
    1. Tomasetti v. Town of North Smithfield, RICHR No. 24 EMP 051 and EEOC No. 16-J-2023-00285
    2. IBPO v. Town of North Smithfield, A.A.A. Case Numbers 23-6737 and 23-8497

 

  1. NEW BUSINESS

    A.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Halliwell Review Committee – Mr. Porter

          1. Payment to Bargmann Henrie + Archetype, Inc.- Invoice #26495

  1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Resignation from Municipal Building Review Task Force – Mr. Beauregard
  2. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Ordinance Amending Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A), Section 6 – Supplementary District Regulations – Section. 6.19 – Water Supply Protection Overlay District Proposed Changes to Code of Ordinance 6.19 – Water Supply Protection Overlay District – Mr. Osier

    1.  Public Hearing

    2.  2nd Reading

  3. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Adoption of the Revised and Reorganized Code of the Town of North Smithfield, Including Schedule A and Zoning – Town Clerk
  1. Public Hearing
  2. 2nd Reading

     

  1. NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL SITTING AS THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
  1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Renewal of Yearly Licenses (2023-2024)

 

  1. OPEN FORUM (Agenda Items Only) PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)

 

  1. ADJOURN

 

Individuals requesting special assistance should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 767-2200, ext. 326 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.

Agenda posted November 16, 2023

 

Israel's security cabinet is approving an increase in supplies in order to avoid a "humanitarian collapse" in Southern Gaza. This comes while Israel says its forces have encircled the home of the top Hamas leader, who is believed to be hiding underground. Today marks exactly two months since Hamas launched its October 7th attack against Israel.       Millions of people in the eastern half of the U.S. are expected to feel the effects of a massive storm this weekend. Forecasters say the storm will stretch more than 12-hundred miles from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border. Possible snow in the north and severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, strong winds throughout the east will start to form on Friday, gain strength on Saturday and become full-strength by Sunday.       Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal says Congress has a moral duty to stop gun violence. Blumenthal and other lawmakers met with families of victims and gun violence survivors on Capitol Hill today. Next Thursday marks exactly eleven years since 20 children were among those shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.       Congress is making it clear that pulling a fire alarm will not be tolerated. By a vote of 214-to-191, the House censured New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional building in September. Bowman, who claims he pulled the alarm thinking it would open a locked door, had pleaded guilty to one count of falsely pulling a fire alarm and was ordered to pay a one-thousand dollar fine.       Flags across the U.S. are being flown at half-staff today in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On this day in 1941, over 24-hundred Americans were killed and more than eleven-hundred others were injured after the Japanese military made a surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base in Pearl Harbor. The day after the attack, the U.S. entered World War Two and declared war on Japan.       The Pittsburgh Steelers play host to the New England Patriots tonight as Thursday Night Football kicks off Week 14 of the NFL season. The Steelers will be without starting quarterback Kenny Pickett, who was injured in last week's 24-to-ten loss to the Arizona Cardinals. The Patriots are on a five-game losing streak, despite allowing ten points or less in each of their last three games.       

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