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From YouTube: June 27, 2011, City Council Meeting
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June 27, 2011, City Council Meeting
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E
It's
rare
that
I'm
rented
somewhat
speechless,
as
you
all
know
all
too
well,
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
I
particularly
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
come
back
as
director
of
administration
for
my
hometown.
Those
are
the
words
he
used
to
convince
me
to
come
back
when
he
called
me
and
asked
me.
If
I
would
he
said
to
me:
you
love
the
city.
I
need
someone
who
loves
the
city
with
me,
and
that
was
enough
over
a
lunch
to
ended
a
handshake
in
me.
E
Coming
back
on
board,
I
want
to
thank
council
members
past
and
present
with
whom
I
have
worked.
Some
of
you
I
wish
I
have
had
longer
to
work
with,
and
I
also
want
to
pass
along
a
thanks
to
an
exceptional
team
that
the
mayor
had
put
together
any
of
the
successes
that
we
have
had
have
come
as
a
team
and-
and
I
I
wish
them
continued
good
fortune.
The
mayor
will
always
have
my
support.
He's
tremendous
in
his
vision,
for
the
city
is
just
top
of
the
line.
E
F
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
again,
cranston
has
continued
to
become
the
city
of
champions.
It's
with
great
pride
that
I
represent,
rob
malo,
the
coach
of
the
cranston
high
school
west
falcons,
who
won
their
third
division,
one
state
championship
in
the
last
six
years,
and
the
only
public
school
which
is
a
feather,
and
I
cap.
When
we're
always
talking
about
cutting
sports.
F
G
Thank
you
very
much
on
behalf
of
my
assistant
coaches,
school
principal
steve,
nolton,
athletic
director,
michael
traficante,
my
players.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
city
council
for
this
citation
and
this
honor.
This
was
truly
a
great
accomplishment
for
these
young
men
to
be
state
champions
this
year.
Thank
you.
H
H
Some
thoughts
on
last
night's
council
meeting
approving
the
amended
budget,
three
of
the
nine
council
people
lupino,
our
kedau
stykos,
served
on
the
school
committee.
I
wonder
if
they
regret
and
I'll
emphasize
regret
the
generous
contracts
given
out
during
the
early
2000s
now
that
they
have
to
deal
with
city
city-wide
budgets
for
the
record.
H
It
was
only
one
exorbitant
contract
in
my
tenure
four
years
on
the
school
committee
that
had
no
fiscal
note
that
we
didn't
know
how
much
it
was
going
to
cost
the
city
and
for
the
record
I
did
not
support
that
contract,
as
my
colleague
mr
steichos
did
not
support
that
contract.
So
before
mr
butts
starts,
writing
these
disparaging
remarks,
you
should
do
his
research.
Thank
you
for
your
attention.
A
I
The
chairman
paul
valletta,
representing
the
cranston
firefighters,
two
docketed
issues
tonight,
I'd
like
to
speak
on
the
first
is
as
you're
aware
a
couple
of
months
ago,
you
were
brought
into
executive
session
to
be
told
that
we
would
be
entering
to
negotiations.
The
city
would
be
entering
to
negotiations
with
the
firefighters
those
have
been
put
on
hold.
I
guess
the
the
city
has
found
some
problem
with
pension
payments,
as
I've
read
in
the
journal
and
the
mayor
has
spoken
to
me
briefly
on
it.
I
I
would
ask
that
if
any
outside
council
or
outside
consultants,
which
I
which
I've
been
made
aware,
have
been
hired
for
this
pension
issue
by
that
city
charter,
the
executive
on
the
executive
communications,
you
have
to
be
told
tonight
who
was
hired
and
how
much
their
hourly
weight
is
rate.
Is
it
doesn't
matter
if
they've
been
hired
by
the
city
before
this
is
a
new
case
and
by
that
city
charter?
They
have
to
tell
you
who
was
hired
and
what
their
hourly
rate
is.
I
We
had
three
fine
gentlemen
eligible
for
that
position.
Chief
mckenna
came
out
number
one.
I
think
if
you
ask
the
other
two
gentlemen
who
will
make
fine
chiefs
when
the
time
comes,
I
think
you
last.
I
think
those
gentlemen
will
tell
you
that
this
is
chief
mckenna's
time
he's
served
this
city
for
32
years.
I
He's
worked
in
every
position
on
the
korean
fire
department.
There's
probably
no
one
more
respected,
more
well-liked
than
chief
mckenna
he's
just
an
honest,
fair
guy
and
he's
always
been
that
way
and,
as
I
said
at
the
finance
meeting,
the
best
place
for
chief
mckenna
is
on
a
fire
truck
because
he's
a
fabulous
firefighter.
I
J
Hi
delores
sisler
108
eldridge
street
back
again
to
support
the
tax
incentive
program
for
dr
volpe.
I
think
a
number
of
the
city
council
people
were
not
here
at
that
time
at
the
time
that
we
discussed
it
in
the
finance
committee.
So
I
would
like
you
all
to
know
that
the
tea
party
cranston
tea
party
and
the
rhode
island
tea
party
fully
support
that
tax
incentive.
Thank
you.
K
Dick
tomlin's
400
farmington
avenue
a
couple
of
things
following
up
paul.
The
letter's
comments,
I'd
like
to
add
to
them,
not
that
I
know
the
chief
that
well,
but
it's
the
process
they
use.
I
wish
all
departments
in
this
city
use
the
process
that
they
used
to
bring
them
up
through
the
ranks,
because
when
you
do
that,
you're
sure
to
have
those
who
work
in
that
department
support
about
90
of
the
time,
maybe
even
more
if
they
know
the
process
goes
up
through
the
ranks.
K
That
that,
to
me
is
what
it's
all
about,
and
I
wish
other
departments
would
take
the
lead
that
they
do,
but
I'm
not
surprised
because,
as
I've
told
paul
personally,
generally
speaking,
they're
out
ahead
of
the
curve
on
most
issues.
So
I
think
we
owe
them
a
round
of
applause
for
donating
that
kind
of
money
to
a
very
neat
worthy
need
in
our
city.
K
The
other
thing
that's
on
the
docket
I
see
is
the
charter
school.
I
just
want
to
make
this
comment.
I
did
not
attend
the
meeting
at
the
that
was
done
by
the
regents
board
because
I
was
out
of
town,
but
what
I
would
have
said
after
looking
at
this
and
and
writing
about
it
and
talking
about
it.
I
think
it
comes
down
to
a
very
simple
question:
would
the
city
of
krantz
school
department
be
better
off
if
this
proposal
went
through
and
nine
hundred
of
our
students
left
with
whatever
amount
some
say?
K
Twelve
thousand
some
say
anything
up
to
thirteen
five,
but
it
really
doesn't
matter
that
amount
of
money
that
amount
of
money
being
shifted
over
to
the
school.
If
anybody
thinks
we
have
something
that's
going
on
in
the
school
department
that
they
would
like
to
see
improvement
on,
and
they
think
we
have
a
problem.
If
we
do
that,
it'll
be
a
self-fulfilling
prophecy,
I
can
assure
you
the
other.
K
I
want
to
take
this
moment
too,
to
commend
miss
shut,
although
we
may
disagree
on
a
lot
of
things
and
if
I
known
she
was
going
to
be
given
that
citation
tonight,
I
would
have
wore
a
dark
suit.
But
having
said
that,
anybody
that
steps
into
the
arena,
whether
they're,
paid
or
unpaid,
and
takes
this
the
spurs
and
the
arrows
that
it
does
when
you're
in
a
public
office,
I
have
to
commend
them
for
making
that
effort.
So
congratulations.
A
A
C
And
just
to
quote
my
friend
and
colleague,
dr
harper,
who
said
at
the
community
level.
One
of
the
most
logical
ways
of
addressing
tobacco
use
is
to
tighten
up
the
way
that
tobacco
was
sold,
marketed
and
promoted
within
the
retail
environment,
and
this
is
exactly
what
we
need
to
do
if
we're
going
to
protect
our
children.
C
Some
folks
are
are
concerned
about
the
price
increases,
but
this
is
the
best
way
that
we
can
achieve
a
lower
a
lower
level
of
smoking
among
the
youth
and
also
encourage
some
of
the
older
smokers
to
to
stop
and
quit
for
good,
and
we
know
that
the
goal
of
tobacco
control
is
to
prevent
youth
smoking
and
to
help
smokers
quit.
And
this
probably,
in
my
estimation,
one
can't
speak
enough
about
that.
C
However,
I
know
that
some
of
the
council,
some
of
the
council
members,
have
said
to
me
that
they're
concerned
a
little
bit
about
whether
or
not
the
the
fee
will
actually
reduce
illegal
tobacco
sales
to
to
youth
or
reduce
its
smoking
and
I've
provided
both
councilman
santa
maria
with
evidence
from
around
the
country
that
it
actually
does
and
also
councilman,
steve
stykos,
and
I'm
here
for
any
questions
that
you
might
have
concerning
that
bill.
Thank
you.
F
With
cranston
in
the
knightsville
area
will
know
across
from
the
gazebo
is
a
monument
dedicated
to
the
people
came
out
from
etree
italy
and
we
called
the
itree
square
monument
this
year.
It
is
celebrating
its
40th
anniversary,
and
I
have
a
resolution
rededicating,
the
ichi
square
monument
and
I'd
like
to
read
it.
F
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved.
40
years
later,
this
city
council
again
recognizes
the
commitment
of
these
courageous
people,
many
of
whom
came
with
only
the
shirts
on
their
backs
through
hard
work
and
dedication.
They
established
a
sense
of
community
in
knightsville
that
has
lasted
to
this
day,
be
a
further
result
that
the
cranston
city
council
hereby
rededicates
the
ichiri
square
monument
in
their
memories,
and
it
is
signed
by
every
member
of
the
council.
F
L
I
just
want
to
reiterate
some
comments
I
made
at
our
annual
banquet
several
weeks
ago
when
mayor
fung
was
present.
You
know
once
again,
we
humbly
accept
this
resolution.
It's
a
sincere
honor,
it's
a
genuine
privilege
on
behalf
of
the
saint
mary's
fee
society,
to
have
the
working
relationship
that
we
have
with
the
city
of
cranston
that
we've
had
for
the
last
106
years.
L
Without
the
assistance
and
the
guidance
that
the
council
and
the
prior
mayors
have
always
given
us,
our
feast
would
be,
quite
frankly,
it
would
cease
and
desist.
We
could
never
get
through
the
the
process
without
the
assistance
of
the
city
of
granston
and
once
again,
this
is
one
of
the
additional
milestones
that
we
have
reached
in
our
feast
society
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
cranston,
and
I
work
in
partnership.
So
we
thank
you
all.
We
look
forward
to
celebrating
with
you
next
month.
Thank
you.
A
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P
Mr
council,
vice
president
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
the
confidence
you've
shown
in
me
by
taking
this
vote,
supporting
my
position
as
chief
thank
you
to
mayor
fung
and
his
administration
for
the
faith
they've
shown
to
me
and
the
support
they've
had
for
me
in
this
transition
period.
They've
made
this
a
very
easy
transition
from
the
assistant
chief
to
the
chief's
position.
P
Very
importantly,
thank
you
to
my
family
in
attendance
tonight.
Many
years
of
chasing
fire
trucks
dropping
a
young
guy
off
at
a
fire
station,
picking
him
up
and
standing
across
the
street
of
working
fires.
When
I
was
in
the
town
of
north
providence
and
waving
up
at
me,
as
I
stood
in
the
second
or
third
floor
window
have
all
paid
off.
I
had
the
privilege
of
riding
for
many
years
with
four
of
my
brothers
on
the
north
providence
call
and
volunteer
department
from
them.
P
I've
learned
how
to
be
a
firefighter
how
to
be
a
team
player
to
the
men
and
the
men
standing
behind
me
and
the
men
and
women
of
the
cranston
fire
department.
Thank
you
for
the
support,
the
prodding
the
pushing
and
the
ideals
you've
set.
For
me,
the
things
you've
taught
me
over
many
many
years
and
the
fire
service.
P
It's
a
great
privilege
and
pleasure
to
be
able
to
lead
the
men
and
women
of
this
fire
department,
the
best
fire
department
within
the
state
of
rhode
island.
Again,
thank
you
for
your
support.
The
kindness
you've
shown
me
and
hopefully
and
unknowingly,
will
bring
this
fire
department
forward.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilman
pelletier.
I
just
want
to
just
state
and
congratulate
chief
mckenna.
It's
you
know.
Since
I've
been
on
the
council,
I've
I've
seen
three
chiefs
and
from
chief
delgado
to
chief
gumbel
and
now
mckenna
and
they
are
they're
some
of
the
best
best
leaders
to
run
our
our
fire
department,
and
you
know
I
just
congratulate
your
family's
here.
B
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Q
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
pelletier.
Thank
you,
members
of
the
city
council,
I'm
deeply
humbled
and
honored
to
represent
the
city
of
cranston
city.
I've
been
now
here,
13
years,
a
city.
I
love
marrying
my
grandson
wife,
as
you
may
know,
so
I
want
to
thank
the
support
of
mayor
fung.
The
support
of
dr
shutt
also
the
support
of
solicitor
kirshenbaum,
and
I
also
want
to
deeply
thank
anthony
cipriano,
the
outgoing
solicitor,
a
man
who
loves
cranston,
probably
much
more
than
I
do.
Q
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B
B
And
seeing
that
I
mean
primarily
in
the
health
care
end
of
it,
they've
increased
their
co-shares
to
12
and
then
that
final
year
in
2012
to
15,
I
think
that
that's
a
direction
that
bargaining
units
need
to
go
in.
You
know,
obviously
I
think
that
it's
still
way
under
what
is
fair
as
far
as
the
cranston
residents
are
concerned.
B
As
far
as
you
know,
my
belief,
you
know,
I
might
think
that
20
and
25
are
probably
the
numbers
that
need
to
be
reached,
but
in
this
particular
case,
they're
gonna
have
to
negotiate
a
contract
fairly
soon,
and
I
just
don't
think
that
you
know
eventually
we
can
get
there,
but
I've.
I
see
enough
of
a
give
here
give
back
that.
B
I
am
going
to
support
this
contract
and
also
another
is
that
they've
eliminated
the
the
buybacks,
which
is
another
thing
that
I
think
these
contracts
that
have
these
these
healthcare
buybacks?
If
you
don't
use
the
healthcare,
you
have
a
spouse.
You
know
the
city
pays
you
back
a
certain
percentage
of
those
of
the
of
what
it
costs
to
ensure.
So
the
fact
that
that's
eliminated-
it's
also
positive
and
in
the
right
direction.
H
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president,
I'm
just
going
to
reiterate
what
my
colleague,
my
steam
colleague
from
ward
2
nabarro,
had
stated
that
I
think
this
contract,
the
the
school
department
deserves
some
credit.
They
they
have
the
bargaining
units
moving
in
the
right
direction,
increase
for
co-share
of
health
care,
also
elimination
of
buy-back
days,
so
we're
heading
in
the
right
direction.
I
urge
my
colleagues
to
support
this.
Thank
you.
C
O
N
N
B
Just
on
the
discussion,
I
I
am
going
to
support
this.
I
just
do
want
to
say
that
it
is
part
of
the
budget,
so
this
is,
I
mean
it
was
approved
in
the
budget
and
now
it's
an
ordinance
form,
so
I'm
supporting
it
because
it
would
create
a
deficit
in
the
budget
if,
if
it
that
doesn't
go
through.
Thank
you.
M
D
S
N
H
I
understand
my
colleague's
concern
about
tobacco
and
which
I
share.
However,
I'm
receiving
calls
and
letters
from
small
businesses
throughout
the
city
of
cranston
family
businesses
itself.
Tobacco
will
say
that
the
200
increase
from
25
to
200
is
is
an
exorbitant
increase
for
them
to
to
handle,
especially
with
sales
down
and
in
a
poor
economy.
H
N
I
I
need
to
do.
I
need
to
hand
over
the
no
I'm
just
giving
a
report,
so
I
don't
think
I
need
to
hand
over
the
chair.
Okay,
I
would
urge
a
in
opposition
to
this.
The
the
budget
counts
on
this
money
and
also
the
business
people,
I'm
sure
they
don't
like
paying
licenses
and
fees,
but
they
have
the
option
of
raising
the
price
of
cigarettes
to
cover
that
or
of
not
selling
cigarettes
and
exempting
themselves
from
having
to
pay
the
fee.
R
A
F
F
F
Raising
fees
is
a
tax
increase
because
they're
going
to
turn
around
and
up
the
price
of
their
cigarettes,
whether
or
not
what
I
need
to
know
is,
and
I've
asked
about
this-
does
raising
the
fees
on
businesses
stop
people
from
smoking.
If
that's
your
intent,
it's
not
going
to
work.
If,
if
it's
just
to
get
revenue,
then
just
call
it
what
it
is.
You
just
want
to
raise
revenue
for
the
city
and
it
to
me
it's
just
another
reaching
into
the
pocket
of
the
small
business
community,
and
I
think
it's
an
anti-business
bill.
N
N
If
we
have
that
revenue,
we
can
then
either
the
mayor's
administratively
can
spend
that
on
anti-tobacco
efforts,
enforcement
by
the
police
or
down
the
road,
we
could
order
that
to
be
done
as
a
as
a
council
move.
But
at
this
point
it's
you're
you're
right.
It's
not
dedicated
to
an
any
anti-smoking
program.
N
M
M
R
M
F
Just
remember
that
the
big
the
cbs
isn't
it's
a
drop
in
the
bucket
to
them,
but
to
the
mom-and-pop
organization.
It's
not
a
drop
in
the
bucket
cbs
will
write
you
a
check
tomorrow
to
continue
to
sell
cigarettes
and
continue
to
sell
cigarettes
to,
and
it's
all
people
so
I'm
losing
the
correlation.
I'm
trying
the
documentation,
I'm
losing
the
correlation.
F
You
know
I
would
offer
a
friendly
amendment
that
maybe
we
could
put
the
money
towards
smoking.
Cessation
classes
to
the
board
of
health
make
this
money
work
with
the
way
it's
supposed
to
work,
rather
than
just
the
thrown
into
the
general
fund.
And
anyway
I
guess
we
have
a
motion
for
the
hundred
dollars,
so
yeah.
B
Yeah
this
is
under
the
for
the
amendment
to
from
100
yeah,
I'm
strictly
going
to
vote,
for
you
know
an
increase,
because
I
just
think
that
it's
just
way
too
low.
I
mean
25
dollars
for
a
for
a
cigarette
license
for
business
owners.
I
mean
we
know
we
need.
I
mean
it's
just
ridiculously
low
and
has
nothing
to
do
with
me.
I
just
think
we
need
to
be
in
line
with
with
I
mean
200
or
whether
it's
100
or
200.
B
You
know
what
really?
I
don't
think
it's
it's
that
big
of
a
deal
for
to
pay
for
a
license.
So
you
know
I'll
support
a
hundred
I'll
support
200.
So
right
now
it's
a
hundred
dollar
amendment,
it's
probably
more
in
line
than
than
jumping
up
to
200
and
then
maybe
next
year
we
know
we
we
can
increase
another
50,
another
50
whatever,
but
you
know
I'll
support
the
100
increase,
so
I
mean
to
make
it
a
hundred
dollars.
H
H
H
S
Thank
you,
chairman
pelletier
one
question
also:
was
there
any
thought,
given
councilman's
tigers,
to
some
volume-based
formula
down
the
road
so
that
the
large
stores
like
cvs
would
pay
more
because
they
sell
so
many
so
much
more
and
and
dedicate
some
of
the
funds
toward
education
or
some?
You
know
anti-smoking
thing.
N
Answer
that
councilman
goes
for
the
follow-up.
I
would
very
much
like
to
do
that.
The
proposal
that
I
made
in
the
budget
process
was
for
the
the
simple
going
to
the
200,
so
on
this
ordinance,
that's
what
I
put
in
because
that's
what
we
as
a
group
approved
in
the
budget,
I
would
like
to
do
something
on
the
volume.
I
think
it's
not
clear
exactly
how
you
could
do
that,
and
I
actually
just
asked
ms
texera
if
she
had
if
she
had
any
more
information
on
that
she's
still
working
on
it.
N
N
N
N
T
T
A
C
M
A
O
M
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
I
mean
I
just
would
urge
my
fellow
council
members
not
necessarily
to
overthink
it
too
much.
If
providence
is
a
hundred
dollars
for
the
license,
then
probably
our
thinking
should
be
guided
by
what
what
is
the
industry
standard
for
these
fees
and
I
recognize
council
santa
maria's
point,
but
I
think
we
know
that
the
city
right
next
door
to
us
is
charging
a
hundred
dollars
for
a
licensing
fee
to
sell
tobacco
products.
M
While
I,
I
fear
that
the
discussion
and
analysis
on
a
graduated
fee
will
take
a
long
time
and
may
add
to
the
city's
burden
of
having
to
monitor
that
and
enforce
that.
So
I
think
the
most
the
simpler
the
fee
structure
is
probably
the
better
it
would
be
for
everybody.
So
I
would
support
the
amended
ordinance.
B
A
M
N
N
C
D
N
N
Yep
I
spoke
again
can
afford
to
pay
their
taxes
because
we
have
a
lot
of
people
in
this
city
who
cannot
afford
to
pay
their
their
taxes.
So
I
would
urge
both
a
rejection
of
this,
and
I
would
urge
the
economic
development
department
to
bring
us
proposals
where
there
is
a
solid
attraction
of
in
a
creation
of
jobs,
not
just
someone
who
probably
was
going
to
do
this
anyway.
B
I'm
going
to
be
voting
in
support
of
this,
and
I
do
I
do
see
economic
benefit
to
it.
So
I
I
will,
you
know,
have
given
a
business,
a
tax
incentive
that
that,
in
order
to
to
renovate
it
helps
the
economy,
you
have
people
that
are
gonna,
know
construction,
it
just
it
just.
It
does
move
the
economy
as
well
as
having
people
around
cranston.
B
So
I
do
think
that
there
is
a
benefit
there
and
you're.
Gonna
have
a
business
now
that
that'll
invest
in
their
in
their
company
to
whether
it's
it's
renovated
to
make
it
look
better,
attract
more
business,
so
I
mean
I
I
don't.
I
understand
you
know
at
a
time
like
like
this
in
these
budget
times.
You
know
my
council,
you
know
councilman
stykos.
B
F
Yes,
just
real
quick,
I
I
just
want
to
say
that
dr
volpe
has
covered
the
the
ordinance
to
the
to
the
t
he's
going
to
double
his
workforce.
It
may
only
be
four
jobs.
It
may
be
five.
The
only
way
to
get
out
of
this
recession
is
to
get
people
back
to
work.
Absolutely
he's
gonna
get
people
back
to
work.
If
he
doesn't,
he
doesn't
get
the
tax
break
or
the
tax
incentive.
I
like
to
call
it
so
I
mean
it
to
me.
It's
it's
a
open
and
shut
case.
H
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president,
I'm
going
to
support
this
ordinance.
I
think
it's
wonderful
that
the
doctor
wants
to
set
up
practice
here
right
now.
There's
a
vacant
building,
that's
just
not
being
utilized.
It's
a
upscale
type
of
business.
We
are
employing
four
people,
those
people
are
gonna,
break
for
lunch
and
maybe
go
to
cafe,
eatri
or
whatever
frequent
some
restaurants
in
knightsville.
So
I
think
it's
just
a
plus
and
a
positive
for
cranston
for
knightsville
community
and
we
need
to
pass
this
tax
incentive.
Thank
you.
H
A
M
O
N
M
D
D
O
K
O
K
Right
so
somebody
do
some
arithmetic,
that's
what
should
be
presented
to
the
council,
you're
you're,
what
you're
doing
is
you're
you're
you're,
actually
voting
blindly
same
thing
on
the
vote.
Be
such
I've
got
nothing
against
it.
I'm
glad
somebody's
there,
but
was
that
part
of
economic
development's
plan?
Did
they
make
a
proposal
to
you
folks
in
the
in
committee,
and
tell
you
why
they
want
that
tax
abatement?
Does
anybody
really
know
what
he's
going
to
add
to
the
city
they're
not
going
to
eat
tree
for
lunch
unless
they're
highly
paid?
K
K
K
The
the
discipline
they'll
still
work
for
their
paycheck,
that's
for
sure,
but
the
discipline,
the
idea
of
them
someday
going
from
a
corporal
to
a
sergeant,
maybe
someday
being
the
chief,
is
lost,
and
you
allow
that
to
happen.
You
just
did
allow
it
to
happen.
That
is
totally
wrong
for
any
organization.
Rather,
it's
public
private.
That's
again
why
I
commend
the
fire
department.
I
think
if
I
was
a
fireman
and
I
worked
hard
and
I
got
the
education
that
was
necessary
and
the
experience
I
too
might
be
chief
someday.
K
That's
what
organization
is
about
and
half
the
time
you
totally
ignore
and
if
you
don't
get
back
to
that,
the
city
is
going
to
be
in
trouble
because
there's
no
room
for
error
today,
no
room
whatsoever
and
we
have
to
get
back
now
to
the
negotiations.
I'm
glad
that
you
had,
I
think,
that's
the
first
school
contract
that
you
had
your
chance
to
vote
on.
I
think
now
there's
more
coming
down
the
pike.
K
This
is
a
little
bit
of
a
laid-back
meeting,
but
let's
remember
now
the
work
that
cranston
has
to
do,
meaning
you
school
committee
administration
is
just
beginning,
and
it's
going
to
take
everybody's
effort,
not
name
calling
everybody's
going
to
sit
down
and
take
a
piece
of
the
pie
and
you're
going
to
take
arrows,
sometimes
for
it.
I
give
you
the
best
example
or
the
worst
example.
If
you
were
the
governor
of
wisconsin,
I
don't
know
of
anybody
at
least
publicly
that
took
more
than
him.
The
death
threats
are.
K
Unbelievable
unions
came
from
all
over
the
country,
everybody
saw
it
on
tv,
but
he
stuck
to
his
guns
anytime.
He
was
on
public.
I
didn't
see
him
throw
around
a
lot
of
name
calling
he
stuck
to
what
he
wanted
to
do
and
guess
what
the
the
supreme
court
in
that
state
just
backed
him
up
for
what
12
percent
the
teachers
have
to
pay
now
for
their
health
care
and
5.8
percent
on
the
retirement,
they
were
paying
nothing
so
the
trend.
K
Is
there
folks
it's
up
to
you
folks
to
see
that
it
continues
in
the
city
now
the
good
news
is,
I
think,
we're
a
lot
further
ahead
of
the
curve.
I
just
mentioned
what
the
fire
department
did.
I
think
now
there's
more
we're
not
that
bad.
I
think
there's
more
interest
now
in
all
elements,
all
responsible
people
in
the
city
of
taking
that
course,
but
it
won't
happen
by
wishing,
for
it
takes
a
lot
of
work.
Thank
you.
I
I
I
I
found
out
that
today
from
the
journal
when
they
called
me
to
respond
to
a
letter
that
the
mayor
had
sent
me
that
I
haven't
received
yet
so
that's
the
reason
I
had
to
come
before
you
tonight
th
the
story
will
come
out
and
I
just
want
you
to
get
the
story
from
us,
because
this
will
be
the
last
time
I
talk
about
it.
There's
no
sense
in
me
getting
up
here
and
begging
you
to
take
fifteen
thousand
dollars
from
us,
so
we
did
offer
that
money.
I
The
stipulation
was
that
the
money
would
come
out
of
the
line
item
for
our
clothing
issue.
I
think
it
comes
out
to
90
dollars
a
firefighter
and
it
would
go
over
to
the
school
department
in
a
separate
account
and
the
superintendent
and
the
the
school
committee
would
use
that
15
000
strictly
for
the
music
programs
to
fund
the
music
programs,
and
that
was
going
to
be
it.
The
addendum
we
wrote
up
that
we
gave
to
the
mayor
is
very
simple:
that's
all
it
says
is
each
guy
gives
up
that
amount.
I
The
line
item
changes
and
that's
where
the
money
goes
to
again.
I
don't
have
the
letter
that
the
mayor
sent
me
in
his
response
to
to
denying
this,
but
I
want
to,
I
do
have
it
was
sent
to
me
by
email-
and
I
do
want
to.
I
do
want
to
talk
to
the
the
few
issues
of
why
he
said.
No,
none
of
them
hold
water
and
that's
what
I
wanted
to
get
to
the
city
council
and
again
this
would
be
the
last
time
I
talk
about
it.
I
One
of
the
issues
was
that
it
was
cons.
It
would
be
considered
considered
a
city
appropriation
to
the
schools,
since
the
city
is
transferring
money
to
them
and
their
their
issue
with
that
is.
It
would
create
a
continuing
maintenance
of
effort
obligation
on
the
part
of
the
city
in
the
schools
in
the
addendum.
I
It's
clear,
it's
a
one-time
thing,
so
it
would
not
make
the
city
obligated
to
give
them
that
15
000
towards
the
school
again
next
year,
and-
and
I
actually
have
the
the
law
that
I
want
to
hand
out
to
you
talking
about
the
continuing
maintenance
of
effort,
the
other,
the
other
issue.
The
second
issue
was:
the
city
is
prohibited
by
state
law
to
dictate
to
the
school
how
the
funds
are
expended.
That's
true.
The
city
cannot
mandate
to
the
schools
that
the
monies
be
used
for
elementary
middle
school
programs
or
any
other
programs.
I
I
see
you
shaking
your
head
councilman
for
vicki,
but
let's,
let's
keep
in
mind
what
we're
trying
to
do
here,
we're
trying
to
give
the
schools
fifteen
thousand
dollars
so
wherever
the
lawyers
can
come
up
with
why
we
shouldn't
be
able
to
do
this.
They
should
be
able
to
come
up
a
reason
why
we
should
be
able
to
do
this
now.
We
are
not
mandating
that
money
go
to
the
city
is
not
mandating
that
money
go
to
the
schools.
I
have
a
decision.
I
I
have
a
decision
from
the
west
warwick
school
committee
versus
the
town
of
westwalk.
You
got
that
too.
All
right.
I
got
that
decision.
I
want
you
to
read
it.
It's
very
clear
that
money
is
giving
that
it's
true.
The
city
cannot
mandate
where
the
money
goes
at
any
time
to
the
schools.
The
school
committees
do
that
and
that's
what
we're
asking
here,
we're
asking
that
the
school
committee
be
given
the
money
and
they
do
with
the
money
what
they
want.
I
If
you
read
this
decision,
all
we're
asking
to
do
is
what
you
can
do
by
law,
and
the
last
reason
you
may
hear
about
is
this
was
tried
a
few
years
back
when
a
certain
mayor
that
ran
this
city
tried
to
give
some
money
to
the
schools,
but
he
was
earmarking
where
that
money
had
to
go.
That
was
the
difference
here.
He
was
telling
the
superintendent
at
the
time
where
the
money
had
to
go,
and
he
couldn't
do
that.
I
He
couldn't
tell
the
city
cannot
tell
where
the
money's
going
and
again
the
city
is
not
telling
where
the
money
can
go.
The
firefighters
are
asking
or
are
telling
by
their
addendum
where
it
goes
now,
if
that's
the
biggest
problem,
you
have
take
that
out
of
the
addendum
that
the
firefighters
say
that
the
money
has
to
go
to
the
to
the
school
program,
and
all
you
have
to
do
is
change.
The
line
item.
I
Take
fifteen
thousand
dollars
out
of
that
line
item
and
put
it
in
a
school
line
item
or
make
a
new
account,
and
I
think
we
can
trust
the
superintendent
of
schools
and
the
school
committee
if
they
know
that
we're
given
fifteen
thousand
thousand
dollars
to
go
to
the
school
music
program,
I
think
we
can
trust
them
enough.
Maybe
some
people
in
this
room
don't
and
that's
the
big
problem,
but
I
can
trust
superintendent
nero
and
the
committee
people
if
they
know
I'm
giving
fifteen
thousand
dollars,
they
know
and
they
know
where
we
wanted
to
go.
I
I'm
sure
it's
gonna
go
to
the
school
music
program.
So
if
that's
the
biggest
issue
that
can
be
alleviated
now,
the
issue
I
just
spoke
about
when
this
was
tried
a
few
years
back.
That
was
the
reason
because
the
mayor
was
mandating
it
go
to
sports,
but
the
other
reason
was
because
the
mayor
and
the
superintendent
at
the
time
hated
each
other.
I
I
thought
we
were
done
with
that.
I
thought
we
were
done
with
politics
and
personal
stuff
in
the
city
of
cranston.
Everybody's
always
running
to
the
unions.
Help
us
out
do
things
we're
being
the
adults
in
this
issue
and
the
administration's
being
the
child.
Because
of
this
issue
going
back,
I
think
the
mayor's
judgment
is
clouded
because
he
wants
his
name
on
a
school.
So,
let's
forget
the
charter
school
stuff.
Let's
forget
all
the
back
and
forth
between
the
committees,
the
superintendent
and
be
the
council
and
pass
your
own
ordinance.
I
A
C
A
C
D
H
E
E
I
do
want
to
say
that
I
I
did
call
mr
valletta
today
to
apologize
to
him
for
the
fact
that
I
had
spoken
with
the
journal
about
this
prior
to
him
receiving
the
letter.
I
believed
that
the
letter
had
gone
out.
That
was
my
bad.
However,
I
do
want
him
to
know
that
the
journal
already
knew
about
this,
as
ms
armental
has
been
asking
me
about
it
for
several
weeks.
So
while
I
I
don't
dispute
that
mr
valletta
wanted
to
do
this
quietly
without
fanfare.
E
With
that
already
said,
I
I
do
want
to
make
a
small
statement
on
this,
because
several
months
ago
mr
valetta
did
propose
this
to
me.
I
don't
dispute
any
of
the
facts
that
he
brought
out
on
this.
He
did
propose
this
to
me
about
two
months
ago.
However,
what
he
did
not
tell
you
is
at
the
time,
even
in
a
casual
conversation
pre-all.
E
This
discussion
on
charter
schools
pre
any
animosity
that
people
perceive
exist
prior
to
all
that
I
said
to
mr
valletta
that
I
had
concerns
with
any
money
being
quote
earmarked
and
that
it
was
much
cleaner
and
neater
if
the
fire
department
chose
to
collect
the
fire
union
chose
to
collect
its
own
money
from
its
members,
since
they
are
so
passionate
about
this
and
make
a
donation
to
the
school
department
in
that
amount.
The
city
does
not
need
to
be
the
conduit.
E
E
Now
mr
valletta
mentioned
to
you
that
this
is
a
one-time
thing
and
the
question
of
whether
or
not
anybody
can
agree
that
a
certain
amount
of
money
does
not
go
toward
maintenance
of
effort
that
west
warwick
decision
that
I
emailed
mr
valetta
today.
While
he's
talking
about
the
line
item
issues,
it
does
address
maintenance
of
effort,
and
the
judge
says
very
clearly
that
the
school
committee
cannot
enter
into
any
agreement
with
a
municipality
to
waive
maintenance
of
effort.
Maintenance
of
effort
is
established
by
state
law.
E
E
Mr
olivario
suggested
that
we
do
not
do
it
that
way
and
agreed
with
what
I
had
suggested
to
mr
valletta
two
months
ago
that,
because
the
fire
department
does
care
so
much,
we
think
that's
a
wonderful
thing
that
departments
are
are
taking
that
kind
of
interest
in
each
other
and
supporting
the
city
across
the
board.
So
we
certainly
you
know,
would
encourage
them
to
do
that,
collect
it
through
the
iaff
and
make
a
donation
in
that
amount.
We
think
it's
a
very
generous
offer.
E
So
that
is
my
response
to
that
situation:
report
on
hiring
special
counsel
and
consultants.
Mr
valetti,
you
beat
me
to
the
punch.
I
actually
had
the
numbers
tonight
for
that
that
attorney
the
attorneys
that
would
be
involved.
The
mayor
is
reviewing
a
pension
calculation
question
on
the
city
pension
right
now,
and
the
attorneys
involved
a
veteran
white
at
150
an
hour
and
keegan
and
whirlin
at
150
an
hour.
You
do
not
see
keegan
and
whirlin
on
your
monthly
list
yet
because
we
have
yet
to
be
built
for
them.
E
Both
are
billing
at
150
an
hour,
so
it's
veteran
white
and
keegan
and
merlin
that's
cheap
yeah.
It
you
know
it.
It
doesn't
sound
good,
but
in
the
scheme
of
attorney
fees
we
have
the
mayor's
negotiated
some
good
rates,
and-
and
that
is
what
it
is.
The
next
in
on.
The
agenda
was
report
from
the
finance
director
on
hourly
rate
for
legal
counsel.
We
didn't
put
that
on
there.
We
believe
the
council
did
councilman
santa
maria.
If
you
would
can
we
hold
that
to
later
and
let
bob
do
those.
A
E
E
Oh,
if
you
look
at
the
front
of
your
sheet,
ms
mourinho
added
a
front
sheet
that
lists
everybody's
hourly
rate.
What
happened
was
last
month
she
put
the
hourly
rate
on
the
main
page.
She
didn't
put
it.
She
didn't
know
if
she
needed
to
put
that
every
month,
since
most
of
these
attorneys
were
already
on
the
list.
I.
E
F
E
E
Reviewed
literally
we
we
are
beginning
that,
as
we
speak,
yeah
we're
trying
to
be
expeditious.
This
is
a
you
know.
This
is
an
incredibly
large
sum
of
money
that
we
deal
with.
I
understand
okay,
replaced
to
be
placed
on
pension,
deputy
chief
mark
billu.
He
has
met
and
fulfilled
all
requirements
to
be
placed
on
pension,
and
we
thank
deputy
chief
bill
you
for
his
service.
V
C
M
O
E
C
C
R
S
C
A
E
E
And
then,
after
mr
corey,
we'll
turn
it
over
to
mr
strong,
if
I
could
just
take
a
moment
as
this
is
my
last
official
executive
communication
again,
I
would
like
to
reiterate
my
thanks
to
to
the
council
to
attorney
quinlan
to
maria
wall
and
rose
alba.
Our
faithful,
stenographer
who's
had
to
listen
to
me,
talk
100
miles
an
hour
and
actually
copy
it
down
to
council
members
past
and
present.
I
have
a
past
member
out
there
I
see
as
well
again.
E
I
can't
thank
you
enough,
but
it's
been
my
pleasure
to
serve
with
you
and
I
thank
you
all
for
stepping
up
and
being
elected
officials.
It
is
not
easy,
it
is.
It
is
thankless,
as
mr
tomlins
pointed
out,
sometimes
when
you're
in
the
line
of
fire,
it's
not
easy
but
and
those
of
you
who
run
for
office.
I
I
I
really
commend
you
all
for
your
interest
and
those
like
val,
who
are
here
week
in
and
week
out,
caring
about
their
community.
So
it's
it's
people
like
that.
E
W
X
X
X
It's
broken
down
into
personnel
issues
of
seventy
seven
thousand.
I'm
rounding
off
there's
a
single
audit
issue
that
had
to
do
with
the
auditors
of
two
hundred
fifty
dollars.
There
was
discussion
about
the
school
budget.
I
guess
they
represented
them
in
a
certain
discussion
matters
of
almost
eighteen
thousand.
X
It
was
busing,
I
guess,
negotiating
on
the
busing
contract
to
date
of
two
thousand.
There
was
a
resolve
in
this
an
issue
with
ride,
rhode,
island
department
of
ed
of
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
Contract
negotiations
for
the
bargaining
units
came
to
almost
forty.
Two
thousand
school
committee
meetings
came
to
36
500
and
the
vote
negotiations
with
the
state
on
the
vote.
School
came
to
6167.
X
X
And
that's
broken
down
personnel
32
700
school
committee
meetings,
33
420
budget
issue,
651
ride,
757
vocational
school
relating
to
ride
forty
seven
sixty
three:
the
food
service
contract,
seventeen
thousand
six;
thirty,
three
contract
negotiations;
thirty
two
thousand
and
special
ed
contract,
sixty
6
300..
When
you
add
all
that
up
it
comes
to
128
272..
X
Now
I
don't
have
an
hourly
rate,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
they
use
I'm
going
to
say
100
percent,
maybe
not
quite.
They
used
brennan
recupero
and
cassione
scungio,
et
cetera,
et
cetera
mcallister.
That
is
the
firm
that
represents
the
school
on
all
legal
matters.
I
don't
think
they
use
anyone
else
or
if
they
do,
it
wasn't
provided
to
me,
but
I
believe
that's
who
they
use
as
a
as
the
law
firm
for
these
various
issues.
X
F
F
B
B
There
was
one
in
particular
that
I
just
want
to
see
if
I
can
get
an
answer,
for
it
was
it's
page
7
of
19,
of
of
the
all
the
legal
printouts
and
it's
an
amount
for
40,
000
16.75,
and
it's
to
a
law
firm
george
m
capello,
and
this
is
the
only
one
that
doesn't
have
some
kind
of
a
legal
matter
attached
to
it.
You
know,
like
give
an
example
of
president
machina.
Has
scott
brass,
you
know
what
what
the
issue
is.
This
one
has
just
his
services.
B
R
B
That
I
I
mean
I
see
quite
a
few
of
them
and
I'd
like
to
you
know.
If
it's
you
know,
if
there's
something
that
you
know,
these
seem
kind
of
out
of
the
ordinary
for
me,
but
I
might
I
kind
of
would
suggest
that
the
council,
you
know,
find
out.
You
know
what
kind
of
you
know
why
these
legal
fees
being
expended.
B
B
There's
another
another
legal
for
law:
firm,
better
in
white
for
eight
thousand
four
hundred
forty
eight
thousand
forty
three
cents,
and
that
is
dealing
with
pension
issues
so
or
I
just
wanna,
just
at
least
for
the
record
and
at
least
make
the
council
aware
on
my
end,
as
far
as
you
know,
maybe
there's
something
that
we
should
know
about
why
these
legal
fees
are
being
expended
and
if
it
has
to
be
done
executive
session.
That's
fine.
I
mean.
B
I
know
that
there
are
nothing
to
be
discussed
in
these
matters,
but
I
just
wanted
to
go
to
the
record,
to
put
it
out
there.
Just
it
looked
like
a
red
flag
for
me
when
you
see
those
kind
of
legal
bills-
and
I
just
I
don't
know
what
the
administration
can
explain
at
this
point,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
for
them.
E
And
I'm
happy
to
put
for
the
record
as
much
as
I
possibly
can,
without
violating
or
jeopardizing
the
city's
position.
Little
madeira's
kinder
whitney
was
used
extensively
for
a
settlement
agreement
that
we
briefed
you
on.
There
are
some
ongoing
issues
with
that,
as
a
settlement
has
now
been
paid,
that
person
has
moved
to
be
put
on
a
pension,
but
given
the
delicate
nature
of
the
situation,
I
do
pick
up
the
phone
and
consult
with
the
attorneys
on
that
one.
E
That
firm
is
also
involved
right
now
in
a
bill
of
rights
situation
with
the
police
department.
As
you
know,
from
prior
bill
of
rights
situation
that
we've
used
other
attorneys
for
those
are
extraordinarily
expensive,
but
when
there
is
an
issue
police
officers
by
state
law,
when
discipline
is
going
to
be
anything
over,
I
believe
three
days
they
police
officers
statewide
are
entitled
to
something
called
a
bill
of
rights.
E
Hearing
where
there
is
a
panel
of
three
people
outside
people,
one
from
labor
one
from
management
and
a
neutral
who
make
a
decision
they
hear
testimony
and
they
make
a
decision.
Based
on
that.
Just
to
give
you
a
little
background
on
what
bill
of
rights
hearings
are.
You
have
to
have
an
attorney
present
at
all
of
that
when
we
move
to
a
situation,
that's
going
to
trip
the
bill
of
rights,
they're
critically
important
issues,
and
it
is
imperative
that
we
have
attorneys
with
that
type
of
labor
experience.
K
E
Yeah
councilman
solicitor,
crusher
mom,
also
brings
up
a
good
point,
as
we
had
indicated
to
you
with
that
one
particular
settlement.
The
settlement
that
mr
kinder
negotiated,
saved
the
city
potentially
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars,
as
we
had
indicated
to
you,
hundreds
of
thousands
prior
to
him
stepping
out
had
been
poured
out
by
past
administrations.
E
So
the
efforts
of
mr
kinder
have
saved
us
an
extraordinary
amount
of
money
I
realize
on
paper.
It
looks
like
a
lot
of
money
that
we
have
paid
him,
but
given
how
many
hundreds,
I
think
we
had
calculated,
probably
close
to
a
half
million
dollars,
went
out
on
that
particular
person
before
mayor
fung
came
in
and
hired
mr
kinder
to
take
over
that.
So
that's
what
and
the
veteran
white
pension
issues
are
just
that
pension
issues.
Thank.
B
Just
just
a
quick
follow-up
and
I'm
gonna
just
request
that
that
the
council-
I
know
myself-
I
just
thought
if
I
could
have
it
emailed
or
have
it
available
at
the
next
council
meeting,
I'd
like
to
know
what
legal
issues
are
open
right
now
regarding
these
law
firms,
it
sounds
to
me
like
this
kinder
law
firm.
It's
it's
a
settled
issue,
so
we're
not
going
to
see
anything
so
we
have
it.
It
may
be
going
on.
E
E
E
A
Councilman
just
to
follow
up
council
president
lupino
has
been
asking
for
those
same
open
matters
for
a
long
time,
just
to
let
you
know
all
right.
Council
president
communications
council,
president
of
communications,
johnson
and
wales,
letter
update
for
the
administration
from
the
recent
meeting
that
was
held.
U
U
U
U
We
had
called
the
solicitor
for
johnston,
william
conley,
for
response.
Apparently
the
journal
had
done
the
same.
We
didn't
get
a
response.
I
don't
think
the
newspaper
did
either
and
that's
where
it
stands.
We've
been
discussing
with
dem.
I
was
on
a
conference
call
at
dm
last
month
about
the
ramifications
of
johnson,
not
signing
the
inter-jurisdictional
agreement.
U
I've
been
working
with
jeffrey
davis,
along
with
steve
mulcahy,
and
doing
some
calls
myself
on
what
the
normal
and
customary
charges
are
for
out
of
town
users
for
the
host
of
a
system
and
what
different
entities
charge.
Out-Of-Town
users
for
their
sewer
services,
I've
called
a
different
local
warwick.
I
call
I
think
I
call
westworld
towns
like
that
to
find
out
what
they
charge
their
out-of-town
users
in
comparison
with
what
we
charge
and
I
should
have
a
proposal
together
shortly.
A
B
Thank
you
just
just
a
quick
note
and
I
want
to
bring
to
the
administration,
because
I
want
to
commend
them
on
bringing
forth
appointments.
You
know
with
we
have
the
new
chief,
so
there
was
just
a
very
little
time
there
that
we
were
without
a
chief
or
an
acting
chief,
and
then
he
got
through
the
consent
process.
Same
thing
with
with
our
city
solicitor.
Congratulations
as
far
as
an
appointment,
my
question
is
going
to
be
regarding
the
public
works
director.
B
B
I
don't
even
know
if
he's
qualified,
I
don't
even
know
he
has
the
degrees
and
the
architectural
you
gotta
have
per
charter.
So
I
just
want
to
bring
it
to
the
attention
of
the
administration
that
we
are
getting
an
idea
of
what's
happening
here,
because
it
just
seems
like
it's
been
an
indefinite
and
I
don't
know
if
the
charter
or
ordinance
has
any
type
of
it
might
be
gray
area.
B
But
it
just
seems
that
I
don't
know
how
long
someone
can
be
in
acting
without
you
know,
he's
building
director
or
super
superintendent
and
public
works.
So
I
just
want
to
get
a
clarification
on
whether
or
not
this
person
should
be
brought
before
us
for
questioning
and
asking
about
running
the
department.
Councilman.
E
Interesting
that
you
haven't
asked
that
question
about
the
senior
services
acting
directors.
You
haven't
asked
that
question
about
cdbg's
acting
director.
The
mayor
has
chosen,
where
possible,
to
keep
people
in
acting
capacity,
saving
the
city
well
over,
maybe
a
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
that
effort.
I
understand
the
public
works.
Direct
is
a
little
bit
different
because
the
charter
does
have
requirements
to
hire
a
permanent
public
works
director.
E
If
we
did
hire
a
permanent
public
works
director
with
a
pe,
we
would
have
to
hire
that
position
at
the
at
approximately
the
ninety
thousand
dollar
salary.
I
have
an
opinion
from
solicitor
cipriano
that
says
that
the
mayor
does
have
an
authority
to
make
actions.
The
actings
do
not
fall
under
the
same
parameters.
E
You
did
have
a
chance
to
question
mr
bentatulo,
but
you
did
not
stay
for
the
finance
committee
meetings.
The
night
of
the
public
works
hearings.
When
this
was
discussed
when
I
brought
it
forward
that
the
mayor
was
choosing
not
to
fill
the
position
to
save
the
money
in
the
budget
this
year,
mr
ventitulo
has
20
years
of
construction
and
supervisory
experience
in
the
field.
I
think
anybody
who
has
worked
with
him,
council,
members
or
staff,
as
well
as
labor
leaders,
believe
that
he's
doing
an
exemplary
job.
E
The
mayor
does
have
the
authority
to
hold
people
in
acting
positions
and
in
an
effort
to
save
the
city,
this
kind
of
money.
It's
unfortunate
that
someone
would
want
to
do
otherwise,
particularly
when
the
job
is
being
done
well
same
as
senior
services
with
nancy
and
ray
and
same
with
cdbg
in
the
cases
of
cdbg
and
mr
ventitullo.
Both
of
those
people
as
well
as
nancy
and
ray
nancy
and
ray,
do
get
a
differential
for
it.
E
Mr
ventitulo's
getting
paid
the
public
works
director's
salary,
but
he
doesn't
get
now
what
had
been
his
building
maintenance
head
salary,
so
it's
one
set
of
benefits
and
basically
the
saving
of
42
000
a
year
by
him
not
doing
that.
Additionally,
mr
ventatulo
has
taken
over
the
management
of
the
public
facilities
corporation
saving
the
city,
an
additional
35
thousand
dollars
a
year,
not
to
mention
the
tens
of
thousands
he
has
saved
because
of
his
history
of
negotiating
building
projects
and
the
money
he
has
saved
in
negotiating
prices
down.
E
In
fact,
he
just
got
tower
construction
to
cover
the
salt
for
free
for
us
in
trade
for
a
couple
weeks,
extra
on
the
soul
barn.
So,
while
yes,
he
is
an
acting
director.
Acting
directors
do
not
have
to
go
for
advice
and
consent.
There
is
no
limit
in
the
charter
on
how
long
someone
can
be
made
and
put
in
an
acting
capacity.
E
B
B
Again,
I
I
and
I'm
not
denying,
and
I'm
not
disputing
anything
of
what
miss
misha
has
said
about
mr
ventatullo
and
his
capacity
mike.
My
my
concern
is
that
the
charter
and
the
order
is
very
specific,
as
far
as
who's
to
be
qualified
to
be
director
of
public
works,
and
I
and
I
I'm
gonna,
ask
our
city
solicitor
to
you
know,
give
us
a
an
opinion
on
whether
or
not
someone
that's
that's
running
our
public
works
department
that
doesn't
have
the
qualifications
that
can.
B
That
does
not
need
to
go
before
us,
because
part
of
what
I'm
I'm
I'm
actually
trying
to
get
out
get
out
here
is
that
I
just
don't
want
our
powers
as
a
legislative
body
to
be
usurped,
as
the
doctor
should
like
to
refer
to.
As
far
as
you
know,
they
just
have
an
acting.
We
don't
know
you
know,
we
don't
know
anything
about
it.
B
A
R
H
H
H
Several
on
several
occasions,
I
was
out
there
going
around
the
neighborhood
I'd
like
to
commend
the
city
workers
for
those
people
who
say
city
workers,
don't
earn
their
keep
they're
wrong
because
they're
out
there
cleaning
the
debris
off
the
streets
and
in
danger,
I
I
drove
under
three
low-level
power
lines
as
well,
as
mrs
shot
was
out
there
endangering
her
life.
Also,
so
I
want
to
commend
the
city
workers,
the
highway
department,
the
rec
department,
as
well
as
the
the
fire
department
fire
rescue
police
department.
H
A
R
E
A
A
Petition
from
about
35
residents
along
vinton
avenue,
where
they're
complaining
that
the
the
operators
of
the
oakland
car
wash
are
cranking
up
the
volume
on
their
external
speaker
and
it's
going
off
at
all
hours
in
the
morning.
It's
bad
enough
they're
going
to
hear
the
dryer
from
the
the
car
wash,
but
they
got
to
hear
you
know.
I'm
roll
the
tires
on
the
bmw.
S
X
R
X
I
think
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do
is
monitor
it,
we're
probably
going
to
have
to
cut
expenses
as
far
as
having
departments,
as
we've
done
over
the
last
few
years,
reduce
putting
through
purchase
orders
only
for
necessary
and
emergency
items.
I'm
going
to
have
to
monitor
our
tax
collection.
Usually
our
tax
collection
always
exceeds
a
little
bit
over,
especially
this
year
what's
been
budgeted,
we
always
have
a
better
collection
rate
than
what
we
usually
put
in
the
budget
this
year.
X
X
The
tax
department's
done
a
wonderful
job
with
the
fees
and
also
with
the
tax
sale
that
just
took
place,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
an
ongoing
battle.
Basically
the
good
news
from
the
motor
vehicle
standpoint.
As
you
know,
we
were
one
of
the
first
communities
to
drop
the
exemption
from
six
thousand
to
five
hundred.
Well,
we
took
the
brunt
of
it
this
year.
I
believe
the
city
of
warwick
is
doing
that
next
year.
X
They're
gonna
probably
have
some
issues
and
that
the
good
news
is
that
we
don't
have
much
leverage
with
motor
vehicle
collection.
We
have
been
collecting
fairly
well
due
to
some
outside
attorneys
that
have
been
aggressive
for
us,
but
the
good
news
is
that
motor
vehicles-
you
have
to
renew
your
registration
every
two
years,
well,
that'll
be
coming
into
this
year
as
the
second
year,
so
before
people
can
renew
their
registration
they'll
have
to
pay
their
taxes
where
this
year
they
may
be
skated
by
for
a
year.
X
X
You
know
judiciously
to
to
to
do
whatever
we
have
to
do
to
make
up
that
700,
000.
and
hopefully
don't
forget.
This
year.
We
had
to
make
up
over
half
a
million
on
snow
removal
and
also
about
six
hundred
thousand
on
street
lighting,
and
we've
been
able
so
far
based
on
my
records
to
accomplish
that.
So
there
you
know
it
just
has
to
be
monitored
and
when
we
have
to
cut
or
reduce
purchase
orders
or
whatever
we
will
do
so,
it's
not
a
insurmountable
amount
of
money
that
we
can't
overcome.
X
V
Yes,
councilman,
that's
my
understanding!
Those
are
the
numbers.
I've
seen
now
again.
It'll
take
strong
management
from
day
one
to
make
it
work.
Collections
are
not
going
to
be
easy
in
this
environment.
We're
seeing
that
in
the
fourth
quarter
this
year,
that
my
guess
is
the
home
eating
oil
prices
have
caused
severe
problems
for
many
taxpayers.
F
X
F
R
F
F
X
What
we'll
do
is
we'll
stop
generating
purchase
orders
we'll
only
put
through
expenditures
that
are
emergency
of
nature
or
have
to
be
done
to
keep
the
operations
going.
I
have
to
look
at
other
figures
too,
for
instance
snow
removal
we
may
be.
We
may
have
a
mild
winter.
That
may
benefit
us.
I
mean
there's
various
line
items
that
can
offset
the
suck
700
thousand
dollar
structural
deficit.
X
X
Do
that
the
legislators,
the
house
finance
committee
voted
that
out
from
what
the
governor's
budget
indicated.
So
when
we
put
our
budget
together,
we
base
it
on
the
revenue
items
that
the
governor's
budget
shows.
We
do
that
every
year
that
budget's
been
passed.
As
you
know,
by
the
middle
of
may.
This
just
came
out
of
committee
this
past
week.
F
I
think
we
have
to
seriously
look
into
seeing
if
we
can
match
the
reporting
dates.
I
mean
the
school
committee
reports
to
us
in
march.
We
have
to
have
a
budget
by
may,
but
yet
the
general
assembly
just
reports
someone
out
last
week.
We
really
we
really
need
to
look
at
that
as
a
city.
I
think
all
the
cities
and
towns
have
to
look
at
that
and
matching
the
reporting
dates.
We're
just
guessing.
X
X
B
A
couple
of
notes-
one
of
them,
is
on
this
pilot
money.
I
just
want
to
thank
councilman,
my
colleague
councilman
santa
maria.
He
put
a
resolution
in
he.
I
know
he
worked
very
hard,
as
we
all
did
as
far
as
our
rep
local
representatives
and
thank
god
that
you
know
you
worked
hard,
councilman
santa
maria
and
pushed
to
get
that
pilot
money
increased
because
it
would
we
would
have
been
even
in
a
bigger
hole.
B
So
thank
god
for
that
that
you
were
able
to
come
through
with
that
for
us
and
then
just
one
other
note
I
mean
I,
I
see
the
providence
journal
here,
but
there
was
some
some
back
and
forth
going
on
with
the
school
committee
about
a
tax
letter
that
went
out
because
I
did
receive
my
taxes
and
believe
me.
It
hurts
and
I
did
get
my
my
motor
vehicle
tax
as
well.
B
B
A
A
O
W
Council
vice
president,
this
is
in
reference
to
the
cranston
street
enhancement
project
and
we
have
received
approval
from
rydot
on
our
proposal
that
outlines
the
design,
the
construction
monitoring
services
for
this
project.
So
we
are
seeing
some
progress
moving
forward.
We
hope
to
be
able
to
go
out
to
bid
on
this
project
next
week.
A
T
Proposed
ordinance,
6-11-1
amending
title
5
of
the
code
on
business
licenses
and
regulations.
This
ordinance
would
extend
requiring
notification
to
abutters
for
businesses
that
wish
to
extend
their
hours
beyond
those
initially
approved
and
that's
to
be
referred
to.
The
safety
services
committee
for
hearing
on
july
11.
N
T
T
That
will
be
referred
to
the
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
july
14th
proposed
ordinance
6-11-2
transferring
appropriations
for
the
current
budget.
This
is
fourth
quarter
transfers
initiated
by
the
administration
pursuant
to
charter.
This
is
to
be
referred
to
finance
for
hearing
on
july
14th
6-11-3.
T
Actually,
the
rest
of
these
ordinances
are
to
be
referred
to
safety
services
committee
for
hearing
on
july.
11Th
6-11-3
is
an
amendment
of
title
5..
This
has
to
do
with
the
expansion
of
service
permits
for
those
businesses
that
hold
a
liquor
license
and
the
renewal
process
proposed
ordinance,
6-11-4.
T
Actually,
the
remainder
of
these
ordinances
will
now
deal
with
title
10.32
of
the
code,
all
dealing
with
traffic
and
they're
all
going
to
safety
services.
As
I
indicated,
6-11-4
pertains
to
a
limited
parking
at
18
mecca
street
6-11-5
is
adding
a
stop
sign
at
the
intersection
of
crest
avenue
with
duane
street.
I
think
that's
the
pronunciation
on
that
6-11-6
is
adding
a
stop
sign
at
the
intersection
of
heather
with
brown
street.
T
C
O
T
Ready,
I
I
I
have
instituted
the
procedure
of
keeping
these
things
on
the
docket
when
there
are
documents
to
be
returned
because
over
to
what's
happened
in
the
past,
is
things
get
lost
and
misplaced?
What
we
can
do,
I
would
suggest
continuing
it
to
a
certain
month
in
the
futures
for
follow-up,
say
in
the
fall
rather
than
carrying
it
every
month,
but
removing
it
it
might
get
lost.