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From YouTube: July 23, 2012, City Council Meeting
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July 23, 2012, City Council Meeting
C
D
B
E
B
D
D
B
B
Has
been
underfunded
in
terms
of
repairs
and
whatnot,
so
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
nevada
asked
for
a
meeting
with
us.
They
provided
us
with
about
150
in
grant
to
go
up
and
do
an
engineering
study,
as
well
as
an
architectural
study
of
what
it
would
cost
to
put
that
building
in
real
good
shape
and
the
results
of
that
after
the
rmps
when
they
came
in,
were
about
four
million
dollars.
If
we
need
to
do
a
total
renovation
building,
we
met
with
the
state.
B
G
B
On
the
school
side,
this
will
not
cost
the
city,
a
dime,
the
department
of
ed's,
going
to
give
us
3.2
million
dollars
in
the
grant
to
do
the
repairs
over
approximately
two
and
a
half
years
with
the
first
portion
of
the
recruit
going
next
summer.
If
this,
this
will
allow
us
to
own
the
building
in
the
properties
adjacent
to
the
building.
The
president
of
the
launch
of
the
state.
B
This
building
needs
these
repairs.
We
we
do
not
do
it
this
way,
we'd
be
facing
a
position.
I
was
still
the
superintendent
of
making
a
recommendation
to
close
the
school
over
a
period
of
a
couple
of
years,
but
now
we'll
be
able
to,
in
addition
to
perkins
money
every
year,
putting
through
the
programs,
but
the
state,
if
you're
not
aware,
is
doing
actually
the
countries
investing
a
lot
of
money
in
korean
tech
centers,
and
there
will
be
many
competitive
grants
that
we
will
be
eligible
for
and
the
building
will
be
in
good
shape.
B
To
do
that
and
again,
this
is
very
important
for
those
kids.
Those
programs
are
excellent.
We
can
develop
them
even
better
than
they
are
right
now
and
I'm
asking
for
your
approval
on
this
and
again
our
attorneys.
I
will
once
this
is
approved,
we'll
get
together
and
work
over
the
details,
including
all
the
site,
investigations
and
so
forth,
to
make
sure.
B
A
A
Richard
tomlins
400
farmer
to
have
cranston,
mr
chairman
and
members
of
the
council.
I
wish
there
were
two
more
council
members
here.
This
is
such
an
important
night
I'll
go
quickly
over.
What
I
want
to
talk
about.
This
idea
from
the
chapel
hill
associates
seems
like
a
great
idea.
Well
thought
out.
Even
if
it
comes
to
eminent
domain,
it
seems
to
be
well
covered.
These
changes
or
the
the
section
here
regarding
the
director
of
public
works.
I
see
no
salary
mentioned
here
with
a
salary
review.
A
A
For
the
budget
with
dollars,
I
don't
see
anything
that
gives
us
any
net
effect
of
all
these
changes.
I
think
we
deserve
a
net
effect
as
to
what
all
these
changes
are
going
to
be
to
the
current
budget,
maybe
because
of
that
10
million
dollars
that
you're
going
to
get
for
for
income
was
being
thought
of
to
take
handle
to
handle
any
other
increases
in
the
budget,
but
that
should
also
be
stuck
out.
A
Thing
here
is
on
this
personnel
decision.
You
talk
about
selfie,
the
duty
of
the
director
of
personnel.
Let's
cross
out
personnel
administration
who's,
the
personnel
administration,
you
talk
to
a
whole
lot
of
duties
here
and
what
the
what
you
would
have
to
have
and
the
job
search
for
this
person
sounds
more
like
a
human
resource
person
to
me
even
more
than
a
personnel
director
which,
in
today's
vernacular
is
a
higher
level
in
that
field.
A
So
I
don't
know
what
personnel
administrator
means
is
that
singular?
Is
that
plural
and
all
the
duties
you
list
for
that?
Doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me
as
to
how
that's
going
to
be
effectively
covered.
I
don't
think
this
was
well
thought
out.
I
think
it's
a
terrible
proposal
based
on
the
way
it
is
formulated
in
this
section
and
before
we
throw
your
daughter
across
the
city
a
whole
lot
of
money,
so
I
think
the
council
should
re-review
that
they
should
look
seriously.
A
I
don't
know
what
you're
talking
about
behind
closed
doors,
there's
a
lot
of
politics
involved
in
this.
I
can
assure
you
it's
been
going
on
a
long
time.
I
have
yet
to
see
a
firm
plan
for
eliminating
that
function.
Call
it
what
you
will
in
this
city
and
if
you
take
it
away
and
you
have
all
the
other,
including
the
police,
environment,
exams
and
scheduling.
A
All
of
that
has
to
be
done.
Is
that
what
you
need
when
you
say
personnel
administrator?
Am
I
going
to
say
an
s
after
that
administrator?
I
think
this
is
done
purely
on
political
reasons.
I
really
don't
think
in
the
long
run
it's
gonna
save
based
on
what
we
need
in
the
city
for
good
personnel
practices.
I've
been
part
of
it
myself,
my
other
job,
that
was
involved
with
the
city
and
it's
a
very
important
function,
particularly
in
today's
in
today's
environment.
E
A
H
Valerie
schule
27
farm
street.
I'd
like
to
reiterate
what
mr
nero
said.
The
career
and
technical
school
is
a
crown
jewel
in
princeton
public
schools.
I
have
two
kids
one
went
to
and
they
both
educated
at
princeton
west.
One
of
them
went
the
honors
program,
ap
regular
and
the
other
one
went
to
the
current
technical
center,
and
I
cannot
tell
you
how
valuable
that
experience
was
well.
H
I
can't
tell
you
how
valuable
it
was
because
they
both
went
to
west
point
and
my
son
being
a
senior
at
west
point
in
his
last
year
of
electrical
engineering
classes,
all
the
kids
in
his
class
come
up
to
me
and
say
mrs
schulie.
How
can
vince
be
so
far
ahead
of
us
in
this
class
and
both
of
us
look
at
him
and
say
he
went
to
the
career
and
technical
center,
so
do
everything
you
can
to
keep
that
up
and
running
going?
H
I
I
I
I
I
I
She's
learned
her
job
and
she
does
an
excellent
job
to
turn
this
over
to
some
other
entity
that
we
have
no
knowledge
of
that.
I
have
no
knowledge
of.
I
heard
it's
going
to
be
the
school
department
or
it's
going
to
be.
Somebody
else
doesn't
make
any
sense
either
if
somebody's
doing
a
job
properly,
unless
they're
stepping
on
individuals
toes
and
they
decide
to
get
rid
of
them.
I
see
no
reason
to
replace
that
person.
I
hope
you'll
reconsider
on
that
position.
Also.
Thank
you.
J
J
D
When
they
repair
the
roads
in
the
city
of
branston
all
roads,
okay,
I
would
like
to
see
a
licensed
contractor
for
the
future
or
if
they
do
have
one
right
now,
I'm
not
sure,
but
I
think
that
we
should
have
professional
people.
Do
the
job
in
the
city
of
france,
some
of
these
roads,
that
I've
been
really
deplorable
conditions
when
they
repair
something
it's
not
repaired
in
the
right
way.
It's
not
correctly
done.
Okay,
it's
like
going
into
an
ocean
over
here.
D
D
Laravel
avenue
has
never
been
repaved
and
there's
a
lot
of
complaints
about
the
people
that
live
there
and
elsewhere.
They
have
to
use
these
roads
and
go
to
school
or
school
or
work,
and
also
the
rhode
island
transit
authority.
The
buses
bus
drivers
are
complaining,
everybody's
complaining,
okay,
this
road
is
in
need
of
repair.
You
need
a
new
road.
That's
all!
I
can
say.
B
E
B
G
G
B
B
B
B
City
was
performed
with
a
new
discharge,
permit
that
employers
more
stringent
seasonal
nutrient
removal
standards,
specifically
for
nitrogen
phosphorus
parsley,
and
also
your
existing
wastewater
facility
today,
is
not
designed
to
meet
these
more
strange
limits.
So
in
response
to
this,
the
city
under
the
consent
agreement
that
the
key
points
is
a
temporary
stay
for
meeting
this
nitrogen
limit
of
aid-
and
I
remember
it-
resulted
in
the
creation
of
this
project
with
facilities,
plan
amendment
and
then
programming
design.
B
What's
the
project
all
about
is
to
identify
improvements
at
your
facility
to
be
meeting
both
nitrogen
and
phosphorus,
our
objective
has
been
to
select
the
lowest
cost
technical
solution
which
satisfies
the
city's
current
wastewater
needs.
Yet
his
visionary
looks
ahead
into
the
expandable
fusion
use.
B
What's
best
for
transport,
there
are
many
avenues
to
go
many
opportunities
and
technologies,
and
it's
no
one
solution,
it's
all
in
wastewater,
so
what's
best
for,
for
instance,
we
looked
at
all
various
options.
We
screened
them
based
on
the
ability
to
meet
the
new
permit,
proven
track
record
probable
costs,
ease
of
operation
and
so
on.
B
Alternatives
evaluated,
we
evaluated
multiple
technologies
for
nitrogen
removal
starting
off
very
first.
What
I
refer
to
as
no
build
that's
reusing
your
existing
aeration
tanks
that
you
treat
and
play.
Unfortunately,
they
have
insufficient
capacity
to
address
your
needs
today
or
in
the
future.
So
we
looked
at
a
gamut
of
alternatives,
each
varying
with
cost
and
complexity.
B
B
B
So,
to
summarize,
for
nitrogen
recommendation,
it's
a
phased
approach,
four
stage
partnership,
because
it's
the
most
flexible,
cost-effective
solution
for
the
city
today,
yet
we're
also
being
asked
by
dm
to
design
for
the
future
and
that's
what
we
need
to
put
plastic
meteor
deterioration
types
get
more
treatment
on
phosphorus.
This
is
balanced
flocculation
technology
and
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
both
these
technologies,
there
are
multiple
manufacturers
which
are
voice
later
on
your
project
when
it
goes
to
advertising
from
days.
B
This
is
an
overview
of
graphic
of
areas
where
work
will
be
performed
in
your
facilities.
There'll
be
a
little
work,
new
work
in
your
influence;
modifications
of
the
aeration
tanks
to
this
four
stage,
part
and
photo
construction
of
a
new
facility
to
treat
for
phosphorus
and
arsenic,
as
well
as
the
state
by
college
and
their
tempo.
L
B
So
what
does
all
this
mean?
This
is
a
graphic
here
that
is
a
source
of
data
whose
2011
narrative
aid,
commission,
residential
surveyed
across
the
state,
and
I'd
like
to
point
out
where
the
red
dot
is
that's
the
cranston
today,
approximately
385
per
residential
custom
and
anticipating
that
the
project
will
be
financing
over
a
20-year
period.
Amateurized
the
engineer's
estimate
of
simplistic
terms.
That
would
mean
cranston
rates
rendition
go
up
on
the
order
of
47
48
per
residential
household.
B
Here's
a
schedule
this
program
we've
had
this
is
our
submitted.
Our
facilities
plan
several
times
in
the
state
we're
closing
out
the
public
workshop
process,
we're
actively
in
the
design
of
the
upgrades,
and
we
envisioned
going
into
construction
later
on
2013
having
several
years
of
construction
improvements
with
that.
That.
B
For
sewer
rates
based
on
the
flow
rates-
and
we
we
definitely
discuss
that
in
the
other
hearings.
So
I
want
the
public
to
know
that
you
are
predicating
that
increase
based
on
what
we,
how
we
currently
charge,
and
it
could
be
not
the
stop
of
that.
If
we
should
go
to
flow
rates
and
flow
rates
would
certainly
benefit
those
conservative
and
those
who
wish
to
flush
more
roughly
and
not
would
retire.
So
I
know
I'm
an
advocate
for
that
and
I'm
hoping
that
future
councils.
B
B
G
And
current
council
president,
who
has
been
guiding
the
ideas
throughout
this,
has
also
done
a
great
job,
but
just
so
the
council
knows
for
the
public's
knowledge
that,
when
this
project
was
first
proposed,
though,
when
larry
and
I
took
over
this
project,
the
estimate
of
cost
was
enabled
52
million
dollars
and
to
get
it
down
in
the
20s.
I
consider
a
significant
job
for
the
engineering
team.
F
F
N
N
Professional
service
care
of
trees
that
was
due
to
hurricane
irene,
the
northeast
tree,
that
did
a
original
cleanup
and
the
school
department
we
received
after
the
budget,
was
originally
passed.
Last
may,
but
the
year
ago
we
received
more
money
from
the
state
of
long
island
through
a
ride
of
91
000.
So
that's
an
increase
to
their
appropriation
and
the
other
large
is
the
hurricane
irene
where
we
received
the
reimbursement
through
fema
of
75
of
1.3
million.
N
F
O
B
M
B
B
All
right
23
spots
for
parking
spaces.
Thank
you
for
that
correction
so
and
I'm
sure
that
we
used
down
the
road
in
the
future
for
other
business,
small
businesses
that
want
around
childhood
views.
I
want
to
thank
the
chapter
of
you
for
holding
residency
in
the
city
of
greece
in
creating
commerce
and
doing
great
jobs,
and
one
more
for
this
there.
Anyone
from
the
hospital
who
has
any
questions
for
mr
bolton
or
mr
votes.
B
B
K
K
P
B
E
F
B
F
J
F
F
C
K
C
B
B
B
B
B
C
P
B
G
E
A
A
As
they
say,
mr
speaker,
this
will
not
be
taken
out
of
my
time.
I
want
to
get
back
to
this
personal
human
resource
idea
again.
That
way
that
I
just
read,
if
I
showed
it
to
a
dozen
personnel
or,
more
importantly,
human
service
experts,
they
would
just
laugh.
The
bottom
line
would
be
what
you're
saying
you
want
to
eliminate
program.
A
One
position
adds
somebody
else
to
it.
That's
all
it
really
tells
you
now.
I
read
the
comment
by
the
mayor
in
the
office
when
it
was
brought
to
him
and
he
said
something
like
well.
I
think
maybe
we
need
it,
but
blah
blah
blah
blah.
Here's.
What
any
good
leadership
good
management
skills
will
tell
you
what
to
say
before
I
give
you
my
seal
of
approval
on
such
a
proposal,
I'm
on
a
thorough
investigation
of
who
does.
A
How
important
they
are
to
the
city
and
the
personnel
involved?
Has
anybody
discussed
with
them
the
new
duties
that
they
may
or
may
not
have
to
take
place
and
what
their
thoughts
are
on
that?
Because,
after
all,
I'm
the
chief
executive
of
the
city
and
I'd
have
to
know
all
those
details,
and
I
would
beg
to
tell
you
as
far
as
any
any
financial
consideration.
I
would
set
that
aside
until.
A
A
That
this
would
be
a
disaster
for
the
city
anytime.
You
fool
with
management
in
this
city.
It
has
to
be
properly
understood
about
all
the
consequences,
I'm
certainly
all
for
saving
money.
I've
always
demonstrated
that
I'm
not
a
deficit
hawk.
I
don't
want
to
swoop
down
and
take
10
million
out
here
into
5
million.
Anybody
can
do
that.
What
I
want
is
a
five-year
washed
budget
for
this
city
the
current
year
and
four
years
out,
so
we
know
where
we're
headed.
A
You
know
we
have
no
plan
right
now
for
the
approximately
300
billion
dollars
on
unfunded
liabilities.
What's
going
to
happen
what's
going
on
with
or
without
state
aid
that
has
to
be
programmed
if
you
could
find
15
million
dollars
a
year
for
10
years,
that
would
get
you
halfway
there.
In
the
meantime,
the
other
half
would
grow
and
what's
going
to
happen,
if
it's
not
tested
too,
you
know
we're
on
the
watch.
Then
the
ratings
are
going
to
be
reduced
and
our
interest
is
going.
A
You
have
more
important
things
to
do.
That
alone
can
drive
the
city
into
bankruptcy
and
you're
fooling
around
with
something
under
pure
politics.
I've
watched
this
for
six
or
seven
years.
Some
of
the
comments
that
were
made
in
this
council
were
absolutely
how
shall
I
put
it,
never
should
be
made
possible.
So
when
you're.
E
A
B
D
Now
I
don't
want
to
be
harsh,
but
I
don't
want
to
be,
but
I
want
to
be
fair.
I
want
to
say
this
is
that
all
my
time
living
here
lived
here,
42
years
at
least
maybe
more
45
years,
and
I
have
never
seen
the
horrible
conditions
like
I
said
before,
about
these
roads
now
this
road,
something
has
to
be
done.
Okay,
either
you
repair
them
or
you
take
them
when
you
rip
them
out
and
you
put
new
roads
in
because
what
I'm
talking
about
I'll,
let
you
know
right
right
now.
First
of.
E
D
When
you
do
a
job,
the
sewage,
the
sewer
caps
have
to
be
properly
inserted,
leveled
with
the
roads.
Okay,
these
cars
are
going
into
the
it's
like
going
into
a
huge
pitch:
okay
and
you're,
really
the
control
of
the
car,
okay,
the
alignment
and
it's
costing
people
money.
So,
therefore,
what
I
think
is
that
the
future,
when
they
do
the
roads-
okay,
they
can
also,
at
the
same
time
they
put
the
sewer
caps
level
off
with
the
road.
D
G
E
D
In
the
city
before
we
return,
we
go
baby
backwards
or
we
might
go
into
south
providence.
I
have
to
say
that,
but
we
don't
want
that.
But
if
you
go
through
south
provinces,
you
have
to
go
by
that
you'll
see
huge
rats
like
dogs,
the
rat
problem
is
out
of
control
in
the
city
of
branston.
What
I'd
like
to
see
in
this
city,
okay,
is
to.
D
To
clean
up
the
right
control,
what
you
say,
while
you
keep
your
covers,
I
keep
the
covers.
Most
people
keep
the
colors
the
lids
and
they
use
metal
containers
instead
of
plastics
plastic.
They
can
chew
right
through
okay,
but
the
city
has
to
do
their
job.
They're
gonna
have
to
clean
up
this
map.
That's
all
I
can
say
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
My
name
is
stephen
kelly.
I
live
in
135
in
industry,
so
many
council
people
don't
know
me
haven't
been
here
long
enough.
Some
of
you
have
been
seeing
me
up
here
for
the
same
problem.
I
talked
about
tonight,
wednesday
night
after
the
rain
stopped.
A
gentleman
from
viola
came
to
my
house
and
told
my
wife.
B
B
B
B
B
G
B
G
B
I
just
hope
so
many
people
that
are
going
to
come
back
today
that
run
understand
the
problem,
and
hopefully
somebody
can
talk
to
the
administration
or
something
to
get
this
problem
fixed,
because
it's
not
right.
We
got
lucky
this
time.
It
was
only
my
neighbor
and
myself.
Sometimes
it's
like
12
hours,
I'm
the
first
one
to
get
it
and
the
reason
why
it
happened
was
the
pumping
station
lost
its
power
and
their
backup.
B
O
B
G
K
K
C
C
Secondly,
I'd
like
to
report
to
council
that
I
did
receive
a
letter
from
dot
david
june
19th.
I
didn't
receive
until
july
12th,
I'm
not
sure
what
that
delay
was.
But
the
point
is
that
it
is
good
news,
and
that
is
that
the
state
traffic
commission
has
approved
the
request
to
install
the
traffic
signal.
The
intersection
of
forward
avenue
on
the
northern
driveway
to
stop
and
shop,
as
well
as
to
prohibit
left,
turns
out
of
the
southern
driveway
and
those
costs
will
be
assessed
to
the
developer.
For
that
installation.
C
B
N
N
Basically,
our
biggest
cash
flow
period
of
time
is
naturally
the
month
of
july.
That's
where
we
get
in
about
a
third
of
the
cash,
because
many
people
pay
their
whole
tax
bill
and
we
at
of
the
year
have
to
allocate
monies
to
pay
for
debt
service,
salary
items
and
school
appropriations
during
the
course
of
the
fiscal
year.
So
in
investment,
I
always
look
at
a
financial
institution
that
can
collateralize
enough
funds
to
avoid
any
financial
risk.
N
N
Unfortunately,
these
rates
are
not
very
attractive
to
the
market
conditions,
but
they
represent
the
highest
rate
of
return.
At
this
point,
so
we
have
invested
approximately
close
to
25
million
with
webster
bank
on
a
short-term
basis
as
the
since
our
cash
flows
have
increased
substantially
in
the
last
two
weeks,
and
we
do
look
at
this
periodically,
usually
every
two
to
three
weeks
to
see
if
there's
any
increase
in
rates.
But
unfortunately,
as.
B
Subject
that
the
work
mentioned,
I
didn't
hear
anything
about,
claim
settled
a
solicitor
or
a
report
of
firing.
Special
counsel
I
was
just
wondering-
was
it
was
that
skipped
or
I
was
referring
to
the
special
counsel.
You
have
the
legal
expense
analysis.
So
that's
that's
your
impact.
Okay,
it's
from
basically
january
1.
Through
this
time.
B
C
B
B
R
N
O
Thank
you,
council
president,
I'm
going
back
to
mr
callahan
with
the
backflow
balance.
I
believe
you
were
also
at
that
meeting.
Council
president.
We
approved
I'm
going
to
install
them
on
30
houses.
This
is
2008..
So
when
I
see
you
next
night,
I
think
it's
horrible
that
he's
back
in
this
room
after
five
years
and
it's
still
not
his
tool.
I
don't
think
it
went
to
the
claims
committee.
I
believe
it
went
through
as
an
ordinance.
O
O
O
O
Backflow
balance,
I
believe
there
were
up
to
2400
each,
and
this
is
over
five
years
ago
it
either
came
through
on.
There
was
a
resolution
passed
to
go
on
the
ballot
for
500
000
that
we
were
supposed
to
take
the
funds
out.
So
I
don't
know
if
we
would
take
it
out
of
the
finance
or
if
it
would
have
been,
the
public
works.
H
B
And
I
know
carlos
nice
quote
earlier
this
week:
it
was
on
friday
on
sunday
the
feast
squad
spoke
will
be
sitting
down
to
coordinate
control
in
ward
three.
But
I'd
like
to
make
this
this
request
for
the
council.
I
know
that
prominence
and
you
want
promises
just
turned
to
special
garbage
dance,
rap
proof,
garbage
cans
that
you
know
have
a
sealed
lid,
much
thicker
in
their
durable
plastic.
B
O
G
B
M
A
lot
of
money,
but
unfortunately
there
are
things
that
we
had
no
control
of,
and
there
were
contractual
issues
or
constitutional
issues
that
prohibited
us
from
speaking
about
certain
items
and
also
from
learning
the
complete
details
of
certain
hearings
and
unfortunately,
as
we
sold
the
banner
issue.
Sometimes
we
were
assessed
costs
that
we.
O
L
L
L
L
E
L
K
K
L
K
G
P
R
B
B
I
realized
that
the
councilman
was
at
the
obsession,
but
from
my
understanding
this
is
going
to
cost
us
money,
because
I
believe
we
are
in
a
legal
suit
at
this
time
and
possibly
we
need
to
hire
returning.
So
this
this
fiasco
is
going
to
cost
the
city
quite
a
bit
of
money,
and
I
think
the
rationale
was
to
obama's
position
to
consolidate.
B
B
B
K
K
K
But
I
think,
in
about
six
months,
will
be
about
nine
months,
we'll
be
sitting
here
and
we'll
be
looking
at
a
proposed
tax
increase,
and
none
of
us
is
vote
for
proposed
tax
increases,
but
we
can
both
propose
tax
increases
and
oppose
ways
to
make
city
government
more
efficient,
and
this
is
such
a
proposal.
There's
been
a
lot
of
work
that
has
gone
into
making
a
thought
of
making
this
proposal.
K
B
However,
we
eliminate
this
position
who
then
of
what,
upon
the
substitute
to
take
over
the
personality
and
from
my
understanding
this
is
going
to
fall
before
the
school
department.
Now,
if
you
look
at
the
school
department
for
the
last
six
eight
years,
I
served
honestly
by
the
members
of
the
counselors
who
certainly
scooped
me.
B
That
the
council
has
very
little
influence
over
and
now
you're
going
to
put
another
department
under
the
school
department's
authority,
which
we
can't
control,
which
costs
the
city
more
money,
so
I
think
you're
treading
a
very
dangerous
waters
here,
keep
the
personnel
director
under
the
auspices
of
the
mayor
and
indirectly
by
the
controlled
council.
I
think
we're
playing
it
safely.
We
do
that.
If
we
turn
this
over
to
the
school
department,
then
we're
going
to
look
at
look
at
taxes
going
on
definitely,
okay.
Thank.
F
As
a
councilman
in
this
chamber,
I
have
been
involved
in
a
number
of
conversations
about
consolidation.
I
sat
on
the
ward,
cranston
consolidation
task
force
when
I
was
first
elected.
I've
been
certainly
part
of
budget
hearings
in
the
chamber.
With
many
of
you,
and
today
we
have
seen
no
consolidation
of
any
meaningful
impact.
E
F
We
believe
that
giving
the
voters,
through
this
resolution,
the
opportunity
in
november
to
set
whether
they
agree
that
this
is
a
way
to
do
that
is
important
and
so
supporting
this
resolution
simply
puts
this
question
to
the
battle
and
it
allows
the
taxpayers
to
decide
whether
they
believe
that
it's
worth
it
to
have
two
identical
departments
doing
the
very
same
thing
within
one
organization
in
private
practice.
We
don't
do
that
and
I
think
there
were
several
issues
that
were
raised
tonight
that
were
important.
F
F
We
did
have
a
conversation
with
the
school
department
should
that
be
the
direction
that
the
city
decides
to
go
to
determine
whether
or
not
they
in
fact
had
the
capacity
to
meet
these
services
and
afford
the
mayor,
the
flexibility
and
the
administration,
the
flexibility
to
end
that
agreement
if
they
wanted
to-
and
that
may
not
be
the
outcome
of
this.
All
that
this
resolution
does
is.
F
It
provides
flexibility
for
how
the
function
of
personnel
on
the
city
side
is
managed,
and
I
think
any
ceo
would
want
to
have
that
flexibility,
especially
in
a
climate
where
the
economy
is
bad.
Revenues
are
down,
people
are
struggling
and
they
don't
want
a
tax
increase
to
fund.
What
I
consider
to
be
a
duplicative
department
has
nothing
to
do
with
people
who
work
for
the
city.
K
E
B
B
B
B
B
B
This
council
needs
to
find
a
way
to
get
around
that
so
that
the
mayor
and
or
the
council
be
either
one
has
the
control
to
say
this
person
we've
got
a
bunch
of
testing
coming
up.
This
person
needs
to
be
at
this
full-time
for
the
next
three
months,
but
then
the
testing's
over
and
it
would
be
it
would
be
more
cost
effective
to
move
that
person
into
other
functions.
B
So
again
I
apologize
to
the
people
who
work
really
hard
on
this
and
again.
I
still
think
it
has
merit
at
some
point
in
the
future.
However,
at
this
time,
I
don't
think
this
going
before
the
voters
is
going
to
pass
they're
going
to
look
at
it
as
what
some
people
perceive
it
to
be.
It's
not
your
resources.
B
B
And
not
much
more
than
that,
so
I
apologize
to
my
colleagues,
but
I
can't
support
this
as
it
stands
right
now,
I
will
support
if
we
come
up
with
something
that's
an
alternative
throughout
the
rest
of
this
session
to
change
redirect
give
some
treaties
to
the
mayor
as
far
as
his
control
over
his
position,
but
to
do
it
this
way.
I
understand.