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November 24, 2014, City Council Meeting
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F
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D
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We
couldn't
be
more
proud
of
these
kids.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
all
the
street
console
and
dr
monson
for
being
in
attendance
tonight.
I
don't
know
how
she
does
it,
but
she's
like
not
she's
everywhere,
but
this
is
a
really
a
tremendous
accomplishment
for
this
group
of
kids
and
I
want
to
recognize
because
they're
way
too
humble
my
co-director,
my
good
friend,
gregory
arsenault,
was
just
an
amazing
musician
and
teacher.
J
J
As
you
know,
it
hasn't
been
easy
to
pass
over
six
years
with
the
financial
circumstances,
but
we
are
getting
quite
a
bit
of
support
from
our
district
and
we
hope
to
bring
back
our
early
grades
program
and
we're
very
excited
about
the
future
of
this
ensemble.
But
more
than
that,
we
are
proud
of
what
these
kids
have
accomplished.
A
K
K
J
L
E
Thank
you,
council
president
ordinance
10
1401
ordinance
and
member
of
title
5.12
of
the
quarter
city
of
cranston
2005,
entitled
alcohol
beverage
license
alcohol
expansion
permit
renewal.
This
passed
unanimously
through
safety
services
committee
also
allow
small
businesses
to
pay
a
one-time
fee
rather
than
an
annual
fee.
C
E
M
Under
the
current
ordinance
liquor
establishments
that
have
expanded
their
area
of
service,
whether
it's
been
a
permanent
expansion
in
terms
of
structural
additions
or
just
seasonal
they've,
been
paying
250
annual
fee
every
year.
What
this
ordinance
does
is
it
changes
that
to
if
the
business
has
invested
in
the
property
and
done
a
permanent
expansion
in
terms
of
a
permanent
addition
or
expansion,
the
building
it's
a
one-time
fee,
and
then
that
becomes
part
of
the
service
area
going
forward.
E
No,
but
we
could
get
one
if
you'd,
like
I'm
guessing.
The
reason
I
think
steve
and
sarah
so
eloquently
just
mentioned
to
me,
is
that
they
are
expanding
from
where
they
bought
the
place.
The
footprint
has
gone
out
and
they're,
paying
the
250
plus
they're,
paying
the
taxes
on
the
expansion
too.
So
a
lot
of
these
small
businesses
are
just
getting
by
and-
and
this
would
be
more
apt
if
it
was
for
like
a
tent
or
something
that
was
temporary,
but
this
is
permanent.
N
E
M
H
O
To
echo
what
councilman
stykis
was
going
down,
I
have
no
problem
with
making
things
better
for
small
businesses.
In
fact,
I
applaud
that.
However,
before
I
vote
yes
or
no
on
this,
I'd
want
to
know
exactly
how
many
businesses
would
be
affecting
what
the
the
net
cost
the
city
would
be
if
it
is
10,
if
it's
20,
if
it's
40,
I
still
have
no
issue
with
it,
but
I
think
you
know
we
should
look
into
what
the
overall
cost
in
the
future
is
going
to
be.
E
C
F
F
Just
because
they've
expanded
the
the
footprint
a
little
bit
and
they're
paying
taxes
on
tangible
and
other
in
other
ways?
So
I
think
we
need
to.
We
really
want
to
promote
businesses,
and
I
think
this
is
one
small
token
of
chester
that
we
can
do,
and
I
don't
think
the
cost
is
going
to
be
significant
at
all.
O
M
Yes,
through
the
chair
of
the
meeting
council
president,
I
can
go
check
if
the
council
wants
to
table
this
temporarily
till
the
end
of
the
meeting.
I
can
get
the
I
can
go
downstairs
and
tell
you
what
the
approximate
loss
in
revenues
will
be,
because
the
businesses
that
have
permanently
expanded
will
no
longer
be
paying
this
fee,
so
it'll
be
an
actual
law.
You
know
loss
of
revenue
and
I
will
get
you
those
numbers
if
you
like.
A
E
M
A
O
P
E
Thank
you,
council
president
class
b
fishing
license
new
this
above.
The
cap
requires
full
council
approval,
offendee
mediterranean
grill.
This
is
license
number
81.
The
committee
has
met
recommended
approval.
Madam
court,
before
you
leave
offendees,
had
a
passage
pending
two
items
that
had
to
be
done
before
the
council
meeting
those
have
been
accomplished.
E
K
C
C
E
F
E
C
Q
Yes
again,
thank
you
very
much
everybody.
I
appreciate
your
helping
me
in
12
years
and
I
will
try
to
my
best,
take
be
good
business
in
the
cranston
and
bring
business,
and
I
appreciate
your
help
and
good
luck
for
the
newcastle,
and
I
wish
you
the
best
and
happy
new
year
and
again
merry
christmas
and
happy.
E
A
B
B
K
B
A
K
A
A
A
F
B
S
F
A
B
A
C
S
K
G
O
A
C
Okay,
next
is
an
ordinance
which
I
believe
was
unanimously
passed
by
the
committee
to
exempt
tangible
property
for
businesses
valued
at
less
than
ten
thousand
dollars,
and
there
is
a
fiscal
note
which
amended
well.
Actually,
it's
not
ten
thousand.
The
committee
amended
it
to
five
thousand
and
the
amended
fiscal
note
for
the
five
thousand
dollar
threshold
is
sixty
nine
thousand
dollars
a
year
the
well
we
should.
Somebody
should
move
that
emotional.
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
having
a
little
blind
faith
on
this
one.
It's
another
small
step
for
small
businesses
to
give
them
a
little
bit
of
relief
for
some
of
the
small
items
they
have
to
deal
with,
which
is
fi.
You
know
five
thousand
dollars
worth
of
tangible
property
averaged.
I
think
they
said
150
dollars
in
the
bill
and
the
the
amount
of
work
it
takes.
F
The
assessor's
office
to
handle
it
probably
is
a
you
know-
is
wasting
money,
so
we're
hoping
that
that
small
decrease
in
income
will
be
replaced
by
the
extra
effort
that
the
assessor's
office
can
make
with
larger
commercial
businesses
so,
and
I
think
it
sends
a
good
message
to
small
businesses
much
like
the
the
other
one
that
we
passed
earlier.
So
thank
you
for
supporting
me
on
this.
C
B
F
C
A
B
K
I
G
C
T
Okay
through
the
chair
councilman
first,
I
did
see
the
response
from
mr
cordy,
which
cited
the
public
meetings
law
and
whether
it's
an
open
record,
I
believe,
was
a
citation
and
it
said,
subject
to
state
or
federal
law.
I
am
not
aware
of
a
specific
prohibition
that
would
deny
you
the
right
to
see
those
files
and
let
me
put
it
in
the
context
of
both
the
charter
and
the
code.
T
I
think,
without
having
that
information,
the
council
would
find
it
nearly
impossible
to
conduct
a
reasonable
and
fair
inquiry
into
the
qualifications
and
character
of
these
individuals
if
it
could
not
see
these
files,
these
disciplinary
files
or
the
personnel
file.
So
given
the
number
one,
the
requisite
of
the
charter
and
the
code,
as
well
as
the
unique
circumstances
in
this
fact
pattern
where
two
majors
are
well
one
major
suing
another
major
acting
major,
I
should
say:
let
me
put
it
this
way.
T
If
there
are
matters
that
they
feel
should
be
handled
in
a
confidential
manner,
whether
it
be
a
health
care
information
piece
that
might
you
know
under
hipaa
or
another
provision,
I
think
that
has
to
be
raised,
and
then
the
council
has
to
make
a
decision
as
to
whether
that
would
be
reviewed
and
whether
it
would
be
reviewed
in
executive
session
or
in
public
session.
So
I
think
you
know
I.
C
I
Through
the
chair,
if
I
may,
thank
you
a
couple
of
things
if
I
could
respond
to
that,
mr
psychos,
first
of
all,
I
did
offer
you
bios,
which
are
a
complete
listing
of
their
records
in
the
police
department.
It
does
not
include
their
confidential
privacy
protected
information.
That's
one!
Apparently,
that's
not
enough
for
you
two.
C
C
I
know
that
the
lawsuit
for
instance
of
mr
patalano
is
extremely
critical
of
the
mayor
and
his
behavior
in
dealing
with
mr
patalano,
so
I
don't
think
the
I
want
the
mayor
editing,
a
bio.
I
want
to
see
the
the
actual
infra.
I
don't
know
whether
it
said
it
or
not.
I
don't
know
what
a
bio
is.
That's
number
one
number
two
was.
Your
second
point
was
that
there's
council's
lawyer
should
talk
with
the
city's
lawyer.
C
T
I
will
contact
the
civil
city
solicitor
tomorrow
and
see
if
I
can
understand
what
the
nature
of
the
objection
is,
because
I
don't
think
anyone
here
is
asking
anyone
to
violate
the
law,
but
no
one
has
been
any
more
specific
than
citing
a
public
records
act
statute
that
states
if
it
violates
state
or
federal
law.
We
certainly
understand
health
care
information,
but
when
you're
assessing
the
character
of
individuals
to
two
highest
positions
in
the
police
department,
I
think
it
presents
a
unique
opportunity
and
a
unique
responsibility
to
look
behind.
I
A
A
By
the
colonel
that
the
report
belonged
to
the
administration,
it
was
up
to
the
administration
to
give
me
a
copy
of
it
if
they
wished
and
if
they
did
not
wish.
He
said
he
would
go
to
executive
session
and
verbally
tell
us
what
the
what
was
said
am
I
in
contact
with
the
colonel,
absolutely
not,
but
I
think,
looking
at
this
entire
situation,
that's
been
going
on
now
forever.
A
E
A
O
To
see
this
is
to
the
administration
interested
what
the
bio
looks
like,
because
that
may
solve
most
of
my
questions,
I
don't
think
I
want
to
see
their
individualized
human
resource
personnel
detail
files.
I
think
I'd
like
to
know
what
positions
they
held
when
they
held
in
the
department,
basically
a
more
detailed
history
of
their
of
their
time
with
the
cpd.
I
think
I
think
that
would
help
me
in
my
decision.
O
I
think
if
I
don't,
if
that's
what
you're
referring
to
as
a
bio,
I
just
would
like
to
clear
up
what
what
you're
talking
about
through
the
chair
I
mean
we
had
one
for
colonel
lindquist.
That
literally
stated
you
know
this
year.
He
had
this
position
and
what
that
and
there
was
a
definition
of
what
that
position
was
and
what
he
did
in
it
and
all
the
accomplishments.
He
had
that.
I
think
that
may
help
us.
I
Thank
you.
Yes,
sir
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
provide
that
on
the
third
an
executive
session,
and
it
it
does
include
exactly
what
you've
described.
It's
the
positions
they've
held
the
commendations
that
they've
earned
their
time
in
grade
and
basically
gives
you
an
outline
of
their
background
and
experience
within
the
department.
O
F
Yes,
I
did,
council
president,
thank
you.
I
I
recall
colonel
o'donnell
being
here
telling
us
that
it
would
take
six
to
eight
weeks
and
when
he
had
his
report
he
would
give
it.
He
certainly
said
he
would
give
it
to
the
mayor
first,
but
he
he
never
said
he
would
have
it
before
thanksgiving.
He
indicated
it
would
be
at
least
december,
so
I
don't
know
you
know.
F
I
know
we
want
to
keep
asking
for
it,
but
we
all
heard
what
he
had
to
say,
and
so
we
can
ask
through
the
chair
to
mr
cordy
as
to
when
it
when
and
if
that
might
be
forthcoming.
But
I
don't
think
it
we
need
to.
You
know
argue
about
it
when
we
we
already
knew
that
it
wasn't
going
to
be
here
today
and
I'm
sure
that
it'll
come
at
the
appropriate
time.
So
I
think
we
should
defer
it
to
the
administration
to
ask
at
least
when
that
report
will
be
due.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
council
president.
I
I
just.
I
find
it
very,
very
funny
that
that
we're
being
asked
by
the
mayor
to
confirm
his
his
selections
for
the
number
two
and
number
three
positions
in
the
cranston
police
department
when
this
body
hasn't
received
any
information
about
ticket
gate
from
from
the
mayor's
office,
we're
still
waiting
on
a
report.
B
E
You,
council
president,
I
just
want
to
raise
my
minority
leader
and
he
knows
me
well
that
I
I
did
ask
politely
I
didn't
I
just
want
to
get
some
sort
of,
as
a
council
president
said
some
closure,
so
I
meant
no
disrespect
to
the
administration.
I
did
ask
politely,
I
want
the
report.
I
want
to
look
at
it
before
I
make
any
decisions
on
anything.
Thank
you.
K
I
thought
that
we
were
going
to
get
an
operational
report
too,
to
see
what
improvements,
how
what
happened
happened,
how
it
failed
and
whatnot,
and
based
on
that,
then,
if
you're
looking
at
the
people
that
are
going
to
be
number
two
and
three
of
the
department,
what
skills
do
they
have
to
help
the
colonel
move
forward
operationally
to
solve
these
issues?
So
it's
kind
of
the
old
syndrome
of
what
comes
first,
the
car
or
the
horse.
You
know
I
mean
I
think,
we've
all
been
promised
this
report.
I
think
we
all
need
to
get
it.
K
Not
only
do
we
need
to
get
it,
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
cranston
deserve
to
get
it
also,
and
this
is
the
bottom
line,
but
if
I'm
going
to
make
an
informed
decision,
I
really
need
to
know
what
the
operational
deficiencies
are.
So
we
can
put
the
right
people
in
place
to
correct
these
deficiencies.
So
that's
how
I'm
looking
at
it.
N
So
I'm
I
have
the
report
of
the
settled
claims
for
informational
purposes.
Only
thomas
j
izzo,
a
thousand
dollars
for
property
damage,
william
leonard
leonardo
146.43
for
vehicle
damage,
metlife,
auto
and
home
for
albert
uchi,
for
1022.49
for
vehicle
damage,
robert
heimer's
268.24
cents
for
vehicle
damage,
patricia
four
romano
and
fifty
nine
dollars
and
eighty
cents
for
vehicle
damage
jared
ned,
ned,
vidic
146.92
for
vehicle
damage.
H
A
A
H
E
M
M
E
H
E
M
The
expansion
expansion
of
service
applies
applies
not
only
to
outdoor
seating,
but
also
when
a
business
expands
its
footprint
of
its
establishment,
so
the
applebee's
in
garden
city
has
recently
modified
their
their
interior
they've
added
additional
seating
and
expanded
the
interior.
That
is,
an
expansion.
Also,
it's
it's.
Whenever,
when
the
liquor
applicant
comes
in,
they
provide
a
diagram
it's
required
by
by
the
department
of
business
regulations.
They
have
to
show
their
service
area
storage
area
where
the
liquor
is
going
to
be
served
after
that's
approved
any
time
that
the
business
wants
to
expand.
C
O
Thank
you,
council
president,
thank
you
to
the
city
clerk
for
looking
that
up
for
me.
Unfortunately,
I
couldn't
be
at
the
safety
services
meeting
for
the
whole
time.
I
would
have
asked
then,
but
I
do
value
every
penny
that
the
city
has
and
every
penny
we
give
away
is
a
penalty.
We
have
to
find
I'm
glad
to
hear
it's
only
three
thousand,
I
will
say
the
number
feels
low,
because
I
feel
like
in
the
last
two
years
I've
been
on
this
council.
M
A
F
For
vecchio,
thank
you,
council
president,
and
remember
I
like
to
remind
my
colleagues
that
we're
also
getting
more
tax
revenue
as
a
result
of
these
expansions
and
they
may
be
increasing
the
value
of
the
property
and
they're
paying
tangible
taxes,
because
they're,
probably
all
above
the
five
thousand
dollar
minimum
that
I
just
we
just
exempted,
but
so
I
think
we're
gonna
get.
I
don't
think
we're
gonna
lose.
I
think
I
don't
think
we're
gonna
lose
money.
I.
O
So
I
needed
to
know
the
number
before
I
can
vote
in
an
ordinance,
I'm
very
fiscally
responsible,
transparent
for
all
the
people
who
can
see
that's
the
goal
here
not
to
to
belittle
you
or
belittle
council
president
or
talk
about
a
resolution.
I
want
to
know
exactly
how
many
pennies
and
dollars
we
have
to
find
this
budget,
because
councilman
arquetto
said
it.
Last
at
the
finance
committee
meeting
we
were
talking
about
the
ordinance
to
reduce
taxes
on
small
businesses.
O
We
have
a
very
significant
financial,
stressful
financial
future,
coming
there's
a
lot
of
cuts
in
state
aid,
a
lot
of
problems
at
the
top
that
we're
going
to
have
to
manage
through
and
every
vote
has
got
to
be
a
sensible
vote
and
I
agree
with
helping
businesses,
but
we
just
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
got
in
the
eyes
and
crossing
the
tees.
That's
that's
my
philosophy.
E
O
A
S
A
L
K
I
was
elected
councilman
and
I
was
on
the
zoning
board
and
I
got
a
opinion
from
the
ethics
commission
to
see
if
I
could
serve
as
both,
and
the
answer
was
yes,
as
long
as
an
item
that
comes
in
front
of
she
can
only
vote
once
so
if
it
goes
in
front
of
the
historic
district
commission,
if
she
votes
on
it,
she
can't
vote
on
it
in
planning.
If
she
doesn't
vote
on
it
in
the
historic
district
commission,
she
can
vote
on
it
in
planning.
K
T
I
would
concur
that
she
could
not
vote
on
the
matter
from
both
positions.
I
think
if
she
wanted
to
you
know
in
an
exercise
with
an
abundance
of
caution.
She
could
get
an
advisory
letter
similar
to
what
councilman
aceto
did,
but
I
think
that
is
the
general
rule,
because
unless
you
act
on
one
or
the
other,
I
mean
it's
not
a
conflict
by
virtue
of
state
law
that
prohibits
it.
It's
more
an
operational
issue.
A
F
T
O
I'm
just
going
to
say,
because
this
is
a
council
president
appointment
that
welcome
to
the
the
city,
mrs
harrington.
I
think
you'll
be
an
asset
with
your
skills
and
backgrounds.
I
had
a
chance
to
look
at
your
resume.
Congratulations,
you're,
an
asset
to
the
city.
You've
been
an
asset
on
the
conservation
commission.
Now
you'll
be
an
asset
on
the
planning
commission.
So
thank
you
for
your
service.
M
A
S
G
F
H
G
B
F
A
K
B
E
K
C
P
The
audit
committee
did
meet
this
past
week.
Some
of
the
items
on
the
agenda,
most
importantly,
probably
was
the
audit.
The
auditors
from
markham
llp,
gave
an
update
as
to
the
status
of
the
20
a
year
in
june.
30Th
2014
audit
and
they'll
be
submitting
their
draft
order
report
to
the
audit
committee
next
tuesday
soon
followed.
I
believe,
on
thursday
they'll
be
presenting
to
the
finance
committee
to
take
a
little
bit
of
their
thunder.
As
mr
strom
mr
balducci
reported.
P
P
Another
item
of
discussion
was
the
rfp
for
the
new
audit
cycle.
It's
been
six
years
now
that
we
haven't
that
that
we
now
must
change.
Auditors
there's
a
a
bit
of
confusion.
If
you
will
the
current
auditing
firm,
called
markham
used
to
be
a
firm
called
braver,
markham
acquired
braver,
so
we
received
an
opinion
from
the
auditor
general
and
basically
deferred
to
the
city
to
say
that
they
can,
if
they
do
wish,
to
submit
a
proposal
to
us,
along
with
any
other
auditing
firm,
so
interested
in
the
next
audit
cycle.
P
So
we
clarified
that
regard.
In
fact,
the
city
solicitor
has
confirmed
that
he
will
testify
that
there's
no
independence
problems
to
allow
markham
to
to
bid
on
the
next
engagement
now
that'll
be
happening
in
the
early
early
next
year.
That
rfp
will
be
going
out,
and
the
other
item
was
the
chairman
requested
some
input.
P
The
one
takeaway
that
I
have
that
they
directed
me
to
ask
mr
strom
to
select
an
employee
that
might
be
receiving
a
mid-year
increase
just
to
validate
the
method
of
which
the
impact,
the
final
financial
impact
that
that
has
on
the
city
fiscally,
and
that
was
a
takeaway
from
there.
So
the
audit
committee
will
be
meeting
briefly
on
just
prior
to
the
fight
or
during
the
finance
committee
meeting,
and
then
the
auditors
will
be
here
presenting
their
order.
Findings
to
you
next
thursday.
I
believe.
C
C
U
U
U
U
H
U
U
It
is
up
to
the
city
to
determine
how
they
want
that
fiscal
note
and
we've
presented
in
six
years
that
I've
been
here
eight
different
fiscal
notes.
One
unfortunately
wasn't
approved
because
of
other
reasons
not
because
of
the
fiscal
note,
but
seven
of
eight
have
been
approved
and
every
and
every
one
of
those
contracts
has
never
been
a
financial
deterrent
or
an
issue
to
the
city.
U
U
U
Compared
to
what
the
assumption
rate
is
that
we've
used,
that's
pretty
much
corresponds
to
the
state
of
rhode
island.
It's
there's
a
seven
and
a
half
percent
we've
generated
10.75
percent.
In
the
last
five
years,
plus
plus
five
plus
years,
we
have
monies
in
our
portfolio
that
are
spread
out
between
u.s
equity,
international
equity,
fixed
income,
alternatives
and
cash
in
equivalence.
U
U
The
other
was
that
we
have
three
million
dollars
that
we
have
available
to
invest
and
they
recommended
that
we
invested
in
three
different
types
of
alternative
investments,
which
was
a
million
roughly
to
john
hancock,
a
million
to
dreyfus
and
a
millionth
of
stadion
fund.
There's
various
reasons
I
won't
get
into
that
why
they
recommend
them.
U
U
and
the
funding
ratio.
I
believe
you
people
know
was
at
one
time,
15.8
percent.
It
is
now
at
23.3
percent.
Now
you
could
say
it's
still
way
underfunded.
Well,
that's
true,
but
we
are
making
progress
and
as
long
as
this
administration's
here
and
going
forward,
if
every
administration
adheres
to
the
annual
required
contribution-
and
we
have
a
rate
of
return
of
that
meets
seven
and
a
half
percent
or
greater
blended
rate
of
return.
C
C
C
Three
math
problems,
which
I
felt
focused.
The
disagreements
focused
on
the
disagreements
that
I
have
had
with
bob
strom
about
the
way
the
fiscal
notes
are
being
done.
I
did
not
indicate
what
my
opinion
was,
or
my
view
of
this
was
or
mr
strom's
and
I
felt
that
the
audit
committee
would
be
a
good
group
to
look
at
this
because
it
contains
the
membership
consists
of
an
attorney,
a
cpa,
a
gentleman
who
has
a
master's
in
business
administration,
a
phd
and
councilman
farina,
and
I
and
and
me
and.
C
So
I
on
the
you'll,
see
that
there
is
a
proposal
trying
to
get
a
standardized
way
to
do
a
fiscal
note.
But
I
must
say
that
it
appears
that
mr
strom
is
so
angry
about
this
issue
that
he
cannot
discuss
it
in
a
rational
manner,
and
I
was
very
disappointed
that
he
left
the
meeting
and
I
asked
him
to
stay,
but
he
left.
C
B
B
B
U
B
B
U
That's
not
really
an
investment,
because
if
people
get
confused,
when
you
say
you
have
a
rainy
day
fund,
you
don't
have
this
money
in
a
bank
account
or
an
investment
account.
That's
because
at
times
that's
what
it
ends
up
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year,
because
at
times
that
rainy
day
that
fluctuates
considerably
all
during
the
year.
B
K
I
have
two
questions,
mr
council,
president,
one
to
through
the
chair,
councilman,
steichos
steve.
Why
don't
you
bring
those
guys
in
front
of
finance
if
they're
experts,
I
think
we'd
love
to
listen
to
them
in
front
of
finance
committee
and
I
think
it'd
be
the
proper
venue
for
it
rather
than
the
audit
committee?
That's
just
a
personal
opinion,
but
I'd
love
to
see
him
work
out
those
examples
in
front
of
the
finance
committee
and
number
two
to
mr
strom.
K
With
this
pension
situation
I
mean
obviously
during
tight
financial
times,
I
can
see
lowering
the
payment,
but
I
thought
it
was
already
agreed
to
that.
I
mean
if
we
continue
on
the
path
that
we
can
afford
21.1
million
dollars
instead
of
bringing
that
out
to
its
end
of
I
don't
know,
28
or
30
years,
I
believe
the
actual
rule
showed
or
the
calculation
showed.
We
could
possibly
pay
this
off
in
10
15
years.
If
we
continue
making
that
21
million
dollar
payment
correct.
U
K
U
Right
that
has
already
been
that's
already
been
established
in
the
plan
itself,
so
it's
still
going
to
take
20
some
odd
years
to
get
this
paid.
You
know
to
the
fullest
and
it's
and
you
don't
wanna,
you
wanna
make
sure
you
contribute
at
a
hundred
percent
of
the
y,
but
there
could
be
it's
time
some
down
years
as
well.
I
mean
I
can't
guarantee
that
we're
gonna
have
a
10.75
percent
every
five
years.
D
U
D
And
I
have
one
more
question
on
the
cumulative
surplus:
is
there
a
recommended
percentage
of
like
the
budget
that
a
cumulus
surplus
should
be
that
the
bonding
firms
look
at?
In
other
words,
is
there
like
a
should
be
temp?
You
know
your
cumulative
should
be
10
of
your
annual
budget.
Is
there
a
figure
out
there
for
that.
U
U
For
usually
between
5
and
15
is
what
the
rating
agency
is
like.
Now,
I
can
tell
you
this:
when
we
met
with
the
rating
agencies
last
year,
they
were
very
impressed
how
the
the
city
and
the
school
has
got
their
finances
together
and
how
we
resolve
the
pension
fund,
and
I
feel
very
confident,
with
these
positive
results
for
this
year,
that
when
I
meet
with
them
this
spring,
because
we
need
to
go
to
bonding,
I
believe
they're
going
to
give
us
an
increase
in
our
rate
rating.
As
far
as.
U
O
You,
council,
president
lanny,
just
to
follow
up
on
the
whole
arc.
I
think
when
this
council
initially
passed
the
idea
of
pension
reform
based
on
the
negotiations
of
the
mayor
and
all
the
the
unions
in
the
in
the
city,
namely
the
police
and
fire
we
were
under,
we
understood
that
you
would
make
the
arc
payments
flat
at
22
change
a
year
every
year
until
the
the
pension
line
pension
reform
was
solved.
I
think
councilman
aceto's
point
was.
O
If
we
know
the
arc
is
going
to
go
down,
wouldn't
we
assume
to
just
pay
the
higher
dollar
to
try
to
pay
it
down
faster
to
to
accelerate
the
the
the
horizon
of
the
problem
and
and
only
to
take
that
extra
money
in
the
arc
as
an
absolute
last
resort?
If
you
know
the
in
case
of
emergency
brake
glass,
because
I
don't
want
to
see
us
starting
to
play
with
the
arc,
even
though
the
arc
could
come
down,
we
should
leave
it
potentially
at
110
or
whatever.
O
O
There's
grants
that
are
gonna
there's
horizons
on
grants,
there's
a
whole
lot
of
issues
that
the
city
is
facing
in
the
next
three
to
five
years
completely
understand.
But
I
see
two
general
from
the
press
sitting
right
there
and
I
wouldn't
want
them
to
put
in
the
paper
that
you
know
in
2016
we're
going
to
save
a
million
dollars,
and
it's
going
to
be
great
because
we
may
not
at
that
point
the
council,
whoever
it
may
be,
and
the
mayor,
whoever
may
be
may
decide
to
pay
the
full
board.
U
F
U
It's
certainly
a
problem
that
we
have
to
address.
I
I
don't
know
what
it's
gonna.
You
know
what
the
courts
are
gonna
rule,
but
I
would
assume
off
the
top
of
my
head
when
governor-elect
raimondo
said
that
she
resolved
the
pension
fund.
I
disagreed
with
that
from
day
one
because
it's
in
court
and
when
something's
in
court,
I
don't
find
it
being
resolved
and.
F
U
F
U
O
Now,
to
follow
up
on
councilman
vecchio
we
have
pending
lawsuits,
we
have
horizons
on
grants.
We
have
distressed
aid,
we're
losing
as
a
city
in
town,
there's
significant
financial
challenges
facing
the
city
and
I
think,
as
a
body
we
have
to
be
open
to
them
and
we
have
to
see
them
and
we
have
to
be
prepared
for
them
because
in
the
next
budget
cycle
you
know,
we've
been
we've
been
lucky
the
last
two
years.
To
be
honest
with
you,
we've
had
two
years
with
no
tax
increase.
O
We've
effectively
worked
with
the
administration,
managed
financials,
we've
done
a
good
job.
There
are
significant
challenges
in
2015,
2016
and
2017.
That's
going
to
take
all
our
skills
to
make
sure
we
don't
ride
the
train
off
the
rails.
I
think
we'll
have
to
work
with
the
administration
and
this
body
to
make
sure
that
that
doesn't
happen.
I
think
we
will
but
to
sit
here
and
say,
with
you
know,
rose
colored
glasses,
that
everything
is
great.
I
just
want
everybody
to
know
that
I.
O
U
A
A
A
A
We
went
through
that
we're
back
on
our
feet
again
and,
let's
hope,
as
a
council
as
a
community
and
as
administration,
we
can
stay
on
our
feet.
So
let's
go
forward
and
let's
have
a
happy,
thanksgiving
and
hope.
This
next
year
is
as
good
as
the
last
one.
Thank
you
all,
but
now
council
member
communications,
anybody
from
the
council,
councilman
steichos.
L
L
O
I
have
a
very
quick
one.
I
wasn't
on
the
docket,
so
councilman
arketo.
If
you'd
like
to
go
out
yield,
did
you
have
something
30
seconds
one
you
know
I
know
a
lot
of
us
want
to
see
the
report,
and
I
know
that
the
colonel
of
the
state
police
told
council
president
lanny
that
he
would
come
before
us.
I
know
we're
voting
on
this
next
week.
O
I
don't
know
the
validity
of
the
ability
availability
of
the
colonel,
but
is
it
possible
he'd
come
before
us
next
week
and
give
us
a
high
level
overview
of
the
of
the
report.
He
said
he
would.
Could
the
administration
contact
him
get
him
to
come
before
us.
I
know
the
full
report
might
not
be
done,
but
at
least
if
we
could
have
some
preface
so
we
could
make
an
informed
decision.
Is
that
possible.
I
May
I
respond
sir?
Yes
go
right
ahead.
Thank
you.
I
made
that
offer
to
council
strikers
when
he
sent
me
the
email
requesting
personnel
files,
state
police
reports
and
the
like,
and
I
volunteered
to
him
that
I
would
be
happy
to
reach
out
to
the
state
police,
have
him
either
colonel
o'donnell
and
or
lieutenant
moynihan.
I'm
sorry,
yes,
moynihan
and
captain
barry
all
be
there
and
to
speak
to
the
latitude
that
they
felt
comfortable
to
speaking
to
to
address
all
of
your
questions
on
all
of
these
issues.
A
A
R
N
I
forget,
honestly
what
what
the
sticker
says,
but
it
seems
like
the
city
has,
has
posted
something
and
191
beechmont
ave
and
I
I
believe
that
one's
under
foreclosure
and
I
looked
it
up
and
and
it
you
know
the
gutters
falling
off
we're
running
into
winter.
The
roof
doesn't
look
great.
It's
it's!
It's
a
great!
It's
right!
Next
to
the
park.
It's
a
big
lot.
It
looks
like
a
nice
house,
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
it's
not
cited
what
what
is
being
done
about
those
properties
so.
L
L
Q
N
L
B
Thank
you,
council.
President
lani.
Let
me
preference
my
remarks
by
saying
that
I
owe
a
debt
of
gratitude
and
thanks
to
the
cranston
fire
rescue,
because
last
sunday
I
had
an
accident,
I
called
them
and
they
responded
very
quickly
in
a
professional
manner
and
did
wonders,
and
I
got
my
five
stitches
and
that
was
it.
But
thanks
to
the
princeton
fire
rescue
for
helping
me
out,
I
have
a
couple
of
items.
B
L
B
L
B
Thank
you
again
and
the
last
is:
I've
got
some
phone
calls
from
constituents
on
meadow
avenue
and
the
street
that
runs
parallel
with
meadows
fountain
avenue.
There
are
two
homes
that
are
vacant
in
foreclosure
bank
owned
and
the
neighbors
are
seeing
rats
running
in
and
out
of
the
house.
So
we
have
two
homes,
21
meadow
avenue,
three
found
avenue
that
are
vacant
and
rat
infested,
and
we
need
to
get
some
poison
and
some
traps
there.
Whatever
you
do
to
get
a
handle
on
that.
L
L
Our
inspector
will
try
to
find
the
owners
of
those
properties
and
have
them
clean
it
up
to
bait.
21
metal
we're
going
to
need
permission
from
the
property
owner
to
get
on
there.
So
once
we
find
out
who
the
owner
is
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
so
until
we
find
the
owners
of
each
property
we're
not
allowed
to
go
on
there.
I
understand.
B
K
L
K
And
then
the
last
thing
is:
I
got
this
in
the
mail
today.
I
don't
know
who
it's
from
says:
city
of
cranston,
I
guess
department
of
public
works.
It
just
reminds
everybody
that
the
last
collection
date
for
yard
waste
is
december
15th.
I
get
that
too.
That's
correct
so
so
that
12th
grade
permit
is
the
city
of
cranston's.
Is
that
correct.
K
L
L
E
E
L
E
E
E
R
I
will
have
to
get
more
detail
for
you
on
those
questions.
I
I
believe
that
there
was
a
motion
to
dismiss
that
was
denied,
so
I
believe
that
the
next
part
of
the
federal
court
case
was
a
conference
with
the
judge
and
to
see
what
how
to
manage
the
discovery
in
the
case
and
going
forward
with
the
merits
of
the
case
itself.
E
E
E
D
D
The
city
properties
report-
I
know
it's
kind
of
been
a
work
in
progress
as
far
as
receiving
this,
and
I
was
wondering
through
the
chair
of
the
administration.
If
we
could
get
a
total
because
it
seems
like
we're
only
getting
monthly
reports,
but
we
have
no
baseline
to
work
from
and
I'm
wondering
if
maybe
they
could
give
us
a
sheet
of
all
the
sighted
properties
they
currently
have
on
file
and
then
going
forward.
Then
we
get
the
monthlies
that
way
we
can.
D
D
L
D
K
K
R
K
O
Thank
you,
council
president
mine
will
be
more
business,
less
questions.
I
see
these
wonderful
loan
resolutions
that
were
gonna
go
in
this
new
business
that
we
we
as
a
council,
actually
voted
to
to
add
to
the
to
the
the
election
cycle,
and
I
see
they
all
say
sponsored
by
council
and
arlington
vecchio,
I'm
sure
after
I
want
to
put
my
name
on
it.
Every
council
member
is
going
to
want
to
put
their
name
on
them.
O
So
unless
someone
objects,
could
you
put
the
entire
council
on
them
because
we've
all
been
briefed?
We
all
voted
to
put
them
on
the
annual
election
cycle,
so
I'd
like
to
everyone
sponsor
them.
Unless
someone
has
an
objection
of
sponsoring
the
15
million
for
schools,
the
2
million
for
sidewalks
of
2
million.
For
do
you
mind
no
offense
to
my
brother
councilman.
F
C
Yeah
first,
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
something
with
jerry
cordy,
please
jerry,
I'm
just
I'm
reading
from
the
email
that
you
sent
me
when
I
requested
the
personnel
files
and-
and
you
wrote
in
that,
we
we
will
endeavor
to
have
lieutenant
monahan
and
captain
barry
authors
of
the
report
in
attendance
to
answer
questions.
They
are
at
liberty
to
respond
to
about
any
of
the
major
candidates
relationship
if
any
to
the
report.
I
A
Ask
him
for
us
to
say
we're
going
to
okay
things
if
they
come
into
a
executive
session
and
we
won't
ask
any
further
questions.
That's
my
gist
and
that's
not
going
to
happen,
and
if
you
don't
want
them
to
come
in
here,
I
can
cancel
the
executive
session
and
insist.
Everything
goes
on
public
hearings
from
this
point
on.
A
People
want
to
know
every
taxpayer
in
the
city
wants
to
know
what
the
hell
happened
here
in
cranston,
and
we
can't
get
a
straight
answer.
Everybody's
dodging
left
dodging
right
and
they
won't
give
us
a
straight
answer
and
every
time
we
ask
for
something
we'll
get
back
to
you.
We'll
talk
about
an
executive
session.
We
go
to
executive
session.
We
hear
nothing,
I'm
sick
of
it.
In
plain
english,
that's
right!
A
R
O
O
I'd
still
like
I
agree
with
everything
the
council
president
said,
I
would
not
agree
to
give
them
a
rubber
stamp
if
they
do
show
up.
I
still
would
like
them
here
to
ask
them
questions
if
we're
going
to
move
forward,
regardless
of
how
we
do
it,
whether
it's
here
and
there
I
would
like
someone
to
be
here
if
we're
going
to
meet.
If
they're
not
going
to
come
and
we're
not
going
to
get
the
report,
then
we
should
move
the
executive
session
because
we'll
get
nothing
done.
C
C
L
L
C
B
You've
sent
crews
out
there.
You
know
where
the
mattresses
have
been
for
the
last
five
months.
I
mean
they're,
not
in
disguise
they've
been
there.
I've
made
you
aware
of
it.
You
send
the
crew
that
can
locate
it.
They
can't
locate
five
mattresses
in
the
yacht
at
dire
avenues.
The
last
five
months.
That's
ridiculous.
E
C
F
If
I
may
continue
just
okay
on
the
mattress
on
the
mattress
issue,
I
would
think
that
we
could
cite
the
the
owner.
It's
it's
in
providence,
that's
considered
hazardous
waste
and
they
issue
some
very
steep
fines.
Don't
don't
talk
to
me
talk
to
them
yeah.
This
is,
for
you
know,
for
everyone,
but
also
to
the
solicitor
through
the
chair
of
the
solicitor.
I
mean,
I
think,
that
we
could
prosecute
these
just
as
any
other.
F
You
know
unkept
property
because
that
it
is
a
hazardous
waste
and
I
think
we
should
put
the
burden
on
on
homeowners.
I
think
the
the
figures
that
we
got
last
meeting
of
sixteen
thousand
mattresses
being
disposed
of
in
cranston
is
indicative
of
the
fact
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people.
Dumping
mattresses
that
either
are
from
out
of
town
or
they
are
tenants
and
and
landlords,
should
take
responsibility
and
charge
their
tenants
just
as
they
do
in
providence.
F
R
Some
sometimes
I
make
jokes,
but
this
is
not
a
joke.
Actually,
there
is
going
to
be
a
mattress
council
established
in
rhode
island
and
what
they're
going
to
do
is
they're,
going
to
prorate
certain
costs
according
to
market
share
of
mattresses
and
they're,
going
to
subsidize
mattress
pickups
by
the
cities
and
towns,
I
guess
it's
kind
of
like
I
don't
think
I
could
think
of
like
a
tobacco
settlement
or
something
like
that.
F
F
He
came
through
and
supplied
all
of
the
trees
for
my
popular
drive
issue
there
and
actually
installed
them
right
around
the
election,
and
we
just
have
one
remaining
little
issue.
There
was
a
tree
that
an
older
tree
that
one
of
the
constituents
wanted
to
want
taken
down
so
that
one
more
of
these
evergreens
could
be
put
in
to
block
the
vision
of
you
know
the
ingress
and
egress
of
those
new
apartments.
F
A
A
M
Resolution
urging
the
rhode
island
general
assembly
to
eliminate
tax
on
social
security
benefits
to
be
referred
to
the
finance
committee
for
hearing
on
december
4th
resolution.
The
next
three
are
resolution.
Loan
orders
they're
authorizing
the
issue
of
2
million
dollars
in
bonds
of
the
city
to
finance
the
acquisition,
construction,
improvement,
renovation,
repair
alteration
and
equipping
of
playgrounds
and
athletic
fields
in
the
city
of
cranston
to
be
referred
to
finance
for
hearing
on
december
4th
resolution.
H
M
21
2014
property
damage
claim
of
steve
martial
from
the
alleged
incident
in
october,
22
2014
property
damage,
claim
of
francesco
madeiros
from
alleged
incident
on
november
6,
2014
claim
of
anthony
and
patraca
property
damage,
claim
of
david
roberts
from
alleged
dinson
october
30th
2014,
and
that's
all
the
new
business.
I
have.