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December 15, 2014, City Council Meeting
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D
A
F
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
council.
President,
again
over
the
years
of
being
on
this
council,
we've
seen
what
a
great
organization
clcf
does
and
when
you
have
a
time
where
everybody's
talking
bad
about
the
youth
of
the
state,
the
youth
of
the
city.
Again,
this
organization
continues
to
develop
future
leaders
and
young
men
and
young
women.
With
that
being
said
and
done,
I
would
first
like
to
honor
the
clcf
cheerleaders,
be
it
known
to
all
that
the
city
council
shall
hereby
issue
this
citation
to
the
clcf-13u.
C
Football
cheerleading
team
is
proud
and
recognition
in
winning
the
2014
state
championship
and
went
on
to
compete
in
the
regional
competition
in
florida.
This
entire
council
extends
its
sincerest
congratulations
for
her
and
work
dedication
to
the
sport
and
expresses
their
hope
for
her
continued
success,
as
well
as
good
health
and
good
future
councilman
lee.
If
you'll
help
me
pass
these
out.
B
B
B
G
Oh
there
we
go,
but
as
the
season
progressed,
I
can't
believe
how
much
hard
work
and
dedication
these
girls
put
into
their
routine
every
game.
Every
practice
I
had
my
hands
full,
but
I
love
each
and
every
one
of
them
and
I'm
so
proud
of
them.
We're
state
champs,
and
you
know
I
couldn't
be
prouder.
So
thank
you.
Girls.
E
B
J
B
J
B
K
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
councilman
aceto
for
arranging
this
and
honoring
the
youth
of
the
city.
My
pleasure,
thanks
again
to
all
the
members
of
the
city
council
for
entertaining
the
clcf
chiefs
cheerleading
team
in
the
7th
grade
football
team.
As
you
can
see,
we
have
a
large
squad.
The
maximum
number
of
players
is
36.
K
K
A
A
On
behalf
of
the
entire
city,
council,
congratulations,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
made
your
city,
proud,
you
made
yourselves
proud,
you
made
your
parents,
proud
done
a
great
job!
Thank
you
and
the
best
wishes
of
the
city
of
koreans
and
go
to
every
single
one
of
you
now
take
a
two
minute
recess,
because
I
know
you
want
to
go
home.
A
A
C
We've
had
a
situation
that
developed
in
the
west
side
of
the
city
during
this
last
rainstorm,
so
rather
than
wait
to
the
end,
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
so
that
we
have
a
representative
to
explain
to
the
city
what
happened
during
this
last
storm
a
retention
pond.
I
don't
know
what
the
word
is
failed,
so
some
residents
in
ward
4
suffered
severe
flooding
in
their
basements.
C
A
A
D
H
C
H
L
C
A
M
M
A
failure
in
the
city's
drainage
system
behind
our
homes
on
twin
birch
drive
caused
a
backup
of
water
into
our
basements.
I
was
down
working
in
my
basement
of
a
home
office.
Water
reached
eight
inches
within
my
basement,
coming
dangerously
close
to
electrical
outlets,
furnace
washer,
dryer
everything
you
can
imagine
most
folks
store
in
a
basement.
M
M
M
What
they
determined
was
that
there
was
a
six
foot
pipe
six
foot
section
of
the
pipe
on
the
outlet
side
that
had
collapsed.
Water
could
not
get
out
with
the
rain
that
we
were
receiving.
The
water
reached
a
certain
point
where
it
had
nowhere
to
go
but
backwards
it
rushed
in.
In
a
matter
of
minutes,
we
watched
it
fill
up
in
our
basements
reaching
you
know:
eight
inches
six
inches
as
much
as
18
inches.
As
I
mentioned,
we
called
the
fire
department
who
came.
M
M
M
My
finished
basement
is
in
the
dumpster,
the
carpet,
the
pad
the
walls
shelves,
my
children's
toys,
pictures
from
our
houses,
wedding,
dresses
all
in
the
dumpster
as
it
sits
on
the
side
of
our
road
today,
we're
here
tonight
to
ask
for
a
special
and
expedited
claims
meeting.
Our
basements
were
flooded
due
to
a
failure
in
the
in
the
city's
drainage
system,
something
that
ken
mason
from
the
department
of
public
works,
attested
to
us
numerous
occasions
that
night,
that
without
that
happening,
this
doesn't
happen.
My
home
was
built
in
2001.
M
This
was
the
first
time
that
it
had
ever
taken
on
water,
the
floods
of
2010.
We
had
five
times
the
rain
we
had
that
day,
and
I
think
everybody
knows
I
wasn't
living
here
at
the
time.
My
basement
flooded
and
I
was
I
was
living
in
attleboro
it.
It
we've
never
had
water
it
it
came
in.
It
was
unlike
any
storm.
It
really
wasn't
as
much
rain
as
as
I
think
we
all
know
that
we've
gotten
at
various
points
in
time.
M
C
M
M
N
M
M
N
M
O
It
sounds
like
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
in
addressing
this
claim,
and
I
don't
know
whether
or
not
an
earlier
meeting
would
help
as
soon
as
I
get
the
claim,
I
can
start
working
on
it.
I
don't
know
if
a
meeting
has
to
be
scheduled
for
me
to
do
that,
but
you
know
without
knowing
about
the
situation
on
liability,
I
can't
make
any
adjustments.
B
J
L
I
guess
what
I
would,
as
this
discussion
goes
on.
What
I
would
ask
you
to
understand
is
what
happens
at
the
claims
committee
is
that
people
have
filed
their
claim
and
they
say
you
know
we
want.
The
police
car
ran
into
our
car
and
we
were
the
repairs
were
fifteen
hundred
dollars
and
then
the
staff
of
the
solicitor's
office
investigates
that
and
says
you
know
yeah.
We
were
at
fault
or
no,
we
weren't
at
fault
and
and
we
recommend
paying
or
not
paying.
L
L
C
Thank
you,
mr
president,
what
what
what
what
these
people
would
like
to
do
is
they
understand
that
the
process
could
take
a
while,
but
they
want
to
make
sure
that
their
claims
are
filed
they
given,
given
you
all
the
information,
so
that's
like
kind
of
a
quick
start
to
get
through
the
process.
I
mean
the
city's
been
pretty
good.
Also
about
you
know,
providing
a
dumpster
form.
Mr
mason's
been
unbelievable.
As
far
as
answering
questions
you
know,
other
city
services
have
stepped
in.
C
P
Vecchio,
thank
you,
council
president.
I'd
like
to
add
also.
I
would
hope
that
all
of
you
file
claims
with
your
insurance
companies
and
have
that
information
available
to
the
solicitor,
because
that
has
an
impact
on
it.
Also,
you
may
get
some
faster
redress
from
your
insurance
companies
to
help
you
through
the
the
difficult
time
yeah.
M
We
we
have
to
a
t
all
four
of
us.
The
the
cabrita's
insurance
agent
was
out.
Our
homeowner's
insurance
will
not
cover
it
reading
through
policies
speaking
to
all
of
our
agents.
It
is
groundwater
and
there
are
clauses
within
homeowners
agreements
of
groundwater
caused
by
circumstances
outside
the
home
that
that
we
don't
control,
are
not
covered.
The
water
covered
within
the
home
for
homeowners
insurance
is
a
pipe
breaks
in
in
your
walls.
We've
all
had
discussions.
That
was
the
first
call
we
made.
P
P
A
E
H
H
L
L
L
Our
concerns
about
that
were,
I
think,
were
varied,
but
the
particularly
the
employment
agreement
gave
mr
patelano
as
a
non-union
non-union
position
gave
him
many
of
the
rights
that
union
members
have
including
entitlement
to
any
future
raises
all
the
benefits
he
currently
has.
As
a
union
member-
and
it
also
stated
along
with
the
memorandum
of
agreement,
that
should
the
position
be
unfunded
by
the
council-
that
he
would
have
a
right
to
go
back
into
the
into
the
fraternal
order
of
police
or
the
ibpo.
L
Bargaining
unit
in
a
captain,
first
class
position
and
we
currently
have
two
more
captains
than
are
called
for
under
the
city
charter.
So
for
a
variety
of
reasons
we
recommended
that
those
two
be
not
approved,
so
I
guess
what
I
would
I
do.
You
think
we
should
have
three
separate
emotions.
Yes,
okay,
I
would
make.
A
L
A
J
Q
J
F
F
O
O
J
C
Just
for
clarification
through
the
chair,
if
we
vote
on
the
advice
and
consent
of
captain
patelano,
that
really
doesn't
do
anything
other
saying
that
the
process
has
been
fulfilled
on
that
end
and
as
long
as
he's
not
sworn
in
as
a
major
I
mean
it's
not
doing
anything
here
I
mean,
I
understand
the
situation
with
the
memorandum
of
understanding.
I
understand
the
situation
with
the
contract.
C
I
I
agreed
with
my
fellow
colleagues
on
the
council
and
finance
committee
on
it,
but
I
just
don't
see
why
we
can't
vote
to
give
our
advice
and
consent
on
this.
I
mean
it's
been
going
on
for
a
long
time
I
mean
he's
gone,
he's
come
to
two
committee
hearings
again
he's
serving
kind
of
in
that
position
position
as
an
acting
captain.
C
O
Well,
I
think
right
now,
it's
presumed
because
his
name
is
still
in
the
nomination
process
that
he
would
accept,
but
I
think
there
are
certain
terms
that
attach
to
this
nomination
that
this
council
is
not
prepared
to
accept
at
this
point
in
time.
So
I
agree
with
the
logic
of
the
council
president,
that
this.
F
E
A
L
Well,
I
was
getting
at
the
same
point.
I
I'm
a
little
bit
unclear
as
to
what
the
recommendation
is
that
let
me
understand
the
recommendation
to
continue,
but
or
is
the
suggestion
that
all
three
items
be
continued
or
that
just
the
since
the
two
agreements
are
unacceptable,
that
we
reject
them
and
continue
just
the
nomination.
O
O
O
O
So
to
me
to
me
it
doesn't
really
have
any
impact
what
you
do
tonight.
I
think,
because
you
have
specific
agreements
on
the
table
that
you've
been
asked
to
vote
on,
whether
properly
or
improperly
it
might
make
sense
to
vote
them
down.
If
that
is
the
will
of
the
council,
I
don't
think
any
action
should
be
taken
with
reference
to
the
advising
consent.
O
Because
that's
conditioned
upon
a
successful
negotiation
of
an
mou
and
a
salary
agreement,
in
other
words,
leaving
the
two
memorandum
on
the
table.
The
employment
agreement
and
the
memorandum
of
agreement
doesn't
do
anyone
any
good,
because
we've
evidenced
the
will
that
you're
not
going
to
accept
them
anyway.
So
why
leave
them
around.
N
O
N
O
N
H
Thank
you,
council,
president
lanny.
It's
just
my
recommendation
that
this
these
three
items
came
before
us
in
the
finance
committee
meaning
and
we
voted
on
them
separately
in
echelons.
So
I
think
we
need
to
to
follow
protocol
and
also
if
the
administration
is
negotiating
a
new
agreement
contract
with
captain
patelano
logic
would
dictate
that
the
one
before
us
can't
be
in
play.
So
we
should
vote
that
one
down
so
that
that's
my
recommendation.
J
Should
we
continue
them
to
make
it
easier
to
hear
at
the
next
meeting
to
facilitate
this,
or
would
it
be
in
your
opinion
that
if
we
did
vote
them
down
that,
we
basically
would
have
to
have
another
hearing
of
the
finance
committee
and
hear
them
at
the
finance
committee,
advice
and
consent
and
then
send
it
back
to
the
city
council?
If
we
continue
all
three
we,
it
sounds
like
we
may
be
able
to
have
one
meeting
to
lock
this
up.
Once
the
city
comes
to
an
agreement.
O
C
C
C
However,
I
still
really
state
that,
if
we're
not
happy
with
the
memorandum
of
agreement,
which
I
know
we
weren't,
we
could
vote
not
to
approve
that,
and
it's
done
same
thing
with
the
appointment
agreement
vote
that
down-
and
it's
done
now
as
to
the
third
issue,
with
the
will
of
this
council
to
approve
captain
paduano
to
be
a
major.
I
really
don't
think
that
the
other
two
do
have
something
to
do
with
it,
but
we
don't
have
to
revisit
the
or
continue
this
anymore.
C
I
mean
it's
just
a
matter
of
them
working
out
a
contract.
I
mean,
I
think
these
things
have
to
be
voted
on
three
separate
issues
and
if
somebody
makes
a
motion
to
maybe
continue
the
major's
appointment,
I
mean
I
could
consider
that.
But
right
now
I
say
we
have
to
vote
on
all
three
and
I'm
not
a
lawyer,
and
I
understand
that
each
one
is
integrated
to
each
other,
but
I
mean
if
I
were
captain
patalano
I'd,
be
wondering
when
the
advice
is
consent's
coming.
P
For
vecchio,
thank
you
council
president,
through
the
chair
to
solicit
kirshenbaum.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
this
correctly
if
we
do
nothing
by
the
14th
of
january,
what
what
is
automatically
approved?
Just
the
nomination
or
the
the
memorandum
of
understanding
in
the
employment
contract
also
approved
just
the
nomination.
P
So
so,
if
we
were
to
reject
those
two,
the
contractual
issues
and
continued
captain
padulano's
nomination
to
a
date
certain
that
would
give
that
would
put
some
burden
on
him
to
make
a
decision
by
then
or
to
negotiate
something
by
then
so
that
we
and
and
then
because
at
that
point
on
the
14th
of
january,
I
don't.
I
doubt
that
we
would
approve
these
contracts
anyway,
because
they're
not
properly
before
us.
O
J
You,
council,
president
yeah,
you
know
I'm
going
to
say
a
similar
statement
that
I
said
in
the
first
finance
committee.
We
had
to
approve
advice
and
consent.
It
feels
like
everything
regarding
this
has
been
done
kind
of
backwards.
You
know
we
got
the
contracts
like
before
we
had
to
deliberate
on
them.
He
had
to
have
a
special
meeting
and
now
tonight
it
sounds
like
the
things
that
came
before
us
came
before
us
in
error.
They
should
be
in
the
form
of
ordinance
and
they're,
not
they're,
more
paper
contracts.
J
J
J
E
Johnson,
santa
maria.
Thank
you
president.
Why
don't
we
take
the
recommendations
of
the
committee
because
we
all
agree
with
the
committee
process
was
to
vote
to
not
approve
the
memorandum
agreement
and
the
employment
agreement
and
the
the
major
we
can
do
it
tonight
or
wait
for
that
automatic
promotion
on
the
15th
14th.
A
A
L
L
A
H
L
A
management
person's
wages
and
working
conditions
to
a
union
collective
bargaining
agreement
and
that
I
think,
needs
to
change
when
the
administration
renegotiates
there.
I
today
I
read
the
administrative
handbook,
which
I
think
details
the
quite
a
bit
of
detail,
the,
how
much
you
pay
for
health
insurance,
what
how
comp
time
works,
how
vacation
works
and
that
I
think
that
needs
those
things
were
passed
and
they're
the
law
and
they
govern
everybody
else
in
the
management
group
in
the
city
and
they
ought
to
govern
mr
patelano
also.
So
I
have.
L
I
have
some
sympathy
for
the
whole
job
security
issue
because
of
the
turmoil
that
the
police
department
has
been
in,
but
I
think
we
have.
As
a
city,
we've
decided,
there
are
going
to
be
certain
benefits
to
being
a
management,
employee
and
they're
laid
out
in
that
handbook,
and
we
need
to
follow
them.
If
there's
a
problem
with
them,
then
we
ought
to
look
at
changing
them
for
everyone,
but
not
just
for
one
person.
L
I
think
that
would
hurt
morale
in
the
in
the
management
group
and
especially
the
provision
that
he
would
get
any
enhancements
in
a
new
contract
when
the
management
people
are
don't
get
raises
as
regularly
as
the
rank
and
file
people.
So
I
would
hope
that
that
feature
would
be
eliminated
from
the
agreement.
Thank
you.
H
Aquido,
thank
you
council.
President
lanny.
I
just
want
to
say
during
the
finance
committee
council
macedo
made
several
very
good
points,
citing
the
the
cba
in
the
contract
agreement
and
a
police.
Major's
position
is
management
position
and
there's
got
to
be
a
separation
between
members
of
the
union
and
management
and
that
agreement
just
parallel
to
cba
on
too
many
occasions.
H
Also,
we
don't
want
to
get
in
the
situation
in
creating
what's
going
on
in
coventry
now,
where
people
who
are
chiefs
or
majors
or
high
ranking
officials,
whether
they
are
in
the
police
department
or
the
fire
department,
they
have
a
hard
time
removing
them.
So
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
prudent,
conscious
of
the
new
agreement
that
comes
out
of
the
negotiations.
L
P
A
E
J
J
J
D
You,
council,
president
first
I'd
like
to
apologize
for
not
being
able
to
stay
for
the
vote
and
finance
last
week,
but
knowing
that
it
was
only
a
recommendation
and
being
able
to
vote
tonight
or
well
now
it's
being
continued,
but
I
knew
I
had
my
chance
to
vote
tonight,
so
I
do
apologize
for
that.
You
know.
I
still
wrestled
with
how
I
was
going
to
vote
on
the
advice
and
consent
reading
the
the
city
charter.
D
I
can
relate
to
his
trials
and
tribulations
of
dealing
with
the
little
league
parents,
but
I
still
you
know,
I'm
almost
glad
it
was
continued
tonight
because
it
still
gives
me
further
thought
on
how
to
vote
for
his
advice
and
consent.
But
again,
I've
had
constituents
contact
me
about
this,
and
they
also
didn't
have
an
exact
comfort
level
with
this
either.
So
I
hope
in
the
future
it
would
be
done
in
a
more
linear
and
logical
fashion.
Thank
you.
C
I
will
be
voting
no
to
continue
for
some
of
the
words
that
both
colleagues
have
said.
I
think
that
his
character
he's
going
through
the
hearings,
I
think,
he's
a
fine
choice.
My
choice
is
to
get
this
over
and
done
with
now.
It
shows
a
good
faith
in
this
council
and
the
confidence
we
have
and
his
qualifications
and
his
character
and
then
later
on.
A
O
I
would
have
to
look
into
that
a
little
further.
I
wouldn't
want
to
give
an
off-the-cuff
remark
on
that
issue.
However,
I
think
it
puts
both
parties
in
a
very
uncomfortable
bargaining
position
when
they
sit
down
to
negotiate,
because
you
have
someone
who
will
take
the
job
but
not
under
current
circumstances,
and
you
have
someone
who
cannot
offer
that
person
the
employment
under
the
circumstance
he
wants.
O
P
Councilman
vecchio.
Thank
you,
council,
president.
In
theory,
I
agree
with
what
councilman
aceto
was
saying,
but
I'm
sensing
that
the
solicitor
wishes
to
get
a
little
more
time
to
not
put
as
much
pressure
on
captain
padellano
to
make
a
decision
through
the
holiday,
but
what
we,
I
think,
what
we
would
do
with
this
continuance
is
that
if
we
were
on
the
13th
we'd
have
to
make
a
decision.
P
So
if
we
made
the
decision
at
that
point
to
approve
or
deny
but
most
likely
to
approve,
then
then
that
meter
would
start
running
again,
because
then
he
would
have
to
make
a
decision
fairly
quickly
at
that
point,
so
I
guess
I'm
being
a
little
softer
on
him
than
than
you
are,
but
I'm
just
given
an
abundance
of
caution,
plenty
of
time
to
negotiate
something.
If
and
if
something
is
not
negotiated,
that's
acceptable
to
him,
then
he
probably
will
deny.
P
J
J
I
would
hate
to
to
put
him
through
anymore
by
pointing
him
to
a
job
that
he
potentially
might
not
accept.
I
don't
want
to
cause
him
any
additional
stress.
I
think,
as
a
body.
If
we
continue
this,
it
shows
that
in
good
faith
we
want
him
to
negotiate
a
deal.
We
don't
want
him
to
accept
the
position
at
eight
at
the
the
current
offer.
We
do
believe
I
do
believe
he
needs
some
protection
coming
out
of
his
classified
position.
J
He
is
not
eligible
to
retire.
If
anyone
worked,
if
he
were
to
take
the
position
and
he
were
to
decide
to
the
council,
a
future
council
were
to
decide
to
eliminate
the
position.
He
basically
loses
his
job
and
has
no
eligibility
for
any
protection
whatsoever.
I
wouldn't
even
want
to
have
him
sit
down
and
think
about
that.
I,
I
don't
think
it's
prudent
to
do
that
to
the
man
after
everything
he's
been
through.
C
Through
the
chair,
I
just
disagree
with
my
colleagues
and
that
I
think
the
fact
that
we're
forcing
the
administration
and
mr
patelano
to
sit
down
and
negotiate
not
really
under
pressure,
but
with
a
little
bit
of
pressure.
I
think
benefits
both
parties
to
come
to
an
agreement
much
faster
than
they
would
if
we
didn't.
If
we
voted
the
agreements
on
again
getting
back
to
the
longer,
we
avoid
advice
and
consent.
I
think
personally,
if
I
was
in
captain
patalano's
shoes,
I
would
be
really
frustrated.
C
I
would
be
tired
about
getting
my
name
in
the
paper
every
day.
I'd
be
tired
about
another
article
in
the
newspaper
saying,
council,
delays,
appointment,
advice
and
consent.
I
mean,
I
think
it
give
me
some
sanity
to
know
that
this
council
is
behind
me
in
that
position
and
that
we
would
work
out
the
details
of
the
contract,
and
I
mean
that
that's
how
I
feel
and
again
I'm
not
going
to
support
the
continuation.
A
A
His
benefits
are
all
there
he's
fine,
where
he
is
right
now,
30
days
from
now
he's
going
to
be
fine,
just
like
he
is
right
now,
it'll
give
the
administration
to
give
captain
patalano's
attorneys
an
opportunity
to
negotiate
a
contract
that
both
parties
can
accept
by
forcing
by
giving
him
captain
padellano
advice
and
consent.
Right
now
we're
going
to
be
telling
him
he's
going
to
make
a
decision
without
any
contracts
without
any
benefits.
He
has
to
make
a
decision
because
we're
rejecting
all
the
benefits
in
the
mou
wait.
The
30
days.
A
L
K
P
A
L
L
A
L
A
O
B
D
L
J
L
A
D
E
C
E
A
R
C
H
P
E
E
J
A
N
L
I
J
A
J
Just
to
explain
a
little
my
rationale
on
this
resolution,
all
the
time
in
the
city
of
cranston,
we
see
things
that
we
don't
feel
are
right
with
the
tax
base,
whether
it
be
a
business
that
gets
charged
on
an
item,
that's
less
of
a
value
than
500,
or
you
know,
elderly
people
that
need
tax
freezes.
I
think
this
is
something
that
you
know
I
want
to
send
to
the
general
assembly
to
let
them
know
that
this
is
a
solution
they
have
to
find.
J
I
know
it's
going
to
be
a
tough
solution
or
they're
going
to
have
to
work
hard
to
look
at
their
tax
base,
figure
out
the
cost
and
get
this
done,
but
the
elderly
people
in
our
city
are
are
leaving
in
droves
and
we
should
not
be
tackling
social
security
benefits.
I
mean
they've
paid
taxes
on
all
that
money
all
the
years
that
they
worked.
I
think
we
should
figure
out
a
way
to
figure
that
out
and
that's
my
point
of
the
resolution.
A
L
Yes,
I'm
going
to
vote
against
this
resolution
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
One
is
the
22
million
dollar
price
tag.
We,
the
legislature,
will
have
to
come
up
with
that
money.
If
this
is
approved-
and
I
think
the
most
obvious
target
is
local
aid,
which
will
mean
that
we're
going
to
have
to
raise
the
property
tax.
That's
number
one
number
two
is
while
I
would
support
some
kind
of
elimination
of
tax
on
social
security
for
lower
income
people.
L
If
you
are
a
wealthy
person,
this
is
just
a
tax
break
that
you
don't
need
and
we
need
to
do
taxes
based
on
people's
ability
to
pay
them,
and
this
is
a
blanket
across
the
board
on
elimination
of
taxes
on
social
security,
whether
you're
a
rich
person
or
a
middle-income
person
or
a
poor
person.
And
finally,
I
don't
think
I
think
all
income
needs
to
be
considered
the
same.
If
you're
a
teacher
in
cranston,
you
don't
pay
into
social
security,
so
you're
going
to
be
your
pension.
L
If
this
were
to
pass,
your
pension
is
going
to
be
taxed,
but
if
you
had
worked
in
a
different
job
and
you
had
social
security
that
would
not
be
taxed
and
that's
why
it's
important
to
tax
all
inc
to
treat
all
income
the
same
and
not
create
these
little
categories
of
well.
Social
security
is,
is,
is
shouldn't
be
taxed,
but
for
somebody
who
was
not
in
the
social
security
system,
their
pension
should
be
taxed.
P
If
the
legislature
passes,
it
is
not
going
to
do
a
damp
thing
to
to
stop
people
the
people
that
only
receive
social
security
benefits
and
not
paying
taxes
anyway,
if
they're,
probably
under
under
the
threshold
of
where
you
would
have
to
pay
taxes,
and
maybe
councilman
farina,
can
enlighten
us
on
that.
Yeah.
J
Actually,
to
be
honest,
I
there's
about
16
resolutions
that
are
available
that
other
cities
and
towns
have
passed.
We
lifted
the
verbiage
from
a
couple
of
them,
so
I
am
not
married
to
the
language
of
taken
to
florida.
I
would
happily
remove
that
my
goal
is
you've
paid
if
you're
getting
social
security,
you've
paid
a
significant
amount
of
taxes
to
get
to
that
point,
but.
P
P
We're
we're
you
know,
taking
the
we're
trying
to
take
care
of
people,
we're
trying
to
keep
the
tax
base
that
we
have,
but
yet
we're
losing
the
very
people
that
are
spending
more
money
and
paying
you
know
buying
getting
their
gasoline
here
buying
food
here
going
out
to
dinner
here,
you
you're
still
taxing
all
their
other
pension
benefits,
which
is
the
reason
they're
leaving
all
the
state
retirees.
The
first
thing
they
do
is
go
to
florida
because
they
don't
want
to
pay
state
income
tax
on
that
pension.
P
The
social
security
part
is
a
very
small
segment
of
their
income,
basically
of
the
wealthier
people.
So
for
me,
I
think
it's
it's
short-sighted.
In
terms
of
the
you
know,
it's
it's
great.
It
sounds
good.
That's
not!
Tax
social
security
benefits,
but
how
many
people
are
really
affected?
They
would
have
to
be
people.
You
know
that
collect
another
pension.
On
top
of
that,
the
people
that
collect
just
the
social
security
pension
probably
are
not
paying
any
taxes.
So.
J
Well,
I'm
gonna
use
my
father
who
was
sitting
here
earlier
in
the
evening.
My
father
gets
800
a
month
for
his
social
security
benefits.
He
has
a
part-time
job,
delivering
prescription
drugs
for
sixteen
thousand
dollars
a
year.
He
barely
makes
enough
money
to
pay
all
his
bills
and
he's
lucky.
He
has
a
son
that
has
a
good
living
and
can
help
him.
J
There
are
thousands
upon
thousands
of
people
living
in
this
country
below
the
poverty
line,
and
this
is
something
I
want
to
do
to
help
the
elderly
people
who
can't
afford
their
food,
who
are
eating
cat
food
who
are
sitting
there
doing
the
things
that
we
all
think
they
shouldn't
have
to
do
at
that
point
in
their
lives.
That's
why
I
want
I
want
this.
J
P
J
E
You
councilman,
I
agree
with
the
vice
president.
This
is
a
blue
collar
bill.
This
is
for
the
for
the
75
people
who
depend
on
social
security
benefits.
If
you
look
at
line
two
we're
one
of
only
14
states
that
still
tax
social
security.
What
about
the
other
36
they're
not
going
down
the
tubes?
Are
they
they're
making
by
with
it?
I
think
about
my
dad
and
his
dad?
That's.
This
is
a
blue
collar
bill
and
I
urge
passage.
H
H
Many
seniors
are
on
fixed
incomes
and
they're
just
getting
by
in
these
difficult
times,
so
this
will
help
people
who
need
to
be
helped
and
also
put
more
money
in
their
pocket
and
hopefully
they'll
be
spending
it
at
our
local
restaurants.
In
knightsville,
at
the
stadium
at
cranston
stadium,
watching
football
games,
they're
going
to
generate
and
spend
money
in
our
economy
here
in
cranston,
I
think
it's
a
very
good
bill.
Thank
you.
D
You,
council
president,
I
also
agree
with
my
colleague
across
the
aisle.
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea
again.
It
331
on
average,
being
put
back
into
the
economy
instead
of
the
government
having
it
might
spur
some
economic
growth
if
the
people
decide
to
save
it
and
they're
rich
we're
going
to
get
it
back
in
inheritance
tax
anyway.
So
you
know
what
I
think
there's
a
great
idea
and
spencer
spann.
Thank
you.
A
B
N
K
E
P
J
C
J
H
A
E
C
I
just
think
that
this
bond
and
I
think
the
fact
that
we
have
council
representation
on
that
school
buildings
committee
really
helps
as
far
as
keeping
an
eye
on
how
that
money's
spent,
because
there's
been
some
really
hard-fought
debates
on
you
know
reeling
some
people
in
as
to
spending
and
getting
to
the
point
of
fixing
issues.
So
I'm
gonna
vote
to
approve
the
15
million.
I'd
also
want
to
be
added
as
a
co-sponsor,
if
possible,.
R
Yeah
I
just
want
to
follow
up
on
councilman
aceto
what
he
had
to
say
keep
in
mind.
I
want
the
council
to
know
that
this
15
million
is
going
to
be
done
in
increments
of
five
years,
so
it
would
be
like
seven
and
a
half
million
for
the
first
five
years
and
we
have
to
adhere
to
that
in
order
to
be
eligible
for
the
52
percent
reimbursement
through
school
housing
aid.
So
it's
imperative.
We
don't
have
to
do
all
seven
and
a
half.
R
N
L
E
N
L
A
N
R
R
Some
of
the
money
that
was
under
non-spendable,
has
now
dropped
down
to
unassigned.
We
still
have
the
same
amount
of
fund
balance
between
the
school
and
the
city
of
26.3,
but
the
unassigned
that
was
19
million.
If
you
recall,
is
now
just
short
of
21
million,
so
I
just
wanted
it.
You
know
it's
all
favorable,
so
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
point
out
to
you.
A
A
C
D
Thank
you,
council
president,
I'm
looking
over
the
report-
and
I
just
I
don't
know
if
it's
the
way
they
formatted
it,
but
it
seems
like
it
was
probably
in
a
spreadsheet
format
and
now
it's
all
and
nothing
really
lines
up
in
the
pdf
that
was
sent
out.
I
don't
know
if
we
could
just
let
them
know,
maybe
they
can
send
it
out
again.
I
don't
know
if
you've
seen
it
but.
H
Q
P
Q
J
Q
Q
N
H
B
H
B
D
A
A
This
is
informational
only.
I
guess
no
action
needed
nexus.
Council.
President
communications.
I'll,
be
brief.
I
wish
everybody
a
very
merry
christmas,
happy
holidays
and
I'd
like
to
thank
every
member
of
this
council.
We
all
work
together
and
we've
got
an
awful
lot
accomplished
over
the
last
two
years.
A
We
stabilized
the
police
and
fire
pension
fund.
We
didn't
do
this
alone,
we
did
with
the
administration,
and
I
give
them
credit
also
in
addition
to
that,
we've
stabilized
taxes,
we
haven't
had
a
tax
increase
in
the
last
three
years,
kudos
to
the
member
of
this
council
for
putting
our
heads
together
with
the
administration
and
working
to
keep
tax
stable
in
the
city
of
queenston.
A
H
L
O
Yes,
I
understand
that
as
well.
I
was
I
wasn't
at
the
meeting
today.
I
was
at
the
court
hearing
with
actually
pat
quinlan
on
the
11th,
and
that
was
it's.
It's
cited
in
the
docket
as
a
meeting.
It
really
wasn't
a
meeting.
It
was
a
petition
to
dismiss
the
charges
filed
by
the
recipient
of
such
charges.
O
O
O
O
O
D
D
The
other
thing
is,
I
guess
it
was
two
days
of
work,
so
I
don't
know
if
it
was
really
an
emergency
or
not.
I
don't
know
if,
because
even
the
the
cranston
police
sent
out
something
on
twitter.
That
said,
you
know
for
the
next
two
days.
It's
gonna
be
national
grid.
Work
at
that
exit,
and
I
don't
know
it
would
be
probably
beneficial
to
everyone
if
they
were
to
start,
maybe
at
a
later
time,
maybe
10
a.m
instead
of
9
00
a.m
or
8
a.m.
D
I
know
I
went
to
work
that
morning.
I
did
see
the
flashing
lights.
I
didn't
take
that
particular
exit,
but
I
saw
them
there.
I
was
wondering
what
was
going
on
and
also
do
you
are
you
aware?
Are
they
still
going
out
to
bid
on
the
second
phase
of
the
paving?
I
guess
it's
from
high
school
ave
to
down.
I
guess
where
the
where
they
did
the
work
on
the
bridge
over
the
river.
A
I
D
H
H
O
H
Council
president,
the
first
two
items
on
my
agenda:
the
administration
has
complied
and
the
address
was
362
and
they
did
remove
the
mattresses
and
I
greatly
appreciated
that
and
the
chain
fence
has
been
addressed
and
they
have
plugged
two
holes
in
the
fence
on
glaston
street.
I'm
very
happy
about
that.
So
it's
just
one
item
and
I'll
request
from
through
the
chair
to
director
verona,
constituent
phys
person,
barone
on
the
status
of
meadow
ave
and
fountain.
Now,
if
you
don't
mind.
I
E
President
81
midvale,
I
have
requested
from
director
barone
that
when
the
demolition
is
done
that
the
neighbors
get
notified,
he
graciously
agreed
we're
just
finding
out
when
that's
gonna
happen.
If
I
just
like
the
neighbors
to
be
notified,
they
can
move
their
cars
and
plan
accordingly.
When
that
happens,
the
other
issue
is
the
atwood
walnut
grove
traffic
signal,
the
stanchions,
the
poles
are
up
for
the
lights,
so
I'm
just
asking
mr
perrone
director
broon,
I
should
say
when
he
feels
the
weights
will
be
up
and
working.
I
Councilman,
based
on
a
conversation
I
have
with
public
works,
those
lights
should
be
installed
this
week,
but
for
two
weeks
they'll
be
on
a
blinking
mode,
so
drivers
will
get
they'll
get
accustomed
to
having
a
light
in
that
location
and
then,
after
the
two
weeks,
then
it
turns
into
a
regular
signal.
I'd
just.
E
I
E
P
P
N
C
C
Just
for
the
chair
council
disciples,
I
spoke
to
tony
laboratory
on
wednesday.
The
three
or
four
trees
that
top
down
was
still
supposed
to
do,
have
been
designated
to
be
placed
placed
at
orchard
farm
school
near
the
new
playground
because
they
desperately
need
shade.
So
just
you
know
so
they're
not
going
to
go
to
waste.
I
promise
you.
I
will
stay
on
top
of
that.
It's.
F
Through
the
chair,
I
do
you
want
me
to
read
the
new
business.
Now.
Yes,
okay
proposed
ordinance
12-1401
an
amendment
of
title
ii,
chapter
64,
the
code
of
the
city
of
cranston
2005,
entitled
traffic
safety
commission
to
be
referred
to
the
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
january
15th,
a
petition
for
abandonment
of
a
portion
of
malvern
street
applications
submitted
by
charles
caruso
to
be
referred
to.