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July 27, 2015, City Council Meeting
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Council
president
members
of
the
council,
alan
fong,
from
1581
phoenix
avenue
with
all
the
respect
council
president
I'd
like
to
speak
on
two
docketed
items
relating
to
police
contract,
as
well
as
the
state
police
report,
and
it
asks
if
just
for
the
courtesy,
if
I
can
go
over
the
four
minutes,
a
little
bit
if
that's
possible,
most
certainly
mayo.
Thank
you
so
much
council
president.
H
First
of
all,
the
first
issue,
I'd
like
to
address
is
the
ivpl
police
contract
that
is
before
you
tonight
now.
I
would
urge
that
all
the
council
members,
following
the
recommendation
of
the
council
finance
committee
and
approve
this
contract
for
all
the
hard-working
men
and
women
of
our
great
police
department.
H
Now
it
was
a
byproduct
of
continued
negotiations
for
months
with
the
ibpo
that
also
included
from
the
management
side.
Colonel
one
question,
members
of
my
administration,
and
we
believe
that
it
is
a
fair
contract
fear
with
respect
to
treating
the
men
and
women
fairly,
making
sure
that
it
preserves
management
rights
for
colonel
winquest
and
flexibilities
for
criminal
inquest,
but
also
fair
to
the
taxpayers.
H
Next,
I'd
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
address
the
state
police
report,
but
before
I
begin,
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
to
publicly
acknowledge
and
thank
rhode,
island
state
police,
colonel
stephen
o'donnell,
lieutenant
colonel
barry,
as
well
as
captain
moynihan
for
their
guidance
and
help
during
a
time
that
our
police
department
was
in
need.
They
worked
hard
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
cranston
and
I'm
very
appreciative
of
that
fact.
H
H
First,
there
was
a
culture
of
factionalism,
the
so-called
a-team
and
b-team,
which
is
nothing
more
than
favoritism
and
factionalism
within
the
police
department,
in
which
either
officers
in
camp
a
or
can't
be
sided
with
one
another.
Based
upon
their
perceived
team
allegiance,
this
has
been
going
on
for
decades
and
we
also
know
that
morale
was
low.
H
H
Even
one
more
day,
I
drove
to
scituate
on
friday
afternoon
and
personally
met
with
colonel
o'donnell,
lieutenant
colonel
barry
and
captain
moynihan,
and
I
took
the
time
to
once
again
thank
them
for
the
service
that
they
provided
the
residents
of
cranston
and
was
provided
with
the
report
and
since
receiving
it.
I
have
read
the
report
and
continued
to
digest
it.
H
I've
had
many
accomplishments
as
mayor
that
I've
been
very
proud
of
you
all
heard
of
them.
You
know
it
you're,
all
a
part
of
it:
the
balanced
budgets,
the
job
creation,
the
pension
reform,
with
even
many
of
the
men
and
women
that
are
here
tonight,
raising
our
bond
rating,
not
once
but
several
times.
H
H
But
we've
already
taken
I've
already
taken
substantial
steps
to
fix
this
problem.
Many
of
these
problems-
I
selected
a
chief,
colonel
michael
winquest,
who's
sitting
behind
us
who's,
not
from
either
team
he's
the
first
chief
from
outside
a
department
in
our
history
and
he's
was
the
number
two
at
the
state
police
and
morale
is
coming
up
and
you
guys
were
all
part
of
that
process.
H
In
approving
the
colonel
we've
negotiated
a
new
contract
with
the
ibpo,
which
gives
the
chiefs
some
discretion
to
fix
some
of
the
inequities
and
assignments
and
duties,
and
our
city
has
grown
over
the
years,
but
so
has
the
demands
on
public
safety,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
will
consider
is
both
the
feasibility
and
yes,
the
wisdom
have
some
have
suggested
of
whether
we
have
to
establish
a
cabinet
level
position
called
the
public
safety.
Commissioner,
the
administrative
structure
of
our
city
has
not
changed
with
the
demands
on
police
and
fire.
H
H
This
position
is
currently
in
place
in
providence
and
takes
away
the
perception
of
politics
for
public
safety.
I
think
we
should
take
a
look
at
whether
or
not
it's
feasible
and
right
for
cranston
now
getting
to
the
report.
I
know
that
there
are
some
who
want
me
to
release
the
report
right
away,
but
the
law
may
not
permit
me
to
do
so.
H
H
I
did
not
create
these
problems,
but
one
thing
I
will
do:
I
will
take
ownership
of
fixing
them
of
that
you
and
the
residents
of
cranston
can
be
assured,
and
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
citizens
of
cranston
for
their
continued
support
and
trust.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
many
men
and
women
of
the
police
department,
many
of
city
employees
that
are
here
tonight,
but
particularly
the
police
department,
for
all
their
continued
hard
work
on
the
leadership,
the
new
leadership
of
colonel
winquest.
I
First
of
all,
I
came
here
also
tonight,
thinking
that
we
were
going
to
commend
the
police
union
for
the
great
renegotiation
of
their
contract.
As
we
know
21
months
ago,
if
this
would
have
happened,
none
of
us
would
be
here
this
evening.
Would
we
it
was
all
caused
because
of
some
overzealous
police
officers,
and
I
just
want
to
commend
you
guys
for
a
good
job
and
keep
up
the
good
work,
and
I.
I
Fung
for
renegotiating
the
contract
also,
but
we're
here
tonight
because
of
the
police
report
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
this
police
report
cost
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
over
half
a
million
dollars
and
not
the
city,
but
the
entire
state
of
rhode
island,
and
I
believe
that
we
have
a
right
to
know
everything.
That's
in
that
police
report
may
fung
just
stated
that
there's
some
sensitive
information,
most
of
the
information
has
all
been
broadcast
either
on
radio
tv,
public,
radio
or
even
the
newspapers,
they've
covered
it
all.
I
We
know
that
there
was
a
captain
put
on
a
leaf
for
two
years
for
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we
paid
him
as
soon
as
colonel
winquist
became
a
colonel.
He
was
reinstated.
Actually,
today
he's
a
major.
We
never
did
find
out
why
he
was
put
on
administrative
leave.
Now
we're
going
to
give
the
police
officer
who
really
caused
a
lot
of
this
mess,
we're
going
to
give
himself
to
three
three
million
dollars
over
his
lifetime.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
don't
be
fooled,
don't
let
people
circle
the
wagons
we
know
what's
what's
going
on?
I
We
knew
what
was
going
on.
It's
been
broadcast.
It's
been
over
and
over
again
for
the
past
21
months.
Please
urge
the
mayor
to
release
the
entire
contract,
the
entire
report,
not
only
that
this
report
was
given
and
was
going
over
by
the
attorney
general
by
the
attorney
general
kill,
martin.
He
didn't
find
anything
to
indict
anybody
or
to
prosecute
anybody,
so
I
think
that
this
whole
report
should
be
given
to
the
public.
Thank
you.
J
J
J
J
So
it's
now
a
national
organization,
so
it
all
started
here,
we're
very
proud
of
that.
We
just
want
to
keep
moving
forward.
I
hope
the
momentum
from
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
will
continue,
and
I
just
ask
that
you
can
put
aside
the
controversy
when
you're
it's
time
to
vote
tonight
and
do
the
right
thing
for
my
memphis.
Thank
you.
K
K
I
at
the
outset
I
should
say
that
we
should
give
a
round
of
applause
to
now
lieutenant
colonel
barry
and
his
lieutenant,
who
spent
10
months
in
that
department.
And
if
you
read
this
report,
they
must
have
been
faced
with
it
with
a
very
difficult
charge
to
try
to
go
in.
There
run
the
department
find
out
what
was
going
on
interviewing
50
people
at
the.
K
K
What
I'd
like
to
know
is
on
antutu's
case,
according
to
the
paper
he's
going
to
stay
on
the
payroll
before
he
retires.
I
believe
it's
in
the
spring,
if
I'm
wrong,
to
correct
me
and
he's
able
to
collect
his
salary
while
sitting
at
home,
as
our
taxpayers
pay
it,
including
his
benny's,
because
he
had
days
that
was
due
to
him
for
vacation
and
so
forth.
K
K
K
In
fact,
he
says
here
many
of
the
details
revealed
in
the
letter
which
was
sent
to
fung
on
july
22
from
rhode,
island,
state,
police,
superintendent,
colonel
stephen
g
o'donnell
are
not
new,
such
as
the
deal
fung
attempted
to
work
out
with
antonucci
to
let
him
return
to
the
apartment
with
minor
sanctions.
Just
think
of
that
barry
charged
him
with
seven
different
defects
in
his
in
what
he
did.
While
he
was
a
member
of
that
department,
seven
and
he's
walking
walking
with
taxpayer
money.
K
This
should
not
be
the
end
of
this.
Also.
We
have
major
todd
pattelano.
We
all
know
about
that
one,
but
robert
major
robert
ryan's
alleged
misconduct
in
quotes,
retired
captain
todd,
forced
medical
retirement,
captain
antonuccio's
ticketing,
captain
karen
gender
discrimination
allegations,
the
demotion
of
officer
josephson,
the
hiring
of
private
investigators
to
conduct
surveillance
on
members
and
the
alleged
problems
with
the
promotional
system,
allegations
of
the
legal
audio
recordings
and
the
overall
mistreatment
of
members
of
the
department.
Oh
you've
got
a
long
way
to
go.
K
K
I
can't
imagine
what
it
was
like
going
to
work
day
in
and
day
out
and
believe
me
all
you're
doing
is
reading
a
piece
of
paper,
but
just
think
what
really
went
on
there
day
to
day,
and
yet
these
men
and
women
for
the
most
part
they
may
have
been
sick
to
their
stomach
someday
and
they
may
have
felt.
Why
am
I
a
police
officer,
but
they
carried
on
and
did
a
hell
of
a
job
and
they're
to
be
commended?
Thank
you.
L
Colonel
michael
one
question
chief
of
police:
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
have
begun
to
review
the
state
police
report.
It
was
given
to
me
this
afternoon
and
I
can
tell
you,
there's
not
a
single
officer
in
this
room
that
deserves
to
be
criticized
or
scrutinized
on
what
happened
in
the
cranston
police
department.
Everyone
in
this
room
works
hard
each
and
every
day
this
police
department
is
a
lot
different
than
it
was
several
months
ago,
and
that's
thanks
to
the
hard
work
of
these
men
and
women
behind
me.
L
I
asked
today
that
we
believe
in
a
positive
note
that
you
consider
voting
positive
for
this
contract.
Like
I
said
before,
this
is
a
long
way,
there's
another
step
in
the
right
direction
to
keep
the
morale
upward
and
moving
upward
in
the
police
department.
So
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
look
forward
to
your
support.
Thank
you.
A
M
Thank
you
council
president,
the
purpose
of
this
resolution-
and
I
don't
know
whether
we
need
to
amend
the
rules
to
to
give
it
immediate
consideration,
but
this
needs
to
be
done
before
august.
First,
based
on
the
new
pension
settlement,
we
were
given
the
option
of
extending
our
payback
period
for
these
pensions.
M
However,
after
review
and
mr
strom
I
know
has
reviewed
it,
it
would
be
more
costly
and
add
more
debt
to
extend
it
and
since
we're
actually
ahead
of
schedule
with
some
of
these
pension
payments,
the
the
city
should
pay
it
off
according
to
the
current
20
21
year
schedule,
and
that
will
save
us
considerable
tax
dollars
rather
than
extending
it.
So
I
would
urge
everyone
to
go
along
with
this.
N
O
To
comment
yes,
thank
you,
council
president
councilman
aceto
attached,
it
should
be
attached
to
the
resolution
was
a
letter.
It's
open.
Excuse
me:
okay,
it
was
a
letter
from
executive
director,
frank
kapinski,
from
the
employees,
retirement
system
and
joining
that
was
a
project
projected
employer
contribution
amounts
and
when
we
reviewed
this
it
based
on
that
schedule,
it
did
not
make
any
sense
financially
to
extend
this
from
a
21-year
immunization
period
to
a
25
year.
O
We
felt
that
continuing
with
the
year
would
make
sense,
and
the
reason
that
we're
before
you
tonight
is
that
in
the
letter
it
requires
that
the
governing
body
of
the
council
approved
this
and
it
had
to
be
done
prior
to
august
1st.
That
was
the
deadline
that
was
given
to
us,
and
this
letter
came
out
at
the
end
of
june.
So
there
wasn't
much
time
to
to
approve
this,
and
it
was
our
belief
that
it
was
in
the
best
interest
to
continue
the
with
the
21-year
ammonization
period.
E
O
E
Okay,
so
the
three
zero
zero
seven
is
the
non-policing
that
is
correct,
okay
and
then,
when
I
turn
to
the
next
page,
with
the
the
police
unit,
that
indicates
that
the
change
to
25
years
would
cost
about
200
000,
yes,
just
short
of
200
over
the
25
year
period,
and
then
in
the
information
that
I
received,
I
didn't
get
a
full
anything
on
the
fire.
What
is
the
fire
numbers?
E
H
If
I
can
address
that
comes
present,
there
is
a
schedule
for
fire,
but
if
you
notice
it's
just
a
percentage
because
it's
percentage
of
pay,
it
would
increase,
because
fire
is
actually
over
funded
in
the
plan.
It
deals
with
amortization
schedule,
so
our
contribution
would
increase
today.
I
think
that's
7.7
or
4,
but
they
did
not
do
a
schedule
because
it
was
an
overfunding
scenario
and
it
would
just
cost
more.
So
they
just
gave
us
the
percentage.
A
B
N
A
N
N
O
A
P
P
E
E
The
the
annual
payments
I
mean
it
just
makes
sense
you're
going
to
have
25
years
of
payments,
so
you
have
to
pay
less
slightly
less
each
year,
but
it's
not
a
huge
difference
and
I
think
it
is
financially.
It
makes
more
sense
to
to
pay
the
pension
off
and
have
money
available
for
other
other
things
that
we
need
it
for.
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
too
emerging
passage
of
this.
It's
kind
of
like
paying
a
house
off
quick,
the
faster.
We
do
it
the
better
off.
We
are
cleaning
up
these
debts
of
the
past.
I
mean
these
are
historical
debts
that
were
around
for
the
last
20
years
from
administrations.
Well,
before
some
of
us
never
mind
on
the
council,
some
of
us
are
even
in
great
school.
F
R
M
Council
president,
thank
you
part
of
the
reason
I
put
this
on,
and
I
know
that
there's
some
some
members
would
like
to
have
some
more
hearings
on
it
and
I
may
be
amenable
to
that.
I
just
the
one
of
the
reasons
was
brought
out
by
mr
tomlins.
Where
he's
talking
about
the
antonucci
case
and
the
amount
of
money
it
will
cost
the
city,
although
I
think
the
numbers
are
not
really
that
accurate.
M
But
one
of
the
reasons
is
that
this
leopold
process
is
so
lengthy
and
time-consuming
that
it
it
it
straps
our
hands
and
it
makes
it
very
difficult.
We
don't
have
complete
control
over
these
situations.
The
laws
are
created
by
the
general
assembly
and
we
can't
we.
We
can't
violate
those
laws,
so
the
process
to
me
is
is
not
transparent.
It's
very
cumbersome
and
it's
very
costly
to
both
the
the
officers
and
the
in
the
city,
mostly
the
taxpayers.
E
E
E
We
have
the
law
provides
for
a
three-part
panel,
someone
picked
by
the
union,
someone
picked
by
management
and
a
neutral,
and
that
just
gums
up
the
process
that
I
think
it's
pretty
assured
that
the
union
person
is
going
to
vote
on
the
union
side.
The
management
person
is
going
to
vote
on
the
management
side
and
the
neutral
person
is
going
to
make
the
decision.
But
by
having
three
you
have
scheduling,
conflicts
and
everybody's
schedule
is
going
to
get
lined
up.
E
A
A
C
N
F
F
Thank
you,
but
I'll
tell
you
what
it
is
now
so
motion
6-15-02,
ordinance
and
amendment
of
title
5.6
of
dakota
city,
cranston,
2005,
entitled
business
licenses
and
regulations,
taxi
cabs,
female
passengers,
apparently
there's
an
archaic
piece
of
legislation
in
the
law
books
that
says
women
can't
ride
in
the
front
of
taxi
cabs.
Councilman
psychos
found
this
and
felt
we
should
strike
it
from
the
code
book.
We
all
agreed
unanimously.
C
C
L
T
Thank
you,
council
president
ordinance
met
and
we
passed
unanimously
ordinance
6-15-01,
ordered
to
the
amendment
of
title
8.28
of
dakota
city,
cranston,
2005,
entitled
property,
maintaining
standard
stagnant
water
accumulation
prohibited
sponsored
by
freshman
papalopoulos,
and
we
passed
with
amendment.
I
believe,
entertain
a
motion.
T
T
F
To
my
colleague,
councilman
papalowskis,
thank
you
for
this
ordinance.
I
think
it'll
go
a
long
way
to
helping
people
that
have
issues
in
their
yards
with
stagnant
water
from
old
pools
that
haven't
been
serviced
in
years.
I
think
this
is
good
legislation
for
the
residents
of
cranston
and
we
appreciate
the
legislation.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you
president.
I
just
wanted
the
reasoning
behind
the
friendly
amendment
because,
as
we
all
know,
an
inch
of
water
can
really
make
spawn.
I
think
this
goes
to
mosquitoes
and
whatever
and
as
anyone
has
had
a
garbage,
can
lid
or
whatever.
Well
now
that
we
have
the
ones
that
you
can't
remove
anymore,
but
in
the
old
days
when
the
lids
are
on
the
ground,
they
collect
rain
water
there'd
be
less
than
an
inch
of
water
in
those
lids
and
you'd
still
see
larvae
swimming
around
in
there.
T
I'm
going
gonna
answer
your
your
question.
First
councilman,
my
logic
is
right.
Now
our
inspectors
are
really
stressed,
visiting
homes
that
are
foreclosed
in
with
tall
grass
and
other
issues.
If
we
keep
an
inch
of
water
with
80
000
residents
in
the
city
of
cranston,
I
think
I
could
find
an
inch
of
water
in
every
yard.
I
don't
think
inspectors
have
the
capacity
to
inspect
every
yacht.
D
C
R
N
D
N
E
P
P
B
S
E
N
Maria
all
right,
thank
you,
council
president.
This
was
going
over
in
in
committee.
This
commit
the
committee
saw
fit
to
raise
it
from
250
to
500
still
trying
to
meet
with
richter
and
lamar,
but
that
hasn't
happened
yet
I
feel
we
waited
long
enough.
My
urge
my
colleagues
to
support
this
this
amendment
and
ordinance.
Thank
you.
F
E
N
Over
bullet
points
during
this
the
winter
season
I
noticed
and
a
few
other
people
noticed
that
people
were
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
street
to
wait
for
the
bus
we
had
riptor
and
lamar
in
here.
They're
co-owners
of
the
actually
lamar
is
the
owner
ripta,
it's
a
rip.
The
bus
shelter
had
them
in
here
and
in
committee
they
said
they
were
not
going
to
clean
out
the
bus,
shelters.
N
So
one
of
the
council
people
asked
if
they
had
permit
fees,
etc,
etc.
When
we
went
back
and
looked,
none
of
them
have
permit
fees,
none
of
them
have
signed
permits,
so
we
felt
going
forward
that
they
should
pay
something
the
only
thing
the
city
of
cranston
owned
before
this
was
the
liability.
If
someone
got
hit
by
a
bus.
N
N
P
Council
president,
whether
you're
a
resident
or
a
business
in
the
city,
if
you
decide
to
build
a
structure,
modify
a
structure
whatever
you
want
to
do
to
your
residence
or
your
place
of
business,
you
have
to
get
a
building
permit
why
ripta
is
exempt
or
has
been
exempt
from
this?
Who
knows-
and
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea-
I
think
they
need
to
have
a
permit
for
these
structures.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
safe,
especially
if
electricity
is
running
to
them
and
then
on.
P
Second,
this,
this
past
winter
brought
out
a
lot
of
bugs
in
the
system
glitches
in
the
matrix,
whatever
you
want
to
call
it,
and
one
of
them
was
the
fact
that
ripta
doesn't
take
care
of
these
places
where
people
wait
for
the
bus
and
it
it's
unconscionable
that
someone
would
have
to
climb
over
mounds
or
whatever,
in
a
snow-drifted
bus
shelter
to
to
wait
to
catch
a
bus
so
again
separate
apart
from
the
permit
fees.
You
know,
riptor
should
be
out
there
clearing
these
structures,
so
I
wholeheartedly
support
your
ordinance.
T
Thank
you
president.
I
just
want
to
thank
and
commend
vice
president
santa
maria
for
addressing
this
serious
issue.
I
know
it
wasn't
easy
with
him.
I
know
riptor
refused
to
meet
with
him
on
several
occasions
and
he
was
very
target
and
obstinate
and
kept
to
his
ground
and
he
got
some
legislation
passed.
Thank
you,
council.
M
You,
council
president,
I'm
going
to
support
this.
I
know
that
councilman
san
maria
has
worked
hard
on
this,
and
hopefully
this
will
coerce
the
ripta
and
lamar
to
come
forward
and
meet
with
him.
I
I
suspect
this
won't
be
the
end
of
it.
I'm
sure
that
we'll
get
some
pushback,
but
I
think
this
is
the
only
way
that
we
can
get
some
compliance
and
get
some
help
in
this.
A
E
Q
Mr
president,
I'd
be
happy
to
address
that
to
the
members
of
the
council.
Public
works
director
mason
did
an
analysis
and,
according
to
his
analysis,
the
cost
for
the
city
to
review.
One
of
these
applications
and
issue
the
permit
is
just
over
is
just
over
120
dollars,
and
we
believe
that
125
is
a
very
fair
fee
to
charge
for
this.
Permit.
N
R
R
Yes,
actually
the
solicitor
approved
that
it
did.
There
was
a
formula
the
public
works.
Director
went
back
and
calculated
and,
if
I
just
might
add,
the
legislature
did
pass
a
statute
to
new
public
laws
that
allow
that
requires
that
the
state
building
official
set
building
permit
fees
going
forward
so
that,
if
you
remember,
we
had
litigation
on
that.
That's
now
the
state's
issue
to
resolve.
Thank
you.
M
You,
council
president,
I
I
too
will
support
this.
As
a
you
know,
I
had
an
objection
during
the
budget
process
because
of
the
litigation
and
the
the
reasonableness
we
had
to
relate
it
to
the
the
actual
cost
of
this
service.
So,
but
I
think
we've
addressed
those
issues
clearly
and,
as
I
stated,
I
would
support
councilman
steicho's
ordinance
on
this.
E
U
N
B
E
A
A
F
N
F
A
M
You,
council
president,
I
attended
the
finance
hearings
on
this
and
I
think
it's
a
good
contract.
I
think
that
the
police
union
and
the
administration
did
a
fine
job
in
coming
up
with
a
contract.
That
really
is
fair
to
this
men
and
women
of
the
police
department
and
also
to
the
taxpayers,
and
it
it
really
solves
five
years
of
issues
the
both
of
them
together
and-
and
that's
really
good.
At
least.
We
know
where
we're
going
for
the
next
three
years,
so
I'm
going
to
support
this
wholeheartedly.
F
You,
council
president,
you
know-
I
said
this
at
the
finance
committee
meeting,
so
I'm
not
going
to
repeat
myself
because
most
of
you
were
here,
but
realistically
I'm
a
big
moving
forward
kind
of
guy.
I
don't
believe
in
driving
a
car
looking
in
the
rearview
mirror.
I've
never
lived
my
life
like
that.
I
don't
plan
on
being
a
politician
like
that.
F
T
President,
I
just
like
to
say
that
I
think
it's
a
fair
contract,
fair
to
the
union,
fear
to
the
taxpayer.
I'd
like
to
thank
the
administration
for
renegotiating
a
fair
contract
and
I'd
love.
I
also
like
to
thank
the
members
of
the
grants,
the
police
department
and
to
thank
you
for
your
professionalism
and
the
great
job
that
you
do.
P
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
echo
what
everyone
else
has
just
said,
and
I
just
want
to
offer
one
example
of
the
fine
work
cranston
police
do-
and
it
was
last
week
or
the
week
before
that
was
tipped
off
to
a
one
of
those
massage
parlors,
the
scourge
of
rhode,
island
operating
in
wall
street,
and
I
asked
the
city
clerk.
If
she
had
any
information
on
it
and
come
to
find
out,
they
came
before
safety
services
and
the
person
didn't
show,
and
then
it
was
forwarded
to
cranston
police.
P
Cranston
police
already
knew
about
it
that
day
the
day
that
they
advertised
on
a
particular
site
and
within
a
day
that
place
was
shut
down,
and
that
goes
to
the
dedication
and
to
the
crescent
police
that
shows
towards
cranston
and
anytime.
I
call
they're
either
very
responsive
or
already
on
the
issue
that
I
I
bring
forward
so
again,
everyone
on
the
cranston
police
should
be
commended
and
I
look
forward
to
moving
forward
and
putting
all
this
other
nonsense
behind
us,
so
great
job
guys.
Thank
you.
F
A
F
I
don't
do
this
job
because
I
have
to
I
do
it
because
I
want
to
I
decided
to
do
this
to
get
elected
like
most
of
these
council
people
did
to
serve
cranston,
so
I
only
know
a
modicum
of
what
you
guys
go
through
to
serve
cranston,
and
that's
what
I
mean
when
I
say
you
love
branson,
like
I
do
so.
Thank
you.
B
N
D
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
is
a
good
contract
for
the
taxpayer,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
sides
that
sat
down
to
work
it
out.
I
know
you
guys
work
hard.
I
took.
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
go
on
a
ride
along
with
one
of
the
officers
sitting
in
the
back
and
had
a
lot
of
calls,
and
you
didn't
have
a
lot
of
people
responding
to
the
calls
and
you
guys
do
yeoman's
work.
So
thank
you.
A
Anybody
else
I'll
make
the
last
comment
then
around
this
council
for
many
years
I
voted
for
police
contracts.
I
voted
against
police
contracts.
This
contract
is
fair.
This
fear,
if
the
police
department
is
fair
to
the
taxpayers,
and
I
want
one
more
comment
in
the
last
10
months,
I've
seen
a
complete
turnover
in
the
cranston
police
department.
A
B
N
U
A
C
A
U
E
A
E
P
L
A
M
Thank
you,
council
president.
The
claims
penny
met.
We
had
many
fewer
claims
that
we
did
the
last
few
months,
we're
finally
getting
rid
of
the
storm
issues,
the
pothole
cases,
and
they
were.
They
were
mostly
all
small
cases,
just
one
auto
accident
case
that
was
settled
for
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
forty
one
dollars,
but
the
others
were
all
very
minor
matters
and
those
are
all
done
so,
hopefully,
that's
the
end
of
the
potholes
and
the
mailbox
cases.
N
N
V
V
V
A
V
As
the
council
knows,
for
some
time,
I've
been
working
with
viola
to
settle
various
issues
that
have
come
up
from
time
to
time
with
the
wastewater
treatment
plant.
There
was
one
particular
issue
involving
the
sludge
incineration
that
we
have
come
to
an
agreement
on.
We
have
agreed
to
a
percentage
that
we
believe
will
be
beneficial
to
both
parties
regarding
the
sludge
revenue.
N
Yeah
through
the
chair
to
the
solicitor
would
that
be
enough
money
to
perhaps
reduce
the
sewer
fee.
I
know
supposedly
around
a
five-year
increase
plan
here.
Is
that
enough
influx
of
funds
so
that
we
don't
have
to
vote
for
another?
I
think
it's
five
percent
every
year
for
five
years
would
that
reduce
that.
V
A
C
C
D
N
A
A
E
A
P
N
Okay,
can
I
ask
a
quick
question
of
the
sponsor
after
the
dunkin
donut,
I'm
not
talking
donuts
the
common
farms
debate
you
had
said
you
were
going
to
have
inspections
check
on
the
eyesore,
where
the
cumberland
farms
is
going
to
go.
That
was
a
point
of
contention
of
why
we
should
put
it
up
because
the
place
was
an
eyesore
and
you
said
you
were
going
to
send
inspections
over.
I
don't
see
it.
I
believe
it
was
a
property.
P
I
don't
know
which
ice
are
you
talking
about?
Maybe
we're
talking
about
multiply
source,
but
the
one
I
was
talking
about.
There's
a
property
abutting,
the
property
that
the
cumberland
farms
is
going
in.
That's
the
one
I
think
I
spoke
of
that
had
multiple
mattresses
in
the
yard
and
a
temporary
garage
and
all
this
other
stuff.
But
from
what
I
understand,
building
inspections
went
out
and
the
owner
of
the
property
was
in
the
process
of
clearing
out
the
house.
I
guess
it
was
a
rental
property
or
something
so
anyway.
P
M
U
A
N
N
R
N
I
know
we
got
this
letter
this
afternoon,
but
I
believe
it
talks
about
the
mayor
hiring
some
sort
of
security
consultant
and
I
don't
recall
him
coming
in
front
of
the
council
on
that.
I
also
don't
recall
seeing
that
expenditure
coming
across
any
of
these
lists.
So
I
don't
know
the
exact
date,
but
perhaps
can
you
research
that
and
get
back
to
us
at
the
finance
meeting
to
see
what
the
cost
was
or
if
it
reported?
Thank
you.
V
J
V
N
V
N
V
Then
well,
I
think,
you're
equating
two
different
things:
the
first
in
the
in
the
assessment
letter.
I
understand
that
the
mayor
was
going
to
hire,
I
believe
was
a
former
fbi
official
to
conduct
a
review
of
the
internal
investigation
of
the
cranston
police
department
with
respect
to
the
ticketing
incident.
N
You
council,
president,
at
the
last
meeting
I
had
asked
looking
at
the
hourly
rates
of
our
legal
team.
Daryl
and
everett
never
got
back
to
me.
They
charged
305
dollars
an
hour,
and
now
we
have
a
new
vendor
donahue
barrett
and
singal
charging
400
an
hour
with
a
bill
already
now
of
118
thousand
dollars.
N
O
N
M
M
You
you
forget
that
our
pension,
our
police
and
fire
were
not
inc
included
in
part
of
that
settlement,
so
we
had
additional
legal
fees,
and
mr
kirschbaum
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
we
had.
We
had
a
special
situation,
unlike
the
other
cities
that
were
involved
in
the
pension
settlement
which
occurred
after
the
former
treasurer,
passed
the
legislation
and
then
ended
up
in
court
and
then
changed
the
whole
deal
so
and
we
were
left
with
unions
that
were
not
accepting
that
settlement.
M
Q
Mr
president,
we've
received
a
request
from
cranston
fire
department,
lieutenant
dean
brockway.
In
anticipation
of
reaching
his
57th
birthday.
He
requests
to
be
continued
in
service.
For
one
year
we
have
received
documentation
indicating
his
eligibility,
and
I
recommend
the
council
approve
this
request.
Emotional.
A
O
B
D
A
The
mayor
also
mentioned
that
he's
taking
steps
to
correct
the
problems
in
the
police
department.
However,
according
to
the
report,
he
created
most
of
the
problems
in
the
police
department,
I'm
glad
to
see
he
changed.
His
way
is
now
he's
looking
looking
forward
to
correcting
things
talk
about
setting
up
a
police
commission.
A
A
T
A
T
I
just
want
to
expand
on
something
the
council
president
said
about
how
the
state
police
entered
cranston.
The
initial
response
of
the
mayor
was
to
let
the
cranston
police
department
investigate
itself.
That's
what
initially
occurred
then.
His
second
move
was
to
invite
a
new
jersey
firm
here
to
over
assess
the
cranston
police
investigation.
T
E
E
U
E
Now,
when
I
first
asked
for
the
information
on
the
tickets,
I
called
up-
and
I
said
I'd
like
to
know
about-
like
the
records
on
tickets-
and
I
spoke
with
mr
lopez,
the
mayor's
chief
of
staff-
and
he
said
he
would
supply
it
at
the
next
council
meeting
and
I
after
the
meeting
was
over.
I
asked
him
for
it.
We
went
over
into
the
mayor's
office
and
he
handed
me
a
sheet
and
the
sheet
excuse
me.
E
I
have
the
sheet
here,
I've
saved
it
and
it
it
talked
about
the
number
of
tickets
issued
in
the
city
for
an
11-month
period
and
then
at
the
bottom.
It
comes
to
the
conclusion
that
there
were
edgewood
only
had
24
of
the
tickets
in
that
11
month
period
and
that
the
percentage
of
tickets
issued
east
of
dyer
avenue
was
61
percent,
and
what
this
was
was
not
the
issue.
The
issue
was
what
happened
after
the
finance
committee
voted
down
the
police
contract.
What.
E
Not
what
happened
in
january
february
march
april,
and
so
this
this
is
what
mr
lopez
gave
me,
and
then
he
said
you
don't
want
the
backup
information.
Do
you
and
I
said
yeah?
I
want
the
backup
information
and
when
I
got
the
backup
information,
I
of
course
saw
all
the
streets
in
my
ward
and
then
there
were
a
bunch
of
streets
that
quite
honestly,
most
of
them.
I
didn't
know
where
they
were,
and
I
called
up
councilman
arketo,
who
also
voted
against
the
police
contract,
and
I
said
you
know.
E
First
of
all,
we
discussed
that
we
saw
tickets
in
our
awards
for
the
first
time.
Probably
since
mike
traffic
candy
was
mayor
for
overnight
parking
and
then
we
got
together
and
we
went
over
the
list
and
lo
and
behold,
99
of
the
tickets
that
weren't
in
my
ward,
where
I
didn't
know
the
streets
they
were
in
paul's
ward.
E
It
didn't
have
anything
to
do
with
the
percentage
of
tickets
to
do
in
dire
avenue.
So
that
was
the
first
effort
of
damage
control.
As
councilman
arkhanos
said.
The
second
effort
at
damage
control
was
hiring
somebody
to
review
the
not
to
investigate
but
to
review
the
investigation
of
the
cranston
police
department.
E
Recommend
that
the
state
police
be
brought
in
and
then
tonight
we
heard
from
the
mayor
that
he's
all
he's
all
for
issuing
this
report
to
the
public.
He
he's
just
got
to
check
with
the
attorney
general.
That's
the
only
problem.
The
only
hold
up
well,
we've
been
asking
about
this
report
at
council
meetings
for
months
and
the
position
the
consistent
position
of
the
administration
is.
They
might
show
it
to
us
in
executive
session,
but
they
certainly
were
not
going
to
make
it
public.
E
B
E
E
E
N
Council
president,
through
the
chair
of
director
coop,
I
guess
the
name
of
the
company
was
net
synergy
or
evan.
It
was
net
synergy,
hiring
for
private
investigators
to
conduct
surveillance
on
its
members.
But
that's
not
my
question.
My
question
to
director
poop
is:
when
can
we
expect
to
see
the
police
report
and
you
have
to
explain
something
to
me
after
I
get
an
answer
to
that.
N
If,
in
paragraph
10
of
this
summary
letter,
it
states
that
everything
was
already
given
to
the
attorney
general
and
the
attorney
general
ruled
that
there
weren't
any
criminalities
in
any
things
that
happen,
I
don't
understand
if
the
summary
letter
says
that
everything's
okay,
why
are
we
going
to
the
attorney
general
to
get
permission
to
release
it
again?
So
the
first
question
is
to
direct
the
coup.
When
can
we
expect
to
get
that
report
released?
N
Q
Q
The
mayor
has
asked
for
an
opinion
from
the
attorney
general's
office,
specifically
on
the
issue
of
the
public
nature
of
the
information.
There
is
confidential
information
included
in
that
report
about
individuals,
identifiable
individuals,
including
medical
information
personnel
records
things
that
are
not
public,
and
the
mayor
has
done
the
responsible
thing
by
asking
the
attorney
general's
office,
which
has
authority
to
make
decisions
about
the
public
records
law.
To
give
him
a
ruling
on
what
is
public,
the
public
portions
will
be
released
so.
V
V
That's
what
the
letter
says.
The
second
letter
was
written
by
melody
castle
and
raymond
angel
on
behalf
of
one
of
the
officers
who
were
mentioned
in
the
report.
They
object
to
the
release
of
the
information
john
tarantino
and
joe
mcguire,
representing
two
officers
who
I
mentioned.
The
report
cite
a
process
which
is
already
in
court
on
one
of
the
litigated
matters,
and
I
believe
that
they
intend
to
see
so.
V
N
N
N
No,
it's
not,
and
you
know
what
I
said
it
earlier
today.
This
isn't
a
political
issue.
This
is
a
taxpayer
issue
and
it's
not
just
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
granston.
It's
state
taxpayers
now
well,
500
000
of
state
money
has
been
used
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
this
problem.
I
think
I
just
want
to
know,
as
the
taxpayers
want
to
know.
When
are
we
going
to
get
the
report?
That's
all
I
have
to
say.
Thank
you,
mr
council
president.
Was
that
a
question.
N
Thank
you
council
president.
Looking
at
the
letter
which
everybody
has
there
are
some
serious
allegations
here,
extraordinary
relationships
between
the
union
and
the
police
chief,
you
refer
the
mayor
refused
to
turn
over
a
document,
the
secretive
interference
by
you
and
your
staff,
the
lack
of
top
tier
management,
political
interference
within
the
cranston
police
department,
and
it
mentions
the
following
people
in
the
letter:
captain
major
palona,
major
ryan
captain
dodd,
captain
antonucci,
captain
guildball
officer
josephson
net
synergy.
N
N
V
V
I
think
there's
a
process
just
so
you
know
just
for
full
information.
There's
a
process
already
underway
in
superior
court
with
judge
mattos
has
ruled
in
response
to
a
subpoena
request
upon
the
state
police.
That
process
has
to
go
through.
These
attorneys
are
citing
their
own
clients,
individual
rights
under
the
report
and
the
union
does
not
want
it
released.
V
A
N
F
You,
council,
president,
you
know
my
regard,
hindsight
is
always
20
20.,
it's
very
easy
to
look
backwards
and
talk
about
things
that
happened
in
the
past
to
read
a
letter
from
the
colonel
of
state
police
that
talks
about
allegations,
but
then
doesn't
give
us
examples
of
allegations.
So
we
as
a
council
can
make
a
decision
as
to
what
it
all
really
means.
F
That's
why
I
want
the
report.
I
want
the
report
and
I
want
the
report
to
go
public
only
for
the
reason
that
the
state
police
may
have
a
different
view
of
what
an
allegation
of
interference
is.
You
know
that
the
the
mayor
happens
to
be
the
chief
public
safety
officer
right
or
wrong?
That's
how
our
charter
is
written.
F
I
think
it's
wrong.
I
think
we
need
a
public
safety.
Commissioner,
I
think
a
lot
of
us
council
people
have
talked
about
that
in
the
past,
but
that's
the
way
the
charter
is
written.
So
their
idea
of
interference
may
be
him
just
attending
meetings
at
this
at
the
police
station.
I
don't
know
what
their
idea
of
interference
is,
because
the
letter
doesn't
say
that
it
just
says
he
interfered
their
idea
of
secret
meetings
could
be
him
trying
to
solve
a
personnel
issue.
F
F
we're
very
privileged
to
have
a
new
colonel,
a
new
command
staff
and
I'm
pretty
sure,
as
we
read
this
report,
we'll
see,
a
lot
of
these
issues
are
fixed.
Do
we
still
need
to
know
how
it
happened?
Yes,
we
do,
but
to
get
all
jumpy
about
a
letter
that
we
got
without
having
the
full
report
to
analyze,
to
back
up,
to
look
at
the
facts,
to
judge
for
ourselves
and
to
disseminate
to
the
public.
F
You
know
I
want
to
get
that
for
me
for
my
family,
for
everybody
sitting
out
there
and
everybody
in
the
city,
but
I
I
tend
to
want
to
protect
the
officers
that
are
still
on
the
police
force
that
may
be
sitting
in
this
chamber
right
now
whose
names
may
be
in
that
report.
I
don't
think
it's
fair
if,
at
any
point
that
police
report
damages
them
in
any
way
or
talks
about
their
personnel
history
that
should
not
be
public
in
no
way
shape
or
form
should
personnel
information
become
public.
F
T
Thank
you.
Council
president,
I'd
like
to
talk
about
an
aspect
of
the
letter
that
perplexes
me.
It
talks
about
the
level
of
cooperation
between
state
police
and
the
city's
administrative
administration,
and
the
letter
alleges
the
that
relationship
became
strained
at
a
point
where
the
mayor
refused
to
turn
over
a
previous
assessment
to
the
rhode
island
state
police
when
requested
by
the
state
police.
So
my
question
through
the
chair
to
evan
kirschenbaum
would
be
what
reason
would
the
mayor
have
for
not
turning
over
essential
documentation
to
around
state
police.
E
Point
of
information
I'd
just
like
to
ask
before
mr
kirshenbaum
answers
the
question
whether
he
is
speaking
for
the
administration,
because
very
frequently
at
council
meetings.
He
says
that
he
is
not
speaking
for
the
administration,
and
I
just
is
he
here.
As
the
council's
attorney
is
speaking
or
is
he
representing
the
mayor.
V
Is
that
a
question?
Okay?
Pursuant
to
the
charter
of
the
city
of
krantz,
and
I
represent
the
city
council,
the
mayor
and
the
citizens
of
cranston
that
never
changes,
no
matter
who
is
at
the
mic?
Sometimes
you
refer
to
me
as
part
of
the
administration
or
the
mayor's
lawyer,
to
which
I
am
clearly
not.
I
am
the
attorney
for
the
city
council,
for
the
taxpayers
of
france
and
for
the
administration.
V
V
T
I
made
reference
to
the
level
of
cooperation,
yes
between
the
administration,
the
royal
state
police
and
in
the
in
the
letter.
The
word
that
they
used
is
strained
and
at
one
point
they
give
the
example.
The
mayor
refused
to
turn
over
a
previous
assessment
to
rhode
island
state
police
when
requested
by
the
round
state
police
essential
information.
So
I
want
to
know
why
what
the
reason
why
the
mayor
did
not
turn
over
this
assessment
to
around
state
police
when
asked.
V
Okay,
they're
implicit
in
your
question
some
background
information
that
I
can't
answer.
I
I
never
found
myself
to
have
a
strained
relationship
with
no.
Personally
I
myself,
I
found
myself
cooperating
with
them.
I
went
before
the
council.
I
asked
to
unseal
the
minutes
of
a
certain
retirement.
I
collected
information
regarding
for
them.
I
provided
them
with
assistive,
a
cd
they're,
always
very
polite
and
professional
with
me.
I
don't
consider
that
I
had
a
strange
relationship.
V
It
was
not
a
prior
assessment,
as
anyone
who
is
elected
to
office
knows
that
when
they
first
become
elected,
they
form
what's
called
a
transition
team,
that
transition
team
included
different
people
to
give
a
summary
of
each
department
and
where
they
thought
that
it
was
at
it's
an
evaluative
tool
by
a
private
citizen,
a
non-elected
non-elected
person,
because
he
has
not
been
sworn
in
yet
as
the
mayor
and
that's
all
this
was.
This
was
a
transitional
tool
given
to
a
private
citizen
who
did
not
hold
elected
office
at
that
time.
V
V
T
V
V
Our
attorney
was
present.
Director
of
administration
was
present.
The
mayor
was
present.
The
lawyer
for
stephen
antonucci
was
president,
and
shortly
after
that
meeting
I
called
the
council
president
and
I
informed
him
of
the
discussions
of
that
meeting.
It
was
on
a
thursday
night.
I
thought
it
was.
Some
things
were
discussed
that
he
should
know,
and
I
informed
him
about
our
discussions
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
what
I
discussed
with
the
council
president
public,
because
I
don't
think
it's
appropriate,
but
we
discussed
generally
the
meeting
and
what
the
takeoff
was
about.
V
T
T
All
right,
thank
you
just
to
sum
it
up.
The
report
talks
about
a
lack
of
top
tier
management
or
fail
failure
in
management
at
the
highest
levels
in
the
cranston
police
department
and
any
officer
who
tries
to
intimidate
members
of
the
city
council
and
grossly
abuses.
His
power,
I
think,
must
be
addressed
by
the
the
the
mayor
and,
and
it
would
never
was
to
this
day.
We
don't
we
don't
know
what
happened
that
night
during
ticket
gate.
T
P
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
think
I
waited
to
make
the
point
of
information,
but
I
know
everyone
speaking
refers
to
the
report.
Well,
we
don't
have
the
report
yet
I
mean
we
do
have
a
four-page
letter
that
we
receive
today
or
I
received
today
anyway.
I
don't
know
when
everyone
else
received
it,
but
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
clear
that
we
don't
have
the
report.
P
Yet
we
have
a
four
page
summary
of
a
report
to
come,
but
I
do
want
to
make
the
point
that
it
is
tantamount
that
government
be
transparent
to
his
constituents
and
I
realize,
after
reading
the
letter
that
colonel
o'donnell
sent
how
much
taxpayer
money
went
into
compiling
this
report,
which
better
be
damn
good
for
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
mean
when
we
receive
this
report
in
executive
session
on
wednesday.
I
expect
something
akin
to
what
we
receive
when
we
do
the
budget.
P
This
better
be
filled
with
a
lot
of
information
that
points
out
what
occurred,
because
that's
a
lot
of
money
for
a
lot
of
paper,
and
so
I
want
to
see.
Hopefully
they
interviewed
50
people
and
I
would
like
to
see
those
interviews-
and
I
hope,
they're
included
in
that
binder
or
whatever
we
receive,
but
I'd
also
like
to
point
out
that
this
console
got
itself
into
hot
water
not
too
long
ago.
P
But
I
think
it
also
needs
to
be
reviewed
for
any
personnel
or
privacy
issues
as
far
as
hipaa
is
concerned,
and
once
that's
occurred,
and
once
this
council
reviews
it
and
once
it's
redacted
properly
for
those
specific
issues,
the
public
should
see
it
and
once
it's
done
and
released,
it's
my
hope
that
this
chapter
and
this
history
of
cranston
is
closed
and
we
can
move
forward
because
you
know
good
things
are
happening
now.
The
cranston
police
department-
and
I
want
to
see
that
to
continue.
P
P
P
Certainly
I
mean
whoever
created
a
very
nice
penmanship,
but
I
think
we
should
probably
get
a
real
street
sign
on
there.
Also
I
just
want
to
make
the
administration
aware
it
seems
to
be
a
lot
more
loitering
in
panhandling
going
on,
especially
at
the
the
exits.
I
know,
route
37
and
pontiac
used
to
be
a
big
one,
but
now
it
seems
like
it's
reservoir
at
the
route,
10
exit,
it
seems
like
there's
more
people
there
and
I
don't
know.
P
N
N
And
the
other
thing
you
said
about
the
mistake
we
made
with
officer
dodd
as
anybody
who
goes
on
a
disability,
pension
or
regular
pension
for
that
matter.
Our
information
is
only
as
good
as
what,
if
you
recall
the
administration
supplies
us.
If
they
go
there,
they
say
if
they
meet
the
requirements
for
retirement,
you
know
recommend
approval.
We
approve
it
if
they
recommend
that
they
stay
on
for
a
year
like
we
did
this
evening.
The
administration
comes
to
us
and
they
approve
it.
N
As
I
recall
with
the
particular
officer
you're
talking
about
that
question
was
asked
at
least
two
or
three
times
that
we
follow
proper
protocol
to
put
that
officer
on
disability.
The
information
that
was
given
to
us,
the
best
of
our
knowledge,
was
that
he
was,
and
I
think
that's
why
this
council
voted
the
way
it
did
right.
P
And
I'm
not
disputing
the
vote.
What
I'm
disputing
is.
I
think
that
information
was
given
to
us
in
executive
session
and
I
think
some
of
that
came
out
public.
I
do
recall
an
apology,
be
an
issue
to
the
councilman
captain
dodd's
attorney,
and
I
think
there
was
some
sort
of
issue
with
that.
So
that's
that.
P
I
think
prudence
is,
you
know
there
shouldn't
be
a
you
know.
I
obviously
we've
been
waiting
this
for
a
long
time
and
I
think
once
we
receive
the
port
report
and
it's
properly
reviewed,
I
am
wholeheartedly
in
favor
of
releasing
it
to
the
public,
but
I
think
we
do
need
to
do
some
due
diligence.
First.
N
Yeah
and
mr
council
president
last
last
point
if
I
could
address
this
to
solicitor
cursed
bomb.
I
know
these
letters
came,
they
kind
of
came.
I
don't
know
what
time
they
came
in,
but
how
did
their
attorneys
know
that
they
mentioned
in
the
report
if
they're
so
upset?
I
don't
think
I
got
a
copy
of
report,
their
names
weren't
mentioned
in
the
summary.
N
V
F
Thank
you.
Mine
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
report,
so
you
can
leave
the
cameras
wherever
you
like,
I'm
going
to
do
some
council
business
to
follow
up
on
what
councilman
botts
was
speaking
of
the
panhandling.
I've
received
several
phone
calls.
I
know.
Councilman
paplowskis
has
two
about
panhandling
in
the
walmart
plaza,
it
seems
like
there's
a
team
of
people
panhandling
and
rotating
as
they
panhandle
when
the
police
come
and
send
want
to
send
one
away.
F
F
U
E
E
V
E
V
E
V
V
E
Q
Regarding
the
subject
of
these
letters,
if
there's
ongoing
litigation,
obviously
our
council
has
been
in
contact
with
them,
but
I
can
tell
you
if
anyone
tipped
them
off,
I
believe,
is
probably
what
you're
getting
at.
If
anyone
tipped
that
off
it
was
done
without
my
knowledge
and
as
far
as
I
know,
it
was
done
without
the
mayor's
knowledge.
No
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
no
one
tipped
anyone
off
if
that's
what
you're
getting
at
exactly
what
I'm
getting
at
the
answer
is
no
thank.
E
A
A
My
copy
was
never
released
until
I
sent
our
copies
to
the
city
council
at
approximately
one
o'clock
yesterday,
the
attorneys
called
in
between
one
and
five
all
objecting
to
the
letter,
so
somebody
tipped
them
off
and
I
don't
know
who
it
was
the
administration
claims
they
didn't.
I'm
sure
the
state
police
didn't
call
these
attorneys
and
I
certainly
didn't
call
these
attorneys.
I
know
I
don't
even
know
their
names,
so
it's
a
guessing
game
nobody's
knows
anything.
It's
kind
of
the
story,
this
whole
investigation.
M
You,
council,
president,
well
to
answer
councilman
aceto
your
your
questions
about
trying
to
get
this
report
released.
That's
great!
If
you,
if
you
want
to
indemnify
the
taxpayers,
I'm
sure
the
may
would
release
the
report
in
its
present
form.
The
problem
is,
I'm
not
a
lawyer.
I
don't
know
what
that
means.
Well,
that
means
that
we
could
get
sued
if
we
release
confidential
information.
M
M
Quote
we'll
think
about
it,
yeah,
I'm
sure,
to
be
quite
extensive.
I
guess
you're
a
pretty
wealthy
guy,
but
you
know
these
letters
were
issued.
It
looks
one
of
the
two
of
the
attorneys
issued
a
letter
today,
whether
and
it
really
doesn't
matter
because
those
rights
that
these
people
have
are
there,
whether
you
you
like
it
or
not?
They
have
rights
to
privacy
and
they
could
sue
the
city
and
we
could
spend
a
lot
more
money
and,
in
fact,
I'd
like
to
ask
through
the
administration
to
through
the
chair
of
the
administration.
M
O
M
Yeah,
I
think,
we've
you
know,
we've
waited
a
long
time
now.
We
know
why
it's
200
2
300
pages,
whatever
it's
a
it's
a
novel,
so
it
took
them
quite
a
while
to
write
it,
and
you
know
I.
I
think
we
ought
to
take
a
look
at
it.
We
will
discuss
it
when
in
at
the
appropriate
time
and
then
unfortunately,
some
things
cannot
be
released.
M
N
O
O
F
Hey
council
president,
unfortunately,
the
executive
session
was
put
on
the
docket
well
before
I
booked
travel
plans
for
the
week
for
my
family.
If
the
report
is
disseminated
at
the
executive
session
will
to
be
made
for
those
council
people
who
cannot
attend
the
executive
session
on
wednesday.
I
know
we're
not
talking
like
we're
going
to
get
it
wednesday,
but
if
it
does
happen,
hopefully
we
can
make
arrangements
for
the
other
councilmen
to
to
get
a
copy.
Thank
you.
T
Thank
you,
council
president.
This
this
saga
has
gone
on
for
18
months
and
initially
the
administration
hid
behind
the
police
officers
bill
rights
and
it
was
shrouded
in
secrecy
and
the
council
got
no
no
straight
answers
for
months
and
months
and
months
now,
there's
a
spin,
I'm
hearing
information
cannot
be
released,
the
general
public
because
of
personnel
issues
or
other
issues.
T
In
my
opinion,
there's
a
higher
calling
there's
a
higher
standard,
there's
a
standard
to
the
taxpayer.
The
city
of
cranston
is
the
standard
to
the
taxpayer
state
of
rhode
island.
To
know
what
happened
to
get
to
know
the
truth
and
let's
get
some
straight
answers
and
let
this
administration
be
transparent
for
once.
Thank
you.
D
D
G
We
have
the
following
three
ordinances
to
be
referred
to:
the
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
august
13
7-15-01,
an
amendment
of
title
10
to
the
code
of
the
city
of
princeton,
2005,
entitled
motor
vehicles
and
traffic
miscellaneous
traffic
regulations,
woodbury
and
parkway
boat
trailers
prohibited
next
ordinance
is
also
amending
title.
Ten
chapter.