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A
A
Oh,
would
you,
but
how
long
yeah
every
usually
it's
three
weeks,
I
I
I
do
some
work
with
some
major
baseball
teams.
B
A
Major
league
teams,
so
I
go
down
so
it's
january
march
november
and
then
the
cycle
and
then
I'm
in
and
out
of
new
york
in
fenway
fenway,
yankee
stadium.
I
do
these
events
and
they
were
all
everything's
a
little
boy's
dream.
A
I
made
the
comment
that
I
didn't
realize
that
at
50,
so
I've
been
doing
it.
How
long
have
I
been
doing
it
now?
I
don't
know
three
four
years
and
I
never
thought
I'd
make
the
major
leagues
at
50
51..
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A
So
if
bank
of
america,
like
a
bank
of
america,
verizon
persian
airlines,
they
have
all
corporate
partners
and
what
they'll
do
is
they'll
either
have
a
contest
or
something
where
you
can
go
to
the
stadiums
and
take
batting
practice
or
or
pitch
I'm
the
staff
that
does
it
so
I'm
either
throwing
batting
practice.
Oh.
A
I
I
did
that
and-
and
I
work
with
so
like
the
yankee
guys
that
I
work
with
it's
like
mariana,
rivera,
bernie
williams,
wow
and
then
the
red
sox
guys
are
like
manny,
ramirez
and
dennis
eckersley,
and
so
it's
it's
it's.
It
is
a
dream.
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A
A
A
C
C
D
Feeling
pretty
good
david,
I
still
just
have
a
cough
that
just
will
not
go
away
for
the
life.
I
don't
know
why
they.
D
Bills
they
wanted
me
to
get
the
pills,
but
my
the
doctor
was
like
get
the
pill.
The
position
system
was
like
just
take
care
of
the
cough
with
some
cough
drops,
use
the
cough
to
get
any
remnants
out,
so
many
people
don't
want
to
take
the
dr,
the
cough
medicine
and
then,
if
they
have
some
remnants,
they
don't
get
it
out,
keep
the
stuff
out
of
you
along
and
I'm
like
all
right.
D
D
E
F
Brother,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry
yeah!
Well,
I
I
haven't
been
wearing
it
actually,
but
you
know
in
honor
of
the
last
meeting
I
figured
you
know
why
not.
I
might
as
well
end
the
10
years
with
the
same
persona,
but
I
don't.
F
F
F
D
F
H
D
All
right,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
in
the
ordinance
committee
we
got
to
get
to
john's,
got
a
lot
of
innovative
ideas.
I'm
sure
he
wants
to
talk
about.
So
we
may
we
may
debate
so
I
like
them,
we'll
see
what
happens.
A
D
D
F
Everything
between
ordinance
and
finance-
they,
they
haven't,
been
easy.
It
seems
like
they
wanted
to
save
it.
Everything
for
the
end.
D
It
was
literally
just
a
lot
of
stuff
that
last
couple
of
months,
because
no
one
wants
to
put
anything
through
in
september
or
october
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
everybody
throws
stuff
in
november
yeah
yeah.
Just
the
way
I
mean.
Listen,
we've
been
on
long
enough,
we've
seen
it
every
election
crosses
is
what
you
get.
D
D
B
You
co-host,
I
was
helping
bob
strong,
sorry.
D
D
I
D
Don't
know
we'll
have
to
we'll
have
to
we'll
have
to
talk
with
leanne,
because
we
still
have
to
take
a
picture
for
this
term
or
this
council,
with
a
niece
and
and
probably
one
with
with
paul.
We
want
to
invite
both
of
them
so
once
kovitz
subsides.
D
I
will
look
to
the
next
council
president
to
make
sure
that
that's
something
that
happens
in
february
or
march,
once
the
once
kova
becomes
once
once.
The
natural
thing
happens
and
the
vaccine's
out
there
and
we
have
more
people
that
we
can
have
in
a
room,
bring
back
all
the
old-timers
and
take
a
picture.
J
D
I'm
gonna
give
leanne
a
couple
minutes.
D
D
L
D
D
Put
all
four
new
council
members
in
as
panelists
this
evening
so
welcome
nicole.
M
D
N
J
D
President
good
evening,
everyone
welcome
to
the
december
meeting
of
the
cranston
city
council.
This
is
a
zoo
meeting
as
we're
still
under
covent
protocols
is
the
final
meeting
of
the
year
before
we
start
the
business
of
the
evening.
D
I
think
everyone
knows
this,
but
the
costco
matter
that
would
have
come
before
us
has
been
withdrawn
by
the
applicants,
so
that
is
no
longer
before
us
and
the
rest
of
the
the
evening.
We'll
go
off
that
it's
normally
during
public
acknowledgements
and
commendations.
I
would
turn
the
rostrum
over
to
the
vice
president,
but
since
the
vice
president
is
also
being
honored,
I
will
actually
turn
it
over
to
the
majority
leader
councilman
chris
paplowskis,
to
handle
the
public
acknowledgements
and
commendations
portion
of
the
meeting
for
a
couple
minutes.
I
I
I
Okay,
under
public
acknowledgements
accommodations,
we
are
congratulating
the
following
for
their
years
of
dedicated
dedication
and
service
to
this
council
and
the
entire
city.
First,
we
help
have
up
steve,
stykos,
councilmember
ward,
one
citywide
council
member,
we're
also
going
to
acknowledge
michael
favicio
award
six
vice
president
kenneth
hopkins
citywide
council
member
and
michael
j
farina,
our
council
president.
We
probably
do
this
one
at
a
time,
so
we
have
some
a
plaque,
madam
clerk,
if
you
have
it,
can
you
hold
it
up?
We
can
see
it.
I
The
plaque
says:
stephen,
a
stykos
council
member
ward,
one
january
2011
to
january
of
2019
and
citywide
council
member
january
7th
2019
to
january
4th
of
2021
in
recognition
of
his
years
of
dedication
and
commitment
and
service
to
the
city
of
cranston.
We
thank
you,
council,
member
psychos,
for
10
years
on
the
city
council
and
also
your
years
that
you
were
on
the
school
committee
and
you're
going
to
be
missed
and
thank
you
very
much.
Does
anybody
else,
I'd
like
to
add
to
council
member
psychos.
J
You
know
councilman
psychos.
I
just
want
to
say
that
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
terms,
I've
I've
certainly
learned
a
tremendous
amount
of
knowledge
from
you.
You've
always
been
responsive,
you've
always
put
politics
aside
with
me.
You've
taught
me
and,
and
the
knowledge
that
you
have
given
me
is
going
to
be
hopefully
utilizing
this
very
tough
year
moving
forward.
I
truly
appreciate
your
service
to
our
community.
J
I
will
certainly
be
utilizing
you
as
a
resource
moving
forward
if
you're
willing
to
continue
to
help,
and
your
knowledge
is
definitely
going
to
be
missed
on
this
council.
So
thank
you
for
your
service.
O
Yeah
I'd
like
to
echo
what
ed
just
mentioned
and,
and
it
was
well
chris
steve.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
to
the
city
over
20
years,
10
on
the
school
committee
and
10
on
the
city
council.
It's
it's.
O
An
honor
to
to
serve
with
you
the
past
term
and
kind
of
soak
up
all
the
institutional
knowledge
that
you
bring
to
the
table,
and
you
know,
as
you
know,
you're
you're
you're,
often
one
of
the
first
people.
I
call
when
I
have
a
question
or
I
have
an
idea
and
I
apologize
to
you
and
christine
for
bombarding
you
with
with
the
phone
calls,
but
you
always
return
it,
and
you
know
I
appreciate
all
the
conversations
we've
had.
O
I
appreciate
you
know
your
your
run
for
for
mayor
and
the
issues
you
brought
up
and
the
the
scrutiny
and
seriousness
that
you
you
bring
attention
to
to
every
everything
that
comes
on
the
docket.
I
know
there
are
tough
years
ahead
and,
although
you
won't
be
in
city
hall
with
us,
I
know
you're
you're
still
going
to
be
out
there
fighting
for
a
better
cranston.
So
I
appreciate
all
of
your
service
and
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together.
I
Thank
you,
councilmember
donaghan,
anybody
else,
all
right,
councilmember.
N
Thank
jermaine.
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
to
council
steve
cycles
and
it's
been
five
months.
I
said
since
I've
been
sitting
alongside
you
and
listen
to
you,
I
hope
I
could
continue
to
have
you
to
learn
from
you,
but
I
know
you
will
be
there
to
continue
to
mentor
me
as
you
started.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you.
N
So
I,
as
we
are
speaking
about
those
living,
I
have
an
idea
that
I
shared
with
some
of
you
about
how
we
can
really
leverage
the
experiences
of
our
veteran
who
is
living.
So
I
will
leave
that
up
after
for
communication
to
share
more
about
that,
but
I
do
think
we
can
leverage
those
experiences
moving
forward
for
newcastle
coming
in
and
that
would
be
fantastic
to
have
council
steve,
psycho
council
for
vehicule
favicu.
N
K
K
D
Of
freedom
council,
you
and
I
have
not
always
seen
eye
to
eye
on
things,
but
I
will
tell
you
you
do
come
up
with
good
ideas
and
when
they're
good
they're
great.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
always
being
there
and
being
here
for
the
last
eight
years
with
me,
it's
been
a
tremendous
honor
to
serve
this
stage
with
you
and
be
here
with
you
and
be
in
the
arena
with
you
whether
it
was
a
challenge
or
a
partnership.
F
Thank
you
leader,
paplowskis,
yes,
steve
and
I,
as
you
know,
steve
and
I
have
been
on
ten
years,
the
entire
term
together.
So
we've
gotten
to
know
each
other.
We've
had
some
spirited
debates,
but
one
of
the
things
that
that
people
may
not
understand
is
we
found
a
lot
of
common
ground
on
on
many
issues
and
we
tried
to
work
towards.
You
know
the
same
goal.
F
Maybe
we
had
different
ways
of
getting
there,
but
we
always
spent
a
lot
of
time
trying
to
trying
to
find
some
common
ground,
and
you
know,
despite
despite
our
debates,
we
still,
we
were
always
civil
and
cordial,
and
you
know
your
efforts
did
make
a
difference
steve.
I
I
remember
the
the
field
trip
to
the
cell
tower
site.
You
know
it
was.
F
F
We've
people
don't
know
it,
but
we
you
know
we
we
we've
been
fairly
friendly
and
we've
had
games
of
basketball
and
enjoyed
each
other's
company,
and
you
know
I
hope
that
we'll
be
friends
while
we're
when
we're
off
council.
So
congratulations
and
I
guess
we'll
have
some
time
off
on
mondays
and
thursday
nights.
So
good
luck
with
whatever
you
do.
I
Thank
you,
councilmember
vargas,.
R
M
You
so
I
want
to
say
a
few
words,
and
this
is
really
going
to
all
of
the
council.
Members
who
are
outgoing,
whose
last
meeting
you
know
is,
is
today
to
councilman
steve
cycles,
to
councilman
favichio,
to
councilman
hopkins
and
to
council
president
mike
farina.
You
know
I
I
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
anything
at
all,
and
I
do
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
as
outgoing
council
members,
not
only
on
my
personal
line,
but
also
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
cranston
as
well.
M
You
know,
I
have
to
say
being
on
the
city
council
is,
is
a
huge
commitment
and
responsibility,
its
dedication
and
passion
for
our
city
and
it's
not
a
part-time
job,
as
many
sometimes
think
it
is,
and
it
takes
a
lot
from
your
loved
ones.
It's
a
lot
of
energy.
M
It
takes
having
thick
skin
it's
putting
up
with
criticism
and
issues
that
perhaps
everyone
is
not
in
agreement
with,
but
mainly
it's
a
position
where
you
advocate,
for
what
you
truly
believe
is
best
for
the
city
of
cranston
and
serving
with
all
of
you
with
each
and
every
one
of
you.
You
know
I
have
witnessed
your
your
advocacy
and
passion
for
for
our
city.
M
You
all
welcomed
me
when
I
came
in
the
beginning
of
this
term
and
I'm
thankful
and
honored
to
have
worked
with
all
of
you
and
hope
that
in
other
capacities
I
can
continue
to
do
so
that
we
can
continue
to
work,
whether
it
be
with
providing
me
advice
or
any
one
of
us
on
the
council
opinions
on
any
type
of
issues
that
are
coming
before
the
council,
because
I
have
to
generally
say
having
served
with
each
of
you.
M
Each
of
you
has
given
me
a
lot
of
guidance
in
in
perspective,
and
I
respect
each
and
every
one
of
your
opinions,
whether
we
have
a
greed
or
you
know,
debating
on
on
issues
during
our
council
meetings,
but
your
wealth
of
information.
Your
perspective
will
all
be
truly
missed.
M
So
again,
hats
off
to
all
of
you
in
a
hearty
thank
you
to
all
of
our
outgoing
council
members
who
have
served
our
city
with
distinction,
and
so
thank
you
to
each
and
every
one
of
you,
and
I
know
that
you
all
of
you
will
still
be
engaged
in
the
city
and
one
way
or
the
other,
whether
it's
having
kids
in
the
school
system
and
keeping
now
on
what
to
work.
M
We're
doing
each
one
of
us
and
providing
us
with
suggestions
so
again,
hats
off
to
you
and
thank
you
very,
very,
very
much
for
your
years
of
service
to
our
city
of
cranston
as
a
public
servant.
Individual.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
councilmember.
Any
other
comments,
I'll
just
follow
up
by
saying,
council
member
psychos.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
friendship.
It's
been
an
honor
serving
with
you
and
especially
allying
on
a
lot
of
the
environmental
things
that
you
champion.
Those
mean
a
lot
to
me,
so
thank
you
very
much.
Okay.
Moving
on
michael
favichio,
council
member
for
ward
six
january.
Second,
two
thousand.
I
S
S
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
those
nice
words,
maybe
50
of
which
were
true,
but
I
I
very
much
appreciate
that
the
council
has
listened
to
my
views
and
considered
them,
and
I
think
that
that
really
is
the
most
important
thing
for
a
council
person
to
do
is
to
be
able
to
listen
to
other
opinions
and
consider
them
fairly
and
not
write
people
off
because
of
what
party
they're
in
or
some
prior
disagreement.
S
So
I
I
do.
Thank
you
for
that
and
I
think,
as
as
mike
favicio
pointed
out,
when
the
cell
tower
came
up,
everyone
on
the
council
came
to
look
except
people
who
had
a
really
good
reason,
not
to
a
personal
reasons,
so
that
I
I
was.
I
was
really
impressed
with
that
and
I
thought
people
were
were
really
open
to
looking
and
learning
and
and
seeing
and
that's
what.
E
S
Have
come
to
realize
is,
as
I
said,
the
most
important
thing,
not
what
party
you're
in
or
what,
whether
a
liberal
or
conservative
or
but
really
listening,
and
realizing
that
sometimes
you're
wrong
about
things.
You
may
think
you're
absolutely
right,
but
if
you
listen,
you
find
out
that
you're
not
exactly
right.
S
So
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
and
wish
you
luck,
those
of
you
who
are
staying
on
the
council
with
with
what
probably
is
going
to
be
it
looks
like
we
dodged
a
bullet
due
to
the
federal
covert
aid
on
this
year's
budget,
but
that
may
not
happen
on
next
year's
budget.
So
good
luck
with
that.
I
S
You
councilmember
rather
than
rambling
on
and
on
I'd.
Let
me
just
say
a
few
things
about
the
three
people
who
are
leaving
with
me
and
then
I,
you
know,
be
a
little
shorter
I'd.
I'd
like
to
wish
ken
hopkins
well
in
being
mayor
and
all
the
I
think,
it's
an
extremely
difficult
job
and
I
really
hope
you
succeed.
S
I'm
sure
you'll
succeed
on
many
things
and
probably
fail
and
a
couple
of
others
just
because
that's
the
way
we
are
as
human
beings,
but
anything
I
can
do
to
help
I'd,
be
glad
to
and
good
for
you
for,
for
congratulations
for
winning
the
mayor's
race.
I'd
like
to
thank
mike
farina
for
his
time
on
the
council,
very
capable
with
finances
and
I've
had
old
trouble,
keeping
up
with
you
and
your
lingo
a
few
times,
but.
S
That's
just
because
you're
you
really
know
that
stuff
and
that
that's
been
helpful
on
the
council
and
for
mike
favichio
as
he
as
he
mentioned.
We
do
when
covert
isn't
around.
We
do
play
basketball
together
and
very
oddly
in
basketball.
E
S
I
I
Before
I
go
around
the
room,
I
just
want
to
say
mike:
it's
been
an
absolute
honor
to
serve
with
you.
You've
been
a
friend
and
a
colleague,
and
I
remember
when
I
ran
the
first
time
back
in
2012.
You
welcomed
me
and
I've
learned
a
lot
from
you
and
I
appreciate
it
and
you'll
certainly
be
missed.
I
So
thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
feviccio.
K
Yeah,
thank
you
chairman
mike.
I
don't
know
how
many
people
know
this,
but
I'm
the
only
one
that
can
say
that
we're
not
only
councilman
together
but
with
cousins
and
a
lot
of
people.
A
lot
of
people
know
that
the
irish
and
the
italian
do
mix
together
and
you've
been
a
a
loyal
supporter,
a
great
friend,
and
definitely
when
you
speak
on
ordnance
or
or
anything
to
do
with
the
law.
Everybody
sits
up
and
listens,
and
that's
a
compliment
to
you
mike.
O
Thank
you,
councilman
pabloskis,
yeah,
councilman
favichio,
you
know,
I
know,
we've
had
some
passionate
disagreements
over
the
past
two
years,
but
to
what
to
what
councilman
hawkins
just
stated.
Every
time
you
speak,
I
my
ears
tend
to
perk
up
because
it's
usually
something
that's
well
informed.
Even
when
I
disagree
with
it.
Where
we
have,
you
know,
I
think
we're
both
trying
to
get
to
the
same
place.
We
just
have
different
ways
of
getting
there.
O
I
appreciate
how
much
how
open
you've
been
to
me
and
you've
always
been
approachable
whenever
I,
whenever
I've
had
a
question,
especially
around
the
budget,
you
do
a
phenomenal
job
handling
the
the
finance
committee
and
the
budget,
especially
this
year.
Navigating
both
you
know
the
financial
aspect,
but
getting
us
together
in
zoom,
as
that
was
first
starting.
O
So
I
really
appreciate
all
of
your
work
and
I
hope
I
hope
we
can
see
each
other
again,
not
playing
basketball,
but
hopefully
we
can
we'll
be
bumping
into
each
other
again
at
the
dunkin
donuts
center,
soon
for
for
pc
games,
and
I
wish
you
all
the
best
and
thank
you
for
for
all
your
service.
I
J
Chris,
if
I
may
councilman
brady.
Thank
you,
sir
mike
I
I
you
know.
The
amount
of
knowledge
that
I
I've
learned
from
you
is
is
truly
tremendous.
I
think
you
know
what
I've
learned
as
a
leader
on
this
council
is
it's
about
balance
and
it's
about
compromise.
It's
about
learning
it's
about
listening,
and
you
know
I've
done
that
from
from
all
the
senior
leadership
that
is
leaving-
and
you
know
as
we
embark
on
this
continued
impossible.
J
You
know
year
that
we're
having
and
going
into
next
year
that
knowledge
that
you've
carried
through
the
finance
committee
and
and
through
various
other
legal
aspects
of
the
council,
I
know,
will
truly
be
missed
and
I
certainly
know
I'll
be
reaching
out
to
you
as
a
resource.
J
I
I
know
the
sacrifice
that
it
takes
being
a
councilman
as
as
councilwoman
vargas
council
person
vargas
said
earlier
in
this
discussion:
it's
not
a
part-time
job
and
it
does
take
us
away
from
our
families
and
it
I
I
can
confidently
say
everyone
on
this
council
and
elected
moving
forward.
You
know
truly
care
about
the
city,
and
you
know
your
investment
that
you've
made
over
the
last
decade
is
truly
appreciated,
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
some
conversations
and
continuing
to
learn
myself.
So.
Thank
you,
sir.
J
D
N
I
Thank
you.
Anybody
else,
council
vice
president.
F
Thank
you
well
councilman,
peplowskis.
Well,
thank
you.
I'd
love
to
thank
everyone
for
all
the
kind
words
we
do.
We
may
disagree
on
things
and
councilman
donaghy
and
I
I
think
I
try.
I
try
to
treat
you
as
my
as
a
student.
I
hope
you
don't
mind
that,
but
I
I
I
really
think
you
you
know
what
so
any
anytime
that
I
disagree.
F
It's
not
because
I
don't
think
that
you
have
good
ideas,
sometimes
that
you're
right
different
approaches
to
getting
to
the
same
goal,
and
you
you
know
I
mean,
may
may
go
that
way
again
tonight.
But
but
it's
always
it's
there's,
no,
never
any
animosity.
So
I
you
know,
but
I
truly
glad
to
have
served
with
you
and
to
have
served
with
with
all
of
you.
You've
all
been
really
good
friends
and-
and
I
think
we
truly
try
to
do
things
together
as
a
council
to
make
the
city
better.
F
This,
the
constituency
that
we
have
it's
just
remarkable
really
when
you
listen
to
them.
Certainly
we
listened
to
them
this
week
at
the
moscow
spring
for
five
hours
or
so.
But
you
know
we
have
a
tremendous
group
of
intelligent,
articulate
constituents
in
this
city
and
they
they
really
know
their
stuff
and
they're,
really
hard
working,
and
I
think
we're
blessed
to
have
constituency
like
that
and
they
make
us
work
harder.
F
So
thank
you
to
all
of
you.
I'll,
save
some
comments
for
the
end,
I
think
wishing
well
to
to
everyone.
That's
leaving
the
council,
especially
councilman
mayor,
elect
hopkins
who's,
headed
for
a
big
job,
a
24-7
job,
but
I
think
he's
definitely
ready
to
take
on
that
obligation
and
I'd
like
to
thank
mr
demeo
for
helping
me
on
the
finance
committee.
You
know
I
I
always
leaned
on
him
for
to
to
research
some
of
some
issues.
F
So
thank
you
to
him,
the
mayor,
the
mayor
and
I
I
served
the
whole
10
years
under
a
fung
and
he
was
a
mentor
and
a
supporter
for
that
entire
period
of
time.
All
of
the
council
people,
you
know,
have
been
really
wonderful.
F
I
guess
we'll
get
to
councilman
becomes
president
farina
next,
so
I'll
hold
comments
there,
but
thank
you
all
for
all
your
help
and
patient
my
peculiar
ways
with
some
of
the
meetings
that
I've
helped.
But
I'm
sure
I
can.
F
For
a
reason,
and
we
we
got
through
an
awful
lot,
I
never
expected
to
go
out
in
a
on
a
zoom
meeting,
but
I
would
have
never
have
predicted
that
in
a
million
years,
but
thank
all
of
you
and
hope
to
get
to
meet
at
least
talk
to
some
of
you
remember
jermaine.
I
know
we
only
had
five
months
and
it
was
only
zoomed,
so
perhaps
we'll
be
able
to
speak
in
prison
someday
with
that
I'll.
Let
you
continue.
Council
president.
I
We
have
we
have
one
more
plaque
to
give
before
we
get
to
council
president
freiner.
This
plaque
is
an
acknowledgment
to
council
member
ken
hopkins,
who
has
served
two
terms
on
the
city.
Council
he's
not
going
very
far
he's
going
across
the
hall,
and
I
look
forward
to
him
coming
back
across
the
hall
next
term,
with
very
tight
budgets
and
good
fiscal
numbers
for
us.
But
that
being
said,
it's
been
an
absolute
pleasure
to
serve
with
you.
Councilmember
hopkins.
I
I've
learned
a
lot
from
you,
your
tenacity,
your
passion,
and
you
know
thank
you
for
everything
that
you've
taught
me
over
the
years
and
your
friendship.
J
Thank
you,
sir,
and
you
know
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
of
knowing
you,
since
I
was
young
in
high
school
and
and
you've
always
been
kind.
J
You've
always
been
a
coach
you've
always
been
a
teacher,
and
you
know,
as
I've
served
with
you
on
on
the
council,
I've
got
to
know
you
a
little
bit
more
on
an
intimate
level
and,
and
you
have
a
caring
heart
and
you're
passionate
and
you
believe
in
people
and
you
believe
in
uplifting
people
and
as
you
embark
on
this
difficult
challenge
to
lead
our
seat,
our
city
during
this
very
difficult
year,
I'm
very
excited
to
continue
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
you
and
lead
the
city
with
that
compassion
with
that
heart
with
that
coach
with
that
teaching,
because
now
more
than
ever
in
the
middle
of
covid,
there's
a
lot
of
people
out
there
struggling
there's
a
lot
of
people
out
there.
J
Sad
there's
a
lot
of
people
out
there
losing
jobs.
There's
a
lot
of
people
out
there
exhausted,
and
you
know
that
passion
that
coach
that
uplift,
that
teaching
ability,
I
think,
is
going
to
help
us
get
us
all
through
this.
So
I
truly
appreciate
our
friendship,
the
continued
learnings
that
I
learned
from
you
and
your
leadership.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
F
You
couple
of
kaplan
yep,
as
ken
said,
and
unlike
mr
brady,
I've
known
ken
since
he
was
a
young
man
and
not
since
I
was
a
young,
but
while
we
were
both
fairly
young
at
the
time,
I've
known
ken
40-something
years,
so
I
think
I
know
him
probably
better
than
than
anyone
on
the
council,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
been
a.
It's
been
a
real
pleasure.
F
I
know
that
you've
been
passionate
about
everything
that
you've
worked
on
and
you
take
so
much
of
your
time
to
meet
with
people,
and
you
know
really
dig
into
every
issue
and
I
think
that's
a
co,
a
real
compliment
to
your
candidacy
and
now
your
election
to
the
mayor's
seat,
and
I
think
you're
going
to
do
a
fantastic
job,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
I'll,
be
there
for
you
and
your
your
cousin
sitting
near
me
tonight
will
be,
will
be
rooting
for
you
as
well.
F
So
good
luck,
I
just
want
to
say
good
luck
and
you
know
we're
all
there
for
you.
O
Thank
you,
yeah
councilman
hopkins.
I
I
think
one
one
of
the
one
of
the
first
things
that
that
occurred
when
I
was
on
the
council
is
they
were
redoing
the
traffic
pattern
around
bain
and
you
reached
out
to
me
and
and
that's
kind
of
the
approach
that
I
found
you
you've
taken
with
with
just
about
anything
any
any
time
anything's
going
on
in
ward,
3
or
any
issues.
You
never
hesitate
to
to
reach
out
to
me
to
work
together
to
try
and
solve
an
issue
together,
and
I
certainly
appreciate
that.
O
I
know
that
you
know
over
the
next
two
or
next
week,
next,
four
years
for
you,
you
know,
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
and
when
I
think
you're
right,
you
know,
I'm
gonna
be
right
by
your
side
and
obviously
when
I,
when
I
think,
you're
wrong
I'll,
probably
be
one
of
the
first
people
to
speak
out.
O
N
Thank
you,
council.
I
want
to
say
I
learned
to
know
councilman
king
of
skins
and
when
I
was
appointed
he
was
also
he
did
not
vote
for
me,
but
I
respect
that.
But
we
we
met
at
the
city
hall,
claudia
election,
and
we
start
talking,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
kind
of
person
the
passion,
the
kindness
you
have
so,
and
we've
been
working
already
together.
So
we
constituent
call
us
together
share
messages
together,
and
I
have
to
tell
you
that
I
will
continue
to
work
with
you
and
for
the
perimeter
city.
N
D
Thank
you,
council
majority
leader,
pavlaskas
mayor,
elect
hopkins.
I
want
to
wish
you
all
the
best
as
you
move
across
the
hall
from
the
council
chamber
to
the
mayor's
office.
I
hope
you
do
very
well
because,
as
your
term
goes
so,
the
city
of
cranston
goes-
and
I
love
this
city
which
I've
lived
in
my
whole
life.
So
I
wish
you
all
the
best
as
you
move
on
to
your
next
career,
and
I
hope
it
gives
you
everything
you've
ever
wanted.
So
congratulations,
ken
and
good
luck.
M
Yeah,
what
I
said
earlier
was
for
each
and
every
one
of
the
outgoing
council
members,
but
in
this
case
council
or
mayor-elect
hopkins,
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
pretty
much
just
echoing
what
all
of
my
colleagues
here
have
said.
You
know
look
forward
to
work
with
you.
It's
going
to
be
a
tough
upcoming
year
or
two
or
even
four,
in
your
case,
with
your
administration,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
all
for
our
cities.
M
So,
despite
of
party
lines,
it's
about
working
together
and
moving
the
city
forward,
so
thank
you
and
again
thanks
for
serving
on
the
council
and
any
advice
or
opinion
and
projects
that
we
work
together
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
K
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
everyone
on
the
council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
support,
especially
during
some
of
the
troubled
times
that
I
went
through
without
your
friendship.
Lifting
me
I
would
not
be
where
I
am
today.
K
My
style
has
always
been
not
to
do
this
by
myself
and
I'll
continue
to
bring
that
into
the
mayor's
office
with
me,
it's
not
one
person
that
can
fix
the
city.
We
need
to
do
it
together.
K
My
theme
has
been
one
cranston
one
hot
beat,
and
I
will
continue
to
stress
that
we
bridge
that
gap
between
the
east
and
the
western
side
and
make
it
one
city,
and
with
that
I
thank
all
of
you
for
your
friendship
and
your
support,
and
I
look
forward
to
going
across
the
hall,
but
I
continue
to
ask
that
you
stay
with
me
and
work
with
me.
My
style
has
always
been
to
call
each
and
every
one
of
you
in
your
awards.
K
If
there
was
a
problem,
I
figured
two
of
us
were
better
than
one,
and
I
will
continue
to
do
that
as
I
take
the
mayor's
seat
and
thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
your
kind
words.
I
Thank
you,
councilmember
hopkins
mayor,
elect
moving
on
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
is
somebody
that
I
don't
think
I've
knocked
down
more
doors
or
campaign
more
with
anybody
more
than
with
council
president
michael
farina,
I'm
looking
at
his
plaque
right
here.
He
has
served
as
a
council
member
from
january
of
2013
through
this
january,
not
only
as
a
city-wide
council
member
but
as
a
council
vice
president
and
the
council
president.
We
congratulate
you,
sir.
We
thank
you
for
your
years
of
service.
It's
well
earned.
I
You
have
left
your
mark
on
this
city.
You
know,
I
can't
believe
all
the
meetings
that
we've
been
to
been
to
all
the
events
that
we
went
into
and
thank
you
for
your
friendship
and
showing
showing
me
everything
most
of
the
stuff.
I
know
I've
learned
from
you
mike,
so
thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
It's
been
an
honor
and
hopefully
through
the
next
term.
I
know
we
haven't
seen
each
other
much
this
year
with
covet
and
everything
going
on.
I
That
being
said,
I'll
open
the
floor
up.
Tell
the
council
members
councilmember
hopkins.
K
Thank
you
chairman
mike,
I
know
we
we've
had
our
battles
back
and
forth,
but
I
need
you
to
know
that
I
sat
there
for
two
years
and
watched
you,
your
professionalism
and
how
you
brought
an
awful
lot
to
this
city.
I
appreciate
all
that
you've
done
for
us
and
hopefully
you
you
will
continue
to
do
so.
So
I
wish
you
well
and
hopefully
you
will
be
back
and
we
can
lean
on
you,
because
you
have
an
awful
lot
to
offer
thanks
mike.
J
You
know
mike,
you
know,
you're,
truly
one
of
the
reasons
that
you
know
I
got
involved
in
in
politics.
I
still
to
this
day.
I
don't
consider
myself
as
hard
as
that
is
to
say
as
a
consummate
politician,
you
know
I
I
you
know,
I've
learned
so
much
about
you
as
a
person.
You've
allowed
me
in
you
know
serving
as
both
a
democrat
and
a
republican
I've.
J
I've
truly
seen
you
make
some
very
tough
votes
that
you
know
wasn't
necessarily
in
line
with
the
rest
of
the
party
and-
and
you
always
did
what
was
was-
was
right
in
your
heart
and
you
know,
as
a
council
president,
it's
not
easy
to
challenge.
You
know
a
higher
office
and
and
say
you
know,
you
don't
necessarily
agree
with
some
things
that
that
you
saw
in,
and
you
know,
that's
our
responsibility
as
a
council
moving
forward
too,
you
know
working
with
you
know,
mayor
hopkins,
and
you
know
I.
J
I
truly
understand
the
difficulty
of
that
task.
As
a
council
president,
it's
not
an
easy
task,
and-
and
I
truly
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
I
appreciate
you
always
picking
up
the
call
you
always
teaching
you're,
always
educating,
and
you
know
I.
I
truly
will
miss
your
knowledge
on
this
council
and-
and
I
will
continue
to
consider
you
a
friend,
and
I
appreciate
your
service
to
this
community.
F
Yes,
thank
you
councilman
paplowskas,
yeah
mike
you
know.
We've
worked
side
by
side
on
a
lot
of
things
and
over
the
years,
especially
the
last
four
years,
and
your
knowledge
of
finance
has
been
very,
very
helpful
to
me.
Chairing
the
finance
committee
and
also
just
the
you
know
the
professional
way
that
you
would
approach
this
whole
thing
and
we,
you
know,
we've
walked
the
neighborhoods,
not
this
last
year
but
a
few
years
ago,
and
we
got
to
to
know
each
other
well.
You've
been.
F
You
know,
supportive
of
my
work
and
I
really
appreciate
it
and
I
think
you've
given
the
city
an
awful
lot
as
it
seems
we're
able
to
continue
to
get
people
that
are
willing
to
serve
and
really
willing
to
to
put
in
so
much
time
and
effort.
I'm
sure
we
violate
the
labor
laws
with
our
dollars
per
hour
paycheck,
because
everyone
works
overtime
just
for
the
benefit
of
the
city
and
you've
exemplified
that
over
the
last
four
years.
F
O
You
yeah,
I
you
know,
as
I've
learned
over
the
the
past
two
years
from
all
of
you.
This
is
a
difficult
job
and
I
can't
imagine
how
difficult
it
is
to
be
council
president
for
a
term,
let
alone
let
alone
two
especially
with
what's
going
on
right
now.
So
I
certainly
appreciate
all
the
time
and
dedication
and
service
that
you
put
in
for
the
city.
I
know
we
don't
always
agree
again,
but
I
you
know,
I'm
gonna
be
honest.
O
I
have
been
pleasantly
surprised
that
there's
a
lot
more
that
we
do
agree
on,
and
so
I
I
appreciate
especially
around
you
know,
questions
on
the
budget
and
city
finances.
Those
are
things
that
I'm
going
to
take
with
me
and
that
I've
been
taking
notes.
You
know
during
the
first
two
budgets
that
I
I
know
I'll
I'll
carry
with
me
and
us
do
the
next
term.
So
thank
you,
council,
president
farina,
for
for
your
service
to
the
city.
N
I
Thank
you,
councilmember
jeremy
council
president.
D
Thank
you,
council
majority
leader,
first
off.
Allow
me
to
congratulate
you
on
what
I
believe
will
be
your
ascension
to
this
role.
I
believe
you
will
make
a
fine
council
president.
I
wish
you
all
the
best
if
you're
lucky
enough
to
be
voted
in
come
january,
I
can
tell
you
that
this
job
actually
has
more
work
than
anyone
ever
thinks
it
does
when
they
take
it.
So
I
know
you'll
be
prepared
for
that
challenge
when
it
arises
to
all
members
of
the
council,
it's
been
a
privilege
to
be
your
leader
the
last
four
years.
D
This
role
does
not
allow
you
to
sometimes
have
opinions
because,
as
the
leader
of
a
body,
you
have
to
speak
for
the
body,
so
you
have
to
allow
the
body
to
kind
of
give
its
own
opinion
and
then
and
then
go
with
with
what
that
is.
I
think
we've
had
a
great
four
years
and
a
good
eight
years
of
doing
good
work,
the
people's
work,
which
is
something
I'm
proud
to
always
say.
D
You
know
some
of
us
10
years
that
we
put
people
before
politics
and
councilman
versaico
said
this-
that
if
it
was
a
good
idea,
we
voted
for
it
regardless
of
party
lines,
and
we
work
together
on
a
lot
of
things
that
you
know,
republicans,
don't
support
that
we
supported
and
sometimes
democrats,
don't
support
things,
but
they
supported
them
because
in
the
end
they
were
good
ideas.
You
know
we
worked
together
to
figure
out
ways
to
give
veterans
an
exemption.
We
found
ways
to
support
the
schools.
D
After
the
mayor
did
not
fund
the
schools
appropriately,
we
found
ways
to
eliminate
expenses.
When
people
didn't
think
we
could.
We
found
ways
to
lower
tax
increases
when
tax
increases
were
presented
to
us
and
we
didn't
do
it
as
republicans
or
democrats.
We
did
it
as
a
body,
we
did
it
together
and
that's
the
one
thing
I
hope
this
body
continues
on
doing,
because
there
are
challenges
coming
to
the
four
members
elect
who
are
sitting
here
tonight.
D
I
I
caution
you
that
you
know
you
may
think
you
know
the
best
way
to
get
from
point
a
to
point
c,
but
sometimes
it's
not
b.
Sometimes
it's
another
way,
so
I
know
that
they're
talking
about
a
double
dip
recession.
I
know
they're
talking
about
you,
know
potential
for
massive
unemployment
and
small
business
struggles,
as
councilman
brady
has
attested
to
many
times
on
social
media
and
on
the
news
I
do
hope
the
next
mayor
american
hopkins
does
well.
D
D
I
do
think
we
all
need
to
continue
to
work
together.
My
hope
is
that
we
all
work
together
for
the
betterment
of
our
city.
I
love
cranston.
I
always
will
thank
you
for
the
kind
words
tonight.
I'll
probably
have
some
more
words
to
say
during
council
president
communications,
it's
been
a
great
eight
years.
D
All
right,
thank
you
for
filling
in
future
council.
President
pablo,
I
won't
be
able
to
say
that
officially
in
january,
because
I
will
no
longer
be
a
council
member,
so
I
said
it
tonight,
but
no
one
else
can
because
I'm
still
the
council
president,
I'm
joking
public
hearings,
anything
from
the
public
on
any
docketed
matters.
So
if
anyone
would
like
to
speak
on
anything,
that
would
be
the
time
raise
your
hand
and
the
clerk
will
admit
you.
P
Council
president,
can
I
speak
for
a
second?
This
is
bob.
P
I
believe
I
have
on
the
phone
or
on
the
zoom,
our
council,
the
auditors,
for
the
city,
bloom
shapiro,
and
I
was
hoping
that
we
could
have
them,
give
their
presentation
that
they
do
every
year
and
prior
to
public
hearings.
If
that
would
be
okay,.
D
Yeah
the
clerk
mentioned
that
I
have.
I
have
no
issue
with
them
going
if
they
want
to
get
their
I'll
close
public
hearings
for
a
second,
then
I'll,
reopen
it.
So
I
have
no
issue
with
allowing
them
to
go,
even
though
it's
a
little
lower
on
the
docket
as
long
as
no
one
objects,
which
I
don't
think
anyone
will.
So,
let's,
let's
move
forward
with
the
presentation
from
the
auditors.
P
Thank
you
ron,
steve.
Are
you
on.
P
We
have
all,
I
believe
everybody
received
a
presentation,
looked
like
a
powerpoint
type
of
presentation
and
I'm
going
to
have
ron,
go
through
it
with
you
and
show
what
how
the
city
ended
the
fiscal
year.
It's
been
a
tough
fiscal
year,
even
through
20,
but
we
ended
up
very
well
considering
all
the
obstacles
that
we
had
to
face.
So
with
that
ron,
you
can
start
your
presentation.
Please.
T
Okay,
so
I
did
we
did
forward
over
to
the
finance
department,
a
powerpoint
slide
deck
that
I'll
go
through.
I
I
truly
appreciate
you
moving
me
up
on
the
agenda
council
president
and
I
I
did
take
a
look
at
your
agenda.
I
know
you've
got
a
full
one,
so
I
will
move
as
quickly
as
I
possibly
can
through
this.
If
you
have
any
questions,
please
feel
free
to
stop
me
and
and
ask
at
that
point
in
time
or
you
can
hold
them
till
the
end.
T
I'm
because
I'm
not.
I
don't
control
the
screen
here.
I'm
you
know
I
I
hope
we're
not
going
to
get
lost
in
one
another,
but
I'll
try
to
keep.
You
pointed
to
the
the
slide
deck
page
that
I
am
on
so
we'll
get
going
here.
T
What
we'll
talk
about
quickly
is
engagement,
scope
and
reporting,
and
these
are
all
tentative
results,
although
while
we
don't
anticipate
any
changes,
we're
still
wrapping
up
some
final
audit
work
and
then
have
to
get
through
technical
review,
concurring
partner
review
before
we'll
be
in
in
a
position
to
issue
the
financial
statements,
but
we'll
talk
about
that.
We'll
talk
about
some
financial
highlights
and
then
finally
required
communications
I'll
just
bring
them
to
your
attention.
T
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
them
right
now,
because
they
really
aren't
subject
to
forwarding
to
you
until
the
audit
is
is
actually
completed.
T
T
It's
also
performed
under
generally
accepted
governmental,
auditing
standards,
which
is
commonly
referred
to
as
yellow
book,
and
then
due
to
the
federal
funding
that
the
city
receives
it's
subject
to
uniform
guidance,
which
was
formerly
the
federal
single
audit
act
on
slide.
Four
here
we're
just
going
over
what
we
we
anticipate
to
be
these
results
of
the
reporting
and-
and,
as
I
said,
we
don't,
we
don't
foresee
any
changes
relative
to
this
whatsoever.
T
So
your
primary
audit
opinion
is
gonna
is,
is
always
page
one
in
in
the
bound
document
that
you'll
receive
once
the
financial
statements
are
issued
and
that
is
gonna
be
an
unmodified
or
clean
audit
opinion
on
the
financial
statements
as
of
june
30
2020,
which
basically
states
our
opinion
is
that
the
financial
statements
fairly
represent
the
financial
position
and
results
of
operations
of
the
city
for
the
fiscal
year
and
at
june
30
2020.
T
under
yellow
book
reporting.
This
is
actually
a
a
report
that
is
issued
along
with
the
uniform
guidance
report,
and
what
it
has
to
do
with
is
is
our
requirements
to
gain
an
understanding
of
the
internal
control
structure,
around
financial
reporting,
getting
an
understanding
of
compliance
requirements.
The
city
has
that
a
violation
of
thereof.
We
would
drill
to
the
financial
statements
and
report
on
those
two
areas
to
you
relative
to
internal
control.
T
There
will
be
a
repeat
finding
from
the
prior
year
related
to
how
the
city
basically
coordinates
and
accumulates
its
financial
information
for
the
purposes
of
reporting
for
your
federal
single
audit,
it's
relatively
decentralized
currently,
which
causes
some
headache
headaches
for
finance
director
strom,
as
well
as
some
others
that
are
forced
to
to
chase
this
stuff
down
under
compliance.
There
were
no
instances
of
of
non-compliance
that
were
detected
during
the
performance
of
our
work,
so
that
that
will
be
a
a
clean
report
and
then
under
uniform
guidance
on
slide
5.
T
T
We
believe
that's
all
we're
going
to
have
to
test,
but
we
are
waiting
for
finalization
of
that
schedule
of
federal
expenditures
and
if
that
number
climbs
up,
you
know
to
a
certain
level.
We
may
have
to
test
another
program
because
required
to
we're
required
to
gain
a
certain
amount
of
coverage
over
all
the
federal
dollars
right
now.
T
What
we
anticipate
based
on
the
programs
we've
tested
is
that
there
will
be
no
internal
control
finding
so
no
material
weaknesses
or
significant
deficiencies,
and
we
will
be
issuing
an
amount
of
unmodified
opinion
on
compliance,
meaning
a
clean
opinion
on
compliance.
There
were
no
violations
of
compliance.
T
There
instance
of
compliance
that
were
noted
slide
six
I'll
move
through
this
stuff
pretty
quickly
as
well,
hopefully,
but
this
is
just
a
snapshot
here
of
the
the
balance
sheet
for
your
governmental
funds
as
of
june
30
2020,
as
you
can
see
here,
my
primary
focus
here
is
on
the
general
fund
and
in
particular
the
highlighted
unassigned
fund
balance
position.
So
your
unassigned
fund
balance
as
of
june
30,
2020
totaled
18066
441,
which
represents
7.8
percent
of
total
expenditures
and
other
finances
financing,
uses
that
calculation.
T
That
measurement
is
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
primary
indicators
that
rating
agencies
look
at
when
they're,
when
they're
evaluating
a
community
relative
to
bond
rating
and
for
the
fiscal
year
the
total
fund
balance
and
we'll
see
this
in
just
a
second.
The
total
fund
balance
in
the
general
fund
decreased
by
412
183
dollars.
T
So
if
you
hop
to
the
next
slide,
which
is
slide
seven,
this
is
the
the
operating
statement.
If
you
will
the
schedule
of
revenues,
expenditures
and
changes
in
fund
balance
again
for
your
governmental
funds
and
again
repetitive
here,
as
you
see,
total
fund
balance
in
the
general
fund
decreased
by
four
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
one.
Eighty
three
I've
got
the
changes
in
fund
balances
highlighted
here
on
on
this
slide
deck
for
you
just
so.
T
You
know
where
I'm
talking
to
total
fund
balance
in
the
school
department,
unrestricted
fund
increased
by
1
million
147
791,
and
that
was
primarily
due
to
expenditure
reductions
in
the
general
fund.
T
I
I
skipped
over
this,
but
in
that
decrease
of
412
that
was
primarily
driven
by
shortfalls
and
in
grants
in
intergovernmental
revenues,
and
then
your
other
governmental
funds
had
an
increase
in
their
fund
balance
of
1
million
167
480,
and
that
was
primarily
due
to
bond
proceeds
that
came
into
your
capital
projects
and
the
projects
haven't,
haven't
embarked
on,
or
at
least
gotten
that
deep
into
project
expenditures,
as
of
yet
as
time
goes
by
those
funds
will
will
be
utilized
and
that
fund
balance
will
work
its
way
back
down
the
next
slide
slide.
T
8
relates
back
to
that
balance,
percentage
that
I
talked
about,
and
this
gives
you
just
kind
of
a
peek
at
it
over
the
last
three
fiscal
years,
the
1820
it
has
declined
a
little
bit,
but
but
certainly
not
of
of
any
significant
amounts
in
any
one
fiscal
period,
but
it
has
trended
down.
That's
that's
not
a
unique
thing
clearly
in
in
this
this
fiscal
year
that
we're
talking
about
fiscal
20
due
to
the
pandemic,
but
that
so
that
is
where
it
stands
there.
T
There
was
formally
some
recommendations
by
gfoa
relative
to
what
that
you
know
what
what
our
healthy
fun
balance
level
should
be.
To
be
quite
honest
with
you,
it's
the
pandemic.
I
think
that
that
whole
world
has
been
turned
upside
down
and
and
there'll
be
a
new
evaluation
of
of
what
the
range
should
be.
I
think,
moving
forward.
T
The
next
slide
is
your
budgetary
statement
for
your
before
the
general
fund.
I've
again
got
some
highlighted
areas
here,
but
for
for
you
know,
from
an
overall
perspective,
budgetary
revenues
collected
were
underperformed
budget
estimates
by
932
000
054.
T
Your
budgetary
expenditures
came
in
under
budgetary
estimates
by
six
hundred
and
ninety
four
thousand
six,
eighty
one.
So,
on
a
on
a
budgetary
basis,
your
fund
balance
declined
237
373,
that's
a
little
bit
of
a
different
number
from
the
decline
of
the
400
and
something
that
we
spoke
of
of
an
earlier
slide
ago.
That's
because
this
financial
statement
is
on
a
budgetary
basis
as
opposed
to
a
gap
basis,
so
there
is
a
different
measurement
focus
relative
to
budgetary
activity.
T
The
the
two
highlighted
areas
I
bring
you
know
I
bring
to
your
attention-
are
simply
the
the
variances
that
were
significant
variances,
those
highlighted
areas.
So
you
see
we
talked
about
earlier
your
intergovernmental
revenues.
That
target
was
missed
by
a
little
over
1.2
million
dollars
and
your
your
public
safety
under
fire
had
it
had
an
overage
of
about
2.5
million.
So
those
two
things
stuck
out
relative
to
the
the
order
of
magnitude
of
those
variances
on
this
statement.
T
Next
slide
is
the
the
same
same
budgetary
statement.
If
you
will
before
the
school
department,
as
you
can
see
here,
budgetary
revenues
collected
underperformed
budget
estimates
by
about
2.2
million
dollars
and
that
again
was
due
to
integral
revenue
and
intergovernmental
revenue.
The
state
aid
that's
highlighted
up
there,
as
you
can
see
that
missed
its
target
by
2.3
million
dollars.
T
T
I
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
speak
with
joe
prior
to
this
meeting,
but
I
know-
and
you
know
relative
to
what
our
work
paper
and
evidence
that
we've
collected
clearly
had
a
lot
to
do
with
with
measures
that
were
taken
because
of
the
pandemic
and
then
and
here
your
overall
fund
balance
increased
by
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
nine
dollars
for
the
fiscal
year.
I
I
do
believe
the
the
finance
director
wanted
to
chime
in
relative
to
these
two
budgetary
statements
so
bob.
P
Thank
you
ron,
yeah.
On
this
city
side,
I
wanted
to
bring
out
that
the
budget
actual
on
our
operating
was
237
000,
as
ron
stated,
and
primarily
due
to
state
and
federal
grants
that
weren't
achieved
on
a
revenue
basis,
but
also
expenditures
for
our
fire
department,
which
included
iod,
severance
and
also
overtime
caused.
That
was
the
biggest
factor
in
us
generating
us.
What
I
would
consider
a
very
small
deficit
on
the
school
side.
They
did
generate
a
surplus,
but
also
in
the
chart.
P
It
shows
that
750
000
was
set
aside
in
the
capital
reserve
fund,
so
in
fact
their
their
surplus
was
even
much
greater
and-
and
it
would
have
been
noted,
however,
750
000,
as
I
stated,
was
put
into
a
capital
reserve
for
expenditures,
not
knowing
that
the
the
plan
to
go
to
bond
for
the
school
of
147
million
would
come
to
fruition,
so
they
were
setting
aside
money
because
most
of
their
bond
money
has
been
exhausted
at
this
date.
P
They
also
did
some
encumbrances
at
the
end
of
20
that
were
really
for
fiscal
year
21
and
they
wanted
to
get
a
jump
start
on
the
fiscal
year.
21,
especially
with
the
continuation
of
the
pandemic
and
some
of
the
costs
that
would
be
incurred
to
get
the
schools
up
and
running.
P
So
those
are
the
couple
of
notes
that
I
wanted
to
bring
out
to
the
council
as
a
whole,
a
city
that
has
a
300
million
dollar
budget
and
ended
up
with
a
deficit
combined
of
122
000
is
relatively
a
it's
a
balanced
budget,
and
I
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
between
the
efforts
of
the
school
and
ourselves
on
the
city,
I
think
we
did
well
considering
all
the
obstacles
that
we
had
to
deal
with.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
to
the
auditors
and
thank
you
to
director
strom,
mr
nasek.
I'm
just
gonna
ask
if
anybody
has
any
questions
for
at
this
time,
unless
you
have
something
else
to
add.
T
There
were
a
few
more
slides,
but
if
you've
got
the
slide
deck,
I
think
they're
self-explanatory
you
can.
You
can
flip
through
them
yourselves
our
contact
information
myself,
the
engagement
manager
as
well
as
engagement
supervisor-
that
I
I
believe
are
both
on
this
call
as
well.
Their
contact
information
is
there
as
well.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
reach
out
to
the
finance
department,
you
can
reach
to
us
directly.
D
S
Right,
I'm
looking
at
slide
number
14,
the
city
pension.
E
S
And
you
know
we
we
set
aside
in
the
budget
21
million
a
year
to
pay
old
pension
responsibilities
and
if
looking
at
your
chart
from
2014
to
2020,
it's
gone
from
20
to
about
23
over
that
two
four
six
seven
years
and
that,
obviously
it's
better
that
it's
going
up
than
it
if
the
percentage
funded
of
the
pension
went
down.
S
P
P
We
we
have
an
actuarial
report
that
we
do
every
year
and
they
have
a
chat
based
on
what
our
annual
required
contribution
is,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
contribute
more
than
what
the
budget
can
handle
and
that's
why
it's
usually
around
21.22
million.
If
we
can
continue
this
trend,
if
our
rate
of
assumption
and
earnings
follow
through,
as
you
can
see,
the
liability
has
dropped
about
30
million
dollars
over
the
last
seven
years.
P
It
is
a
closed
system,
as
you
know,
we
put
we
implemented
every
other
year.
Kohler
increases
that
was
granted
to
us
by
the
state
and
also
by
the
court
system,
and
I
believe,
if,
if
we
follow
this
trend,
it's
going
to
take
us
till
about
2034
or
35
before
the
percent
will
be
not
23
but
more
like
60
to
80
percent.
But
it's
it's
not
it's
something
that
we
just.
P
You
can't
do
overnight
and
we've
put
in
the
implementation
of
things
to
follow
through
and
it
will
improve
as
long
as
we
adhere
to
what
we
have
to
contribute
and-
and
we
invest
properly
with
our
investment
commission
and
the
our
investment
advisors.
E
P
We
I
am
anticipating
that
it's
going
to
take
another
10
to
15
years
before
you
see
significant
and
that
liability
will
be
dropping
as
well.
U
P
Also,
it's
based
on
people
that
you
know
it's
a
closed
system
too,
and
you've
got
to
keep
in
mind,
there's
less
money
being
contributed
into
the
fund.
So
that's
why
what
we
have
in
the
fund,
which
is
approximately
over
70
million
right
now
on
assets
we
we
are
shooting
for
a
return
of
anywhere
from
seven
and
a
half
to
eight
percent
and
that's
that's
occurred
over
the
last
ten
years
or
so.
S
Well,
miss
goodbye,
mr
gnosic,
what
I
mean
when
you
look
at
those
percentage
numbers
and
the
pension
funding
does?
What
is
your
reaction?
To
that
I
mean.
Is
this
a
something
we
should
worry
about
or.
T
You
know
I
I
I
mean
the
the
plan
is
not
well
funded.
Clearly,
you
know,
a
a
well-funded
plan
is
is
is
deemed
to
be
well
funded
when
that
percentage
is
is
somewhere
above
75
percent
or
you
know
even
80
percent.
T
You
know
the
the
contributions
that
are
being
made
are
equal
to
what
the
actuarial
recommend
recommended
contribution
to
the
plan.
Is
you
know?
I
don't
really
know
what
more
you
can
do
relative
to
that,
unless
you're,
willing
and
and
and
the
public
is
willing
to
allow
you
to
contribute
in
excess
of
what
is
recommended
or
you
you.
T
You
know,
you
know,
do
something
with
your
discount
rate,
which
you
know,
there's
there's
a
fool's
way
to
go
and
there's
there's
there's
a
there's
a
you
know
an
intelligent
way
to
go,
but
the
intelligent
way
would
be
to
decrease
your
discount
rate,
which
is
going
to
increase
your
required
contribution.
So
it's
a
it's
a
delicate
political
balance.
I
I
I
I
believe,
and
I'm
giving
you
this.
You
know
as
much
my
my
personal
opinion
is
my
professional
opinion.
T
S
Okay,
the
other
thing
I'd
like
to
just
note
is
that
the
fire
department
spending
year
in
year
out
is
over
budget.
It
was
over
last
year,
it
was
over
2.4
million
this
year.
It's
it's
over
2
million
again
and-
and
that's
I
think,
really
something
that
honestly
can.
The
mayor
is
going
to
needs
to
address
because
it
just
that's
a
lot
of
money.
That
could
really
do
some
great
things
in
the
city
if
we
could
just
keep
the
fire
department
to
its
budget.
D
Any
other
questions
for
the
auditor
or
director
strong
at
this
point,
seeing
none
I'll.
Thank
you
to
the
auditors
for
your
report,
I'm
sure.
Once
the
final
report
comes
out,
the
next
council
may
have
some
questions
for
you
so
appreciate
it
director
strom.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you've
done
to
ensure
a
balanced
budget
this
year
and
we'll
move
on
with
public
comment.
D
D
D
Good
evening,
annette
unmute
yourself,
the
name
and
address
of
the
record,
please.
V
9-20-06
committees,
commissions
and
councils
to
establish
an
affordable
housing
commission,
more
broadly
titled
as
the
housing
commission.
My
testimony
to
the
ordinance
committee
spoke
to
my
pride
and
activism
as
a
cranston
resident,
though
the
september
meeting
was
sobering.
It
only
reinforced
my
commitment
to
making
our
city
known
as
one
of
belonging
and
shared
opportunity.
V
While
there
are
many
facts
related
to
housing
that
pertain
to
the
critical
importance
of
passing
both
of
these
ordinance.
I
am
framing
my
remarks
around
what
we
want
for
the
city
of
cranston
and
what
we
want
to
be
known
for
when
cranston's
population
overtook
warwicks
a
couple
of
years
ago
to
become
the
second
largest
city
in
rhode
island.
There
was
a
justifiable
sense
of
pride
that
was
expressed
by
our
city's
leadership.
V
V
I
am
hopeful
that
the
reinstitution
of
a
housing
commission
will
easily
pass
through
the
council
tonight
in
its
newly
revised
form.
It
would
be
charged
with
looking
at
housing.
Affordability.
Broadly,
as
we
have
learned
so
painfully
through
this
pandemic,
the
access
to
safe
and
secure
housing
is
important
for
every
member
of
our
community.
V
With
this
broader
charge,
the
creation
of
a
more
diverse
housing
choices
that
allow
for
aging
and
community
mixed
use,
development
and
walkable
neighborhoods
would
also
be
key
to
our
city's
continued
economic
growth.
A
commission
could
be
a
compliment
to
our
planning
department
in
helping
to
research.
Our
housing
needs,
as
well
as
proactively
seeking
opportunities
that
connect
to
transportation
other
nearby
destinations,
as
well
as
preserving
open
space.
V
It
is
the
ordinance
pertaining
to
fair
housing
that
most
concerns
me
and
found
me
restless
through
the
ordinance
committee
discussions.
Despite
all
the
facts
and
figures.
My
message
here
tonight
is
whether
or
not
we
are
a
city
that
is
willing
to
lead
the
way
from
what
constitutes
a
form
of
legal
discrimination
by
passing
this
project
protection.
V
This
is
a
message
that
would
be
received
not
just
by
those
seeking
to
pay
for
housing
via
means
other
than
conventional
income,
but
throughout
our
state.
Among
the
various
civic
activities
I
have
engaged
in
over
my
16
years
as
a
resident
are
two
in
the
last
few
years
that
have
sought
to
bring
equity
into
focus.
V
D
G
Hi,
thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
amy
reynon.
I
am
a
resident
of
67
valley
street
in
cranston
in
the
mechanical
neighborhood,
I've
been
a
resident
for
17
years.
G
G
As
part
of
my
day,
job
at
rhode,
island
housing.
We
administer
the
second
largest
number
of
vouchers
in
the
state
and
hear
it
all
the
time
about
people
who
have
a
voucher
have
a
resource
to
allow
them
to
pay
their
rent,
but
are
unable
to
find
a
landlord
who's
willing
to
accept
it.
I'd
just
like
to
frame
it
also
in
the
context
of
the
current
covid
crisis.
G
It's
been
particularly
obvious
in
that
crisis,
where
we
have
additional
resources
from
the
federal
government
to
provide
rental
assistance
to
people
who
need
it
and
entirely
too
often
those
people
have
been
turned
away
from
that
assistance
because
of
lenders
who
won't
accept
that
as
a
resource
which
is
totally
unacceptable
in
a
situation
where
having
a
safe,
stable
place
to
live,
is
so
critical
to
the
public
health.
It's
an
opportunity
for
cranston
to
really
step
up.
The
city
has
much
larger
stock
of
rentals
of
rental
housing
than
many
communities
in
the
state.
G
So
it's
really
important
here,
even
more
than
many
other
communities
to
make
sure
that
landlords
accept
all
sources
of
income
in
terms
of
tenants
who
are
trying
to
rent
in
their
apartment
and
just
to
reiterate
for
folks
who
might
have
questions
about
it,
landlords
even
under
this
ordinance,
would
still
have
the
ability
to
vet
tenants
the
same
way
they
always
vet.
Tenants.
G
If
you
know
looking
at
criminal
history
looking
at
credit
score,
looking
at
all
the
things
that
a
landlord
looked
at
to
find
a
good
tenant
it
all,
it
does
is
make
clear
that
you
can't
just
say:
I'm
not
going
to
run
to
you
because
of
where
your
source
of
income
is
coming
from
and
now
more
than
ever,
I
think
that's
a
critical
thing
for
our
state
and
our
city.
D
Q
Hey
this
is
mike
stevens,
I'm
a
resident
at
25
heinrich
drive
in
cranston,
and
I
just
wanted
to
speak
again
in
support
of
the
of
the
housing
discrimination
by
source
of
income
bill.
I
spoke
in
october,
but
I
wanted
to
speak
again
tonight
and
I'll.
Be
brief.
I'm
just
here
to
express
my
full
support
of
that
bill.
As
a
health
professional,
I
can't
emphasize
enough
the
disastrous
effects
that
unstable
housing
can
have
on
a
person's
health.
Q
Therefore,
I
think
it's
important
to
get
this
ordinance
on
the
books
to
ensure
future
generations
of
cranston
residents
can
have
equal
access
to
housing
when
they
present
a
legal
government
guided
voucher.
I
also
think
passing
this
ordinance
is
essential
to
honoring
the
council's
commitment
to
combating
racism
as
a
public
health
issue
earlier
this
year.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
lucas,
I'm
not
talking
on
behalf
of
myself
but
and
on
behalf
of
housing
opportunities
for
people,
people
everywhere,
a
statewide
organization.
H
We
worked
with
south
coast
for
housing
to
conduct
the
housing
voucher
audit
in
cranston,
and
we
went
through
over
100
ads
online.
So
I
just
wanted
to
explain
the
research
and
if
anybody
had
any
questions
about
it,
but
our
the
keys
were
throughout
the
calls
we
made
to
landlords.
Two-Thirds
of
them
would
not
accept
a
housing
voucher
right
off
the
bat
and
then
25
of
them
would
consider
accepting
attendant
with
a
housing
voucher.
H
H
If
anybody
has
any
questions
about
the
research
at
all,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
answer
them.
Thank
you.
D
D
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
The
finance
committee
met
on
4-20-03.
This
was
the
bid
discounts
for
local
businesses
and
mbes.
This
failed
in
committee.
Just
for
information.
Only
there's
no
action
can
be
taken:
99-20-07
property
tax
classification
for
commercial,
renewable
energy
systems.
This
also
failed
in
committee
is
for
information.
Only
and
election
is
needed.
On
on
this.
F
Next,
we
had
11-20-02
ordinance
ratifying
the
school
committee's
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
rhode
island,
laborers
district
council
1322
tradespeople
unit
for
the
july
1
2020
to
june
30
2021
budget
introduced
pursuant
to
charter
section
11.02.1.
This
passed
in
committee-
and
I
judge
passage
here.
S
K
J
I
F
F
Yes,
next,
we
had
11-20-0-3
ordinance
ratifying
the
school
committee's
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
rhode
island,
laborers
district
council
1322
bus
drivers,
unit
july
1,
2020
to
june
30
2021
introduced
to
charter
section
11.0
2.1.
This
passed
unanimously
at
committee
at
urged
passage
here.
D
D
K
O
J
J
F
F
F
D
F
Thank
you.
Next
next
we
had
resolution
authorizing
real
estate
tax
abatements
that
passed
unanimous
unanimously
urged
passage
here.
D
K
K
J
J
I
F
D
Q
L
F
D
S
K
Q
J
I
F
D
K
J
J
J
F
D
From
councilmember
vargas,
I
got
one
from
john
collins,
so
just
for
the
record
councilmember
hopkins
motion
approved
council
of
donald
get
on
a
second
under
discussion,
so.
M
D
I
think
we
had
hopkins
motion
approved
down
again
second,
and
I
did
leave
you
out
of
the
counselor
of
argus,
so
we
have
motion
of
a
second
under
discussion.
Seeing
none
clerk,
please
take
the
role.
R
F
J
F
F
Next
we
have
9-20-05
ordinance
and
amendment
of
title
six
code
of
the
city
of
france
in
2005,
entitled
health
and
safety,
fair
housing
practices,
sponsored
council
members,
donaghan
jermaine
cycles
and
vargas.
This
was
passed
out
of
committee
without
a
vote
to
the
full
council
because
of
the
lateness
of
the
meetings.
F
So
this
is
here
for
basically
totally
total
hearing.
D
O
Just
a
brief
recap:
I
know
this.
I
think
we
discussed
this
in
in
the
september
ordinance
committee.
I
know
it's
a
it's
a
long
proposal
and
the
majority
of
it
is
already
covered
under
federal
and
state
law.
What
this
would
do
would
prohibit
discrimination
here
in
cranston
in
housing-related
matters
based
on
legal
source
of
income,
so
that
could
be
if
you're,
on
public
assistance,
social
security
veterans
cash
benefit.
O
If
you're
benefiting
from
the
cranston
rental
assistance
program
through
ccap,
a
landlord,
a
property
owner,
they
can't
turn
you
away
simply
because
of
where
your
legal
money
comes
from
and
as
we've
heard,
this
does
occur
in
cranston,
we
heard
in
september
from
someone
who
experienced
discriminate
discrimination
based
on
south
coast,
fair
housing.
O
I
think
in
2019
released
a
study
statewide
of
showing
the
impacts
of
this
in
rhode,
island,
and
you
know,
we've
heard
from
mr
freed
and
another
organization
previously
about
an
audit
that
was
done
here
in
cranston
showing
its
impacts
here.
I
think
we
all
understand
the
severity
of
the
situation
that
we're
facing
both
as
a
public
health
crisis,
economic
crisis
and,
and
you
know,
a
looming
housing
crisis,
and
I
think
some
people
would
say
that
there
already
is
a
housing
crisis
in
grants
and
I
think.
E
O
This
is
a
really
small
change
that
we
can
make
here
in
cranston
that
will
have
no
fiscal
impact
on
us
and
that
can
really
make
a
difference
in
people's
lives
that
can
really
that
can
help
people
find
housing.
You
know
I
I
had
a.
O
There
was
a
fire
on
cranston
street
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
I
received
a
call
from
a
gentleman
from
the
gentleman
who
was
who
was
then
displaced
and
his
his
landlord
was
only
going
to
pay
for
for
a
hotel
room
for
for
so
long,
and
so
they
were
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
you
know
how
are
they
going
to
get
a
new?
They
needed
to
find
a
new
place.
O
Had
burned
down,
you
know
I
suggested
they
reach
out
to
cpap
and
and
a
couple
other
places
hypothetically,
imagine
being
displaced
being
homeless,
trying
to
find
a
place
to
live
and
you're
utilizing
the
cranston
rental
assistance
program
which
we
create
this.
This
council
created
a
line
item
for
in
the
fiscal
20-year
budget,
imagine
you're,
homeless
and
you're,
trying
to
put
a
security
deposit
down,
or
imagine
that
your
you're,
a
single
parent,
trying
to
find
a
new
place
to
stay
and
you're
turned
away.
O
C
O
O
With
simply
passing
a
law
that
really
will
require
very
little
work
on
behalf
of
the
city,
and
so
I
I
really
hope
that
we
can
pass
this
tonight
and
I
really
appreciate
everyone
listening
to
myself
babylon
and
more
succinctly
to
the
people
that
spoke
earlier,
that
spoken
in
the
committee
meetings
and
all
the
testimony
that
we've
received.
O
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
Well,
I
have
a
quite
a
bit
to
to
add
to
this
conversation.
I
think
the
there's
a
number
of
problems
with
this,
this
ordinance,
first
of
which
is
it
basically
duplicates.
What's
in
the
state
war
under
title
34,
chapter
34,
737-4,
all
of
the
all
of
the
protections
that
are
in
this
ordinance
already
exist
in
in
state
walk.
F
They
also
exist
under
federal
water
42.
Usc
1983
is
a
civil
rights
discrimination
law,
which
is
very
powerful.
The
the
state
law
is
far
more
powerful
than
anything
we
could
do
and
and
this
this
bill
as
it
stands,
does
not.
Addre
is
not
talking
just
about
a
voucher
system
or
about
income
sourcing,
so
it
goes
far
beyond
that.
It
creates
a
responsibility
on
behalf
of
the
city,
I
think,
to
police
its
citizens
to
make
sure
they're
not
discriminating
in
housing,
and
we
don't
have.
We
don't
have
the
manpower
to
do
it.
F
We
just
don't
have
the
resources,
so
there's
no
need
to
get
involved
in
trying
to
police
housing
discrimination
when
everything
has
to
go
to
either
the
human
rights
commission,
superior
court
or
the
federal
courts.
We
have
no
power
whatsoever,
we
cannot
supersede
the
state
or
the
federal
government,
and
so
I
think
that
if
this
is
just
about
income
sourcing
on
a
voucher
system,
this
is
far
too
much
of
a
law.
F
To
accomplish
that,
I
think
it's
it's
ill-advised,
because
I
don't
think
that
we
can
enforce
it
and
I
I
don't
think
we
want
to
police
our
own
citizens,
the
the
other
thing
it
does.
You
you're,
basically
forcing
private
property
owners
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
the
federal
government.
F
The
state
has
rejected
this
legislation
over
the
last
few
years
at
the
state
level
and
they
refused
to
enact
it
and
that's
the
proper
place
for
it
to
be
enacted.
I
think
we
heard
from
director
coop
from
the
christian
housing
authority
and
he
told
us
all
the
numbers
there
were
only
two
vouchers
turned
that
did
not
get
certified
back
in
2019.
F
According
to
him,
we
accepted
vouchers
on
at
any
time
they
came
before
the
city,
the
the
problem
95
of
them
were
found
places
to
live
now.
Is
there
a
shortage
of
housing
sure?
But
this
is
based
on
a
barrington
ordinance
where
they
have
no
housing
authority.
F
They
have
no
vouchers
because
the
properties
are
so
expensive
in
barrington.
No
one
can
the
vouchers
are
not
effective
in
getting
people
a
place
to
live,
and
I
think
what
could
happen
here
is
that
if
you
try
to
force
this
on
the
landowners
all
they're
going
to
do
is
raise
the
they
can
just
raise
the
rents
and
make
it
totally
unacceptable
to
to
take
a
voucher
and
they
won't.
They
won't
be
forced
to
take
a
voucher.
F
I
think
it's
a
very
slippery
slope,
because
what
you're
trying
to
accomplish
may
get
circumvented
by
the
landowners-
and
you
know
forcing
private
property
owners
to
do
something
you
know
their
mortgages
may
be,
and
taxes
are
high,
so
they
may
not
be
able
to
afford
to
rent
for
at
certain
levels.
F
So
I
think
that
all
these
things
make
it
very
difficult
to
just
say
we're
going
to
enact
an
ordinance
to
you
know
to
solve
this
problem.
I
don't
know
that.
I
know
that
the
housing
authority
will
go
above
100
in
qualifying
they've
they've
found
a
way
to
go
for
about
125
percent
to
try
to
accommodate
people
that
can't
afford
that
are
just
not
qualifying
any
other
way.
So
I
don't
think
that
our
our
housing
authority
is
trying
to
defeat
the
purpose.
I
think
they're
constantly
trying
to
find
ways
to
accommodate
people.
F
They
can't
build
houses
to
just
or
create
more
housing
with
the
snap
of
a
finger.
So
I
think
the
I
think
this
is
really
the
wrong
way
to
do
this.
I
think
you
need
to
develop
some
some
policies,
or
some
kind
of
you
know,
plan
to
try
to
build
more
affordable
housing,
because
the
fact
is
that
there
isn't
enough,
but
there's
not
enough
in
the
entire
state
of
rhode
island
in
perhaps
in
other
parts
of
the
country
as
well,
but
I
think
to
try
to
do
something
like
this.
F
F
You
want
to
have
a
fine
and
municipal
court,
which
will
probably
get
appealed
every
time,
because
people
are
going
to
want
to
go
to
a
higher
court
and
you're
going
to
discourage
people
from
building
more
more
multi-family
homes,
because
they're
going
to
say
I
they
not.
Everyone
has
is
forced
to
participate
in
a
voucher
program
as
a
landlord.
F
So
I
think
there
this
is
just
the
wrong
type
of
legislation.
I
think
it's
it.
You
know.
Barrington
is
not
a
good
example,
because
they
have
no
affordable
housing
and
they
have
no
housing
commission
and
they
don't
have
any
vouchers
we
had.
You
know
director
coop
said
we
had.
I
forget
was
90
or
100
vouchers
in
2019
or
more
and
only
two
fell
off
the
grid,
and
he
wasn't
sure-
and
he
really
didn't
know
why
they
could
have
gone
to
another
city.
F
We've
accepted
voters
from
other
cities
and
accommodated
people,
so
I
I
strongly
would
encourage
everyone
to
vote
against
this.
I
don't
think
it's
the
right
way
to
go.
Perhaps
the
affordable,
housing
commission
mission-
that's
proposed,
might
be
a
good
way
to
to
establish
some
some
ideas
but
to
to
enact
a
war
which
is
extensive,
and
I
really
think
puts
puts
the
burden
on
the
city
to
make
sure
that
people
comply
with
it
rather
than
allowing
the
state
to
do
it
as
it
does
now.
F
They
have
a
they
have
a
the
human
rights
commission
which
has
investigators,
judges,
prosecutors,
which
can
enforce
all
these
laws.
I
think
this
is
going
to
create
so
much
responsibility
for
the
city,
and
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
accomplish
the
desired
goal.
D
S
S
I
think
we've
all
heard
stories
about,
particularly
black
people
going
to
rent
an
apartment,
and
then
they're
told
oh,
it's
already
rented
because
they're
because
they're
black
and
it's
not
rented
and
we
need
to
to
fight
discrimination
on
income
in
the
same
way
that
discrimination
in
race
has
been
has
been
fought.
We
need
to
change
attitudes
that
you
can't
just
say:
no,
I
don't
want
a
section
8
person
living
here.
You
have
to
say
no,
I
don't
want
this
person
because
I
checked
out
their
references
and
they're
a
lousy
tenant
or
no.
S
I
don't
want
them
because
they
have
a
record
of
drug
use,
but
not
no,
because
they
have
a
a
housing,
voucher
and.
E
S
Think
the
question:
isn't
this
has
huge
implications.
If
that
happens
it
yes,
they
may
be
able
to
find
an
apartment
in
a
different
part
of
the
city.
That
means
the
kids
got
to
change
schools
and,
as
we
heard
testimony
in
committee
from
a
state
room
state
representative
elect
that
had
happened
to
his
family.
When
he
was
a
kid,
we
don't
want
people
to
change
schools.
S
We
want
kids
to
stay
in
the
same
school,
so
they
get
the
best
education,
they
can
a
stable
education
and
we
want
increasingly
housing
is
looked
at
as
a
public
health
issue,
because
if
you
don't
have
stable
housing,
your
life
is
a
mess
and
people
are
not.
We
will
give
people
as
many
options
as
possible
for
public
housing
publicly
subsidized
housing.
S
So
I
think
it's
a
good
proposal.
I
think
it
it's
it's
going
to
help
change
attitudes
towards
a
important
discrimination
that
needs
to
be
wiped
out.
We
can't
say
that
we
want
to
help
everybody
and
and
and
make
things
right
if
we're
allowing
people
where
the
government
is
giving
the
government
us
is
giving
money
for
people
to
get
good
housing
and
a
landlord
should
not
be
able
to
deny
that
based
on
where
the
money
is
coming
from.
It's
just
not
right
and
it
disrupts
their
lives.
So
I
hope
people
will
vote
for
this.
K
K
We
need
to
change
our
own
administration
to
reflect
the
city,
and
hopefully,
you'll
see
that
when
I
present
my
people
to
the
council
you'll
see
a
direct
correlation
between
diversity
in
the
new
direction
that
the
city
is
going
in
and
hopefully
that
will
be
the
first
step
towards
getting
this
done.
D
Council
or
donegan
you
want
to
reply
yeah,
I
just
I
don't.
I'm
gonna
try
not
to
get
into
a
back
and
forth.
O
No,
no!
No!
I
just
because
I
know
that
there's
been
it's
been
stated
a
couple
times
in
committee
and
now
tonight
it
and
it
just
needs
to
be
abundantly
clear-
that
source
of
income,
lawful
source
of
income
discrimination
is
not
protected
under
state
law.
I
just
want
want
that
to
be
abundantly
clear,
I'm
not
going
to
comment
on
anything
else,
I'll
leave
it
just
to
that
that
way.
Everyone
listening
tonight
is
abundantly
clear
on
that.
O
F
Yeah,
the
the
fact
that
that
it
doesn't
exist
anywhere
means
that
the
state
doesn't
support
it,
and
I
don't
think
that
we
can
control
what
goes
on
in
the
entire
state
or
even
in
our
city.
I
think
we're
going
to
run
afoul
of
first
amendment
rights
of
the
landowners.
F
W
Yes,
mr
president,
I
just
wanted
to
just
chime
in
with
the
enforcement
part
of
the
ordinance
like
councilman
paviccio
said,
I
think
that's
going
to
be
an
issue
for
the
city
who
those
duties
would
fall
upon.
As
you
know,
we've
had
numerous
complaints
about
the
slowness
of
our
minimum
housing
code
enforcement
and
our
inspections
and
so
forth,
and
I
think
if
we
put
an
additional
burden
on
that
department,
I
think
it's
gonna
really
slow
to
a
serious
role.
That's
gonna
affect
other
aspects
of
their
job.
So
again,
I'm
not
against
the
ordinance.
W
D
M
I
appreciate
it,
you
know,
as
far
as
the
state
side
goes,
the
source
of
income
house
and
senate
was
obviously
introduced.
It
passed
the
senate,
it
died
in
in
the
house,
so
kind
of
echoing
what
council
member
donegan
has
mentioned.
You
know
it's.
The
source
of
income
discrimination
is
not
covered
right
now.
M
Landlords
can
deny
housing
applications
simply
because
the
applicant
uses
income
originated
from
areas,
whether
it's
social
security
or
section
8
vouchers,
child
support
payments,
even
veteran
monthly
benefits,
and
so
that
legislation
that
didn't
pass
would
have
been
prohibited
that
practice
and
ensure
that
there
was
absolutely
no
tenants
that
no
tenants
were
denied
housing
because
of
their
source
of
income,
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
in
the
city
of
cranston
and
correct
me
by
councilman
don
again
on
that,
and
so
because
that
didn't
pass
and
there's
no
really
protection
on
that
and
under
source
of
income.
M
That's
the
reason
why
this
is
being
introduced
on
the
city
side
with
I
understand,
there's
going
to
be
a
new
mayoral
administration,
and
if
this
doesn't
pass
this
evening,
I
would
assume
that
this
would
probably
be
reintroduced
again
within
the
next
administration.
Is
my
my
thought
on
this
because
rhode
island
has
one
of
the
highest,
if
not
the
highest
poverty
rate
in
new
england,
our
minimum
wage
is
11.50.
M
You
know,
with
with
a
minimum
wage
event
like
that,
it's
very
hard
to
get
through
in
life
with
you
know
whether
you're
an
individual
or
even
with
with
a
family
and
single
parents.
You
know
with
this
situation
that
we've
been
hit
with
unexpectedly
this
year,
otherwise
known
as
kobe
19.
It's
making
rhode
islanders
in
this
case,
even
particularly
we're
talking
about
cranston
crystonians
as
a
city
that
is
not
affordable
to
many
to
make
this.
This
ordinance
pass-
and
you
know
when
this
happens.
M
It
just
plays
a
ripple
effect
on
the
nutrition
and
health
well-being
of
an
individual
and
families,
and
during
these
health
and
economic
crisis,
there
are
many
people
who
are
either
behind
rent
or
at
times
right
now,
making
the
hard
decision
of
either
placing
food
on
the
table
or
paying
their
utilities
and
and
and
on
this
very
same
note,
there's.
M
If
there
is
friend
and
mortgage
moratarium,
but
this
ordinance
will
help
families
here
in
cranston,
whether
it
be
families
who
can't
afford
it
can't
afford
it
right
now
and
and
but
it
may,
people
may
be
still
facing
discrimination
from
landlords,
and
so
I
think
it
was
called
mcdonald's
who
just
said
that
it's
even
veterans
right
who
have
received
a
say,
multi-disability,
income
or
or
someone
who's
getting
ssi
or
a
housing
voucher.
M
Just
think
of
the
day
you
know
during
this
holiday,
just
just
think
of
when
you
have
a
warm
home
this
this
this
christmas
and
new
year's
eve
and
think
about
so
many
other
families
that
are
trying
to
be
in
the
same
situation
that
we
are
in
we're
blessed.
M
They
have
themselves
to
be
living
in
the
city
of
cranston,
a
city
that
they
want
to
come
in
and
live
here,
and
so
we're
actually
turning
people
away.
So
I
whether
this
passes
or
not,
I
would
still
encourage
councilman,
donegan
and
councilwoman
jermaine
and
any
other
elected
official
that
comes
in
to
take
a
look
at
this
ordinance
and
rein,
introduce
it
and
have
their
support
and
look
up
the
data
that
we
have
here
in
rhode,
island
at
the
numbers.
M
M
It
is
a
huge,
huge
problem
in
our
country
in
our
state
in
our
city
and
to
me
honestly.
Yes,
there
there
could
be
a
you
know,
a
discrimination
in
even
by
you
know
whether
you're
a
black
or
brown.
But
for
me,
that's
not
my
point
right
now.
My
point
is
just
anyone
right
now
with
their
source
of
income
right,
and
so
I
I
would
hate
to
not
have
families
or
anyone
come
into
cranston
because
they
may
not
be
able
to
find
a
home
due
to
being
discriminating
on
their
social
income.
M
The
point
here
is
their
income.
They
may
have
the
funds
they
just
don't
have
an
apartment
or
somewhere
to
put
their
heads
on
top
of
their
pillow
and
sleep
at
night
because
they
may
be
discriminated
on
it.
So
just
think
about
that.
I
don't
want
to
keep
going,
but
I
do
want
to
end
one
last
note-
and
I
mentioned
it
in
october,
when
I
owned
my
family
in
two
family
home
in
pawtucket.
M
M
I
know
some
folks
may
not
may
think
otherwise
or
not,
and
like
councilman
or
mayor
elect
copkins
said
we
may
not
be
able
to
change
people's
thinking
right,
but
as
a
council
we
can
start
somewhere
and
so
it
may,
it
may
be
now
or
today
I
say
or
or
be
within
the
next
months
upcoming
months,
but
either
way.
This
issue
is
not
going
to
sleep.
M
S
D
Okay
yep,
it
sounds
like
he's
gonna
defer
to
you,
council
vice
president,
so
feel
free
to.
D
Hang
on
at
least
well,
let
vicki
oh
brady
than
you.
That's.
D
No,
it's
okay!
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
the
next
council
person
didn't
feel
bulldozed
by
you
so
yeah.
I.
F
Know
that
how
about
it?
I'm
just
just
two
quick
things:
the
if
almost
all
of
our
vouchers
have
been
used,
as
mr
coop
indicated,
then
we're
not
we're
not
discriminated,
certainly
and
he's
found
a
way
to
get
around
this
issue
without
having
to
change
any
laws
and
to
go,
quite
frankly,
not
to
even
worry
about
the
the
state
law.
The
there
was
a.
There
was
another
thing
I
wanted
to
mention.
F
On
the
oh
yeah
I
mentioned,
I
had
asked
the
administration
to
explore
one
type
of
affordable
housing
and
I'm
interested
in
in
assisting
in
that
I
I'm
not
against
it.
I
just
think
that
there
are
different
ways
to
get
there,
but
I
mentioned
researching
in
infill
zoning
a
certain
type
of
zoning
to
create
some.
F
You
know
starter
home
type,
construction
and
councilman
donegan
voted
against
it
saying
he
wasn't
sure
if
I
would
adversely
affect
ward
three,
but
my
only
you
know
we
need
to
so
we
couldn't
investigate
that,
but
we
have
to
enact
a
law
that
basically,
is
all-inclusive,
duplicates
everything
in
the
state
law
and
I'm
not
so
sure
if
it's
going
to
solve
the
problem
at
all,
but
I
but
I
think
that
more
research
would
have
to
be
done.
F
But
I
I
still
think
that
it's
a
it's
going
to
get
a
suit,
we're
going
to
get
we're
going
to
get
in
trouble
because
we
didn't
police
our
landowners
enough,
for
we
missed
some
discrimination
that
might
have
happened
and
then
we
get
involved
in
litigation,
whereas
the
the
landowner
would
be
in
jeopardy
with
the
state
human
rights
commission,
the
superior
court
in
the
federal
courts.
O
I
I
yeah
I
mean
I
voted
against
the
resolution
asking
the
planning
department
to
look
into
infill
zoning,
because
I
felt
that
it
could
potentially
lead
to
a
higher
density
of
poverty
in
certain
parts
of
the
city.
And
you
know
if
the
planning
department
next
term
comes
with
a
actual
fleshed
out
proposal.
I
will
review
it
as
appropriate,
but
to
the
point
that
look
hypothetically,
let's
say
every
voucher
that
is
administered
under
the
cranston
housing
authority
is
utilized.
O
That's
fantastic
and
it
sounds
like
director.
Coop
is
doing
a
great
job,
no
issue,
but
you
could.
You
could
still
have
full
utilization,
but
what
you
could
still
see
is
concentrations
of
poverty.
So
if
you,
if
you
have
100
of
the
the
vouchers
being
used
but
maybe
they're
all
being
utilized
in
ward,
3
or
ward
2
or
ward
1,
or
where
or
ward
4
or
word
6
or
ward
5,
it
doesn't
matter
the
the
point.
O
One
added
benefit
of
protecting
against
source
of
income
discrimination
is
that
it
it
increases
the
options
and
it
it
helps
disperse
lower
income
people
that
way
we
don't
have
concentrations
of
poverty
like
we
kind
of
do
right
now
in
cranston,
in
particularly
ward
three
and
parts
of
benchwood
and
parts
of
two.
So
even
if
all
the
vouchers
are
being
used,
it's
also
really
important
to
kind
of
figure
out
where
they're
being
used,
because
we
don't
want
to
see
those
concentrations
and
pockets
of
poverty
occur.
D
J
You
know
I
I
just
I
want
to
first
start
off
by
saying
councilman
donegan
when
you
first
presented
this
at
the
beginning.
I
truly
heard
you
and
I
think
it's
just
a
testament
to
who
you've
evolved
to
as
a
councilman,
because
I
think
you're
passionate
the
way,
you're
passionate
way
of
speaking
on
your
beliefs
of
this
issue
and
these
issues
that
are
real
issues
as
a
small
business
owner
who's
struggling
every
day,
and
I
truly
understand.
E
J
As
someone
who's
worked
with
the
homeless
community
for
the
last
15
years,
and
it's
very
close
and
dear
here
dear
to
my
part,
I
hear
you,
I
understand
you
the
the
challenge,
I'm
having
as
we
end
our
year
with
some,
you
know,
people
leaving
and
people
coming
in
is.
J
This
is
an
incredibly
important
issue
and
for
me
it's
not
something
I
can
say
yes
to,
and
it's
not
something
I
can
say
no
to,
because
I
need
to
really
truly
understand
the
realities
behind
what
you're
saying
and
I
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
do
so
in
reading
in
an
ordinance.
Once
I
mean
this
is
something
I
would
love
to
sit
with
you
for
hours
and
hours
on
with
our
new
council
members
and
discuss
a
clear
path
moving
forward,
and
I
passionately
stand
behind
that
saying
that
we
all
need
to.
E
N
He
pointed
out
of
resources
like
we
don't
have
resources
to
like
mitigate
in
case
of
a
case
so
let's
undergoing,
and
I
think
deuter
parallel
also
talked
about
having
a
burden
on
the
staff.
N
So
that's,
I
don't
think
if
we
base
on
that,
that's
an
excuse
to
not
address
the
iniquities
and
this
in
discrimination
that
income
discrimination
consequences
of
that.
So
I
think
it's
an
excuse
to
think
about.
We
have
we
don't
have
enough
staff,
we
don't
have
enough
resources
to
in
case
there
isn't
any
litigation.
N
So
I
I
do
not
want
to
repeat
all
those
passionate
statements
about
income
discrimination,
suicide,
income
discrimination,
but
we
know
it's
important
to
take
the
right
step
to
ensure
each
and
every
reason
I
serve
everyone
in
the
city,
not
one
category,
but
everyone.
O
O
The
gentleman
I
think
I
think
it
was
patrick
smock
from
the
aclu.
I
had
accidentally
omitted
military
protections
that
are
currently
under
state
law,
and
he
suggested
just
to
parallel
that
and
add
that
in
so
there's
two
of
that
two
amendments
there
one
is:
removing
us,
there's
another
amendment
to
remove
a
sentence:
another
amendment
to
change
a
b
to
an
a
and
another
one
to
add
just
some
language,
one
sentence
about
municipal
court
to
mirror
what
was
passed
in
barrington.
D
So
before
we
get
to
those,
I'm
actually
going
to
ask
you
to
do
just
one
amendment.
One
motion
to
amend
it
with
all
your
amendments,
but
I
see
judge
smith
is
here
and
he
has
his
hand
up.
So
I'd
like
to
recognize
him.
Apparently
he
was
he
texted
me.
He
has
some
comments
on
municipal
court
that
was
brought
up
that
he
wants
to
just
add
so,
chief
judge
smith,
good
evening.
Welcome
to
the
council.
I
know
you
have
some
comments.
You'd
like
to
make.
U
How's
that
a
little
better,
a
little
better
judge-
okay,
just
briefly,
I
just
wanted
to
address
it,
and
this
is
my
briefly
my
official
capacity,
one
of
the
things
that
vice
president
for
vecchio
said
about
municipal
court
enforcement
and
the
possibility
of
appeals,
and
I
just
wanted
to
add-
and
let
the
council
members
know
that
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done
in
recent
years
anyway
is
we
have
driven
esp
strives,
especially
in
housing.
U
Matters,
enter
into
consent,
decrees
with
landlords
and
tenants,
and
you
know,
on
various
different
issues
and
those
consent.
Decrees
are
very
effective
because
they
both
waive
their
rights
to
appeal,
and
it
really
pushes
both
sides
to
come
to
an
agreement
at
the
lowest
level
and,
more
importantly,
at
the
lowest
court
course
level
for
everybody,
because
everybody
realizes
whether
you're
the
tenant,
the
landlord
or
somebody
in
between
appealing
up
to
the
district
court
or
the
superior
court
gets
expensive.
U
So
the
consent
decree
has
worked
very
very
well.
We
use
them
quite
often
we
just
though
it's
a
little
off
topic.
We
just
settled
one
for
twenty
two
thousand
dollars
on
an
out
of
state
bank
that
owned
the
property
on
the
on
the
edge
of
ward,
1
and
ward
2.,
so
they
can
be
used
effectively.
U
We
have
used
them
effectively
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
point
so
that
we
can
eliminate
not
all
the
appeals,
but
certainly
we
have
been
able
to
eliminate
many
of
the
appeals
in
that
area
and
speaking
as
just
as
a
citizen,
I'm
old
enough,
I'm
at
56,
I'm
old
enough
to
remember
the
phrase
no
irish
need
apply,
and
I've
learned
that
from
my
grandfather,
the
fact
my
name
is
really
not
smith,
it's
mcgowan,
but
he
had
to
change
it
two
or
three
times
and
finally
anger
size
that
his
name
to
smith.
U
So
those
areas
and
those
issues
of
discrimination
resonate
with
me.
Personally,
I
take
no
side
in
the
debate.
It's
not
my
my
purpose,
but
I
did
want
the
council
to
be
aware
that
we
have
a
reasonable
measure
in
the
consent,
decree
and
consent
order
that
often
resolves
or
revolves
and
emanates
from
the
consent
agreements
so
that
we
can
address
and
have
addressed
effectively.
U
Many
more
of
the
housing
issues
that
have
come
before
us
than
we
have
in
the
past,
and
I
just
wanted
to
a
personal
note-
wish
everybody
both
the
incoming
and
remaining
members
and
the
outgoing
members
godspeed
in
your
in
in
all
your
ventures,
and
especially
the
burden
of
leadership,
falls
upon
mayor
elect
hopkins,
and
I
wish
him
godspeed
and
his
administration
godspeed
and
and
all
of
you
a
very
happy
holiday
season
and
a
very
safe
holiday
season.
U
F
I
have
thank
you
concept.
You
had
a
question
for
the
judge,
but
judge
you're
not
handling
housing
discrimination
matters.
F
You
may
have
consent
decrees,
but
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
anything
except
under
this
proposed
ordinance
issue
of
fine
you're
not
going
to
resolve
housing
discrimination
suits
you
don't
have
any
equity
jurisdiction,
you
don't
have
any.
You
really
can't
apply
federal
law.
So
how
you
know
what
what
are
you
gonna?
What
are
you
gonna?
Do.
U
Well
often,
oftentimes
and
those
are
points
that
are
well
taken
but
oftentimes
when
we
bring
the
both
both
parties
in
for
a
chambers
conference.
What
happens
which
happens
most
of
the
time
and
not
just
with
myself,
with
the
other
judges
of
the
court.
I'd
say
we
bet
better
than
50
50
and
resolving
it.
You
know
oftentimes
without
any
formal
court
action
or
without
the
consent
order,
but
I
I
agree,
we
don't
have
any
equitable
power
there.
U
I
just
I
wanted
to
mention
that
you
know
we
have
been
able
to
address
many
many
issues
in
that
I
mean
in
that
form
and
in
that
manner
that's
all.
D
Alex
over
donegan
before
you
make
your
amendments,
I
I
haven't
spoken
yet
on
this
I'd
like
to
make
my
opinion
felt,
and
you
know
as
much
as
I
love
to
surprise
you
tonight.
I
think
I
will
so
most
of
you
know
me
as
mike
the
guy
council
president
good
job
pays
his
bills
lives
in
a
nice
house,
has
a
great
family.
A
lot
of
you
don't
know
my
upbringing.
D
How
I
lived,
how
I
grew
up,
and
it
would
surprise
you
to
know
that
I
fought
homelessness
at
one
point
in
my
life
and
the
reason
I
thought
homelessness
is
because
my
father
and
I
she
had
a
one
bedroom
apartment
that
you
know
he
was
on
at
the
time
assistance
because
he
had
retired.
My
dad
is,
you
know,
87
years
old,
he's
much
older
than
I
am.
He
had
me
later
in
life.
D
D
It
was
a
good
first
few
years
of
my
college
career,
unfortunately,
that
new
owner
of
the
building
we
lived
in
didn't
want
to
hear
the
fact
that
we
were
on
assistance
and
he
threw
us
out
and
what
I
had
to
do
was
I
had
to
leave
the
college.
I
was
in
and
take
a
semester
off,
because
I
had
to
use
the
funds
we
had
saved
to
pay
for
my
college
to
put
a
down
payment
on
a
home.
D
I
will
be
supporting
all
your
amendments,
councilman
donegan.
I
will
be
supporting
this
legislation.
100
percent
no
landlord-
and
I
am
a
landlord-
should
ever
discriminate
on
source
of
income.
I've
rent
I've
rented
to
single
mothers,
I've
rented
the
people
on
ssi,
I've
rented
to
section
8..
I
don't
care
where
the
money
comes
from
as
a
landlord.
I
just
want
to
know
I'm
getting
paid.
D
I
think
this
is
a
great
piece
of
legislation
and
I'm
proud
of
you
for
putting
this
together
and
putting
this
forward,
and
we
should
all
get
behind
it
and
support
it,
because
no
one
should
be
discriminated
on
how
to
live
just
because
their
money
happens
to
come
from
a
source.
That
is
not
a
job.
People
need
support.
We
need
to
support
them
great
work,
counselor,
donegan,.
O
Sorry,
okay
line
31
after
the
word
income
and
also
on
line
42.
That
way,
I
don't
repeat
it
after
the
word
income,
add
quote
military
status
as
a
veteran
with
an
honorable
discharge
or
an
honorable
or
general
administrative
discharge
service
member
in
the
armed
forces
period.
End
quote
that's
so
that
would
be
added
after
the
word
income
on
line
31
and
42.
O
O
We
wouldn't
have
jurisdiction,
so
line
271
would
remove
that
sentence,
starting
with
any
and
ending
with
rights.
O
The
sec.
The
next
amendment
would
be
under
subsection.
852070
letter
b
would
be
changed
to
a
because
there's
no
longer
any
a
and
then
on
line
291,
add
subsection
b
and
the
language
quote.
The
cranston
municipal
court
owes
a
fine
not
exceeding
500,
for
violations
of
this
chapter
with
each
day
that
a
violation
is
maintained
or
continued
being
a
separate
offense
end
quote
and
that
language
right
there
is
based
on
what
was
passed
in
barrington
in
september
or
october.
D
S
All
right,
second,
I
also
I'm
john.
I
I
don't
see
the
word
income
on
line
31..
I
think
you
might
mean
line.
O
D
That's
the
scrivener's
arrow.
Thank
you,
councilman
cycles
for
pointing
that
out
so
to
everyone.
He
met
a
separate
the
motion
of
second
on
the
floor.
To
make
those
amendments,
madam
mountain
clerk,
zarelli,
you
have
them
all.
D
E
J
F
D
Yes,
members
pass
now
on
the
motion
as
amended.
F
D
D
D
S
Q
J
I
F
D
Yes,
motion
passes.
N
D
And
motion
approved
have
a
second
second
councilman
vargas,
councillor
donegan,
you
you
get
to
go
first.
This
is
your
law.
Unless
you
want
to
defer
one
of
the
accounts,
people.
O
No,
I
thank
you
again.
You
know
this
is,
I
think
it's
a
fairly
straightforward
proposal.
I
think
rather
un
controversial,
you
know
we
had
discussed
it
discussed
with.
I
exchanged
some
emails
with
director
perello
some
emails
with
director
coop
about
some
of
the
changes
they
wanted
and
there
are
again
several
short
amendments
to
just
add
some
of
the
changes
they
wanted.
O
It
was
asked
that
a
representative
from
ccap
beyond
their
director
mcgonagall
was
was
kind
of
the
person
discussed,
but
so
I'm
gonna
offer
that
there
be
a
representative
from
ccap
on
the
housing
commission.
That
would
then
add
a
new
member,
so
we
would
just
need
to
change.
O
D
Councilman
again,
why
don't
we
make
your
amendments
first,
yes,
to
keep
it
to
keep
it
clear
and
because
there's
more
they're,
more
organizational
in
structure
and
then
we'll
debate,
the
the
law.
O
O
Line
58
amend
cranston
housing
authority
to
community
development
department,
and
that's
just
a
that
was
a
scrivener's
error.
On
my
end,
on
the
first
part,
that's
there's
supposed
to
be
someone
there
from
community
development
to
compensate
for
the
the
wish
of
the
administration
to
have
someone
from
ccap.
O
After
line
62,
I'd
like
to
add
a
new
line
that
states
a
representative
from
comprehensive
community
action
program
on
line
63
amend
to
five
members
of
the
public
and
then
on
line
68
amend
to
one
member
of
the
public
shall
be
appoint.
I'm
sorry
ad
one
member
of
the
public
shall
be
appointed
by
a
majority
of
the
city
council.
O
O
That
the
it
would.
O
Made
up
of
you
know,
people
from
community
development
from
ccap
someone
from
the
hopefully
the
director
of
the
cranston
health
equity
zone.
That's
going
to
bring
you
know
an
equity
and
public
health
aspect,
something
from
the
planning
department,
members
of
the
public
that
have
an
exhibited
kind
of
expertise,
or
you
know
interest
demonstrated
interest
in
this
in
this
area.
O
You
know,
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
spoke
tonight
and
fortunately,
a
lot
of
them
received
a
lot
of
testimony
about
this
and
the
other
proposal
from
cranston
residents.
O
There's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
passionate
and
really
deeply
involved
in
this
work
that
I
think
we
could
you
know
it's
we're,
not
gonna
look
have
to
look
too
far
to
find
five
really
qualified
members
of
the
public
and-
and
I
think
you
know
again-
this
is
just
something
that
we
can
do
to
bring
experts
to
the
table,
to
try
and
solve
some
housing
issues
and
get
answers
to
questions
here
in
the
city.
D
Second,
second,
I
have
a
second.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
on
the
amendments
to
councilmember
donegan,
council
city
clerk?
Do
you
have
all
the
amendments?
I
do
any
clarity.
Okay,
then,
since
there's
no
comments
on
the
evidence,
I'll
attend
a
motion
to
approve
the.
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
to
approve
the
evidence.
Final
clerk,
please
take
the.
B
K
B
E
D
O
The
the
only
briefly
I
I
want
to
recognize
the
netborn
this
this
to
revive
this.
It
started
on
a
day
like
today,
a
cold
december
in
meeting
for
coffee
two
years
ago
and
and
finally
been
able
to
hopefully
get
it
across
the
finish
line
tonight.
So
I
just
want
to
recognize
her
work
on
this
and
she
wrote
a
significant
portion
of
the
rewrite.
So
thank
you
to
annette.
She
deserves
a
lot
of
the
credit.
D
Yeah
I've
got
to
know
that
well
she's,
a
very,
very
big
advocate
for
housing.
So
thank
you
annette
any
questions
on
the
emotion
as
amended.
F
Okay,
thank
you
yeah.
I
just
just
want
to
say
this
is
that
this
is
the
way
you
should
proceed
with
regard
to
any
changes
to
housing
issues.
This
is,
you
know,
I
think
it's
cumbersome,
I'm
not
a
fan
of
adding
bureaucracy,
and
I
know
how
these
kind
of
committees
can
be
very
difficult
to
to
manage,
but
I
always
say
we'll
give
it
a
try.
F
F
So
I
I
I'm
in
favor
of
this.
I
think
it's
it's
a
good
way
to
go.
I
think
you
can.
You
know
investigate
some
of
the
things,
even
what
you
you
didn't
like
that
I
presented
before,
but
I
think
that
it
was
a
mistake
to
do
what
we
which
what
we
did
previously.
M
I
was
just
going
to
say
thank
you.
I
urge
passage
on
on
this.
R
For
the
very
same
reasons
that
we,
I
just
noted
in
my
previous
conversation
on
the
previous
ordinance,
thank
you.
K
J
Q
I
F
F
E
F
Next,
we
have
11-20-0-1
ordinance
and
amendment
of
title
10.322
code
of
the
city
of
cranston,
2005
motor
vehicles
and
traffic,
scorelia
and
fox
ridge,
drive
four-way,
stop
sponsored
by
councilman
brady.
This
didn't
get
hurt
because
of
the
lateness
of
the
hour.
The
other.
O
D
E
D
Then
I
would
actually
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
all
three
as
a
block
just
because
we're
waiting
on
traffic
reports,
I
mean,
I
don't
think
anyone
has
an
issue
with
four-way
stop
signs
of
this,
but
we
can
do
them
all
separately.
Just
because
there's
not
signs
so
councilmember
provides
containment.
Emotional
approve
this
one,
so
I'll
take
a
second
second.
D
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
to
approve
the
stop
sign
at
1120-01.
Any
discussion,
councilor
hawkins.
K
Thank
you,
president
yeah,
on
the
first
one
1120-01
has
anyone
investigated
a
three-way?
Stop
with
the
the
problem
we
seem
to
have
there
is
is
coming
up
the
hill
when
it
gets
icy.
We've
had
cars
that
have
slid
backwards
when
they
come
up
the
hill
to
stop.
D
To
anyone?
Yes,
yes,.
B
I
had
spoken
to
director
mason
about
that
question
and
I
don't
have
the
his
exact
verbiage,
but
I
don't
think
they
recommend
that.
So
I
had
inquired
about
a
three-way
as
opposed
to
the
four-way
and
they're,
not
in
favor
of
that.
W
Yeah,
mr
president,
we
can
have
mr
mulcahy
document
that
fully
we
can
look
into
that
and
have
mr
mulcahy
make
that
part
of
his
report.
D
J
You,
sir,
you
know
I
will
say
this
was
a
rather
enlightening
stop
sign
situation
for
me,
as
as
we
have
some
people
on
the
call
here
to
some
new
council
elect
something
that
I
I
and
obviously
the
council
that
will
be
returning
with
me
something
I
certainly
want
to
talk
about
about
doing
a
better
job
of
notifying
residents.
J
If
I
could
look
at
myself
objectively
through
this
situation,
I
didn't
you
know,
do
my
own
due
diligence
I
took
you
know
the
word
of
a
few
of
the
word
of
a
many,
and
I
think
it's.
We
all
have
the
responsibility
as
council
people
to
continue
to
objectively
look
at
ourselves
and
I'm
doing
it
here
and
I
still
definitively
don't
know
what
the
best
answer
is.
J
You
know
we
asked
about
a
a
three-way:
stop
sign
going
up
the
hill,
because
cars
were
going
down
and
you
know
it
they're
not
really
consistent
with
the
rest
of
of
the
city
from
what
I'm
told
could
it
still
work?
I
think
an
additional
traffic
study
could
be
done,
but
that
being
said,
I
also
heard
from
many
residents
of
that
street
that
you
know
these.
Stop
signs
were
needed,
these
stop
signs
are
warranted
and
some
passion
and
emails
and
passionate
phone
calls.
D
D
If
there's
that
much
concern
about
it
from
both
sides,
I
think
this
matter
should
probably
continue
to
the
next
ordinance
committee
meeting
under
the
new
council
for
a
hearing,
because
it
sounds,
I
have
received
the
same
emails
as
you
and
it
sounds
like
there
are
good
comments
on
both
sides,
so
I
would
recommend
continuing
this
until
the
next
ordinance
committee
for
the
new
council
to
to
hear
and
debates,
because
this
is
one
of
those
things.
As
you
said,
you
put
it
through.
J
I
appreciate
the
recommendation
constant
president
and
seeing
that
it's
already
four
stop
signs
as
it
speaks
and
there's
no
risks
to
the
neighborhood
based
on
their
concerns.
I
certainly
think
it
could
be
continued
seeing
this
over
before
there
now
and
we
would
only
be
reducing
one
at
that
time
now.
That
being
said,
the
concern
is
in
a
time
of
snow
and
we're
in
snow.
So
it's
certainly
something
we
need
to
continue
to
monitor
and
make
sure
that
we're
looking
at
cars
aren't
moving
down
that
hill.
D
D
K
J
J
F
D
F
Next,
we
had
11-20-0-4
ordinance
amendment
title
10.32,
go
to
the
city
of
france
at
motor
vehicles
and
traffic
park
avenue
in
gray
street.
N
F
E
D
N
This
one
is,
I
I
have
a
lot
of
complaint
about
this,
a
lot
of
drivers.
N
They
don't
want
to
stop
at
mappleton
suite
they
run
into
bedford,
and
you
know
children
is
are
playing
there
and
residents
are
really
complaining
saying
we
need
a
stop
sign
right
there.
We
need
it
because
you
don't
want
to
stab
you
know
without
at
all.
So
that's
why
we
need
it
and
thank
you
for
approving
this
tonight.
I
D
K
O
J
I
F
E
D
All
right,
you
can
see
the
claims
that
were
settled.
Thank
you,
councilmember
donegan,
for
chairing
the
claims
committee.
We
are
now
up
to
public
hearings
on
anything,
so
if
any
member
of
the
public
would
like
to
make
any
any
statements
on
any
matters
before
the
council,
now
would
be
the.
D
Time-
okay,
I'm
not
seeing
any
I'm
gonna,
give
it
one
more
second,
and
at
this
point,
public
hearings
are
closed.
Election
of
city
officials,
the
probate
judge
advisory
committee
on
this,
madam
clerk,
do
we
need
a
vote
on
this,
or
these
are
these
just
straight
appointments.
D
Yeah,
so
that's
straight
appointments.
These
are
for
read
out
to
the
council
appointment
with
joe
agresti
appointment
of
henry
palazzo
and
marie
macaron
eric
alaros
and
john
grasso
will
all
serve
as
the
probate
judge
advisory
committee,
as
the
probate
judge
transitions
this
year.
D
D
K
E
J
I
I
D
Yes,
under
library
board
of
trustees,
we
have
been
requested
to
appoint
larry
orlando
warner
to
fill
the
unexpired
term
of
roberto
costa
for
term
ending
july
29th
2021.
I
believe
everyone
received
mr
warner's
resume.
He
comes
highly
regarded
from
ed,
garcia
and
the
library
board
of
trustees
has
an
appointment
for
this
position.
I'll
stand
in
motion
to.
M
K
J
J
F
D
Yes,
congratulations,
mr
warner
report
of
city
officials.
I
don't
see
any
on
the
docket
executive
communications.
You
have
the
report
on
hiring
special
accountants
and
consultants.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
on
that
report
at
this
time.
D
I
I
might
be
able
to
answer
that
account
council
member
psychos.
He
comes
recommended
from
the
chair
of
the
conservation
commission
and
then
I
leave
it's
a
mayoral
appointment,
so
the
mayor's
office
fed
in
emin
saw
his
resume.
I
don't
know
if
we
have
it
tonight,
oh,
but
it's
a
recommendation
from
the
chair
of
the
commission
to
fill
a
vacancy
because
they
have
issues
making
forms.
D
We
probably
should
have
a
resume
from
him
from
the
administration
because
of
his
advice
and
consent.
D
B
We,
probably
I
probably
have
one
I
just
I'm
not
sure
I
can
email
it
to
you.
I'll
have
to
look
through
the
file.
Can.
D
I
would
ask,
I
would
ask
this
go
on
the
january
bulldog
as
an
appointment,
just
because
without
the
resume
I
know
this
has
come
back
in
the
past,
where
we've
had
appointments
or
advice
to
consent
and
the
resume
was
not
in
full
form.
I
know
there's
a
code
in
the
charter
that
says
we
have
to
have
the
resume
prior
to
voting
on
the
advice
and
consent,
even
if
it
is
a
recommendation
from
the
chair
and
the
mayor's
office.
So
I
would
recommend
this
get
continued
to
the
january
meeting.
D
D
Thank
you,
director,
pillow,
it's
just
resumes
get
a
little
touchy.
I
know
we
didn't.
We
haven't
had
one
in
the
past
a
few
times
and
it's
it's
caused
us
to
delay
votes
so
one
more
month
apologize
to
the
director
of
the
conservation
commission.
Call
me,
council,
member
pepalowskis
that
you
know
to
make
sure
we
do
everything
right.
D
Moving
out
to
council
president
communications,
you
know
in
the
four
years
I've
been
the
council
president.
I
have
not
pontificated
much.
I've
usually
used
these
sessions
to
just
thank
everybody
for
their
time
and
wish
everybody
well.
But
tonight,
since
it's
my
last
one,
I
may
pontificate
for
a
few
more
minutes
than
I
usually
do.
D
You
know
during
my
comments
earlier
tonight
I
had
more
to
say,
but
I
was
getting
a
little
choked
up
because
you
know
when
you
hear
everyone
talk
about
you.
I've
always
been
a
man
of
the
people
and
a
man
who
believes
in
cranston.
So
when
you
hear
people
talk
about
you,
I
tend
to
get
a
little
choked
up.
I
am
a
crier
in
convention.
If
no
one
knew
that
about
me,
I
do
tend
to
get
emotional
easily.
You
see
a
big
dude,
you
say:
oh
he's,
not
emotional.
D
No,
I
do
get
emotional,
so
I
just
want
to
expound
on
a
lot
of
things
I
said
earlier.
You
know,
I
firmly
believe
in
people
before
politics
and
council
member
brady
really
drove
this
home
for
me
when
he
became
a
member
of
this
council.
The
appointments
that
I've
made
as
the
council
president
that
this
council
has
supported,
whether
it
be
the
auditor,
the
chief
judge,
other
judges.
Some
were
democrats,
some
are
republicans,
we
don't.
We
never
appointed
people
who
couldn't
do
the
job.
D
Otherwise
we
put
people
in
the
positions
that
were
effective,
efficient,
understood
what
they
needed
to
do
that
were
overqualified
for
the
jobs
we
gave
them
and
it
showed
in
the
results
that
we
had
as
a
city,
we
had
a
chief
judge
that
came
in
and
revolutionized
the
courts
and
drove
it
from
making
200
000
a
year
to
coming
in.
At
650.,
we
had
a
grant
writer
that
drove
millions
of
dollars
in
grants
and
300
000
in
the
last
quarter,
and
we
had
a
city
auditor
who
actually
asked
questions
supported.
D
The
finance
chair
supported
me
as
the
council
president
and
provided
good
insights.
We
had
judges
that
that
worked
on
friday
night,
something
that
had
never
been
done
before
in
the
cranston
city
council
and
the
judge's
corps.
We
had
judges
work
evenings
to
put
to
give
our
residents
the
ability
to
actually
go
to
court
at
a
time
where
they
didn't
have
to
miss
work.
D
As
I
mentioned
before,
we
passed
veterans
exemptions,
council.
Vice
president
favecchio
proposed
a
exemption
on
business
intangible
expenses
to
help
small
businesses.
We
constantly
work
to
get
grants
to
support
people.
We
we
cut
red
tape
in
the
last
four
years.
We
did
a
lot
of
good
work
together,
we
improved
libraries,
we
improved
schools.
D
We
did
a
lot
of
great
things
and
I
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
I'm
very
proud
of
the
work.
I
did,
as
your
council
president
very
proud
of
the
work
we
all
did
together
as
a
council
and
I'm
hopeful
that
that
work
will
continue.
I
did
mention
earlier
that
you
know
there
is
a
potential
for
a
double-dip
recession
coming.
I
do
want
to
thank
the
general
assembly
for
funding
our
budget
at
100.
D
They
used
one-time
funding
to
fill
a
budget
hole.
What
that
means
is
next
year
that
budget
hole
exists
because
that
money's
not
coming
from
the
federal
government
again.
So
we
have
some
significant
challenges
coming
and
I
I
got
to
tell
you
looking
at
what's
happening
in
our
small
business
community
brady's
been
great
out
there
fighting
for
it.
I
commend
your
work
ed.
You
know
I've
learned
as
much
from
you
as
you've
learned
from
me.
D
So
thank
you
for
for
really
just
teaching
me
how
to
be
a
better
leader
and
how
to
listen
more
being
out
there
and
listening
and
hearing
what's
happening
in
all
these
small
businesses.
You
can
see
it
on
facebook,
they're
closing
they're,
not
opening
long-standing
businesses
going
out
just
jobs
going
away.
D
D
D
D
I
believe
I
led
this
council
with
firmness,
but
fairness,
and
I
hope
the
next
council
president
can
do
just
that.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
appointments.
I've
made
over
the
last
eight
four
years
and
eight
years
for
doing
an
exemplary
job
to
service
the
city
of
cranston,
and
I
only
hope
your
replacements
can
do
as
well.
D
We
took
corporate
methodologies
and
brought
them
to
city
government,
these
weren't
good
old
boy
jobs,
these
weren't
connected
jobs
hell.
I
did
not
know,
matt
smith,
when
I
made
him
the
chief
judge,
someone
gave
me
his
resume
and
said
we
think
this
guy
would
be
a
great
chief
judge.
I
looked
at
his
resume
and
I
said
I
think
I
think
you're
right.
I
really
didn't
know
dave
demayo
that
well
before
I
made
him
the
auditor
before
you
all
made
him
the
order
and
david
has
done
an
exemplary
job.
As
auditor.
D
D
D
D
I
won't
miss
the
sacrifice
for
my
from
being
at
events,
but
I
will
miss
the
people.
We
helped
that's
the
one
thing
I
could
say,
and
I
know
that
every
other
council
member
who's
leaving
tonight
who's
not
going
to
the
mayor's
office.
Councilman
hopkins
will
say
the
same
thing
that
we
miss.
We
will
miss
those
phone
calls
we
get
when
the
streets
not
paved
or
streets,
not
plowed
or
a
light,
doesn't
work
or
a
pothole
is
not
filled
or
there's
a
problem
with
the
schools.
D
Those
are
the
things
we
as
council
people.
We
run
to
do
those
things
we
run
to
fix
those
problems.
That's
what
I'll
miss
so
to
all
you
new
council
people.
It
may
feel
like
hassle
those
first
few
weeks.
It
may
feel
like
you're
going
crazy,
but
I
gotta
tell
you
after
eight
years,
when
you
realize
it's
over
you're
gonna
miss
it.
D
E
R
J
President,
you
know
this
one's
this.
I
I'm
gonna
be
honestly,
I'm
looking
at
the
agenda
and
this
one's
a
tough
one
for
me
to
to
read
a
friend
of
mine
passed
away
last
week
named
adam
decisio
and
he's
been
a
pillar
to
the
cranston
community,
he's
a
veteran
he's
a
hero.
He
spoke
at
a
commencement
speech
at
salvia,
regina
and
touched
many
lives,
he's
been
working
with
veterans
to
get
them
through
tough
times.
J
For
many,
many
years
with
me
and
and
this
last
thanksgiving,
we
got
turkeys
together
and
passed
them
out
throughout
the
community.
You
know
I
I
continued
to
watch
him
touch,
lives,
touch
friends
and
with
his
passionate
send-off
this
last
week
he
embodies
what
a
cranstonian
is
and
his
memory
and
his
honor
will
continue
on,
and
I
will
continue
to
promise
to
serve
in
his
name
in
his
honor
passionately.
J
Truthfully-
and
I
you
know,
I
send
my
condolences
and
deepest
thoughts
to
his
family,
and
you
know
we
deeds
not
words.
That
was
his.
That
was
his
motto.
I
also
wish
people
you
know
a
merry
christmas
and
and
happy
holidays
and
happy
hanukkah.
It's
a
tough
year.
I
mean
these
are
the
realities
of
our
truths.
J
As
I
watch
my
small
business
revenues
decline,
50
and
and
field
phone
calls
every
day
from
from
people
that
are
that
are
that
are
hurting
that
are
real
that
are
struggling
through
this
battle
of
where
we
are
in
kovid.
You
know
they
just
they
want
to
be
heard.
They
want.
You
know
this.
Is
they
want
to
regain
trust
in
government?
So
you
know
these
things
that
mike
spoke
on
passionately
about
earlier
I
mean
we
have
a
lot
of
it's
it's
time.
I
mean
we
need
to
bring
this
city
back
together.
J
The
state
back
together
this
country
back
together,
and
you
know
the
more
I
learn
about
people
and
and
inspired
like
people
by
like,
like
adam,
you
know
the
harder
it
it
makes
me
feel
those
phone
calls
talk
to
people,
fight
back,
you
know
say:
what's
what's
what's
truth,
and
you
know,
I
think,
our
council
that
we
have
now
and
the
council.
We
have
moving
forward
everything
that
I
learned
everything
that
I'm
inspired
to
be
I'm.
J
D
D
Please
check
out
facebook
they're
trying
to
raise
money
to
make
sure
that
any
expenses
that
that
gunner
needs
going
forward
are
covered.
So
if
you
could
all
check
that
out,
we'd
appreciate
it
rest
in
peace,
adam
ed,
we're
so
sorry
for
your
loss.
We
know
you
were
close.
I
know
nicole,
was
close
with
him
and
several
members
of
the
body
got
to
know
him
over
the
years.
So
thank
you
for,
for
that
kind,
send
off,
like
you
said
at
deeds,
not
words.
O
Thank
you.
It
yeah.
This
is
a
question.
Well,
above
my
pay
grade,
you
know
we
passed
the
emergency
declaration
back
in
april.
I
think
march,
and
the
question
I
have
is
just
what
happens
to
that
within,
as
the
term
expires,
does
do
those
emergency
powers
transfer
without
any
required
vote
from
the
council
to
the
next
mayor?
What
what
happens.
D
I'm
not
an
attorney,
but
my
assumption
would
be
that
those
emergency
powers
are
tied
to
mayor
fung,
because
this
council
voted
on
giving
them
to
mayor
fung.
I
would
assume
the
new
mayor,
councilmember
hopkins,
would
have
to
ask
the
new
council
for
those
same
emergency
powers,
but
again,
I'm
not
a
lawyer.
If
there's
an
attorney
on
who
would
like
to
answer
that.
I'd
I'd,
love
to
hear
it,
because
you
know
my
assumption
would
be
that
because
we
gave
them
to
mayor
fung
and
we
are
a
council
that
is
tied
to
that
term.
D
X
I'm
here
I've
been
here,
so
I
know
that
the
cursion
bomb
had
responded
by
email
to
councilman
donegan.
So
I
don't
know
if
evan's
on
the
call
or
not
I
mean
I
don't
know
who
you
want
to
hear
from
me.
E
X
Just
a
couple
of
things
I
I
point
out
originally
may
have
fung
declared
this
local
disaster
and
that
was
done
under
the
auspices
and
through
the
enabling
legislation
under
title
30
of
state
law.
So
this
wasn't
a
it
wasn't
an
emergency
ordinance.
As
we
know
it
was
done.
X
The
only
limiting
factor
is
that
if,
if
the
mayor
or
the
executive
chief
executive,
whatever
they
may
be,
wants
to
have
the
emergency
declaration
continue
in
excess
of
seven
days,
then
they
need
the
consent
of
the
governing
board.
Again,
I
don't
know
why
they
just
can't
say
you
know
the
city
or
town
council.
They
say
governing
board
of
the
political
subdivision,
which
is
you,
the
the
city
council.
X
X
Ultimately,
what
was
settled
on
was
that
in
reviewing
the
minutes
that
the
council
voted
at
that
time,
I
think
it
was
a
7-2
vote
to
basically
allow
the
mayor's
declaration
to
basically
run
in
lockstep
with
the
governor's
emergency
declaration,
so
that,
as
long
as
there
was
a
state
emergency
declared,
there
would
be
a
local
emergency
as
well.
X
So
I
say
all
of
that,
because
now
we
come
to
this
issue,
you
know
this
isn't.
Quite
this
is
a
little
bit
different
issue
than
we're
used
to
dealing
with,
because
the
authority
isn't
really
coming
from
the
charter
or
under
our
ordinances,
it's
coming
from
state
law,
so
I
think
it
makes
it
puts
this
in
a
little
bit
of
a
different
category.
X
X
Now
I
I
may
be
wrong
on
that.
That's
just
my
opinion,
but
I
I
I
don't
know
that
mayor
elect
hopkins
would
have
to
do,
would
have
to
come
back
to
the
council
and
basically
ask
again
to
extend
this.
I
think
it's
in
his
discretion
to
either
revoke
it,
rescind
it
or
or
just
leave
it
alone.
X
So
I
think
there's
a
I
think.
Evan
feels
differently,
but,
and
obviously
council
president
does,
but
I
I'm
not
sure
I
agree
with
those
positions
I
I
think
it
it
continues
unless
and
until
it's
revoked.
I
I
think
it's
analogous
to
an
executive
order,
even
though
it's
not
emanating
from
from
our
charter.
It
is
emanating
from
state
law
so
that
that's
my
take
on
it
like
I
said
you
know
it's
it's
something.
X
There
isn't
really
a
lot
of
authority
to
look
at
in
terms
of
case
law
or
or
something
like
that.
So
well,.
D
L
L
Yeah,
no,
I
mean
I,
I
I
think,
kind
of
the
opposite
on
this
one.
I
think
that
the
the
mayor's
authorities
are
prescribed
by
the
charter
and
granted
to
it
subject
to
the
check
of
the
city
council.
L
If
the
mayor
is
to
have
more
of
a
role
than
is
prescribed
in
the
charter
has
to
be
granted
to
it
by
the
enabling
authority,
which
is
a
city
council,
if
the
reverse
were
true,
would
enable
the
chief
executive
to
declare
emergencies
and
to
bypass
the
prescribed
limitations
of
a
charter
and
plus
you're,
going
to
have
a
new
council
who
has
granted
a
former
mayor
certain
powers
where
that
former
mayor
is
not
there
anymore,
and
neither
is
the
council
so
due
to
those
several
things.
L
I
think
that
a
new
resolution,
if
desired,
should
be
passed.
If
it's
relevant,
it
should
be
passed.
If
it's
going
to
be
limited,
it
should
be
thought
about
and
discussed
by
the
new
body.
D
So
you've
heard
from
two
attorneys.
The
great
thing
is
this:
is
the
new
council's
problem,
not
the
old
council's
problem,
because
we
have
granted
mayor
fung
the
state
of
emergency
as
long
as
it
is
in
lockstep
with
the
governors,
and
that
would
be
until
january,
17th,
mayor,
elliot
hopkins.
Do
you
want
to
you
do
want
to
add
something?
Did
you
want
to
add
anything.
D
Thank
you
so
councilor
donegan.
I
would
urge
you
to
do
your
research
and
see
where
this
goes.
My
opinion
really
means
nothing,
but
my
opinion
would
be
that
similar
to
attorney
christian
bombs,
that,
with
a
change
in
leadership
between
the
council
and
the
mayor's
office,
a
new
emergency
declaration
would
have
to
be
asked
for.
But
again
what
do?
I
know
old
business
review
of
online
records
project
council
vice
president
vivecco.
F
Yeah
the
online
records
project-
and
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
comment
on
something
else,
but,
madam
clerk,
can
you
bring
us
up
to
speed
on
whether
there's
any
change.
B
Well,
I've
been
told
we
can
anticipate
it
being
rolled
out,
hopefully
within
the
next
month,
sometime
in
january,
so
we'll
see
if
that
comes
together.
F
Yeah
just
note:
you
know
that
providence
is
now
recording
online
providence
jumped
ahead
of
us
in
one
other
couple
of
other
cities.
I
believe
so,
and
I
was
promised
going
into
my
10
years.
This
is
one
of
the
things
I
worked
on
the
most.
F
I
was
promised
by
granicus
that
it
would
have
been
done
a
long
time
ago
and
I
hope
the
new
administration
and
the
new
council
puts
their
feet
to
the
fire.
To
finish,
this
would
have
been
very
helpful
during
the
covet
situation,
but
the
many
promises
have
taken
a
long
time,
nothing
to
do
with
the
present
clerk,
but
that
was
just
that's
just
one
of
the
things
and
thinking
about
my
ten
years.
That's
one
of
the
things
that
I
worked
on
for
quite
a
bit
of
that
time.
F
Actually
we
did
get
the
online
researching
of
documents.
You
can
go
online
now
with
the
streaming
of
our
meetings,
something
that
I
was
pushed
for.
We've
had
some
very
difficult
decisions
over
the
last
10
years,
the
redistricting
case,
which
was
aimed
right
at
ward
6.
F
During
my
tenure
we
were
fortunate
to
win
and
stood
up
to
a
federal
district
court
judge
and
saying
he
was
wrong
and
we
ended
up
overturning
it
federal
district
court
judge's
opinion
we've
had
the
police
issues,
the
oil
issues,
the
costco
issue
most
recently,
and
in
you
know,
perhaps
probably
the
thing
that
I'm
going
to
be
most
proud
of-
is
the
the
oak
hill
playground.
It
took
took
two
or
three
years
of
work
indeed,
and
assisting
the
mayor
and
thanks
to
speaker
mattiello,
who
helped
to
secure
a
grant
from
dem.
F
The
combined
effort
of
125
000
from
each
entity
created
that
slave,
and
now
we
had
the
the
people
that
that
live
in
that
area
enjoy
it
fighting
so
hard
on
the
costco
issue,
I
tried
to
get
everything
done
that
I
could
in
the
in
the
10
years.
Unfortunately,
the
online
recording
may
take
another
couple
of
months
and
the
costco
thing
resolved
itself.
I
guess,
after
that
lengthy
meeting.
I
agree
with
council
president.
I
think
it
could.
F
There
could
be
withdrawal
symptoms
from
from
doing
these
meetings
and
sharing
a
lot
of
meetings.
It's
it's
kind
of
an
honor
and
a
privilege,
and
I've
been
fortunate
enough
to
serve
the
really
the
nice
people
in
ward.
Six
who
we
have
just.
We
just
have
such
a
a
bit
amazed
at
how
intelligent
and
how
successful
and
articulate
they
are.
We
have
such
a
great
group
of
people.
This
city
is
blessed.
That's
why
we're
moving
up
the
ranks?
F
We've
become
the
second
largest,
the
the
school
department's
been
great
superintendent
out
of
messi
sent
me
a
nice
congratulatory
letter,
as
I'm
sure
she
sent
everyone,
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
everyone
in
the
city,
the
the
department
has
the
police
fire
administration.
F
You're
gonna
be
faced
with
some
conflicts,
because
you're
going
to
have
some
constituents
arguing
with
others
and
you're
going
to
have
to
make
some
tough
decisions,
but
in
the
end
I
think
we
all
we
listen
to
our
constituents
we're
representatives
of
them.
Even
when
we
you
don't
agree
with
them.
Sometimes
you
have
to
vote
the
way
they
want
to
to
satisfy
their
needs
and
that's
the
one
of
the
toughest
things
that
there
is
to
do,
but,
as
council
president
said
that
the
the
future
is
is
bright,
it's
going
to
be
difficult.
F
There
are
going
to
be
some
financial
issues
and
business
issues,
because
this
covet
fiasco,
which
is
going
to
hurt
small
businesses.
You
know
the
restaurant
business,
I
think,
is
get
the
books
bullet
on
its
back
the
target
on
its
back
because
of
this
thing.
So
I
wish
everyone
well-
and
I
know
I'll-
have
some
withdrawal
symptoms,
but
I'll
try
to
stay
off
the
next
meeting.
I
think
it's
on
my
birthday,
so
the
next
full
council
meeting.
So
I
wish
everyone
well.
D
D
We
have
introduction
new
business
requests
from
national
grid
poll
location
on
pontiac
ave
for
the
public
works
claims
committee,
thursday
january
14th,
2021
property
damage
claim
for
casey
martinez
from
religion
city,
not
september
30th,
2020.,
light
work
for
the
first
meetings
of
the
new
council
on
it's
in
a
motion
to
send
that
business
to
the
proper
committee.
Oh,
I
did
a
motion
that
business
to
the
proper
committees
for
january.
D
Thank
you
motion
a
second.
I
have
a
second
I'm
councilman
cyclist.
He
will
lose
on
mute,
any
discussion
hearing
none.
Please
take
the
role.
D
E
J
I
X
D
Yes,
miscellaneous
council
voice.
President,
you
had
something
to
add.
F
One
quick
thing
I
didn't
know
if
you
or
councilman
stykos
wanted
to
mention
that
we're
going
to
do
something
for
ccap.
I
think
I
didn't
know.
F
D
Idea
so
I'll,
let
him
tell
you
what
we're
going
to
do.
D
We
felt
that
you
know
we
were
going
to
tell
the
city
not
to
make
our
plaques,
but
you
know
me
being
the
council
president
and
former
vice
president.
I
really
wanted
a
plaque,
so
I
we
made
a
suggestion
that
that
we
would
combine
donate
some
money
to
ccap
instead
of
having
them
not
make
the
plaque.
So
we're
going
to
do
that
from
our
stipends,
just
because
we
think
it's
a
good
thing
to
do
and
give
sea
caps
some
money.
D
So
we
think
it's
a
valiant
effort
as
a
last
act
of
the
three
council
members
who
will
not
be
the
mayor
to
to
provide
some
money
for
c-cap
and.
F
D
D
It's
not
city
council's
next
regular
monthly
communication
will
be
held
on
january
25th
2021.
I
will
remind
all
members
of
the
cranston
city
council
that
we
are
members
of
the
korean
city
council
until
our
successors
are
sworn
in
on
january
17th,
so
please
continue
to
act
and
enjoy
being
called
a
council
person
until
january
16th.
After
that,
the
four
of
us
we're
no
longer
counsel
people,
so
I
wish
you
all
the
best.
I
will
entertain
for
a
final
time
in
four
years
as
council
president,
a
motion
to
adjourn.
M
D
K
D
Sure,
okay,
all
right
all
right,
good,
so
january
3rd,
everybody
has
to
be
good.
Everybody
be
good
on
new
year,
steve
don't
get
too
drunk
mike,
don't
get
too
drunk.
I
won't
get
too
drunk,
we'll
all
be
good,
then
january
4th
we'll
all
go
out
and
get
chuck
one
I'll
attain
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Don't
move!