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From YouTube: April 1, 2021 Special City Council
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Before
we
welcome
the
mayor,
I
would
just
like
to
ask
everybody
in
attendance
to
please
keep
their
microphones
on
mute,
so
there
isn't
feedback
through
zoom
back
at
council
chambers,
where
we
see
mayor
hopkins.
That
being
said,
I
would
like
to
welcome
the
honorable
mayor
hopkins
to
the
cranston
city
council,
for
his
first
budget
address
mayor
hopkins.
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As
we
remembered
the
lives
lost
to
this
pandemic,
our
community,
as
always,
has
shown
resolve
in
its
will
to
succeed
and
resourcefulness
in
how
we
kept
going
with
the
acceleration
of
vaccines.
I
am
hopeful
we
are
at
the
beginning
of
the
end
to
returning
to
the
new
normalcy.
We
will
experience
going
forward.
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The
second
part
of
my
commitment
to
the
schools
is
in
the
proposed
capital
budget.
The
voters
overwhelmingly
approved
last
november's
school
bond
issued
for
147
million
dollars.
We
are
providing
the
funds
in
the
next
fiscal
year
to
begin
the
rebuilding
of
garden
city
and
gladstone
school,
as
well
as
several
other
school
projects.
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We
can
continue
to
be
a
top-rated
community
with
proper
financial
management,
the
delivery
of
effective
city
services
and
protecting
our
special
quality
of
life
for
people
to
live,
grow
in
work
in
our
city
to
fellow
taxpayers
and
members
of
the
city
council.
The
budget
that
I
present
tonight,
if
adopted
by
you,
will
not
result
in
a
property
tax
increase
nor
an
increase
in
sewer
fees
or
any
other
fees.
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This
budget
is
worthy
of
your
support
and
I
look
forward
to
your
deliberations
in
our
collective
efforts
for
our
city
residents
for
anyone
interested
in
viewing
this
proposed
budget.
I
refer
you
to
the
city
website,
cranstonri.gov
good
night,
and
let
us
continue
to
move
cranston
forward
together
and,
as
always,
one
cranston
one
hotly
thank.
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Okay:
next,
we
have
to
send
all
of
the
resolutions
and
ordinances
to
the
proper
committees,
so
we
can
start
our
budget
hearing
process.
All
the
matters
will
be
referred
for
public
hearings
to
the
appropriate
subcommittees
of
the
council.
They
are
listed
on
the
schedule
on
the
city
calendar
and
on
the
website.
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The
first
is
a
resolution
adopting
the
operating
budget
and
salary
schedule
for
the
general
fund,
the
sewer
fund,
the
insurance
fund
in
the
capital
budget
for
the
fiscal
year
commencing
july
1st
2021
and
ending
june
30th
2022
in
adopting
the
capital
improvement
program
for
the
four
succeeding
years.
This
will
be
referred
to
as
special
committee
meetings
on
april
3rd
7th,
8th,
12th
21st
26th
of
2021.
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You
can
do
it
right
in
the
front
foyer
there
and
then
to
everybody
at
home,
watching
on
youtube
or
on
the
zoom.
The
first
budget
hearing
we're
having
is
this
saturday
at
9
00
a.m.
Please
refer
to
the
city
calendar
for
all
of
the
dates
and
times,
and
that
being
said,
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
council
members.