West Warwick Town Council 2018 Town Council Meetings, 22 May 2018

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From YouTube: May 22, 2018 5 22 Public Hearing FY19 WWTF Budget

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A

Order today is tuesday may 22nd public hearing for the um actually on the agenda. uh Secretary of state's office is correct. The agenda here says westward fiscal 19 public hearing. um This public hearing is for the west forward treatment facility. uh It's now 6 30 pm, council meeting town council chambers.

B

Council president gosselin.

C

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Council vice president damico yeah councilman padula here.

C

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Messier here, councilman lachardi here participating communities, town of coventry, town of scituate city of cranston city of walleck, town of west greenwich. Sorry, we have a quorum on record bernie.

C

How are you doing good.

B

This is the second proposed fiscally a budget reading.

D

This is our second hearing again we're not asking for a great increase. I guess.

E

No, no speakers.

D

So we're not asking for a rate increase. You will see that the capital budget is up significantly and, as I said last month, that's for a second centrifuge that I'd like to put in for the solid handling disposal.

D

We have the other option of going liquid liquid. The cost would be about double what we're paying right now by going dry right now we go to either the incinerator and one socket with a contract with cinegro for disposal at the incinerator and socket or if they're down. We have a contract with resource recovery to go to the landfill.

D

Our resource recovery in the last couple years have really jacked up their rates of not only trash but at sludge disposal.

A

Yeah, it sounds like some cities and towns are going to start challenging yeah. I.

D

Know in my time, with child style.

A

Looks like a bunch of city's going to start getting together to challenge that which is which is good, and I think we should challenge it. Yep jump on board yep.

D

I mean I've sludged these goals and the slugs the spells already pretty much double the last couple of years.

C

What's the reason just because they can they need money, it's getting getting a little joke.

E

I'm going to be a rocket scientist to figure it.

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A

Yeah they had a lot of gas issues going on up there. A couple years ago, yeah.

D

I know and they've also passed, um you can't bring it before 9am.

E

We don't know what their mortal complaints are anymore. Bernie.

A

That's a good thing, any questions, any questions for bernie bernie. I do have one question. um I was brought up in a carpentry town council meeting, I'm sure about owing us, 7.3 million dollars.

D

Where is it sewer department is how how are we looking at recouping that uh before it gets further well they're on their their debt service? They pay us.

B

Yeah, that's not twice a year. We bill them twice a year and yeah. That's.

G

Not what they owe us now, that's what they also the cost of the correct right. Yes, 20.

E

They may sound like they're behind you.

G

No, no, that's the way some of the people on facebook made it seem like. No, that's that's the way. If you watch day, counseling.

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F

That's the way they believed it. Let bernie explain and I got to remember.

D

Again, I mean I've heard all sorts. I've had a lot of calls in the last few weeks.

D

The sewer is it's over 20 years of debt service, but I've also heard comments that they want to shut west walk right down. They don't.

D

Are the fourth lowest in the state? So you can see that in your it's actually in the budget here, so they.

E

Which they might it might change, they might be happy to pay what they're paying now.

G

I don't think the people were unhappy about paying. I think it was the people that were getting forced into tying into the suit, because those are some crazy races. I.

D

Understand you should.

G

Actually, but it all ties into why they were so upset about it, though,.

D

And I think you're right, I think that's a lot of it, but you know- and I we had a meeting at the state house last week and I asked a few of them. That question is you know? What's the going rate for construction, um you know running on the street? What's the story, the sewer assessment and not case down was 18 500 for a single family house, 26 000 for two family house. Now, that's just for going by your house, that's not connecting um if you're a business it was 56. 000 warwick is 22 000.

D

So it's not outrageous. It is a rate. Was.

G

It mandatory in those communities too.

E

If it runs by the house, it.

D

G

I know there's some stuff in the legislation without trying to make it only mandatory, provided you sell the house or something along those lines. Correct.

F

Don't contract yourself with coverage's issues, because what they're using for the smoke screen is regarding dollars and cents. It's got something. That's got really nothing to do with always.

A

Going to treat the facility again the reason why I asked I just want clear clarification so that way, they're just issues people have said to me: I've just sitting up softball game and then I'm going to get a 7.3 from coventry and I'm like. I don't think they owe us that I said they want to pay we'll take it. Well, I think angelo's sister was sitting right on the side when I was talking to a gentleman from coventry- and I said trust me if they order seven points.

E

We get it angela.

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The residents there they're looking at hirsch, chemical, they sew a treatment plant, that's in there and I'm like hey good luck with that. If you want to cut yourself off but again, I just wanted for clarification. So that way they don't have the answers and.

D

Yeah we have actually the auditor general met, kristen myself, christine to go over the finances, also everything's open.

A

Though, all right any questions for bernie. Thank you.

C

Bernie all right, good luck! Thank you! You're gonna, be here next year, plus he will.

E

C

Motion to a chair, a second favor like.

E

I said he's got one foot on a banana peel and the other foot we're trying to push him and he won't go.

A

He's the longest interim guy I've ever.

F

Seen yeah he's with grunk.

E

He phoned the home yeah yeah, that's right.

E

I don't think he left once to you christine he was. We were trying to get him all once, but he just seems to have that stronghold.