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| Planning Commissioner and CCA Town Council wannabe George Tremblay will be back with another dramatic presentation of his bogus research report on affordable housing |
Note that this month's Council meeting will be Tuesday, not its usual Monday because of Columbus Day.
A few months ago, I realized that just about everybody who goes to a Town Council meeting, or watches it on Clerkbase, finds that the official, published agenda is pretty useless.
The actual order of business doesn't follow in the same numerical order. A few months ago, it occurred to me that, as a public service, Progressive Charlestown could provide you with the agenda in its actual order so that you can print it out and actually be able to follow it.
That idea turned out to be pretty popular, so here it is again.
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN
PUBLIC NOTICE
MONTHLY TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – October 9, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Charlestown Town Hall, 4540 South County Trail, Charlestown, RI
NOTE: the actual order of business at a Charlestown Town Council
meeting rarely follows the numerical order of the items in the publicized
agenda. The Council moves certain items up in the agenda, sometimes for good
reasons. The Council also places non-controversial items on its “Consent Agenda”
(voted on without discussion, debate or public comment). The following version
of the agenda takes all those changes into account and presents the agenda as
it will actually be heard.
The regular monthly
meeting of the Charlestown Town Council will be held on October 9, 2012 at 7:00
p.m. at the Charlestown Town Hall, 4540 South County Trail, Charlestown,
RI. The proposed agenda is as follows:
1. CALL TO
ORDER, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance
2. ROLL CALL
Motion to move items 15b, 18a and 12 to be heard
next on the agenda.
15. ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
b. Resolution
urging swift review by State Regulators of the Westerly Hospital conversion application
18. FISCAL MATTERS
a. Approval
of the Affordable Housing bond application from
the Washington County Community Development Corporation for $325,000 in
acquisition funding for the Church Woods Project with conditions as recommended
through advisory opinions from the Affordable Housing Commission, the
Conservation Commission and the Planning Commission. NOTE: see item 18.e.
12. CONSENT AGENDA All items
marked with “CA” are to be considered consent agenda NOTE: “Consent agenda” means items that are not
considered controversial are voted on as a bloc without debate.
Motion to accept approve and place on file the
following as the consent agenda: 11a, 13a, 13b, 15a, 16a, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d,
17e, 18b, 18c, 18d
11. LICENSES AND PERMITS
“CA” a. Approval of
events at Ninigret Park with a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation
Commission, subject to review of contracts by the Town Solicitor, receipt of
all applicable paperwork and insurance and that all event details are
satisfactorily met by the Parks and Recreation Director.
Park Reservation: October 28, 2012
Insurance: $1 million liability
listing the Town as also insured
Fee: Waived
Park Reservation: May 4, 2013
Insurance: $1 million liability listing the Town
as also insured
Fee: Waived
13. MINUTES AND REPORTS
“CA” a. Town Council Minutes: August 20 - (Executive and Regular); September 5 – (Special Meeting and Employee Manual Workshop); September
10 – (Executive and Regular)
“CA” b. Reports: Building Official – September 2012; Chief of Police – September 2012; Public Works Director – September 2012; Town Clerk – September 2012 (good news for Planning Commissar and Population Control Officer Ruth Platner - Charlestown deaths are out-running births by 25%); Wastewater Manager – September 2012
15. ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
“CA” a. Resolution establishing
uniform animal control fees
16. COMMUNICATIONS AND
PETITIONS
“CA” a. Memo from Alan A. Arsenault,
Director of Public Works, giving notice of a public meeting for the purpose of
presenting plans for reconstruction of Klondike Road from Old
Post Road to its’ intersection with Ross Hill Road, to be held on Thursday,
October 25, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
17. APPOINTMENTS AND
RESIGNATIONS
“CA” a. Acceptance of the resignation
of Kim Zito from the Affordable Housing
Commission with regret
“CA” b. Acceptance of the resignation
of Richard F. Newton, Jr. from the Wastewater
Management Commission with regret NOTE: Former CCA officer. Says he's writing a book - hope it's about the CCA
“CA” c. Reappointment of Robert W. Beggs, Jr. to the Economic Improvement Commission, term
to expire in September of 2015
“CA” d. Acceptance of the resignation
of Charee Jackson Andersen from the
Affordable Housing Commission with regret
“CA” e. Acceptance of the resignation
of Linda L. Fabre from the Planning
Commission with regret NOTE: Fabre, who has been Commissar Platner's staunchest ally, has left Charlestown.
18. FISCAL MATTERS
“CA”
b. Request from the Tax Assessor for abatements in
the amount of $7,091.35
“CA” c. Approval of the purchase of
one (1) Emergency Management Vehicle, 2012 Ford
Expedition SSV 4WD from MHQ through the Massachusetts Master Price Agreement in
the amount of $35,500 as budgeted from line item 01.900.9971 and authorization
for the Acting Town Administrator to execute the purchase documents.
“CA” d. Approval of the Tractor-Mounted Brush Mower Bid to Bacher Corp for a new 2012-13
model 2 – WH. DR., diesel 6330 John Deere Tractor-mounted Machete I boom mower
for an amount not to exceed $102,698 ($14,910 for the first year and $16,362
for the remaining six years) as budgeted in the Capital Budget, line item 990-9976,
and authorization for the Acting Town Administrator to execute the
lease/purchase documents.
3. PUBLIC
COMMENT for items not on the Agenda
4. COUNCIL
COMMENTS
5. PERSONS
WISHING TO BE HEARD - None
6. ADMINISTRATOR,
SOLICITOR, COMMISSION REPORTS
b. Town Solicitor
7. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
a. Discussion and potential
action regarding the job description of the Town Administrator as submitted by
the Town Administrator ad hoc Search Committee
b. Discussion and potential
action regarding Town Council rule 5.1 relative to the
November 13, 2012 regular Town Council meeting
8. NEW
BUSINESS
a. Discussion and potential
action regarding the determination of legislative priorities for presentation
to the Washington County legislators in Mid December
b. Presentation by George
Tremblay, Planning Commission member, of his Low to Moderate Income Housing report, discussion and potential action
regarding a resolution for the same Editor's note: Tremblay removed or toned down most of the inflammatory rhetoric - such as his attack against imaginary elderly embezzlers - that appeared in the earlier, much-criticized version. This report is still fatally flawed for lack of any data on affordable year-round rentals or the needs of teachers and volunteer firefighters and for poor reasoning and flawed, biased conclusions. Without the off-the-wall rhetoric, this report is not only useless, but pretty boring.
9. PUBLIC
HEARINGS
a. Public hearing and potential
action on Ordinance #354 amending Chapter 218 Zoning
Map Change, Plat 29, Lot 91 – Heavers, Richard Estate of.
10. COUNCIL SITTING AS
BEVERAGE LICENSING BOARD
a. Order advertised for public
hearing on November 13, 2012 the following applications for beverage license:
Charlestown Package Store Inc. d/b/a Charlestown
Package Store – Class A
Richard C. Serra d/b/a Rippy’s Liquor
& Marketplace – Class A
Charlestown Willows d/b/a Foster Pier Restaurant
– Class BV Full
Birdmar Enterprizes Inc. d/b/a The Cove
– Class BV Full
MGMR Group Inc. d/b/a/ Meadow Brook Inn – Class
BV Full
Nordic Lodge Inc. d/b/a/ Nordic Lodge – Class BV
Full
Old Wilcox Tavern Inc. d/b/a/ Wilcox Tavern –
Class BV Full
C & E Pizza Inc. d/b/a Famous Pizza – Class
BV Limited
Courtney Figarsky d/b/a Gentleman
Farmer Diner – Class BV Limited
Craig T. Marr d/b/a The Breachway Grill
LLC – Class BV Full
G.J.S.I., Inc.– Class B Tavern
Downey Weaver Post Building Assn. American
Legion #34 – Class D Club
14. ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Board and Commission vacancies
18. FISCAL MATTERS
e. Discussion
and potential action regarding sending the Shannock Village Cottages
financing back to the Affordable Housing Commission for an advisory based on
the new financing for both Church Woods and Shannock Village
Cottages. NOTE: no documents attached for this item. See item 18.a. heard near the top of the actual agenda.
f. Request
from the Rhode Island Center Assisting those in Need (RICAN) for an exemption from its property tax obligation under
RIGL §44-3-3 (12), retroactively effective back to July 1, 2012. NOTE: it's a shame that this is the last item on the agenda. We give a huge tax break to the Shelter Harbor Golf Club, and we make RI-CAN, a non-profit group that Charlestown uses as its de facto welfare department, have to come to ask to be made tax exempt. I'd like to know why this wasn't automatic.
19. LEGAL MATTERS - None
20. ADJOURNMENT
