Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The town clerk swears in a new school committee and town council before a two-hour meeting.
In the first act of business at Monday’s Narragansett Town Council meeting, Narragansett Town Clerk Anne Irons swore in the members of the school committee and town council for new two-year terms. (In case you missed that whole election thing in early November, you can find recaps here and here.) The council voted 5-0 to make James Callaghan council president, and 4-1 to make Susan Cicilline-Buonanno council vice president. Former council president Glenna Hagopian was the vote against. Callaghan thanked former councilors David Crook, Alisa Trainor Fleet and Chris Wilkens for their service. Crook and Fleet did not win re-election to the council, while Wilkens chose to run against Teresa Tanzi for a General Assembly seat and also lost. In …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Without much debate, the council approves charter changes and files the solicitor’s report on Town Manager Grady Miller.
At its meeting on Monday, the Narragansett Town Council voted on and took testimony on the following agenda items. - With no debate, the council received and filed a report from Town Solicitor Mark McSally on the appropriateness of Town Manager Grady Miller shifting $3,000 in budget money to the Narrow River Preservation Association for FY 2012. (See attached PDF.) McSally made three determinations for the council: The motion to receive and file the report was 3-2, in a similar breakdown to the decision to originally ask McSally to investigate. Councilors Glenna Hagopian, David Crook and Alisa Trainor Fleet voted in favor, with councilors Christopher Wilkens and Susan Cicilline-Buonanno voting against. - A second hearing for the FY 2013 …
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
According to a release from the ACLU, the regulations are the “latest attempt by the town to unnecessarily harass and intimidate URI students living there.”
The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union is suing the town of Narragansett over the interpretation of a parking ordinance for Narragansett Avenue passed in August 2011, according to a press release from the organization. The three student plantiffs are listed as Caitlin Dowd, Grace Rignanese and Jenessa Redfern, who the ACLU said have a nine-month lease for a house on Narragansett Avenue. According to the ACLU, the trio applied for and were issued parking permits in September. However, their cars were then ticketed in mid-October. The ACLU says that at that point, the three were told that the parking was limited to “permanent residents,” meaning those with 12-month leases, or property owners. According to the ACLU, when the three …
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Narragansett Town Council asks solicitor Mark McSally to investigate whether Town Manager Grady Miller violated town bylaws or state law in shifting budget monies.
By a 3-2 vote and against the general comments of residents, and with Town Manager Grady Miller absent because of a family emergency, the Narragansett Town Council approved a motion at Monday night’s meeting to have the solicitor investigate whether Miller broke town budget regulations. Councilors Glenna Hagopian, David Crook and Alisa Trainor Fleet voted in favor of the motion. Councilors Christopher Wilkens and Susan Cicilline-Buonanno voted against it. Miller was unable to speak in his defense at Monday night’s meeting because of a family emergency. The council met at 6 p.m., prior to the regularly scheduled 7:30 p.m. meeting, for a work session on a study of the town’s fire department. At about 6:25 p.m., a family member of Miller …
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Citing a slew of incidents in the past six months, the Narragansett Town Council approves an agreement negotiated between the owners of Clam Jammers, the town solicitor and police.
The liquor license for Clam Jammers will be suspended for a week in April, the harshest of eight conditions imposed on the bar by the Narragansett Town Council on Monday night. Meeting as the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Commission, the council heard testimony primarily from solicitor Mark McSally and Narragansett Police Chief Dean Hoxsie about the agreement reached between the town and the owners of Clam Jammers. The conditions of the agreement: McSally noted that the owners of Clam Jammers – Paul Troxell and Brent Santos – had met with town officials in the previous month to work out the conditions of the agreement. Troxell was present at Monday’s hearing and raised no objections. “I fully expect that we’re going to be under the …
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I'm Tired of the Games
8:41 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Town Council would have to initiate any investigation. A cover letter to the TC reflected that the insurance policies had not been properly handled. You would think the TC would be much more interested considering the amount of money. Mr. Goodrich has done a good job, but don't expect everything to be rosy between the two. Mr. Miller comes from public relations, not accounting. Mr. Goodrich … more ›