Contract Expected Tuesday for Interim Manager; Clarification on Story

A clarification to a statement made last week by Meg Rogers, plus, the council is expected to formally announce Richard Kerbel’s hiring Tuesday.

At its meeting Tuesday, the Narragansett Town Council is expected to formally announced a contract agree with new interim town manager Richard Kerbel. As of 5:30 a.m. Friday, an agenda for Tuesday’s meeting hasn’t been posted, and Kerbel’s contract hasn’t been filed on Clerkbase. However, an executive session for a contract agreement was scheduled after last Monday’s meeting. Kerbel is already listed as interim town manager on the town’s website, and he has been issued a town e-mail address. For more on last week’s hiring, read a story from Derek Gomes of The South County Independent here. For more about Kerbel’s tenure in Providence, you can find The Providence Journal’s stories here. The council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. ***** …

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Split Council Votes to Investigate Miller

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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Letters To The Editor

Town GOP Hosting Annual Legacy Dinner Monday

A slew of events are scheduled by the Republicans for Spain this Monday. Tickets are $35 per person, or $65 per couple.

The Narragansett Republican Town Committee is holding its annual Ronald Reagan Legacy Dinner at Spain of Narragansett this Monday. The event starts at 6:30 p.m., and tickets are $35 per person, or $65 per couple. Although the deadline for purchase was Feb. 20, additional seats are available by calling Meg Rogers at (508) 246-8966, per the group’s Facebook. The guest speaker for the event is Marilyn Fisher, the curator of the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Also attending will be Col. Brendan Doherty – a United States Congress candidate – and Cranston mayor Allan Fung. The first annual American Exceptionalism Award will also be given out at the event. Release printed courtesy of Meg Rogers.

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