2026-10-20 - City Council

00:00East Providence City Council meeting of

00:02October 20th, 2026.

00:06Uh

00:07please uh stand for the pledge.

00:34Thank you. Uh Madam Clerk, if you could

00:36call the roll of the council.

00:38>> Councilman Fogarty.

00:40Councilman Lawson.

00:41>> Yeah.

00:42>> Council Vice President Rego.

00:44>> Yeah.

00:44>> Councilwoman Souza.

00:46>> Here.

00:46>> Council President Rodericks.

00:48>> Here. We have a a quorum uh

00:52the record show uh Councilman Fogarty

00:55spoke with me um

00:57a little bit later this afternoon. He's

00:58unable to make it tonight. Uh there is a

01:02uh

01:04neighborhood um

01:06gathering to uh

01:08re- a cancer survivor raising fund

01:13get-together. And I told him that

01:15certainly was a priority for him and uh

01:19no worries. So, that's why he could not

01:21make it tonight. Madam Clerk, could you

01:22start the reading of the agenda?

01:25>> Number three, executive session. The

01:27City Council of East Providence may meet

01:29in an executive session pursuant to

01:32Rhode Island General Laws 42-46-5-A2

01:36related to collective bargaining with

01:45EPPMTEAS

01:47Local 3223 memorandum of agreement

01:51related to stipends discussion and

01:53possible vote.

01:55>> There is that one item uh on the

01:58a- agenda for executive session. So we

02:01will I will entertain a motion to go

02:03into the session and it should be brief.

02:06>> I make a motion to go into an executive

02:07session.

02:08>> Motion by Councilwoman Souza to go into

02:10executive session for this one item. Is

02:13there a second?

02:16Is that second by Council Vice President

02:19Rigel? All in favor?

02:21I any opposed? We will recess for

02:24executive session.

05:49>> Mhm.

07:44>> Mhm.

09:39>> Mhm.

11:34>> Mhm.

13:29>> Mhm.

14:23>> Is there a motion to return?

14:26And then seal the minutes.

14:27>> And conceal.

14:28>> Motion by Councilman Lawson, seconded by

14:31Councilwoman Souza. All in favor?

14:33Any opposed? The eyes have it.

14:36Um

14:37Mr. Slusser, do you want to report out

14:39at this point

14:40on the executive's vote?

14:43>> Executive session, we did

14:45discuss and vote on a memorandum of

14:46agreement with the

14:47local

14:503223 related to

14:52different stipends for licenses. It was

14:54approved unanimously by the people.

14:57Excuse me, by the council tonight. Thank

14:58you.

15:01>> Thank you for that.

15:03Uh Madam Clerk, if you want to continue

15:06with the docket.

15:08>> Consent calendar for discussion and

15:10possible vote. Council journals, regular

15:12meeting minutes

15:13September 29th, 2026, October 6th, 2026,

15:18October 13th, 2026.

15:20Letters, new address, 194 through 196

15:24Juniper Street, East Providence, Rhode

15:26Island, 02914, map 106, block 34, parcel

15:31012.00.

15:34>> Motion to approve. Motion, Councilman

15:37Lawson and Councilwoman Souza, seconded

15:39by Council, okay, the second then would

15:42be Councilwoman Souza. All in favor?

15:44>> I.

15:45>> I. Any opposed?

15:47The eyes have it. Thank you. Next.

15:51>> Licensings

15:52for discussion and possible vote,

15:54non-public hearing, special event

15:56one-day entertainment license, dance and

15:59music.

16:01Vilia Putrias

16:04business name, Ocean State Ballet Ballet

16:06Foundation, October 25th, 4:00 p.m. to

16:096:00 p.m. One-day entertainment license,

16:12New England Moms Collective Trunk or

16:14Treat, Danielle Monroe,

16:16October 30th, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

16:20One-day alcohol license, Monica

16:22Anderson, St. Mary's Academy, Bay View,

16:25October 16th, 2026, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00

16:28p.m.

16:30Type of business, a new dance

16:31entertainment, Hana Cain,

16:34at Lot 4 LLC, 333-50 Pawtucket Avenue,

16:38East Providence, Rhode Island.

16:40>> Motion to bundle.

16:41>> Second.

16:42>> Motion, Council Vice President Rego to

16:45bundle them together, seconded by

16:47Councilman Lawson. All in favor?

16:49>> I.

16:49>> I. Any opposed? The eyes have it. Is

16:51there a motion?

16:52>> Motion to approve.

16:53>> Second.

16:54>> Same

16:55motion by both council members to

16:59approve. All in favor?

17:00>> I.

17:01>> I. Any opposed?

17:03The eyes have it, 1 to 4. Thank you.

17:07Next item.

17:15>> Public comment.

17:20>> Oh, congrats. Were you here for your

17:21license?

17:23>> Congratulations. Thank you.

17:26>> Seth Michael Grant Lafarria Lisette

17:29Grant

17:30Rudy

17:42>> Sure, come forward.

17:44Just wait to the microphone over there

17:47and

17:51>> Thank you.

17:58Thank you.

18:00>> Thank you so much.

18:31>> Are you speaking or Okay.

18:34Just name and

18:36That's okay. Just relax. Name and

18:38address for the record and welcome.

18:45That's okay. Yep.

18:48>> Thank you. Good evening, everyone. I

18:51live in Ward 1 and I'm here tonight to

18:53oppose expanding traffic enforcement

18:56cameras.

18:57Using traffic tickets to pay off our

18:59long-term debt just isn't a good idea or

19:02a stable plan.

19:03Think about it. If the

19:07Sorry.

19:10Should I start over?

19:15>> Good evening, everyone. I live in Ward 1

19:18and I'm here tonight to ask Oh, sorry.

19:21I'm here tonight to oppose uh expanding

19:23traffic enforcement cameras. Using

19:25traffic tickets to pay off our long-term

19:28debt just isn't a good or stable plan.

19:31Think about it. If these traffic cameras

19:33actually work and get people to slow

19:35down, the ticket money dries up.

19:38Then we're right back where we started,

19:40facing a massive funding deficit on our

19:42school bond.

19:44Also, a huge chunk of this money doesn't

19:46even stay in East Providence.

19:48From 2022 to 2025, a private company out

19:51of state called Sensys Gatso USA

19:54Incorporated took over 3.6 million away

19:57from our local community through

19:58hardware leases and ticket cuts. That's

20:01millions of dollars leaving Rhode Island

20:03entirely.

20:04We don't need to fine our neighbors or

20:06cause traffic headaches on roads like

20:08Pawtucket Avenue or Six Corners just to

20:11balance the budget. We can fix our

20:14budget gaps by running our city smarter

20:16without costing taxpayers anything.

20:20Instead of cameras, we should focus on

20:23an internal innovation plan. We can use

20:26modern software to look over city vendor

20:28agreements and catch duplicate fees.

20:31This can save an estimated 1 million a

20:34year starting in just 30 to 60 days.

20:38Our new high school is already an

20:40award-winning green campus.

20:43We can take those same smart climate and

20:45lighting controls and use them across

20:47older city buildings to save 750,000

20:50a year on electric and heating bills.

20:53We can bring in over a million a year by

20:55renting the high school gym to regional

20:57sports leagues on weekends or through

20:59voluntary community fitness passes. Best

21:03of all, these tech solutions work in the

21:05background. They require no new hiring,

21:08won't raise city payroll, and fully

21:10protect our local union worker contracts

21:12and hours.

21:14I have also included a few other

21:16suggestions in the packets that you guys

21:17have, and

21:19combined, these can meet our school debt

21:22service needs with a 6.7 with a 6.7

21:26million dollar protective cushion.

21:31>> Thank you.

21:32Well well well thought out.

21:35I

21:36thousand percent agree with you, and I

21:37voted accordingly, and I think it's

21:40awesome when people get involved. You

21:43obviously spent some time on this.

21:46That's what we need in the city. People

21:47that step up, bring the ideas forward,

21:49so

21:50thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

21:53Thank you. I only have two comments.

21:55Um

21:56one, I appreciate this, and

21:59um you you mentioned being against

22:02expanding. There there is no plan, just

22:04so you know, to expand what we have. Um

22:08maybe down the road someone might

22:10suggest it, but right now we're at

22:12status quo. So, there is no plan to

22:15expand as far as I I know. Um and then

22:19you mentioned the idea of renting out

22:22the high school gym. Well, I can tell

22:23you that that is done already quite

22:26often.

22:27Um of course, our high school teams have

22:30first preference, and they do have

22:31weekend games. Um but it is uh very

22:35often rented out. As I drove here

22:38tonight, the lights were on outside, and

22:41there are youth groups using one of the

22:43fields in the front of the school, and

22:45it must be a soccer. It wouldn't be

22:47softball or baseball. So, uh believe me,

22:50the schools, all of them, uh rented the

22:53the auditoriums. Um

22:57many. In fact, over the past couple of

22:59days, there There a group renting

23:02one of the schools and they called me

23:04because there are there are some fees,

23:06you know, custodial fees and a couple of

23:08fees and they were asking to get the fee

23:10waived. So, you know, it's a two-way

23:13two-edged sword at times, but those are

23:15good suggestions and some of them which,

23:17you know, we we are doing.

23:20I will stay in touch. Thank you.

23:21>> I want to commend you for this as well.

23:25Um

23:26a lot of the ideas that you talked about

23:28here tonight.

23:30I just had some dental work done.

23:33Uh

23:35We We've talked about that about naming

23:38rights.

23:39And

23:40it

23:42is something that I'm very

23:44happy that you brought forward.

23:46And

23:47it it took a lot of time.

23:51Uh

23:53The The solar roof, we have a project

23:55going on with the with the police

23:56station that's being delayed.

23:59So, uh

24:00hopefully

24:02we

24:03with with with you put together here, we

24:05can move this forward. But a lot of like

24:07the corporate names, I've been saying

24:09this all along. We get some partners

24:10like Igas and other companies

24:13that we need to get them more involved.

24:17With the individual schools,

24:20I mean, that's the way to go. That's the

24:21way colleges are doing it and we can

24:23transcend that down

24:25to the local level, it would be good.

24:28But I thank you for your time.

24:31>> Kelly, I just wanted to add um agree

24:34with my colleagues. I think uh

24:36you and it looks like someone else in

24:38the audience also worked collaboratively

24:40and maybe some others to put this

24:42together and I commend you for coming up

24:44here. I know you said it was your first

24:45time, so thank you for doing that. I

24:47would love to connect with you and go

24:49over and discuss some of this too in

24:50more detail cuz I feel like you have a

24:52lot more um

24:54thoughts that I would love to hear

24:56about.

24:57>> Thank you. I'll be sure to leave you

24:58with my contact

24:59>> Thank you. I appreciate that.

25:02>> Thanks again.

25:03Next.

25:06>> Nancy Hale.

25:14>> Nancy, welcome.

25:16>> Thank you.

25:17Um my topic tonight is gratitude in

25:20government.

25:22I will say I studied biology in college

25:25and

25:26I spent um

25:29a lot of time in a in my little

25:32fish room

25:33watching paradise fish.

25:35And I avoided some nasty conversations

25:38at dinner with my

25:41college roommate and her friend who were

25:43actually taking a class um with Sarah

25:49Weddington

25:51who

25:52a fought for Roe v. Wade.

25:55Anyway, government is not my thing.

26:00If my college roommate who

26:03majored in government and eventually

26:06became an attorney knew that I was doing

26:09this, she would roll her eyes and say,

26:11"Oh, no."

26:13Before 2016, I thought my vote really

26:16won't matter. I mean, I I live in a

26:18democratic state. The Democrats always

26:20win. I'm only one vote. I don't feel

26:23like going out. But that was before

26:242016.

26:29Now,

26:30it might be true that one little vote

26:32doesn't matter in the big picture all

26:34the time, but participation matters.

26:37So, I have a lot of gratitude for

26:41all of you and each of you.

26:44Um Rick, for you having the community

26:46meetings, that was an eye-opener for me.

26:50It allows

26:51me from my little neighborhood to

26:53understand what the Seven Point

26:54neighborhood was going through with the

26:56sewer situation. I mean like

26:58whatever, like you learn like wow, you

27:01know, okay, maybe that is more important

27:04than

27:05something else. And

27:07I've come to understand the amount of

27:08time and energy that each of you put

27:11into this um

27:13uh being council members.

27:16And I know I've given a few small gifts

27:18on occasion, but the gifts that you have

27:20given me

27:22that is um

27:24Rick, you know, take care of what you

27:26have like infrastructure.

27:29And um

27:32Frank Frank you know, knowing that it's

27:35never going to be completely 100%

27:37perfect. You know, and when you're

27:39managing an entire city that's going

27:41through what this city has been through

27:43in the past whatever four, five, six

27:46years.

27:46>> I thank you for that and I'm glad you

27:49said that.

27:50But we try to make it 100% and that's

27:53what we've done here for the four years.

27:55>> Correct.

27:57>> that comment.

27:57>> And I got that from the police

27:58department and I don't like to name

28:00names, but one of the detectives said,

28:02you know what?

28:04Even though it's hard to make it

28:05perfect, we keep on trying. And you guys

28:08are good role models for that, Bob.

28:10Patience. You gave me the gift of

28:12patience. I now understand how

28:14complicated it is to get something done

28:17in government with bureaucracy, rules,

28:20laws,

28:21different department heads and problems

28:24that require multiple departments to to

28:26like manage.

28:28Um Anna, you're a

28:30training as a nurse and your experience

28:33as a nurse, I believe it has given you a

28:34great

28:36capacity to listen

28:38to a lot of different perspectives and

28:40even fighting and come up with sort of a

28:43balanced um assessment.

28:45And kind of summary. and like where do

28:49we go after all that?

28:51Um

28:53guess that's enough um for now.

28:55And I want to wish all of you good luck

28:57in the upcoming election.

28:59>> How about my car, lawyer?

29:01>> Well, well

29:03>> Lawyers don't don't contribute anything

29:04good, you know.

29:05>> No, that's not true. That's not true. I

29:08have some gifts, but I'm going to give

29:09them to you at the end of the meeting

29:11cuz probably my 3 minutes is up and I've

29:14been told that I talk too much.

29:16>> Well, we we always have patience with

29:18you. We let you go. Thank you though,

29:20sir.

29:20>> much and um good luck to all of you.

29:22>> Nancy, we appreciate you and all the

29:24things that you say at every meeting.

29:29>> Is there

29:30anyone else next?

29:32>> No, that was

29:33>> Okay. Thank you all who came forward

29:35tonight. Uh next item, please.

29:38>> Councilman Lawson, did you want to speak

29:40on this or do you want to

29:41>> No, no. I didn't ask for this, but if we

29:43want to pull up the resolution regarding

29:45note M

29:47if

29:48or if you just want to ask

29:49>> It's up to you if you want to do it now

29:50or wait or

29:54You want to just keep in order?

29:55>> Just keep it in order.

29:56>> Stay in order. It's easier for the

29:58record keeping. Okay.

30:00Uh next item.

30:01>> New business, mayor communications,

30:03director of policy and constituent

30:05services, Andre Herrera.

30:13>> Good evening, council president, members

30:15of the city council.

30:17>> Welcome.

30:21>> Currently, we have no appointments or

30:23reappointments requiring council

30:25confirmation.

30:27Item number two, appointment

30:28reappointment not requiring council

30:30confirmation, we have none.

30:32And I just want one item for discussion

30:36or announcement.

30:38We are welcoming everyone to our

30:40Veterans Day ceremony on November 11th

30:44at 10:00 a.m. at the Garden of Flags.

30:47So, I hope to see you all there.

30:50All the updates I have. Thank you.

30:52>> Thank you. That's always a very special

30:53moment.

30:56Thank you. Next item?

30:59>> Councilman Lawson, do you have anything

31:00for the school committee?

31:04D. Resolutions for discussion and

31:06possible vote. Number one, resolution

31:08authorizing the granting of an easement

31:11to the Narragansett Electric Company to

31:13install a distribution system at the

31:15Wolf School, introduced by Council

31:17President Rodgers.

31:19>> This is a continuation of what we have

31:22been uh

31:24approving with the Wolf School uh the

31:27small

31:28additional work they're doing in the

31:30back of the school and the electric uh

31:33company, Narragansett Electric, has to

31:37do some work, but before they can enter

31:40to that property, they need our

31:41permission. So, we through the Wolf

31:44School. So, it's kind of a housekeeping

31:46thing. I I don't have anything else to

31:48add. Does anybody want to comment?

31:50>> to approve.

31:51>> Motion by Councilwoman Souza to approve,

31:53seconded by Councilman Lawson. All in

31:55favor?

31:56>> Aye.

31:56>> Aye. Any opposed? The ayes have it. Next

31:59item?

32:03>> Resolution requesting elimination of

32:05registration fees for certain vehicles,

32:08introduced by Council President Rodgers.

32:11>> So, this is non-binding, obviously, and

32:15I after

32:16conversations with a couple of uh

32:19residents recently, more more than a

32:22couple, um

32:24it seems like one of the things the

32:27state has done

32:30regarding

32:32uh vehicle registration. So, for years,

32:35they've been urging

32:37we in the public to conserve fuel and to

32:40be more environmentally friendly and to

32:43purchase electric cars if possible or

32:46electric vehicles. And some people have

32:49been doing that.

32:51It may have caused a little less money

32:54coming into the state from gasoline

32:56taxes. So

32:59the state

33:02uh

33:02legislature changed a law and basically

33:07have added some registration fees to try

33:11to make up some of this loss. I listed

33:14them on this resolution. I I won't um

33:18read them all but for instance uh

33:21battery electric vehicle annual fee of

33:24$200 or a 2-year total of $400. Plug-in

33:28hybrid electric vehicle annual would go

33:31to 100 and most of these are paid in

33:352-year intervals. So you you see the

33:38totals.

33:39Um

33:40I mentioned Rhode Island drivers were

33:42asked to help the environment and

33:44economy by purchasing less gasoline

33:46vehicles. Now these same motorists are

33:49being penalized for taking government

33:52advice to conserve energy and drive more

33:55ecologically friendly vehicles.

33:58So they there seems to be a little bit

34:00of hypocrisy there and people that have

34:03contacted me have said it just doesn't

34:05seem fair. We go out and buy these

34:07expensive vehicles and now we we we

34:09still have to register them. This is an

34:12additional registration fee. So this

34:15isn't going to change anything. I'm just

34:18asking that we could

34:20pass this um

34:22recommendation and send it along to

34:25um

34:26as I say here that now therefore be it

34:29resolved that our clerk would transmit a

34:33copy of this resolution to the members

34:35of the East Providence delegation to the

34:37Rhode Island General Assembly, Speaker

34:39of the House, President of the Senate,

34:41and the Governor. Where it goes from

34:43there, who knows, but on behalf of our

34:46residents, I'd like to try to help out a

34:48little.

34:49>> Motion to approve.

34:51>> Motion by Councilman Lawson to approve,

34:53seconded by Council Vice President Rego.

34:56>> So, if I may.

34:57>> Yes, please, Councilwoman Souza.

34:59>> I think this is

35:00obviously very good to help the

35:02residents,

35:03just not even in East Providence, but

35:05across the state, but I

35:07am also aware that I think all

35:09registrations are looking to be

35:12increased in the coming years because

35:15the state needs to find ways to make

35:18money for the budget. So, I hope that

35:21they consider all vehicles and all

35:22registrations and licenses across the

35:24board, not just the electric or hybrid.

35:29So, I do support that.

35:31>> Thank you.

35:33All in favor?

35:33>> I.

35:34>> I. Any opposed? The eyes have it. Thank

35:36you all.

35:37>> I think just for the general public, the

35:41though this will be sent up, the

35:43Assembly is not in session. It won't be

35:45until after the new year once they start

35:47committee meetings, and then, you know,

35:49we can advocate.

35:50>> Sure, it will take a while. I'm

35:51>> Yeah, but the committee so

35:52>> And if there are hearings or anything,

35:54if it

35:54>> People can attend.

35:55>> develops, we'll let everyone know, and I

35:57would certainly try to attend if I'm

35:59here.

36:00Okay, thank you again. Next item.

36:02>> Number three, resolution requesting the

36:05Department of Public Works conduct an

36:07assessment of the Oldham School

36:09introduced by Councilman Lawson.

36:11>> Councilman.

36:12>> This is I brought this up what, 6-8

36:14months ago. I was asked to hold off

36:17because they put an RFP out. The RFP was

36:20for a housing.

36:22So, I'm just bringing this back.

36:23Oldham's a city-owned building.

36:26We should be taking care of our

36:28property. We ask the residents to take

36:31care of their property.

36:33We should do it. And that assessment,

36:36that 200,000 was wasted

36:38because it didn't focus on the building.

36:40It was about a housing project. That's

36:42why

36:43all of a sudden we were seeing plans for

36:45eight apartment buildings on there.

36:47So, this is just asking that public

36:50works go in the building. They said we

36:52can't put a roof on it's going to be

36:53multi-millions. It was 600 though.

36:56So, we just want an honest assessment.

36:58We know the mayor is against this

37:00building. He wants to give it away for

37:02housing.

37:03But we made it clear and this is just us

37:06reinforcing that

37:08we'd like to hold on to this property.

37:09It's got so many uses for the community.

37:12Indoor recreation, we can lease space

37:14for a businesses so they can learn

37:17how to build their business, incubate if

37:19you want. Um could be utilized as an art

37:22center. It could be utilized the grounds

37:24for our community gardens,

37:26farmers market, so much added value to

37:28the community.

37:30And it's been a non-stop fight for our

37:32four years to try to get it. So, this is

37:34just asking

37:36let's go to next step. We know that

37:37there's some mold in there. So, what are

37:39the steps to remediate it? Um there may

37:42be some other things. Let's check the

37:43HVAC, the plumbing and stuff. Get it up

37:46to date, the electrical. We just want a

37:48firm, okay, this is what's needed and

37:51then we can go step by step. I know

37:53there's going to be money involved. We

37:55had ARPA funding. You know, we could

37:57have utilized that. Now we have over a

38:00million in unallocated. So,

38:02I think it's appropriate that we

38:04allocate some of that funding towards

38:05this building. So, this resolution's

38:07just asking for

38:09uh DPW, just tell us if they want to

38:11start with the mold remediation so we

38:13can at least get in the building.

38:15There's a lot of residents that are more

38:17than willing to roll up their sleeves

38:19and put in the elbow work

38:20to get that building open. Sure, and I'm

38:22okay with um your resolution. Let's

38:25let's move it forward and but I I do

38:27think they need to work too with this

38:29SAGE report which you see has has been

38:32done and I think working together

38:35uh this was an independent survey, but

38:37now it's time to let's let's see what

38:40we're going to do. I

38:41>> Just let it be known we're not giving it

38:43up.

38:43>> And I want to reiterate because again

38:45the the past couple of weeks I know

38:48there's been confusion with people I

38:49have talked to. I'm not speaking for the

38:51council, I speak for myself. I do not

38:54support a project that would bring

38:56housing there. I think the ideas you

38:59mentioned uh

39:00are the ideas we should talk about.

39:02>> That's what the community is asking for.

39:04>> A museum there with the carousel in the

39:07area and other museum things in the

39:10city. Um but let's let DPW and look at

39:13this report too and tell us what they

39:16>> I would say the mold remediation would

39:18be the top priority.

39:19>> Yeah, no matter what happens, right?

39:21They we've got to deal with if there's

39:22mold or anything.

39:24>> Councilwoman

39:25>> Thank you. So just to to be clear, out

39:28of the million 600,000 was used for the

39:31roof repair and the four remaining

39:34100,000 was then absorbed into other

39:37projects. Am I assuming fair to say?

39:39>> Even though I allocated it for the roof,

39:41doors, and windows.

39:43>> Okay. What do we know um potentially

39:45that's still available?

39:49No, so it was absorbed into something

39:50else. Um okay.

39:52All right, well that's unfortunate.

39:54>> I am coming

39:54>> Especially since we have this from 2025.

39:57Did you get a this before tonight? Were

39:59you made aware of this report before?

40:01>> Yeah, but that report was all

40:03>> report in 2025.

40:05>> It was presented to us uh

40:06>> Right, we've all had this.

40:07>> at a city council meeting in April or

40:09May of 2025.

40:11>> Yeah.

40:12>> So is that a motion, Council?

40:13>> Make a motion to approve

40:15>> Seconded by Councilwoman Suzu. All in

40:17favor?

40:17>> Aye.

40:18>> Aye.

40:18>> Any opposed?

40:19>> The ayes have it.

40:20>> Thank you. Thank you, Councilman.

40:22Next item.

40:23>> Introduction of ordinances for

40:25discussion and possible vote. An

40:28ordinance authorizing the director of

40:30finance to borrow funds in anticipation

40:32of TANs for fiscal year 2027.

40:38>> Again, this is

40:40normal uh housekeeping following our

40:42budget adoption. Uh, do you have

40:44anything to add, Mr.

40:45>> Mr. Solicitor.

40:45>> This isn't the public We already did the

40:47public last week.

40:48>> Mhm.

40:49>> Yeah, so this this is the first It just

40:50needs two passages, so

40:52>> So, this is the first or second?

40:53>> First.

40:54>> First, yeah.

40:54>> Got you. Okay.

40:56>> Motion to approve.

40:57>> Motion Councilwoman Souza.

40:58>> Second.

40:59>> Uh, seconded by Councilman Larson. All

41:01in favor?

41:01>> Aye.

41:02>> Aye. Any opposed? The ayes have it.

41:05That's the first passage. Thank you.

41:07Next item.

41:10>> Number two, ordinance of the Council of

41:12the City of East Providence ordering the

41:14assessment and collection of property

41:15tax on the ratable real estate and

41:17tangible personal property for fiscal

41:19year 2027.

41:21>> Motion to approve.

41:22>> Second.

41:23>> Motion Councilman Larson to approve.

41:25Seconded Councilwoman Souza. All in

41:27favor?

41:28>> Aye.

41:28>> Aye. Any opposed?

41:30>> Motion to adjourn.

41:31>> before we have the motion to adjourn,

41:34I don't see many people here. Did anyone

41:36have anything that you needed to ask us?

41:39I know that we there wasn't time to uh

41:41you may have gotten here too late to

41:43sign up. Uh,

41:45to speak. We want to be flexible, let

41:47everyone approach and speak. Uh,

41:50seeing none, the motion to adjourn by

41:53Councilman Rego, seconded by Councilman

41:55Larson. All in favor?

41:56>> Aye.

41:57>> Aye. Any opposed?

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