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Councilwoman Graziano asked if the city generally submits comments on the utility’s vegetation management standards and practices. Director Moretti, the city’s chief of staff, said administration staff do review the plans against GIS mapping and inform Rhode Island Energy if known resources are present. \"When they're doing some of these cuttings, if I know there's rare, threatened, or endangered species, I make a comment,\" Moretti said. He added that staff flag wetlands, brooks or city open space and request that herbicides not be applied to those areas.

Moretti said the city’s comments are advisory — utility companies are not required to follow them — but that Rhode Island Energy generally takes the feedback into consideration. Council members did not direct formal action; the item remained an informational notice on the agenda.

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A commission representative, Mr. Hill, answered council questions and described the group’s reliance on volunteers, neighborhood caretakers and occasional assistance from out-of-town experienced arborists for large tree removals. Hill said the commission uses a Facebook page to post events and that it has “about 3,000 followers,” and he provided an email contact (jhchcc167@gmail.com) for those who want to get involved.

Council members praised the commission’s work. Councilman Campopiano thanked volunteers for their respectful stewardship and asked whether the commission keeps a list of volunteers; Hill confirmed the group maintains a roster and agreed to provide a list to the council for recognition. Councilman Trappacanti described examples of recent cleanup work, including the removal and cutting up of large fallen trees and organizing Saturday volunteer efforts to restore visibility at a Park Avenue site.

The commission said it coordinates work so that volunteers who live near a cemetery take responsibility for day-to-day upkeep, with the commission assisting on larger projects and organizing headstone-cleaning demonstrations.

No formal council action was taken. Council members asked the commission to provide a volunteer list at year-end so volunteers can be publicly recognized.

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• Approved minutes of the June 23 regular meeting (unanimous roll call).

• Approved minutes of the July 17, 2025 special meeting (unanimous roll call).

• Agreed to take an agenda item out of order related to the teachers’ union contract (motion approved unanimously).

• Approved Ordinance 07-25-01 ratifying the Cranston School Committee’s collective bargaining agreement with the Cranston Teachers Alliance (teachers unit) — unanimous roll call (yes: Campopiano; Bonanno; Graziano; Andujar; Ritz; Trappacanti; Traficante; Vice President Wall; President Marino).

• Approved Ordinance 07-25-02 ratifying the Cranston School Committee’s collective bargaining agreement with the Cranston Teachers Alliance (paraprofessionals unit) for Sept. 1, 2025–Aug. 31, 2028 — unanimous roll call (same voting members).

• Approved a resolution authorizing motor vehicle tax abatements as requested by the tax assessor — unanimous roll call.

• Took multiple newly introduced business items as a block and referred them to their respective committees — unanimous roll call.

• Adjourned the meeting (motion carried).

Details: The transcript shows unanimous votes for the listed measures; where the transcript did not record a named mover or seconder for individual motions, those fields are recorded as not specified in the official record. The council’s roll-call responses are recorded in the meeting minutes cited during the session.","A roundup of formal actions taken by the Cranston City Council at its July 28 meeting, including approvals of school contracts, minutes and a motor vehicle tax abatement resolution.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501504,"Cranston City Council ratifies teacher and paraprofessional contracts",70,728000,798000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5491403-faa9f963f2bb60e321b2525b055ea856&start=728&end=798","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5491403-faa9f963f2bb60e321b2525b055ea856/thumbnail_728000.jpg","/articles/6501504/Cranston-City/Providence-County/Rhode-Island/Cranston-City-Council-ratifies-teacher-and-paraprofessional-contracts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501504-aa7f72791332334a0eac4abf992c6618/orig.mp4?Expires=1771069359&Signature=Ocgr098MTb~1UU0cZQGis7alThhQnHrb9Dce8iUFIPUZ2t65PThZw6INT2tAJOfqeLBS3i0UZps29o6nxYiMcA4pB3wpZqFCqsDRCSvAdZxAyTI6dx-DF6i0xc52u3QS9IQNksrMUPjRLOo~jvoxFdsnD801vVWZ9x1OGbeWxmxqXM0MFbnRsvRoch5-CulVcykValrZQUjRVCJEzh~YIplUeLo-xrZvzImZsHq5gc8WE94jEBFaG8wka3tu794wBG6KT3WOt61cFF7Y86vO3POzcNp803PNNmRpVNsm0u87LuGkykov2fhqJAqxctWCKKf3P09d~pIwJ3TQ7sShDQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Cranston City Council on July 28 voted unanimously to ratify two collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the Cranston School Committee with the Cranston Teachers Alliance.

Council Vice President Wall introduced Ordinance 07-25-01, which the city described as ratifying the school committee's agreement with the Cranston Teachers Alliance (teachers unit). A roll-call vote recorded every council member present voting yes. The council then approved Ordinance 07-25-02, ratifying a separate agreement with the Cranston Teachers Alliance paraprofessionals unit covering Sept. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2028; that measure also passed on a unanimous roll call.

Why it matters: The council’s action implements negotiated pay and contract provisions for the city’s school employees after review by the finance committee and a special session. Supporters said the agreements take steps to bring local salaries closer to statewide averages and help stabilize staffing.

During the meeting the council read into the record a letter from Dominic Fusco, chair of the Cranston School Committee (Ward 3), who wrote that “These are fair and equitable contracts” and urged council approval. Fusco noted that members of the Cranston Teachers Alliance “made sacrifices in the previous agreement accepting only modest raises,” and wrote they “now deserve to be compensated in line with their peers across the state.”

Liz Larkin, president of the Cranston Teachers Alliance, spoke during public comment and thanked council members and school officials for moving the contracts forward. Larkin said union members had accepted constrained pay increases in recent years and described the ratified deals as a step toward retaining staff: “We went five years with zeros,” she said, noting past concessions and the difficulty of competing with neighboring districts.

Anthony Malillo, vice chair of the Cranston School Committee, also addressed the council to thank negotiators and school administration staff for what he called a “fair contract” and to acknowledge those who worked on the agreements.

The council’s roll-call votes listed the following members as voting yes: Councilman Campopiano; Councilman Bonanno; Councilwoman Graziano; Councilman Andujar; Councilman Ritz; Councilman Trappacanti; Councilman Traficante; Council Vice President Wall; and Council President Marino. The meeting record did not designate a named mover or seconder on the ordinances in the transcript.

The council also heard brief remarks from school administration representatives, including Joe Balducci, who attended the meeting to represent central administration.

The agreements were presented to the full council after being recommended for passage by the finance committee in a special meeting. Councilmembers who spoke in committee and on the floor praised the negotiators and framed the contracts as steps toward addressing pay disparities faced by Cranston educators.

Looking ahead: Council members and school committee representatives said future funding discussions could revisit other support measures for paraprofessional education reimbursement and related initiatives if additional resources become available.

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