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Council roundup: zoning, contracts, licenses and town measures approved March 10
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the South Kingstown Town Council approved a zoning map amendment for hospital parking, multiple vendor contracts, business licenses, appointments and several municipal actions. This recap lists each formal vote and key details.
The South Kingstown Town Council on March 10 handled a batch of formal actions grouped below. Where the meeting transcript includes a vote, the outcome is listed. In most cases votes were voice votes and no roll‑call tallies were printed in the record.
Votes at a glance
- Rezoning — 11 Kenyon Ave (South County Health): Approved. Council adopted a zoning map amendment to rezone the parcel to Government Institutional (GI), conditioned on planning board requirements (institutional master plan amendment, traffic analysis, preliminary landscape plan and pedestrian routing). (See separate article.)
- Commissioning agent for South Kingstown High School: Approved. Awarded to Catalyst Commissioning Group for $131,200 to provide commissioning agent services for the high‑school project (design through project closeout).
- Noyes Farm land management plan: Approved. Contract awarded to GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. for surveying, conceptual and final design services, $62,500.
- Licenses (consent): Approved. • PowScience LLC (holiday sales license) — Old Tower Hill Road, Wakefield: approved. • SNL Pizza Inc. doing business as Domino’s (sales license and additional hours) — Old Tower Hill Road: approved. • Chipotle Mexican Grill (victualing license), Old Tower Hill Road — approval subject to building, fire district and Department of Health sign‑offs.
- EMS station/Perryville project items: Council approved waiver of building/permitting fees associated with the Perryville EMS station construction and awarded on‑call engineering/administration services to Doodle Engineering for $13,000 (construction administration). Council heard that construction activity is starting and the contractor schedule projects about a one‑year build.
- Police equipment: Approved. Town approved purchase of four short‑barrel patrol rifles and accessories to replace older patrol rifles; total cost cited $17,883.
- Ambulance transport fees: Approved. Council approved updated ambulance transport fees based on recommendations from the billing vendor and comparative market review; fees are charged to insurers (residents may be written off depending on insurance rules).
- Historic cemetery: Order of public notice authorized. Council approved sending required public notice for an application related to excavation near an historic cemetery (Kingston Farm Properties LLC) so the required public hearing can be scheduled.
- Appointments and reappointments: Council approved a slate of interviewed/reappointed volunteers including Ken Monroe (Assessment Board of Review, with recusal noted), Joshua Saunders (BPAC), Kate Sharrock (Conservation Commission), Michael Gage (Economic Development Committee), Susan Marcus (Economic Development Committee), Barry Gross (Waterfront Advisory Commission) and several others. (Full appointment list appears below.)
Context and next steps: Several approvals (notably the commissioning contract and the GZA contract) are part of the school and parks projects already in design. The rezoning approval is conditioned on additional planning‑board reviews; site permits and institutional plan amendments must follow. The historic cemetery matter requires statutory public notice and a future public hearing. Many votes were voice votes and no roll‑call tallies were read into the transcript.
Full votes and amounts (summary)
- Catalyst Commissioning Group — commissioning agent services: $131,200 — approved. - GZA GeoEnvironmental — Noyes Farm design services: $62,500 — approved. - Doodle Engineering — Perryville EMS construction administration: $13,000 — approved. - Police short‑barrel rifles & accessories — $17,883 — approved. - Ambulance fee schedule update — approved. - Licenses: PowScience holiday sales, Domino’s sales license and hours, Chipotle victualling license (subject to final signoffs) — approved. - Zoning amendment 11 Kenyon Ave (South County Health) — approved with planning board conditions. - Appointments: multiple reappointments and new appointments approved.
Why it matters: The council’s votes advance two capital efforts (the high‑school work and Noyes Farm planning), address public safety equipment and municipal revenue items, and finalize permit/license requests for local businesses. The rezoning decision is the most consequential local land‑use vote because it permits a hospital‑related parking proposal that will advance only after additional planning reviews.
Appointments (selected): Ken Monroe (Assessment Board of Review, reappointment; council recusal noted for one member), Joshua Saunders (BPAC), Kate Sharrock (Conservation Commission), Michael Gage (Economic Development Committee), Susan Marcus (Economic Development Committee), Barry Gross (Waterfront Advisory Commission).
