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Votes at a glance: East Greenwich council approves consent calendar and tables council-guidelines item; executive-session actions reported
Summary
This summary lists the formal votes and outcomes the Town Council announced in public session on Feb. 24.
This summary lists formal actions reported at the East Greenwich Town Council meeting on Feb. 24.
Consent calendar: approved
The council approved the consent calendar as presented by motion and voice vote. The consent calendar included minutes from the Feb. 10 meetings (regular, joint with the school committee, and an ethics-training special meeting) and the award of a contract to NextGen Mechanical, Inc. for removal and replacement of a rooftop HVAC unit at the police department in an amount not to exceed $169,750. The meeting packet authorized the finance director to disburse funds from the police department's building-improvements fund for the purpose specified. The chair called the vote and the motion carried 5'0to'0.
Tabling of council rules item
Council members voted 5'to'0 to table agenda item 6B (council rules and guidelines) to a later meeting. A motion to table the item was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.
Executive session outcomes (public report)
After an executive session the council reported the following out in open session: - Approval of executive-session minutes (item 9a) was recorded as carried 4'to'0; one councilor (Michael Zarrella) was recorded as absent for that vote. - The council reported that action was taken on items listed as 9b, 9c1 and 9c2 in executive session; the meeting minutes state only that action was taken and that for item 9b Councilor Zarrella was recused. No additional public details of those actions were provided at the meeting; the council moved to seal the executive-session minutes and the motion to seal passed 5'to'0.
Procedural notes
- The meeting record shows the consent calendar motion and other routine votes were taken by voice and that the council chair announced the tally for the consent calendar as "motion carries 5 to 0." The transcript does not record individual roll-call votes for the consent calendar items; when tallies lacked named votes the meeting report uses the announced tally.
Ending
The council adjourned after executive-session actions were reported. Additional substantive agenda items (budget and capital program presentations, school construction update, public-safety communications) were heard during the meeting and are covered in separate reports.
