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Council approves consent agenda items, licenses, fee waivers and committee appointments
Summary
At the April 21 meeting the council approved the consent agenda (modified), licensed a nonprofit class F event, approved one‑day entertainment and waived pavilion fees for several events, added the Chamber of Commerce to preapproved nonprofits, and made multiple board and committee appointments and reappointments.
Jamestown Town Council approved a number of routine items on April 21 under the consent agenda and during the meeting. Key approvals recorded in the meeting record include:
- Consent agenda: Council moved and approved the consent agenda as modified (specific items listed below). (Voice vote; unanimous.)
- Engagement of Park Corporation: Approved engaging Park Corporation for continued design work on a shared‑use path (Eldridge Avenue to Connecticut) in the amount of $22,970, to be funded in part by an existing DOT grant of $100,000 listed by staff as available for the project.
- Rhode Island Resource Recovery contract: Town administrator noted the tipping‑fee contract with Rhode Island Resource Recovery for July 1, 2025–June 30, 2027; this was included in the consent agenda approval.
- Licenses and special‑event fee waivers: The council approved a Class F (nonprofit) license for Out of the Box Studio for one day (May 17, 2025); approved a one‑day entertainment license and fee waiver for an Air Force welcome event at Fort Getty (July 4, 2025); and approved a fee waiver for the Garden Club’s annual plant sale (May 10, 2025).
- Preapproved nonprofit list: Council approved adding the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce to the town’s preapproved list of local nonprofits that are eligible for the preapproved facility rate.
- Appointments and reappointments: The council approved the following appointments/reappointments (terms as announced at the meeting): - Affordable Housing Committee: Reappointments of Susan Gorelick and Fred Keith (three‑year terms ending 05/31/2028). - Coastal Resource Management Council: Appointment of Wayne Banks (term ending 05/31/2027). - Senior Services Committee: Reappointment of Karen Montoya. - Tax Assessment Board of Review: Reappointment of Stuart Rice. - Zoning alternate position: Appointment of Lisa Lepore.
Each item above was moved and seconded during the meeting and approved by voice vote. Where the transcript recorded only an ‘Aye’ voice vote the council recorded unanimous approval; the meeting transcript does not list roll‑call tallies for every item.
