Woonsocket City Council: votes at a glance from the Jan. 13 meeting

Woonsocket City Council on Jan. 13, 2025 approved a slate of routine and policy items, heard public comment on several issues and set follow-up work sessions on zoning and the downtown tax‑stabilization agreement.

The meeting produced votes on liquor licenses and renewals, appropriations and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) adjustments, several mayoral appointments, tax abatements and a foreclosure authorization. The council also tabled three items for further review: a proposed mutual‑aid resolution for water/wastewater utilities (25 R01), a zoning ordinance update (25 00 03) and one redevelopment agency appointment (25 R06).

Votes at a glance (item → outcome, roll call result): - 25 LC01 (transfer of Class BB liquor license, Fuji Mountain Inc./Kodo Steakhouse → Super Hibachi Buffet, 401 Clinton St.) — approved, 7–0. - 25 LC02 (La Placita Kitchen and Bar LLC, 719 Front St., Unit 111) — approved, 7–0. - 25 LC03 (licenses & renewals) — approved, 7–0. - Consent items 25 CO02 (December finance report), 25 CO10 (ARPA report), 25 CO15 (Enterprise Fund report) — received and placed on file after separate review, vote to receive and place on file, 7–0. - 25 00 06 (transfer funds to human services for full‑time director pay) — approved, 7–0. - 24 01 38 (salary ordinance, second passage) — approved unanimously on second passage. - 25 00 01 (adjust ARPA allocations for Opera projects) — approved, first passage, 7–0. - 25 00 02 (establish 2025 tax‑amnesty period) — approved, first passage, 7–0. - 25 00 03 (zoning code amendments) — TABLED to a work session. - 25 00 04 (repeal of omnibus tax‑stabilization ordinance 16 O 16, first passage) — approved, first passage, 7–0; council indicated a work session will be held before second passage. - 25 00 05 (ARPA appropriation for roof at Station No. 4, 806 Mendon Road) — approved, 7–0. - 25 R01 (mutual aid and assistance program for water/wastewater utilities) — TABLED to next regular meeting in February. - 25 R02–R05, R07 (mayoral appointments to Redevelopment Agency) — approved, 7–0 each. - 25 R06 (mayoral appointment of Vincent Bono to Redevelopment Agency) — TABLED, 5–2. - 25 R08 (authorize solicitor to commence foreclosure to foreclose tax redemption for 63 Union St.) — approved, 7–0. - 25 R09 (appoint Donald Cipe as tree warden) — approved, 7–0. - 25 R10–R13 (tax cancellations and additions) — approved, 7–0 each. - 25 R14 (accept two Municipal Homelessness Support Initiative grant awards and authorize agreements) — approved, 7–0.

Several of the items above require follow‑up steps (e.g., second passage for ordinances, work sessions, or execution of grant agreements). The council closed the meeting at 8:41 p.m.