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Votes at a glance: licenses, poll location, easement tabled and routine resolutions
Summary
At its May 5 meeting the Woonsocket City Council approved several licenses and resolutions, authorized a poll location, tabled an easement and a grant resolution, and approved routine items; one business license approval was made conditional on issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
The Woonsocket City Council took a series of routine and semi-routine actions on May 5 alongside the larger homelessness debate.
Licenses and public hearings - First-class victualling license (25 LC 17) — Woonsocket Subs Inc., doing business as Subway, 200 Diamond Hill Road: Approved 7 to 0 on the condition that the business obtain a certificate of occupancy and resolve a failed plumbing inspection. The director told the council staff had learned the business was operating without a certificate of occupancy and with a failed plumbing inspection; the clerk and solicitor confirmed licenses are typically conditional on meeting such requirements. - Secondhand dealers merchandise license (25 LC 18) — MCA Cargo LLC, doing business as Alba Appliances, 218 Arnold Street: Approved 7 to 0. - Licenses and renewals (25 LC 19): Approved 7 to 0.
Other ordinances and resolutions - Ordinance 25 O 22 — New poll location for Rhode Island Energy for AMF Radio Network on Crawford Street: Approved unanimously, 7 to 0. - Ordinance 25 O 25 — Authorization of an easement to Narragansett Electric Company on Smithfield Road: Motion to table passed; item tabled indefinitely at the administration’s request. - Resolution 25 R 72 — Support for a $300,000 hazard mitigation grant application by the River Island Condominium Association: Tabled at the planning director’s request pending review of potential city liabilities. - Resolution 25 R 73 — Permission to use city property: Approved 7 to 0 (an amendment referencing a bouncy house had been withdrawn prior to the vote). - Resolution 25 R 74 — Cancellation/abatement of certain taxes (total $2,405.12 for incorrect classification/over-assessments): Approved 7 to 0.
Procedural items - The council amended minutes of the April 21 meeting to correct recorded first‑passage votes on Ordinance 25 O 21 (two council members had been recorded incorrectly); the amended minutes were approved unanimously. - Two public hearings (25 VEIL C 17 and 25 VEIL C 18) were opened and closed with no public opposition; the clerk recorded closures and related approvals.
The council approved the consent agenda and adjourned at approximately 9:20 p.m.
Votes listed above were recorded on the council floor and roll calls were read into the record.
