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Smithfield School Committee approves RFP for new kilns, signs off on routine bills and moves to executive session
Summary
At its March 6 meeting, the Smithfield School Committee approved an RFP to purchase and install two kilns at Smithfield High School, approved its consent agenda including bills totaling $117,628.55, and voted to convene an executive session to discuss personnel and an employee contract.
The Smithfield School Committee on March 6 approved a request for proposals to purchase and install two new kilns at Smithfield High School, approved its consent agenda including bills totaling $117,628.55, and voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel and an employee contract.
Committee members said the high school’s existing kilns are well beyond their useful life and difficult to maintain. A committee presenter said the purchase will be funded by a grant; the grant name was not specified in the meeting transcript. The committee approved a motion to advertise for two new kilns and send the request for proposals (RFP) out for bid.
The committee also approved the consent agenda, which the chair described as including approval of open minutes from February, approval and sealing of executive session minutes from Feb. 3 and Feb. 11, and payment of regular bills totaling $117,628.55. The committee noted direct checks from February 2025 totaling $13,016.69 and a line for lunch bills listed as $96 in the meeting materials.
Later in the meeting, the committee voted to convene an executive session "pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws" as cited in the meeting transcript to discuss personnel matters, including an employee contract, and to review executive session minutes from Feb. 27, 2025. The transcript records a roll-call vote with Miss O'Brien, Miss Sullivan, Miss Sallow and Miss Stafford recorded as voting "Aye"; an additional unnamed voting member also recorded an "Aye." The committee stated no person named in the meeting had requested that the personnel discussion be held in open session.
Votes at a glance - Motion: Approve consent agenda (approval of minutes, sealing of executive session minutes of Feb. 3 and Feb. 11, approval of bills totaling $117,628.55, direct checks $13,016.69, lunch bills $96). Outcome: Approved. (Motion made and seconded; roll-call names not specified in transcript.)
- Motion: Authorize advertisement and issuance of an RFP for purchase and installation of two kilns at Smithfield High School. Outcome: Approved. (Motion made and seconded; vote recorded as "Aye".)
- Motion: Convene executive session pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws cited in the meeting transcript to discuss personnel and an employee contract and to review executive session minutes of Feb. 27, 2025. Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote (Miss O'Brien: Aye; Miss Sullivan: Aye; Miss Sallow: Aye; Miss Stafford: Aye; one additional unnamed voting member: Aye).
The meeting included routine announcements about student activities — including Smithfield High School athletics and an upcoming production of Mamma Mia — and a brief report that the fire department provided Stop the Bleed training in health classes. No members of the public signed up for the public comment period, and the committee noted there was no superintendent’s report because, as stated at the meeting, there is no superintendent on staff.
The committee scheduled no additional public actions at the March 6 meeting; committee members asked for items to be submitted for future agendas.
