Votes at a glance: Woonsocket council approves licenses, utilities budgets and several ordinances

The Woonsocket City Council approved a series of routine and substantive measures on Monday, including liquor licenses, utility fund appropriations and amendments to prior appropriations.

Key outcomes at a glance: - 25LC21: Ryan Family Amusements Inc. (d/b/a Ryan's at Walnut Hill), Class B liquor license at 1666 Diamond Hill Road — public hearing closed and license approved, vote recorded 6-0. - 25LC22: Annual license renewals and entertainment/food vendor permits (includes bowling alley, coin-operated machines and mobile food vendors) — approved 6-0. - 25 O 28: Regional wastewater treatment fund appropriation (amended to increase general charges by $1,000,000 allocated pro rata among member communities) — approved as amended, 6-0. - 25 O 29: Woonsocket water system appropriation ordinance — approved, 6-0. - 25 O 30: Sewer use fee fund appropriation (amended to reflect increased Woonsocket revenue share) — approved as amended, 6-0. - 25 O 31, 25 O 32, 25 O 33, 25 O 34: Various personnel and salary ordinances (establishing employee counts and salaries) — first passages or approvals recorded unanimously. - 25 O 36: Petition granted for a Narragansett Electric pole line relocation project on Pond Street and Mechanic Avenue — first passage approved, 6-0. - 25 O 37: Amendment to prior ordinance allowing opioid settlement funds to be used for additional prevention programs in the school system — approved, 6-0. - 25 O 38: Amendment to CDBG HUD annual budget permitting the Woonsocket Fire Department to use funds to purchase a used ladder truck — approved, 6-0.

The council approved the items by voice or roll-call votes as recorded in the meeting; most measures were uncontested, and the mayor and directors confirmed administrative steps required to implement the funding adjustments.