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Votes at a glance: Providence City Council actions, Jan. 17 meeting
Summary
A summary of procedural and consent votes taken by the Providence City Council on Jan. 17, including roll-call tallies where recorded and committee referrals.
The Providence City Council took a series of procedural, consent and substantive votes at its Jan. 17 meeting. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Items 4 and 5: Motion to waive reading of item 4 and 5 passed; item 4 received, item 5 referred to the Committee on Finance. (Voice vote.)
- Items 6–9: Motion to waive reading of items 6–9 and pass for the second time on a roll-call vote. Items 7 and 8 passed with 14 ayes, 0 no, 1 absent. Items 6 and 9 passed with 13 ayes, 1 no (Majority Whip Sanchez), and 1 absent. The clerk recorded the roll-call tallies.
- Items 10–12: Motion to waive reading and refer items 10–12 to the Committee on Ordinances. (Voice vote.)
- Item 13: Motion to waive reading; item referred to HOPE Committee. Councilman Gonzales spoke in support of Hasbro in a general statement about local economic ties. (Voice vote.)
- Item 14: Resolution honoring former President Jimmy Carter; motion passed by voice vote after the clerk read the resolution into the record.
- Item 15: Waived and passed on voice vote.
- Item 16: Motion to waive reading, substitute the lease and pass as amended for a 10-year community garden lease with the Southside Community Land Trust. (Voice vote.)
- Items 17–25: Motion to waive reading of items 17–25; item 17 referred to Committee on Claims and Pending Suits; items 18–25 noted as received. (Voice vote.)
- Item 26: Waived and passed on voice vote.
- Item 27: Waived and passed on a unanimous rising vote.
- Items 28–34: Council suspended Rule 16(b) to take up additional items. Items 28–33 passed with 14 votes; item 34 passed with 12 votes and 1 recorded recusal (Councilwoman Peterson). Referrals: items 28–32 to Committee on Finance; 33 and 34 noted as received.
The transcript records multiple motions moved by the Majority Leader and seconded; many items passed by voice vote or unanimous consent with few recorded roll-call tallies. Where the transcript did record roll-call counts, those numbers are reported above. The meeting record did not provide ordinance or resolution numbers for all items on the floor in the available transcript.
