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Votes at a glance: Foster council approves business licenses, zoning reappointments and reports executive‑session personnel votes
Summary
The Foster Town Council approved several business licenses and zoning-board reappointments, continued multiple ordinance public hearings to Feb. 27, and reported executive-session votes that approved a finance director and a DPW director (transcript shows a 4–0 vote and a 4–0 vote with one recusal).
The Foster Town Council on Dec. 12 approved a slate of consent-agenda items and several individual motions, continued ordinance public hearings and, after an executive session, reported approvals for two department head positions.
What the council approved - Hotel/motel license for Heidi Rogers, Stone House Inn, 162 Danielson Pike — motion made and approved by voice vote. - Business license for Elizabeth Stone, doing business as Cornerstone Farm, 86 Foster Center Road — motion made and approved by voice vote. - Business license for Bradford Smith, doing business as Rhode Island Timber — motion made and approved by voice vote. - Reappointment of Robert Moreau to the zoning board for a five-year term through December 2029; appointment of Ed Lawson and Jason Simmons as zoning board alternates for one-year terms — motions made, seconded and approved by voice votes.
Public hearings continued Council opened public hearings on proposed ordinance changes referencing chapters 8, 18, 24 and 38 (planning, nuisance and zoning-related chapters) and voted to continue the hearings to Feb. 27, 2025.
Executive-session personnel votes The council moved into executive session under Rhode Island General Laws to discuss collective bargaining, contract negotiations or litigation. When the meeting reconvened in open session, the council reported a recorded vote on a finance director hire described in the transcript as 4–0 to approve. The transcript also records a decision on a DPW director described as 4–0 with one recusal. The transcript does not include a full roll-call of how each member voted in those executive-session items.
What was not resolved Votes on the Nov. 26, 2024 minutes were continued to the next agenda; no numeric roll-call was recorded in the public transcript for the consent‑agenda voice votes. The council did not make public any hiring details discussed in executive session beyond the vote tallies mentioned above.
Next steps The public hearings were continued to the second meeting in February (stated in the motion as Feb. 27, 2025), and council staff said they would follow up on outstanding items and post details about a memorial service for the late Lieutenant Ken Vento.
