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Westerly council approves senior-center lease and restores 5-minute public comments
Summary
At the special meeting the council approved a five-year lease renewal with Wesley Senior Citizens Inc., and after debate restored five-minute public comments and reinstated council response for the special meeting.
The Westerly Town Council voted to approve a resolution authorizing the town manager to enter into a new five-year lease with Wesley Senior Citizens Incorporated; the manager confirmed the lease terms are unchanged other than the updated dates. The council first voted to suspend council rules to consider the resolution expeditiously and then approved the measure.
Earlier in the meeting members debated special-meeting procedures, specifically the length of citizens’ comments and whether councilors should respond after each speaker. After discussion and public input, the council voted to extend comment time from 3 to 5 minutes for this meeting and to reinstate council responses, following a roll-call-style discussion that recorded divided views among councilors.
No additional substantive municipal policy was approved beyond the lease and the procedural changes; the council moved on to the Potter Hill Dam presentation and the motions related to that project.
