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Votes at a glance: Solitro contract, ARPA reallocations, personnel and appointments
Summary
At its recent meeting Richmond’s council approved the Solitro contract (up to $121,120), unallocated and reallocated several ARPA line items, extended a temporary police employee through Dec. 2, appointed Susan A. Gardner to the dog park committee, approved a water service connection and selected mediation designees for a tax appeal.
Here are the formal actions and outcomes recorded at the Richmond Town Council meeting:
- Rezoning: Motion to rezone 8 Richmond Townhouse Road from R-2 to General Business — approved by voice vote.
- Contract award: Motion to award a construction contract to Solitro Property Solutions for parking/boardwalk work at Chelsea Farm Drive, amount not to exceed $121,120 (contingent on grant/match) — approved by voice vote.
- ARPA reallocations: Motion to unallocate and reallocate specified ARPA line items (including $73,000 reallocation from Community Advocate, $50,000 radio tower, $11,722 IT, $19,961 small business loans, $22,621 Town Hall renovation, and funds from the Wyoming study) — approved by voice vote.
- Personnel: Motion to extend temporary full-time employment for Phil Bridal through Dec. 2, 2024 — approved by voice vote.
- Appointments: Motion to appoint Susan A. Gardner to the dog park committee — approved by voice vote.
- Utilities: Motion to approve the recommendation of Northeast Water Solutions for a water service connection for Brookdale / Little Beginnings Inc. at 5 and 7 Mechanic Street — approved by voice vote.
- Executive session and mediation: Motion to enter executive session to discuss pending tax-appeal litigation — approved. After return to open session, council moved to seal the executive minutes and then approved the selection of Michael Colasanti and Samantha Wilcox as designees for non-binding mediation (the presiding officer clarified designees will not have authority to bind the town; any settlement would require full council approval).
All votes recorded in the public record were taken by voice and described as 'aye' in the transcript; the meeting did not record a roll-call tally in the portion of the transcript provided for every motion.
