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Votes at a glance: key North Smithfield Town Council actions
Summary
At the meeting the council approved the Village Haven sewer abatement, a $396,000 BH+A design contract for Hallowell, a $5.94M phased police station budget, a $50,000 crack-sealing contract, multiple license renewals, reserve additions, and motions to explore live-streaming and social-media presence.
The North Smithfield Town Council recorded the following key outcomes at its meeting.
- Village Haven sewer abatement: Approved a $15,178.46 abatement to reflect a 13-EDU charge rather than the 35-EDU seat-count estimate (motion passed by roll call).
- Hallowell design contract: Approved a $396,000 BH+A contract for schematic design and construction documents; committee membership revisions and oversight language discussed and advanced.
- Police station revised budget/scope: Approved a phased $5.94 million budget for interior renovation with exterior work moved to add alternates; authorized the Owner’s Project Manager RFP.
- SignalWorks / design addendum: Approved Addendum No. 2 to align consultant scope with the revised police station budget (increase reported around $300,375).
- OPM RFP: Authorized issuing the Owner’s Project Manager RFP to bid and directed staff to coordinate with purchasing.
- Crack sealing: Approved a contract up to $50,000 to piggyback another municipality’s bid for townwide crack sealing.
- Tax adjustments and refund: Approved penalty tax adjustments totaling $8,921.49 and ratified a $7,532.68 reimbursement to Rhode Island Housing related to an improperly recorded deed.
- Reserves: Approved proposed FY2024 reserve additions totaling $458,303.73.
- Licenses: Renewed a large slate of annual licenses (liquor, victualing, holiday sales, general business, mobile food, secondhand, solicitation, etc.) as a grouped consent item, all subject to required certificates, inspections and fees.
- Governance/communications votes: Council voted to develop a protocol for unsealing executive-session minutes where appropriate and to explore expanding live-streaming and a town social-media presence (information-only approach discussed).
These items were approved by motions and roll-call votes where noted; staff were assigned follow-up tasks on procurement, ordinance review and grant coordination.
