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At a glance: Little Compton council approves business licenses, ratifies oil contract and advances personnel actions
Summary
At its meeting the Little Compton Town Council approved multiple liquor, victualing and holiday-sales licenses, ratified a heating-oil contract (fixed rate $2.69/gal plus variable ~ $0.40), hired a clerk, supported continuation of the social services director and placed the consent calendar on file.
The Little Compton Town Council approved a slate of business licenses, ratified a joint heating-oil procurement, accepted several personnel recommendations and placed routine items on the consent calendar during a meeting in which the town also received a groundwater study presentation.
Sitting as the Board of License Commissioners, the council approved Class A and B liquor licenses for local businesses named in the applications, including Adamsville Wine and Spirits; Meeting House Spirits; Barn Restaurant; Stone House; R.L. Flanders; and Class B licenses for Sakonnet Golf Club and Sakonnet Point Club. No remonstrances were offered during the hearing, and the motion to approve the listed licenses was moved (speaker 4), seconded and passed by voice vote.
The council also approved victualing (food service) license renewals and holiday-sales licenses for multiple businesses, and granted a moving-picture license to the Little Compton Community Center and an entertainment license to an applicant listed as Dionysus Acquisition (application trade name not fully specified in the record).
On procurement, the council ratified the town administrator’s acceptance of a heating-oil bid obtained through a regional bid process; a speaker reported a fixed rate of $2.69 per gallon and a variable component of about $0.40 per gallon.
In personnel actions the council approved hiring Abigail Wilkie for a clerk position in the clerk’s office and moved to support continuation of Sue Sisson as the town’s director of social services after she requested to remain in the role. The council accepted department head reports, placed the consent calendar on file and approved payment of bills by motion and voice vote.
Where recorded, votes were taken by voice and no formal opposition was announced on the record. Several motions were moved and seconded by councilors identified only by speaker number in the transcript; the meeting concluded with the chair declaring the meeting adjourned.
