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Council approves two conditional police hires, ARPA match for resilience grant and multiple permits

Little Compton Town Council · July 11, 2024
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Summary

The council approved two conditional police hires, authorized a letter of support and an ARPA-funded match for a resilience grant to fund fire-suppression improvements and a portable generator, and approved multiple event and licensing requests including Nature Conservancy, mobile vendors and LC350 events.

Early in the meeting the council voted to complete conditional hires for two new police officers (conditional employment offers to William Shorrel and Joshua Rigo) following interview sessions. The police chief and council congratulated the selected candidates.

Later, the council voted to approve a draft letter of support for a Municipal Resilience Plan Action Grant (MRP) covering improvements around the Commons and to commit an anticipated cash match (the proposal listed $24,008.50 as a baseline and noted the match could be as high as $35,000) to be drawn from ARPA funds if required. The project includes fire‑suppression improvements and a portable community‑center generator to aid seniors and emergency operations.

The council also approved multiple permits and routine items: Narragansett Electric pole placement on John Dyer Road; Nature Conservancy use of Town Landing for an Aug. 12 meteor shower event (conditioned on insurance and indemnification); posting of an opioid memorial banner/flags at Pikes Peak; mobile food and mobile-cart licenses; class‑F one‑day beverage licenses for community-center events; and town-resource support for the LC350 penguin plunge. Anita Kudo was appointed finance clerk after completing a 30‑day trial period.

The council acknowledged the Postal Service’s cancellation of the town’s bulk-rate permit and placed the notice on file, and it noted a new Rhode Island law on low‑speed vehicles but declined to adopt a local ordinance at this time.

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