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North Kingstown council approves slate of municipal appointments and administrative items
Summary
The North Kingstown council approved a series of appointments — including municipal court clerk and magistrate, municipal judge, town sergeant, town solicitor and bond counsel — and set bargaining liaisons and the council meeting schedule.
The newly constituted North Kingstown council approved a series of routine appointments and administrative items following the swearing-in and leadership elections.
Appointments recorded in the meeting included Jeanette Callahan as municipal court clerk and magistrate through 12/07/2026; David Riley as municipal judge; Joe Rishau as town sergeant; and James Callahan reappointed as town solicitor. The council also appointed Robert Brooks as town solicitor for labor relations and retained Taft and McSally as bond counsel.
The council approved the town manager's recommended liaisons for upcoming fire department collective bargaining: Councilor Kim Page and Councilor Beth Hill Ross. The council also adopted the town council meeting schedule for publication.
All appointments and administrative motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice votes noted in the transcript as 'ayes' with no recorded opposition. The meeting closed with a motion to move to a reception at Tavern on the Green.
Details recorded in the transcript list Jeanette Callahan's appointment term through 12/07/2026. Vote tallies were not uniformly recorded as named roll calls for each appointment; many passed by voice vote with the chair announcing "the ayes have it."
