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Providence City Council opens 2026 session, waives multiple readings and hears personal expressions
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting the Providence City Council confirmed attendance, approved minutes, waived readings for multiple items, referred several matters to committees, and offered condolences and community remarks including a report on a deadly Elmwood Avenue fire.
The Providence City Council convened its first meeting of 2026 on Thursday, Jan. 8. The clerk recorded 11 members present and four absent, and the council established a quorum to conduct business.
After an invocation that included a reading of a poem attributed to Renee Nicole Macklin Goode and an adapted prayer, Councilwoman Andarbois led the Pledge of Allegiance. The council approved the minutes, waived readings on several agenda items and referred items to committees: item 6 to the Committee on Ordinances, item 7 to the Committee…
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