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Votes at a glance: Jan. 15 Glocester Town Council
Summary
Council actions included denying a zoning amendment to allow rock crushing, appropriating up to $45,000 in restricted opioid funds for a K‑9 vehicle upfit, continuing the MFE public hearing to Feb. 5, setting the fiscal referendum calendar, and appointing a full‑time police dispatcher (retroactive to Jan. 4).
Key formal actions taken by the Glocester Town Council at its Jan. 15 meeting:
• Zoning amendment denied: Council voted to deny the application to add off‑site material processing/rock crushing (Kaluchar Organization / owners William and Bonnie Cooper) to the town’s table of uses. The vote followed extensive public comment on noise, dust and monitoring capacity.
• Opioid funds appropriation approved: Council approved an appropriation of up to $45,000 from restricted opioid funds to upfit a recently purchased 2024 Chevy Silverado as a frontline police K‑9 vehicle (canine kennel, lighting and a Motorola radio). Chief Joseph Del Prete submitted the request.
• MFE hearing continued: Council continued the public hearing on the mobile food establishments/hawkers/peddlers code amendment to Feb. 5 and requested staff to post a clean draft incorporating council directions (e.g., whether permit counts are set by ordinance or resolution).
• Budget calendar set: Council set the budget public hearing for 04/20/2026, adoption by 05/04/2026, and the financial town referendum (FTR) for 05/19/2026, in keeping with charter notice requirements.
• Dispatcher appointment: Council accepted the resignation of full‑time dispatcher Taylor Anne Malone (effective 12/27/2025) and approved a retroactive appointment of Kimberly Beaulieu to the full‑time dispatcher position effective 01/04/2026 (training pay $18/hour while attending required state training), pending a background check.
• Appointments and reappointments: Council reappointed Bruce Payton to the Conservation Commission alternate seat, appointed members to the Land Trust from planning and conservation seats, and tabled several parade committee and budget board appointments for future meetings.
Details and sources: motions, supporting memos and vote recordings are part of the Jan. 15 meeting record; where specific roll‑call tallies were not read aloud during the meeting, the minutes will contain the formal roll call and recorded votes.
