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Chair requests moments of silence in memory of two local figures (Charlie Shoemaker and former first lady Linda Gordon) and opens meeting. Chair then asks clerk to take roll.
Newport City Council held a regular meeting covering public comments about bus safety, dozens of routine license and event approvals, debate and final approval of a controversial second-floor deck expansion at Bar and Board on Thames Street with conditions, a presentation and scheduling of a public hearing on a new Rhode Island tourism improvement district petition, approval of a change to the citys noise ordinance to enable noise-camera trailers and fines, and authorization of engineering work on the Elizabeth Brook daylighting/master plan.
