Where

100 Freight Street, City Council Chambers, Pawtucket, RI, 02860

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the state's Open Meetings portal (opens in new tab) yet, 11 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The agenda includes a six-month lease followed by month-to-month tenancy for a Broad Street parking lot, and an underground utility easement at 100 Freight Street. It also includes a pay rate ordinance, claims for damages, correspondence, and confirmation of appointments.

Agenda items

• Correspondence: Town of Exeter resolutions on dam Emergency Action Plan requirements
• Correspondence: Blackstone Center, 1 Moshassuck St. Q3 2026 construction update
• Correspondence: Pawtucket High School construction report
• Correspondence: RI Energy response on problems on Smithfield Avenue
• Correspondence: Public Works response on Rice Street crosswalk
• Correspondence: two communications on the collective bargaining agreement between the Pawtucket School Committee and the Pawtucket Teachers Alliance, Local 930
• Ordinance on pay rates for Local 3960 (Finance & Grant Compliance Assistant), to be laid on the table and referred to the Finance Committee
• Claims referred to the Committee on Claims and Pending Suits: Napoleon Gonsalves, $275.00 (pothole); Nicholas Jensen, $315.98 (pothole)

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• Claims referred to the Law Department and RI Interlocal Trust: Mauricio Rueda, $3,994.00 (property damage); Lynn Farinelli, $500,000.00 and $100,000.00 (claim for relief)
• Communication from Councilor Mark Wildenhain to Mayor Donald R. Grebien (Hasbro)
• Confirmation of Ann Marie Braganca to the Parks Commission
• Confirmation of Dorine Havandjian to the Advisory Commission on Arts and Culture
• Confirmation of Suzette Wordell to the Advisory Commission on Arts and Culture
• Confirmation of Michael William Cooper to the Pension Board
• Reappointment of Lydia Perez to the Public Arts Fund Committee
• Resolution authorizing a six-month lease, then month-to-month tenancy, with Joshua Café, LLC d/b/a News Café for the parking area lot fronting on Broad Street and North Union Street
• Resolution authorizing an easement agreement with Narragansett Electric Company to maintain an underground distribution system at 100 Freight Street (Assessor's Plat 8, Lot 417)
• Ordinance for second passage repealing and replacing the pay rate schedule for Local 3960 in Section §88-12, adding Parking Enforcement Officer

Terms used here

Board of License Commissioners

The City Council acting as the city's licensing board. It meets just before the Council's regular meetings, and grants, renews and hears complaints about the licenses the city issues, such as those to sell alcohol or serve food.

Committee of the Whole

The full council or board meeting as a committee, to discuss a matter before voting on it at a regular meeting.

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

All the terms in the glossary

Changes since posting

• November 1, 2026A revised agenda was posted.

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