Woonsocket Radio News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2024

6:45 P.M.

NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI 02896
PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY.


The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgw5KxL950ZgZ_DKz8B-MQ
or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings
*If technical difficulties occur during livestream the above specified meetings will resume as scheduled.
Documents related to the meeting will be posted on the Town Council’s page of the Town’s website on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/


FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES:

https://onboard.nsmithfieldri.org/


FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS:


I. OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
II. ROLL CALL
III. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
IV. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON PAYMENT OF BILLS
V. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON CONSENT AGENDA
    All items listed in this section are considered in one motion. There will be no separate     discussion of these items unless a Councilor requests, in which event the item will be     removed from the consent agenda.
        A. Town Council Minutes of November 18, and December 1, 2024
        B. Communications
            1.  Animal Control Monthly Report for November 2024
            2.  NSF&R Monthly Report for November 2024
            3.  NS Municipal Court Monthly Report for November 2024
            4.  NSPD Monthly Report for November 2024
VI. OLD BUSINESS
    A.  Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action on Status/Progress Report of Specific
    Items
        1. Facilities Manager
        2. Human Resources Position – Ms. Alves
        3. Municipal Building Review Task Force – Ms. Alves
    B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Salary and Wage Ordinance – Mr. St.     Onge
        1. 2nd Reading
VII. NEW BUSINESS
    A.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Proposed Memorandum of     Understanding (MOU) by and between North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Services, Inc., and     the Town of North Smithfield – Chief Chartier
    B.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Selecting a Date for a Joint Meeting     Between the Town Council, The Halliwell Review Committee, and the Multi-Generational     Advisory Committee – Ms. Alves
    `C.  Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Amendment of Section 15-5 of the     Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5, Article II entitled “Length of Service” – Ms. Alves
        1. 1st Reading
VIII. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
IX. ADJOURN


Individuals requesting special assistance should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 767-2200, ext. 504 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.
Agenda posted December 11, 2024

A pro-Palestinian Columbia University activist arrested by ICE agents will remain in jail. A federal judge who made the ruling in Mahmoud Khalil's deportation hearing is weighing further arguments in the case. The White House claims Khalil's pro-Palestinian activism was anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas.        Canada and the European Union are seeing President Trump's 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum and raising their own tariffs. The EU is announcing counter tariffs on U.S. goods worth 28-billion dollars. Canada announced 25-percent reciprocal tariffs on around 20-billion-dollars of American goods.        Authorities have named a person of interest in connection with a University of Pittsburgh student missing in the Dominican Republic. Authorities had previously questioned 24-year-old Joshua Riibe from Iowa, who was identified as one of two men walking to the beach with the missing student. Sudiksha Konanki was reported last seen on March 6th.        A new study says lung cancer patients in the area of wildfires are in the hospital longer than patients who are not in an active wildfire zone. The study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute emphasizes that exposure to smoke is only one of multiple threats to patients' health. The study noted that health care providers' reluctance to discharge patients in a potentially unsafe environment could play a role in the extended hospital stays.        The maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners may not be in business much longer. Massachusetts-based I-Robot is telling investors it has "substantial doubt" it will be able to continue unless it can overcome its financial issues within the next year. A deal to be purchased by Amazon for nearly two-billion-dollars fell through early last year.        The Spinal Tap sequel is arriving in theaters just 41 short years after the original rock mockumentary premiered. "Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues" is set for a September 12th release and a 30-second teaser hit the internet on Wednesday. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are all reprising their roles from 1984's "This Is Spinal Tap."       

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