Town Council - Regular Meeting

Presentation to the Town Council and School Committee by CBIZ CPAs P.C. (formerly Marcum LLP) and the Audit Committee and receipt and filing of the Annual Audit Report for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025

Public Comment

Those wishing to speak are respectfully requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes

Receipt of Donations - $100.00

Letter of Resignation - Ahren Cohen resigning from the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild & Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council

Award of Bid - North Kingstown Municipal Golf Course - Construction of a Golf Cart Barn for Winter Storage of Golf Carts - Tower Construction Corporation - $1,544,000.00 (Funding is from the Municipal Lease Program for a 10-year term - Municipal Golf Course Enterprise Fund)

Award of Bid - Department of Water Supply - Construction Services for the Post Road Water Main Replacement Project - D'Ambra Construction Co., Inc. - $1,785,590.00 (Funding is from Water Department - Infrastructure Replacement Account)

Ratification of the Town Manager's Approval of an Emergency Water Main Repair and Valve Installation - Water Department - Boyle & Fogarty Construction Co., Inc. - $30,976.46 (Funding is from FY2026 Water Department Budget - Infrastructure Replacement Account)

Acceptance of the Learn365 Municipal Learning Project Math Matters RI Grant in the amount of $8,500.00

Annual Entertainment License (renewal) - Town of North Kingstown, 100 Fairway Drive, to hold various outdoor concerts on various dates

Exhibition License (no vendors) - Wickford Village Association, c/o 17 Brown Street, to hold Harbor Fire (formerly Harbor Lights) on Brown Street, West Main Street, Updike Park, the Municipal Parking Lot, and the bridge over the Harbor, on May 15, June 18, July 16, August 13, September 18, and October 16, 2026 and authorization for the Town Manager to approve future rain dates

Exhibition License (1-10 vendors) - Transformative Action For North Kingstown (TANK), 72 Pine Tree Circle, to hold a Book Festival at the North Kingstown High School, 150 Fairway Drive, on April 11, 2026

Victualling License (new) - Bey Corp., dba Firehouse Subs, 1051 Ten Rod Road, Unit 10

Proposed Resolution Endorsing House Bill H-7352 and Senate Bill S-2607 - Rhode Island Civil Rights Enforcement Act

Final Bond Reduction - Cottages at Weeden Farm - $142,719.57

Report by the Town Manager

Information regarding Town's steps concerning Bitumar Facility in West Davisville/QDC

Report by the Finance Director YTD Budget Report

Coastal Resources Management Council Application Number 2026-01-032 to allow Joshua Lipinski to construct and maintain a residential pier consisting of a ramp, to a fixed pier, to a ramp, to a float, 28 Enfield Avenue, Plat 117, Lot 31

Request to modify approved Water Main Extensions (Quonset Apartments and 165 Namcook Road) to service The Edge Development - Devils Foot Road and Namcook Road (Plat 147, Lots 30, 34, 37, 67, 68, and 79 and Plat 181, Lots 13 and 28)

Request for a Water Main Extension to service Franklin Commons located at 7259 Post Road, Assessors Plat 136, Lot 170

Appointment of a Town Council Representative to the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council

Arts Council - seven (7) members to March 1, 2028

Asset Management Commission - one (1) At-Large Representative to July 1, 2027 to fill the unexpired term of Dianne Izzo

Conservation Commission - two (2) members to March 1, 2029

Harbor Management Commission - one (1) Marina/Boat Yard Operator Representative, one (1) Recreational Boating Representative, one (1) Environmental/Conservation Group Representative, and one (1) Commercial Fishing Representative to March 1, 2028

Information Technology Advisory Committee - one (1) Expert Member to March 1, 2029, one (1) At-Large Member to March 1, 2029, and one (1) Alternate At-Large Member to March 1, 2029

Personnel Board - one (1) member to March 1, 2029

Tree Warden to March 1, 2027

Veterans Day & Memorial Day Parades Committee - one (1) member to March 1, 2029

Wickford Village Design Guidelines Committee - one (1) Alternate Business Property Owner to December 31, 2027

Discussion on Sidewalk Clearing Ordinance; who is responsible, liability, enforcement (requested by Councillor Hill Ross)

Discussion - North Kingstown being an Accepting Community (requested by Council President Pro Tem Page)

Correspondence