On the agenda: North Kings Town meeting — Data Center (Sep 14)

Town Council
Gregory A. Mancini, President
Linnea M. Drew, Member
Elizabeth Hill Ross, Member
Dr. Kimberly Ann Page, Member
Matthew B. McCoy, Member

Town of North Kingstown
Town Council Meeting
Monday, September 14, 2026
Town Hall Council Chambers
80 Boston Neck Road
7:00 PM

Agenda
1

Call to Order

2

Pursuant to RIGL 42-46-6(c), notice of this meeting has been posted on the Secretary of
State's website

3

Salute to Flag

4

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

I.

CONSENT AGENDA – Items 5 thru 19
All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Town Council and
will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless
a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the
Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
5

Approval of Minutes
Regular Meeting - July 13, 2026
Regular Meeting - August 17, 2026

6

Receipt of Donations - $3,750.00

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7

Letter of Resignation - Roberta Belanger resigning from the Arts Council

8

Approval of a Sole Source Purchase - Fire Department - Dispatch Equipment Thundercat Technology - $864,451.00 (Utilizing cooperative purchasing power
with Omnia Partners Contract #R250609) (Funding is from the 2021 Voter
Approved Bond)

9

Approval of a Sole Source Purchase - Fire Department - Replacement of Fifteen
(15) Air Cylinders for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus - MES Shipman's Fire
Equipment Co. - $23,918.45 (Funding is from Rescue Billing Account)

10

Approval of Emergency Purchase - Fire Department - Class A Demo Pumper Allegiance Fire and Rescue - $880,043.00 (Funding is from a lease purchase
through the Rescue Billing Account)

11

Approval of Change Order - Recreation Department - North Kingstown Municipal
Golf Course Parking Lot Milling, Overlaying, and Striping - Tower Construction
Corp. - $221,292.06 (Funding is from Golf Course Special Projects Line Item)

12

Award of Bid - Department of Water Supply - Snuff Mill Water Tank Exterior
Painting of the bottom 2 Rings and repairing the concrete base - Mass Tank and
Advanced Coating Equipment, Inc. - $49,000.00 (Funding is from Water
Department Contractual Services Account)

13

Award of Bid - Department of Water Supply - Construction Services for the Poplar
Point Water Main Replacement Project - C.B. Utility Co., Inc. - $2,967,960.00
(Funding is from Water Department Other Capital Outlay Account)

14

Acceptance of the Learn365 Round 5 Funding for the After-School Excursion
Program in the amount of $63,300.00

15

Acceptance of the 2026 Working Wellness Award from the Rhode Island
Interlocal Risk Management Trust in the amount of $2,250.00

16

Authorization for the Town Manager to sign an easement agreement between
the Town of North Kingstown and The Narragansett Electric Company on
property known as 480 Oak Hill Road or Tax Assessor's Plat 97, Lot 1

17

Entertainment License (new) - Cocumscussoc Association, dba Smith's Castle, 55
Richard Smith Drive, to hold a Movie on the Meadow event on the grounds of
Smith's Castle on September 20, 2026 (rain date September 27, 2026)

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II.

III.

IV.

18

First Reading - Amendment to Chapter 3, entitled, "Animals", by amending
Section 3-1, entitled, "Definitions", by adding Section 3-26, entitled, "Pet Stores
- Prohibition of the Sale of Dogs and Cats", and by adding Section 3-27, entitled,
"Violations and Penalties"

19

First Reading - Amendment to Section 20-20, entitled, "Service Pipe
Connections"

REPORTS
20

Report by the Town Manager (Report will include the Town Manager's regular
update on Quonset-related issues)

21

Councilor Page to provide update on School Department Bond Projects

OLD BUSINESS
22

Update on the numerous complaints received by the Town of North Kingstown
and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management on the
unacceptable asphalt smell in the West Davisville area (requested by Council
President Mancini)

23

Discussion concerning Post Road Sidewalk Project (requested by Councilor Hill
Ross)

NEW BUSINESS
24

Arts Council - one (1) member to March 1, 2028 to fill the unexpired term of
Edgar Arroyo

25

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

26

Building Code Board of Appeals - one (1) Second Alternate to July 1, 2029

27

Economic Development Advisory Board - one (1) member to December 1, 2029

28

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

29

Leisure Services Advisory Committee - one (1) member to July 1, 2029

30

Library Board of Trustees – two (2) members to October 1, 2029

31

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

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32

Sewer Appeals Board – three (3) members to October 1, 2029 and two (2)
Alternate Members to October 1, 2029

33

Veterans Day & Memorial Day Parades Committee - one (1) member to March
1, 2027 to fill the unexpired term of John Fitzgerald

34

Veteran's Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee - two (2) members to July 1,
2027

35

Wickford Advisory Committee – two (2) Wickford Village Business Owners to
October 1, 2029 and two (2) Wickford Village Residents to October 1, 2029

36

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

37

Zoning Board of Review - one (1) member to July 1, 2029 and one (1) First
Alternate to July 1, 2029

38

Discussion concerning Data Center(s) (requested by Councilor Hill Ross)

39

Correspondence

V. ADJOURNMENT
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