Chapter 033 |
2019 -- S 0899 Enacted 06/27/2019 |
A N A C T |
AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE |
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Ciccone, Archambault, Paolino, and Nesselbush |
Date Introduced: May 22, 2019 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Article 20, Chapter 1, Section 20-1-2 of Chapter 471 of the 2018 Public |
Laws entitled "An Act Amending the Charter of North Providence", is hereby amended to read as |
follows: |
Sec. 20-1-2. Meetings. |
The board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings and give written notice of regularly |
scheduled meetings at the beginning of each calendar year. The notice shall include the dates, |
times, and places of the meetings and shall be provided to members of the public upon request |
and to the secretary of state at the beginning of each calendar year in accordance with chapter 46 |
of title 42, "Rhode Island Open Meetings Act." |
The board shall give supplemental written public notice of any meeting within a |
minimum of forty-eight (48) hours before the date. This notice shall include the date the notice |
was posted; the date, time, and place of the meeting; and a statement specifying the nature of the |
business to be discussed. Notwithstanding the aforementioned forty-eight (48) hour notice, this |
supplemental notice shall be provided to the members of the board members shall be notified at |
least two (2) weeks (2) in advance of the meeting(s). A statement specifying the nature of the |
business to be discussed shall be provided to the members of the board at least five (5) days in |
advance of the meeting(s). |
In the event of an emergency affecting the public safety, health, or welfare, on the written |
recommendation of the purchasing agent, additional meetings of the board may be held provided |
that written notice of the meeting, as provided under the Rhode Island open meetings act, as |
amended, is given. |
The board, at its discretion, shall hold all meetings at the North Providence town hall |
within the confines of municipal buildings, which are ADA approved, within the town of North |
Providence. All meetings shall be held on weekdays at 6:00 p.m times and dates determined by |
the unanimous vote of the board. |
The agenda, the time, and the location of each meeting, except an emergency meeting as |
herein above provided, shall be on the town's website and within town hall on the public notice |
bulletin board at least one week five (5) days prior to the meeting. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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