Can the East Providence Commission stay? Please!
To the editor, So here we are again, we’re in that attention getting spot that seems like the whole world is watching. I have to give this city credit, just when you think things have calmed down and control is back, someone throws that wrench in the works (in this case, it’s the entire tool [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Mayor Briden made right call on Commission’s return
To the editor, City Council Mayor Briden requested intervention of the Budget Commission regarding personnel matters after City Manager Graczykowski put the City Police Chief on Administrative leave. I must question the timing of this decision by the City Manager, just a few weeks after the Budget commission left on March 28, on April 15 [...]
Read More →Budget Commission passes on consolidation, seats East Providence city solicitors
EAST PROVIDENCE — The mini-saga involving the solicitor positions for the city and the school department was finally put to rest Thursday afternoon, Jan. 31, when the East Providence Budget Commission passed on the notion of consolidating legal representation and seated the appointees of the City Council and School Committee. Tim Chapman, as city solicitor, [...]
Read More →East Providence teachers union approves gap agreement
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Education Association, the union of city teachers, approved a “gap” agreement forged with the Budget Commission by a reported 3-1 margin during a vote of its members held earlier this week. “The EPEA ratified a Memorandum of Agreement with the Budget Commission on Dec. 10, 2012. The agreement covers [...]
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