Solicitor Chapman’s opinion backs Councilman Briden to choose AFO in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence City Council President and Mayor James Briden can be the sole person to choose a candidate to fill the Administrative and Finance Officer position required under legislation creating state oversight which led to the seating of the Budget Commission, so wrote City Solicitor Timothy Chapman in a legal opinion on [...]
Read More →In so many words, a message is sent
Memo to East Providence residents: State leaders do not have faith in our elected officials. In so many words last week and with her decision last month, State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly said as much in an interview with The East Providence Post following the first meeting of the reseated Budget Commission. The [...]
Read More →Director Gallogly explains her reasoning for Budget Commission’s return to East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Of the many interested observers seated in the audience Thursday, May 2, for a meeting of the recently reinstated East Providence Budget Commission was Rhode Island Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly, whose department manages the state overseers and who personally made the decision to bring back the body to consult on [...]
Read More →Reseated East Providence Budget Commission approves four hiring measures, tables another
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Budget Commission, reseated as of April 18 specifically for personnel matters, approved four hiring measures on the city side and tabled another request from the School Department at its first meeting back in session Thursday, May 2, in Room 306 at City Hall. The Commission approved the application list [...]
Read More →Commission, audience members have testy exchange over status of East Providence Police Chief Tavares
EAST PROVIDENCE — At the end of what was otherwise a benign meeting Thursday, May 2, marking its return to oversight of the city’s personnel matters, East Providence Budget Commission Chairman Diane Brennan entered into a somewhat testy exchange with concerned members of the audience in regards to the employment status of Police Chief Joseph [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission reconvenes Thursday, May 2
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Budget Commission has set the date and time of its return meeting, its first in some five weeks since it had formally restored authority to city officials and since State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly reseated the overseers for personnel matters on April 18. The slightly revamped Budget [...]
Read More →Budget Commission is expected to reconvene in East Providence Thursday
EAST PROVIDENCE — Some five weeks to the day since it ended its day-to-day oversight of the city and returned authority back to administrators and politicians, the Budget Commission is expected to reconvene in East Providence on Thursday, May 2. The meeting, which is expected to be posted on the city website some time Tuesday, [...]
Read More →City releases text of letter reinstating East Providence Budget Commission
EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence Monday, April 22, released the text of the letter sent to it and the Budget Commission by State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly reinstating the Commission’s oversight of all personnel matters. The move by Director Gallogly, which came in written form Thursday, April 18, was seen [...]
Read More →Gallogly reinstates East Providence Budget Commission on personnel matters
EAST PROVIDENCE — In what is likely a not-so coincidental development, State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly Thursday, April 18, reinstated the Budget Commission’s authority over personnel matters in the City of East Providence. Mrs. Gallogly did so in response to a request from Budget Commission member and City Council President James Briden. “I [...]
Read More →Chafee, Gallogly praise work of East Providence Budget Commission at final meeting
EAST PROVIDENCE — Almost 15 months to the day of its installation, the East Providence Budget Commission wrapped up its oversight of the city Thursday, March 28, with one final formal meeting in its familiar setting of Room 306 at City Hall. When the Commission came to East Providence in late December of 2011, the [...]
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