East Providence must reimburse state for Commission staffers
EAST PROVIDENCE — In what should come as a surprise to no one, the state is seeking reimbursement from the city to the tune of slightly more than $245,000 for services rendered by East Providence Budget Commission staff during Fiscal Year 2012. Per the legislation creating the Commission, the state had the right to seek [...]
Read More →East Providence City Solicitors are reappointed, but not much closer to being seated
EAST PROVIDENCE — Responding to a request from the East Providence Budget Commission, the City Council at its meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 22, unanimously reappointed Tim Chapman, Bob Craven and Greg Dias to their respective city solicitor posts and determined a new salary structure for each, though the ultimate fate of the trio remained in [...]
Read More →Commission welcomes Google windfall, cautions it’s not a cure-all
EAST PROVIDENCE — Among other money matters discussed at its Thursday, Jan. 17, meeting, the East Providence Budget Commission acknowledged the impact of the recent release to the city of some $49 million in Google case settlement money, though also cautioned it was not a cure-all to its unfunded pension ills. Commission Chairman Diane Brennan [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission curbs contract, Oldham closing discussions
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Budget Commission tabled talks about the possible closing of the James R.D. Oldham Elementary School and also carried a conversation about contracts into an executive session as part of a lengthy agenda for its meeting on Thursday, Jan. 17, in Room 306 at City Hall. Interim School Superintendent Dr. [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission declines approval of new city solicitors
EAST PROVIDENCE — At its bi-weekly meeting Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17, and apart from other moves made, the East Providence Budget Commission refused to approve the appointments of three city solicitors pending the review of proposals to consolidate its legal representation. Tim Chapman, as city solicitor, along with Bob Craven and Greg Dias, as assistants, [...]
Read More →East Providence coaches continue to await their contractual fate
EAST PROVIDENCE — As the 2012-13 winter sports schedule regains steam following the recent holiday respite, coaches at East Providence High School continue in a state of limbo in terms of knowing just how much they’ll be compensated at the end of the season. Talks between the union, the East Providence Education Association, and attorney [...]
Read More →East Providence receives TAN, commission approves use of Jones Pond project grants
EAST PROVIDENCE — While personnel issues made up the bulk of the East Providence Budget Commission’s Thursday, Jan. 3, meeting, a few other topics of note were discussed by the state overseers during their first gathering of 2013. City Finance Director Malcolm Moore told the Commission East Providence has received a $10 million Tax Anticipatory [...]
Read More →Personnel matters at the fore of East Providence Budget Commission bi-weekly meeting
EAST PROVIDENCE — Issues pertaining to personnel were are the heart of the East Providence Budget Commission’s first meeting of the New Year Thursday, Jan. 3, in Room 306 of City Hall. On-going contract negotiations between the various unions of city employees and Commission legal counsel Joseph Whalen were broached early Thursday. Mr. Whalen alerted [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission needs to rethink some mentor cuts
To the editor, I am submitting this letter to the attention of the Budget Commission. I am a concerned resident of East Providence who acknowledges the fact that changes need to be made to our city finances to keep our city from going over the “financial cliff.” In saying that I also must stand up [...]
Read More →Commission talks water rates, library hours, approves fire station funding
EAST PROVIDENCE — As part of a wide-ranging agenda, which included discussions on finding a new school superintendent and consolidation of legal services, the East Providence Budget Commission touched on several other topics of import during its bi-weekly meeting Thursday, Dec. 13, at City Hall. Amy Santos, a Principal Consultant at Red Oak Consulting, which [...]
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