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Charter Review Commission
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Economic Development Committee

Fire Departments
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Friends of Human Services Advisory Board
Growth Management Committee
Housing Authority
Juvenile Hearing Board
Land Trust
Legislators (Local)
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Library Board of Trustees
Municipal Court
Municipal Pension Board                                    Pawtuxet River Authority
Personnel Board
Planning Commission
Probate Court
RI City & Town Management Association    Redevelopment Agency
School Committee
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Sewer Assessment Board of Review
Sewer Sub Committee
Solicitors
Town Council
Town Offices
Water Authority
Zoning Board of Review

 

 

 

 

TOWN OF COVENTRY

A COUNCIL - MANAGER
COMMUNITY

33,668 Population 2000 Census

TOWN COUNCIL

Raymond E. Spear, President
Laura A. Flanagan, Vice President
Frank Hyde
Glenford J. Shibley
Kenneth Cloutier

TOWN MANAGER

Thomas R. Hoover, Town Manager

COUNCIL MEETINGS:

Town Hall Council Chambers,
1670 Flat River Road
Second & Fourth Mondays at 8:00 p.m.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Thomas A. Hetherman
Katherine M. Patenaude
Andrew B. Perra
Nancy e. Springelmeyer
Lisa P. Tomasso

SUPERINTENDENT

Kenneth R. DiPietro, Superintendent

SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

School Administration Building

 (Sept. - June) Second & Fourth
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES:

1675 Flat River Rd (822-9400) (822-9406 F) 
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL DATES AND TIMES OF MEETINGS LISTED ON THIS PAGE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  CONFIRM DATES AND TIMES FROM THE LIVE MEETING DATA ON THE "THIS WEEK IN TOWN" PAGE


ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD    
DISTRICT # 1

William J. McLaughlin

 
DISTRICT # 2
Linda Lake
Chairperson
DISTRICT # 3

James J, O'Connor

 
DISTRICT # 4

Michael A. LeBlanc

DISTRICT # 5

Joseph P. Spada

 

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BOARD OF CANVASSERS & REGISTRATION

Francis J. Perry, Jr., Chairman
   
Agnes LaPointe
   
Dorothy Berbue


Meetings: Town Hall (At call of the Chairperson)

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CEMETERY, ISAAC FISKE & H.N. WATERMAN FUNDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS .

 
 
 
 
Kenneth Cloutier

AGENT: Warren West

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CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION

Leo R. Blais

 
Jean A. Boulanger, Esq.
 

Arthur G. Capaldi, Esq.

 

Kenneth DaSilva

Thaddeus Jendzejec

 

Victor G. Moffitt

 
James J. Spearman
 

Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.

 

Ronald Wood

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CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Nicole Wilkinson,  Chairperson

Alternates:

Peter Suorsa, V. Chairperson  
Diane Kowal, Secretary
Steven Valerio MEETING
Gerald Nakiewicz
Planning Director  822-9182 2nd Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

6:00 PM PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE

1675 Flat River Road

JANUARY 13
FEBRUARY 10
MARCH 10
APRIL 14
MAY 12
JUNE 9
JULY 14
AUGUST 11
SEPTEMBER 8
OCTOBER 13
NOVEMBER 10
DECEMBER 8

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COURTS

MUNICIPAL COURT:  Office Hours @ Town Hall - 

                     Monday & Tuesday                      8:30 p.m. -  4:30 p.m.
                     Wednesday & Thursday              12:30 a.m.-  4:30 p.m.

Judge:  Arthur G. Capaldi                                                      
Clerk & Associate Judge  P/T:  J
ean A. Boulanger
Asst. Court Clerk :  Tracy Lyn Hall

PROBATE COURT:
Probate Judge:  Jean Boulanger
Probate Clerk:  Cheryl George, Town Clerk         

2nd & 4th Thursdays at 3:00 p.m.                     

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DEPARTMENT

AGENCY DIRECTORS

TELEPHONE

District #1 Council Person Raymond E. Spear   
  spearr@verizon.net    
     
District #2 Council Person Laura A. Flanagan  
  megsmile38@gmail.com  
     
District #3 Council Person Frank Hyde  
  fhtc3@hotmail.com  
     
District #4 Council Person Glenford J. Shibley  
  gshibley@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
District #5 Council Person Kenneth Cloutier  
  ken@kencloutier.com   
     
Building Official

Bruce Zaloudek

822-9158

  brucez@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Canvassers, Board of

Francis J. Perry, Jr.

822-9150

     
Chief Clerk, BOC Jan Jendzejec 822-9150
  jjtjm@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Emergency Management

Paul K. Sprague

822-9189

  psprague@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Finance Director/Treasurer

Warren West

822-9130

  wwest@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Housing Authority

Julie Leddy

828-4367

     
Housing Rehabilitation

Gail Holland

822-6246

  gholland@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Admin. Assistant Town Manger & Cheryl Wilcox 822-9189
Human Resources cwilcox@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Human Services Director

Patricia Shurtleff

822-9127

  pshurtleff11@verizon.net  
     
Library Director
Lynne Blanchette 822-9101 
  lhb@coventrylibrary.org  
     
MIS Edward Warzycha 822-9188
  ewarzycha@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Municipal Court Clerk Tracey Hall 822-9187
  covmuni@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Municipal Court Judge

Arthur Capaldi

821-6400

     
Police Chief

Ronald DaSilva

826-1100

  rdasilva@coventrypd.org  
     
Probate Judge

Jean Boulanger

821-6400

     
Public Works Superintendent

Dennis K. Smith

822-9110

  dsmith@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Recreation Director

Guy Lefebvre

822-9107

  guyll@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Tax Assessor

Patricia Picard

822-9160

  ppicard@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Tax Collector

Monique Houle

822-9165

  meh@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Town Clerk

Cheryl A. George

822-9173

  cag@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Town Manager

Thomas R.. Hoover

822-9185

  thoover@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Admin. Assistant Town Manger JCheryl Wilcox 822-9186
  cwilcox@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Town Planner
Paul Sprague

822-9182

  psprague@town.coventry.ri.us  
     
Assistant Town Planner   822-6230
     
     
Town Solicitor

Patrick A. Rogers

276-6690

  progers@eapdlaw.com  
     
Asst. Town Solicitor (School Dept.)

Frederick Tobin 

822-9400

     
Asst. Town Solicitor (Zoning)

Mark W. Freel

276-6681

  mfreel@eapdlaw  
     
Zoning Enforcement Officer

Jacob Peabody jpeabody@town.coventry.ri.us

822-9184  

 

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Raymond Byrnes
William Hall
Richard Keenan
Rick Kalunian
Alicia Pomfret
William Brackett
Frank Hyde
Scott Duckworth
Scott Guthrie
Greg Laboissonniere

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

6:30 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

No Schedule has been formalized as of 12/18/2008. 

JANUARY Not Scheduled at this time
FEBRUARY Not Scheduled at this time
MARCH Not Scheduled at this time
APRIL Not Scheduled at this time
MAY Not Scheduled at this time
JUNE Not Scheduled at this time
JULY Not Scheduled at this time
AUGUST Not Scheduled at this time
SEPTEMBER Not Scheduled at this time
OCTOBER Not Scheduled at this time
NOVEMBER Not Scheduled at this time
DECEMBER Not Scheduled at this time

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FIRE DEPARTMENTS

ADDRESS

TELEPHONE

Fire Alarm Headquarters

1111 Main Street

821-3456

Coventry Fire District (Anthony)

571 Washington Street

821-3141

Central Coventry Fire Station 3 (Washington) 2 Station Street 825-7830
Central Coventry Fire Station 4 (Tiogue)

240 Arnold Road

825-7800

Central Coventry Fire Station 5 (Harris)

701 Main Street

825-7850

Central Coventry Fire Station 7

2847 Flat River Road

825-7870

Hopkins Hill Fire Department

One Bestwick Trail

821-6866

Western Coventry Fire District

1110 Victory Highway
Mail:  PO Box 5121, Greene, RI 02827

397-7520

 

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FIRE DISTRICTS

FIRE ALARM  
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Chief Frank Brown
EMERGENCY # 821-3456
1111 Main Street 
 
COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Anthony)  
Chief: Paul Labbadia
571 Washington Street
STATION: 821-3141
FAX: 826-0029
Tax Collector:
Jean Lukowicz
Mon-Wed: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fri.: 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

821-3141  821-3142
CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT  
Chief: Robert Seltzer
240 Arnold Road
STATION: 615-5693

Fire Marshal    Dave Godin                                         1675 Flat River Road       825-7863

Tax Collector:
Jeanne Graemiger
1675 Flat River Road                      825-7860
Mon., Tue., Thurs., & Fri:                 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 www.centralcoventryfd.com
HOPKINS HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT  
Chief: Frank M. Brown, Jr.
1 Bestwick Trail
STATION: 821-6866
Tax Collector:
Denise Brown
821-1989

The tax collector's office is open during the months of January, April, July & October on Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m..  All other days and time are by appointment only.

www.hopkinshillfd.com

WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT  
Chief: Joel Pomfret
STATION: 397-7520
Mailing Address:
PO Box 5121, Greene, RI 02827
4661 Flat River Rd., Greene, RI 02827
Tax Collector:
Joan Smith
P.O. Box 5052
397-5916
Hours by appt.

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HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

 

Kevin McGee.  

   

Rebecca Parenteau

   

Rosalie Jalbert

   

Robert A. DiPadua

   
Rudolph Robitaille    

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Julie Leddy


 
 

14 Manchester Circle
828-4367 (B)
823-5211 (FAX)

Hours: 8:30 - 4:00 Monday - Friday

MEETING PLACE:

Knotty Oak Village
14 Manchester Circle

Third Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

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JUVENILE HEARING BOARD
Jules J. DeGraide, Chairman
Ann Funicello
Helen M. Knudsen
James C. Kuipers
Anthony Velicer
Clint Shurtleff
Catherine Pendola-Silvia

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LEGISLATORS (LOCAL)
REPRESENTATIVES
District #25 Timothy A. Williamson 229 Pulaski Street
West Warwick, RI 02893
District #26
William Murphy
390 Wakefield Street
West Warwick, RI  02893
District #27 Patricia A. Serpa 194 Kimberly Lane
West Warwick, RI 02893
District #28 Scott J. Guthrie 31 Maplewood Drive
Coventry, RI  02816
District #29 Raymond J. Sullivan Jr. 2 Cornell Ct.
Coventry, RI  02816
District #40 Scott M. Pollard 20 Tray Hollow Road
Foster, RI  02825

 

SENATORS
District #33 Leonidas P. Raptakis 2080 Nooseneck Hill Rd.
Coventry, RI  02816
District #24 Leo R. Blais 40 Bank Street
Coventry, RI 02816
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LEGISLATORS (STATE)

SENATORS

 

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE 170 Westminster St
Providence, RI  02903
1-401-453-5294
1-401-751-1130(TDD#)
1-401-453-5085(Fax)
  B-40D Dirksen  Building Washington, DC 20510-3903

 

1-202-224-2921
1-202-228-6362(Fax)
www.whitehouse.senate.gov

Senator_Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov

 

JACK REED 201 Hillside Road, Suite 200
Cranston, RI  02920-2018
1-800-745-5555
464-6837 (Fax)


1-202-224-4642
1-202-224-4680(Fax)
www.reed.senate.gov

Senator_Reed@reed.senate.gov

 

728 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20515-3902
REPRESENTATIVE
JAMES R. LANGEVIN 300 Centerville Road
Suite 200
Warwick, RI  02886

 

732-9400
737-2982 (Fax)
  109 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-3902
1-202-225-2735
1-202-225-5976(Fax)
www.house.gov/langevin
james.langevin@mail.house.gov

 

 

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LAND TRUST
Anna Mae Lapinski,
Kevin Prest
David Lavigne
Lysa Teal
Joyce Peretta
 
Staff Contact: 
                       1670 Flat River Road
                       Coventry, RI  02816
                        (401)822-9189
Meeting Place:  Town Hall Conference Room
The Land Trust meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.:
                Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
                Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
                Tuesday, March 3, 2009
                Tuesday, April 7, 2009
                Tuesday, May 5, 2009
                Tuesday, June 2, 2009
                Tuesday, August 4, 2009
                Tuesday, September 1, 2009
                Tuesday, October 6, 2009
                Wednesday, November 3, 2009
                Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7' 2009, BUT THIS MEETING IS USUALLY CANCELLED.  

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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Charles Vacca
Elaine Ortgiesen
Colleen Duffy-Golec
William E. Rogers
Patricia Pare
Barbara Bridge
John Ball, Vice-Chairman

Director:  Lynn Blanchette  822-9101

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MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD

Thomas J. Hoover
Warren West
Anthony Nardolollo
 

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PAWTUXET RIVER AUTHORITY AND WATERSHED COUNCIL

Brian Manning

James McCaughey

John Donovan

PAWTUXET RIVER AUTHORITY OFFICE LOCATION:

Historic Harris Mill
618 Main Street
Coventry, RI 02816
Telephone:  615-7039

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PLANNING COMMISSION

Russell S. Crossman, Vice Chairperson
George Caldow
Paul Daggett
Joshua Nunes
Cynthia A. Fagan  Chairperson
Ronald Flynn
Jason Osenkowski
Michael Baird
David Florio


Planning Director:  Paul K. Sprague  822-9182
            

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

7:00 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

JANUARY 28
FEBRUARY 25
MARCH 25
APRIL 22
MAY 20
JUNE 24
JULY 22
AUGUST 26
SEPTEMBER 23
OCTOBER 28
NOVEMBER 18
DECEMBER 16

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE  
DISTRICT #1 Thomas A. Hetherman
745 Whaley Hollow Road
Coventry, RI  02816
 
DISTRICT #2 Katherine M. Patenaude
38 Field Stone Drive
Coventry, RI  02816
e-mail:  Katherine_Patenaude@brown.edu
DISTRICT #3 Andrew B. Perra
7 Walnut Hill Road
Coventry, RI  02816
 
DISTRICT #4 Nancy E. Sprengelmeyer
26 Taft Street
Coventry, RI  02816
 
DISTRICT #5 Lisa P. Tomasso
40 York Drive
Coventry, RI  02816
 
   
ATTORNEY Frederick G. Tobin
   
Meeting Place: Administration Building
1675 Flat River Road
Second & Fourth Tuesdays - 7:30 p.m
   
Superintendent: Kenneth DiPietro Administration Building
1675 Flat River Road
 
Administration Office Phone: 822-9400/Fax 822-9406

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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

   
Administrative Offices

1675 Flat River Road

822-9400 

822-9406 (FAX)
School Department Maintenance 62 Wood Street 822-9405
Blackrock School

12 Laforge Drive

822-9450

Coventry High School

40 Reservoir Road

822-9499

Hopkins Hill School

95 Johnson Boulevard

822-9477

Knotty Oak Middle School 15 Foster Drive 822-9426
Oak Haven School

46 Pettine Street

822-9470

Tiogue School

170 East Shore Drive

822-9460

Washington Oak School

801 Read School House Road

397-1976

Western Coventry School

4588 Flat River Road

397-3355

West Bay Voc-Tech

40 Reservoir Road

822-9467

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FRIENDS of human services advisory BOARD
 
Ernest Rusack - Chairperson
Town Council Appointment

Nancy Assumpico - Vice Chairperson
Town Council Appointment

Maureen Keenan
Town Council Appointment

William Morein
Coventry Housing Authority

Lynn Andrews
'Tis The Season Representative

Lisa Prickett
Town Council Appointment

Karen Rapoza
Town Council Appointment Under 60 Population

Marilyn Nagy
Friend of Coventry Senior Citizens Center

Patricia Corcoran
Town Council Appointment

Director: Patricia Shurtleff        822-9175

Meeting Place:  Senior Center, Second Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
RSVP Phone: 822-9178 Meal Site 822-9180

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SOLICITORS


 

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TOWN COUNCIL  
DISTRICT 1 Raymond E. Spear e-mail:  spearr@verizon.net

 

DISTRICT 2 Laura A. Flanagan e-mail:  megsmile38@gmail.com

 

DISTRICT 3 Frank Hyde e-mail: hydetowncouncil@cox.net

 

DISTRICT 4 Glenford J. Shibley e-mail: gshibley@town.coventry.ri.us

 

DISTRICT 5 Kenneth Cloutier

e-mail: ken@kencloutier.com

 

Meetings:
Second & Fourth Mondays - 8 p.m.

 

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

7:00 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

 

JANUARY 12 26
FEBRUARY 9 23
MARCH 9 23
APRIL 13 27
MAY 11 25 HOL
JUNE 8  FTM 23
JULY 13 27
AUGUST 10 24
SEPTEMBER 14 28
OCTOBER 12  HOL 26
NOVEMBER 9 23
DECEMBER 14 28

all dates are subject to change due to holidays or summer scheduling

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TOWN OFFICES

   
Town Hall

1670 Flat River Road

821-6400

Library

1672 Flat River Road

822-9100

Community Center

1277 Main Street

822-9107

Police Station

1075 Main Street

826-1100

Animal Pound

1666 Flat River Road

822-9106

Public Works Department

1668 Flat River Road

822-9110

Human Services/Senior Center

50 Wood Street

822-9175

Building Official
Dept. of Planning & Development &
Zoning Department
1675 Flat River Road 822-9156

822-9181
Housing Rehabilitation

Knotty Oak Village, 14 Manchester Circle 

828-4367

 

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WATER AUTHORITY

Edward S. Inman, III (Coventry Representative)
12A Anthony Street

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ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW

Robert Crowe, Chairman
Denise DeGraide, Vice-Chairperson
Russell Lacaillade
John J. D'Onofrio
Virginia Soucy


Anthony Petrarca       Alternate Member
Edward Iannotti         Alternate Member

Zoning Enforcement Officer:  Jacob Peabody, 1675 Flat River road, Coventry, RI  02816
                                             822-9184
                                             jpeabody@town.coventry.ri.us

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

7:00 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

APPLICATION DATE   MEETING DATE
     
December 8, 2008   January 7, 2009
January 5, 2009   February 4, 2009
February 2, 2009   March 4, 2009
March 3, 2009   April 1, 2009
April 6, 2009   May 6, 2009
May 4, 2009   June 3, 2009
June 1, 2009   July 1, 2009
July 6, 2009   August 5, 2009
August 3, 2009   September 2, 2009
September 1, 2009   October 7, 2009
October 5, 2009   November 4, 2009
November 2, 2009   December 2, 2009

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SEWER SUB COMMITTEE

Frank Hyde                                                                                                                                                                 .                                                                                                                                                                                  Scott Duckworth
Gerald Narkiewicz
George Avedisian
William Hall
Robert DiPadua
 

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

6:30 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

 

JANUARY 20  
FEBRUARY 12  
MARCH 16
APRIL 20
MAY 18
JUNE 15
JULY 20
AUGUST 17
SEPTEMBER 21
OCTOBER 19
NOVEMBER 16
DECEMBER 15

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Sewer Assessment board of review

Halen R. Andrade
John J. Mullaney
Scott Duckworth

2009 MEETING SCHEDULE

6:00 PM TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER

1670 FLAT RIVER ROAD

NO MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED

JANUARY  
FEBRUARY  
MARCH  
APRIL  
JUNE  
AUGUST  
OCTOBER  
DECEMBER  

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PERSONNEL BOARD

Ronald Flynn
Michael Durand
Pasquale Sperlongano
            

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BUDGET ADVISORY GROUP

Peter Marino, Chairperson
Kenneth DiPietro
Warren West
Anthony Ferrucci

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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

David Woodward
Robert DiPadua
Scott Guthier
Kevin McGee
Alicia Pomfret

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