Newport public meetings in 2022
4 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Session
The City Council approved several infrastructure improvements, including the Spring Street and Touro Street intersection project and Murphy Playground upgrades. The Council also granted numerous special event licenses and designated Xay R. Khamsyvoravong as CEO for signing state and federal documents.
- Approved Spring Street and Touro Street Intersection Project bid and construction services (Unanimous)
- Approved Murphy Playground improvements (Unanimous)
- Approved Waste Management Transfer Station Use Agreement (Unanimous)
- Approved 2023 Regular City Council meeting dates (Unanimous)
- Designated Xay R. Khamsyvoravong as CEO for signing state and federal documents (Unanimous)
- Approved New York Yacht Club dock area improvement and expansion (5-0)
- Approved parking ticket collection and processing services bid (Unanimous)
- Approved various special event and victualing licenses (Unanimous)
Council-elect Session
The Council-elect met to swear in members and elect leadership for the 2022-2024 term. The body appointed the Mayor, Vice-Chair, City Solicitor, and two judges.
- Elected Xay Khamsyvoravong as Mayor/Chair (Unanimous)
- Elected Lynn Underwood Ceglie as Vice-Chair (Unanimous)
- Appointed Christopher J. Behan as City Solicitor (Unanimous)
- Appointed Girard Galvin as Assistant City Solicitor for Civil Litigation
- Appointed Whitney Anderson as Assistant City Solicitor of Law Enforcement
- Appointed Gregory F. Fater as Probate Judge (Unanimous)
- Appointed J. Russell Jackson as Municipal Court Judge (Unanimous)
Regular Session
The City Council approved four ordinance amendments regarding parking, towing, property tax classification, and pay schedules. The council also granted multiple entertainment and business licenses and appointed members to the Historic Cemetery Advisory Commission and Juvenile Hearing Board.
- Approved ordinance amending parking prohibitions (unanimous)
- Approved ordinance amending police towing (unanimous)
- Approved amended ordinance on property tax classification (unanimous)
- Approved ordinance amending pay schedule for classified service (unanimous)
- Appointed Joan F. McCarthy and James Lappin to Historic Cemetery Advisory Commission (unanimous)
- Approved outdoor skating rink license for Newport Harbor Island Resort (unanimous)
- Approved pedicab license for Grace Pedicab Corp as amended (unanimous)
- Approved residential boating facility application for 88 Washington Street (unanimous)
Regular Session
The City Council approved a resolution for the Newport Skatepark and a collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Council 94, Local 911. The council also passed first readings for ordinances regarding parking prohibitions and police towing. Numerous liquor and victualing license renewals were approved.
- Approved Newport Skatepark resolution (Unanimous)
- Approved AFSCME Council 94, Local 911 collective bargaining agreement (Unanimous)
- Approved first reading of ordinance amending parking prohibitions (Unanimous)
- Approved first reading of ordinance amending police towing (Unanimous)
- Appointed Quintan Jones to the Juvenile Hearing Board (Unanimous)
- Approved temporary increase in purchasing limits resolution (Unanimous)
- Approved multiple liquor and victualing license renewals (Unanimous)
- Continued pedicab license renewal for Timothy Burke to November 9 (Unanimous)