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Update: At 1:31 pm on Wednesday, July 19 the City Clerk announced via email that “The City Council meeting tonight is cancelled due to a malfunction with the elevator”

Update: 4:15 pm: This discussion will take place at Newport City Council’s next Regular Council Meeting on July 26. The meeting begins at 5:30 pm.


Following a 4-3 vote to continue a resolution regarding excavated soil at Rogers High School during a Regular Council Meeting on June 28, the Newport City Council will host a meeting on July 19 that will allow experts to provide updates on the matter.

This meeting had originally been scheduled for July 5, but was postponed.

CITY OF NEWPORT, RI

DOCKET OF THE CITY COUNCIL 

SPECIAL MEETING 

JULY 19, 2023

Pursuant to Section 2-17 of the City Charter of the City of Newport, a Special Meeting of the Council will be held on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 5:30 p.m., City Hall, Council Chambers, 43 Broadway, Newport, R.I. 

RESOLUTIONS

1. Rogers High School Building Project (excavated soil)- D. Carlin – continued from June 28, 2023

  • Update from R.I. Department of Environmental Management 

Laura C. Swistak, CMC

City Clerk

Adjourn

(Posted – July 12, 2023)

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