Newport City Hall

The Newport City Council will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 11 at City Hall, 43 Broadway.

The meeting will open with a proclamation celebrating Irish Heritage Month.

Among the items on the consent calendar, the council will consider approval of an Easter Extravaganza event at Newport Skatepark on April 4 and a request to light City Hall on March 15 to recognize International Long Covid Awareness Day.

The council will also take up several licenses and permits, including a new mobile food truck license for SW Food, LLC, doing business as Newport Sushi Co., at 8 Garfield St., and a new victualing license for Root Newport RI, LLC, doing business as Root, at 6 Broadway.

On the agenda from the city manager are several proposed ordinance revisions, including changes to parking limits at the library and recreation lot in Aquidneck Park, towing regulations on Narragansett Avenue at 40 Steps, and a new multi-way stop at Bedlow Avenue and Hillside Avenue.

The council will also consider a resolution creating an ad hoc Resilience and Sustainability Fund Steering Committee.

The meeting is open to the public. Citizens may address the council during the Citizens’ Forum period, which is limited to 15 minutes total, with each speaker allowed no more than three minutes on a single topic.

See the full docket and supporting documents here.

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