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The town has leveraged its buying capabilities to secure an electric van for the Jamestown Community Farm, according to Ed Mello, interim town administrator. The town council at its meeting Monday unanimously approved the recommendation as part of the consent agenda. Although the town will outlay $54,584 to purchase the Ford van, it will be
Town administration is working to implement an online system that would allow residents to get their municipal licenses from a single platform. According to Ed Mello, interim town administrator, the concept derives from a state law enacted in 2021 that requires cities and towns to provide e-permitting for building permits by July 1. Town Clerk
An architectural consultant will be hired as the first step in determining whether the senior center should remain on West Street. “This is just the starting point of a discussion about the potential locations that are available to us,” said Ed Mello, interim town administrator. Mello introduced the proposal to the town council at its
Administration has been given permission from the town council to study the feasibility of two options that would power municipal buildings with renewable energy. The first option would be for Newport Renewable to assess all public buildings in Jamestown to see which ones could be retrofitted with solar panels. The second option would be to
A gubernatorial proposal to repair roads, bridges and sidewalks in Rhode Island would net $384,615 for Jamestown to improve its local transportation infrastructure. The $20 million program, as part of Gov. Dan McKee proposed fiscal 2024 budget, would require cities and towns to pay for two-thirds of each project. The remaining 33 percent would be