Message from Town Administrator
Gary Ezovski

Next Friday morning, our annex and Memorial Town Building personnel together with our files, computers, copiers, books, plans, a few desks and everything that goes with them will move to the new Town Hall at 83 Green Street. Anyone who has gone through a home or business move knows that an attractive new space is so attractive and inviting, but the moving activity is daunting. That is where our staff is now, but we will get it done. 

As we move, however, there will unfortunately be some inconvenience to those who try to reach us for service. Next Thursday and Friday, as well as the Tuesday after Memorial Day, our offices will not be as available as we would like them to be. The Town Clerk’s office has the largest volume of material to relocate so that office will close on Thursday as the personnel focus on organizing their material for the move. On Friday, though all personnel will be present, all Annex and Town Hall offices will effectively be closed when moving starts with intention to be complete on Saturday. When the move starts on Friday, our existing phone numbers will be transferred by the mysterious systems that are phone operations today, so we will not be available by our office phones. On Tuesday, the team of phone and IT people we have arranged will bring us up on a blend of new and existing server systems and a new phone system (so long to the existing one made by Fisher Price!). Fortunately, police and fire phone and email systems will not be impacted by this activity.  

Please provide all the patience you can find as we relocate and do our best to understand how to function in the new location that you all have allowed to be created for us. We appreciate the entire town’s investment in this building and the work of so many volunteers, designers and tradesmen that have made it possible. Each of us is committed to making it work as effectively as we possibly can.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming related to virus containment which seems to be trending to a better news perspective. Fortunately, the Governor’s REOPEN RI program is moving ahead. I am issuing an Executive Order today (see link below) to extend our gathering size limitation of five together with other relevant parameters. That Order also includes provisions to allow outside dining by any of our restaurants who wish to take that step forward.   In doing so, my objective is to encourage compliance with the guidance issued by REOPENING RI and the Department of Business Regulation together with a simple no fee local permit program to assure our building official and fire marshal can affirm that appropriate life safety considerations have been made and hours of operation are met at any location that chooses to pursue outside dining. We look forward to helping to get people back to work while regaining some of the services we have all been missing.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Agendas can be found on the Secretary of State Website by
(Agendas in PDF form will be posted next to the corresponding meeting, if available, before this newsletter is published.)

Town Council Meeting ( Agenda )
Monday, May 18, 2020, at 6:45 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting

Budget Committee Meeting (Agenda)
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at 6:00 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting

Sewer Commission Meeting
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 7:00 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting

Planning Board Meeting ( Agenda )
Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 7:05 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting
REOPENING
RHODE ISLAND:
TESTING THE WATER
Guidance for businesses from the Department of Business Regulation:
TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD
TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE

The move of our town offices to 83 Green Street is now planned for Memorial Day weekend. To prepare for that activity, the Vault in the Town Clerk’s Office will be

CLOSED Thursday, May 21 st and Friday, May 22 nd , 2020 .

We will not be able to issue licenses, do recordings
or accommodate
title searches on those dates.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Town Clerk’s Office at (401) 767-2200, Ext. 504.
TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY ELECTION

Due to COVID-19, the RI Board of Elections is encouraging all eligible voters to vote by mail-in ballot for the Presidential Preference Primary being held on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

Applications for mail-in ballots were sent out at the end of April. If you would like to vote by mail-in ballot and have not received an application, please call the Board of Canvassers at (401) 767-2200, Ext. 504, and we will send you one; or if you prefer, you can go to the following website, download the form and mail it to 575 Smithfield Road, North Smithfield, RI 02896:


Mail ballot applications are due back by:

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020, at 4:00 P.M.

There will be ONE polling place open on June 2, 2020. We will be adhering to social distancing guidelines as given by the State of Rhode Island to ensure everyone’s safety.

The polling place that will be open for the Town of North Smithfield is:

SCOUTER’S HALL, 13 MAIN STREET,
SLATERSVILLE, RI 02876
We have an URGENT need for
Poll Workers for the Presidential Preference Primary on

Tuesday, June 2, 2020, from
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

If you are interested in helping us out, please contact Lillian Silva Scott at
(401) 767-2200, Ext. 326 ASAP!   
Notice of Zoom Meeting

PumpkinFest Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 6:00 pm

Please Join PumpkinFest Zoom Meeting (click link)


Meeting ID: 859 535 2356 
Igniting Life Church to hold drive-in Worship!
Saint Antoine Community would like to send a special note of "thanks" to the North Smithfield Fire & Rescue Service for their incredible generosity this past weekend! The residents at both The Villa and The Residence truly appreciated their special delivery and gesture of love on Mother's Day!

Thank You to Chief David Chartier, Pvt. Steven Provost, Capt. Wilfred Laforge, Lt. Jeffrey Houle, Pvt. Andrew Dybala and Pvt. Paul Levreault from the North Smithfield Fire & Rescue! And a special thanks also to Saint Antoine's Paula Bartholomy and Donna Provost for always offering a helping hand & going above and beyond for our residents!

Melissa A. Smith
Director of Marketing & Communications
Below is the link to our latest 21-minute screening of the SLATERSVILLE work-in-progress sequences, "The Catholics are Coming" and "The Right Track." Enjoy and share! Thank you.


The Lt. Governor's Entrepreneurship Challenge is
Rhode Island's first statewide business pitch competition for Rhode Island high school students, grades 9-12, aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and promoting business ownership right here in the Ocean State.

Through this program, high school students compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships
to post-secondary institutions.
Please note that Brigido’s Fresh Market, located at 900 Victory Highway, will now take phone orders from our senior population.

Please call (401) 762-1020 Monday – Friday between the hours of 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, place an order, and a staff member will shop for the customer and coordinate a pickup time with the customer.

All transactions must be paid with a credit card .
North Smithfield Residents Food Pantry
Slatersville Congregational Church
25 Green Street
Slatersville, RI 02876  
 
Thank you but we cannot use additional volunteer help at this time. If you would like to donate money, please mail to P.O. Box 283, Slatersville, RI 02876. If you would like to donate food, please call (401) 678-0356 to arrange a time for drop off. We need soups, canned tuna and chicken, canned fruit and juice, toilet paper and paper towels. 

The flavor of the month for MAY is 100% FRUIT JUICES.

This Institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.