Tag: Pilot Agreement
Smiley makes offer to school district to help close budget gap
PROVIDENCE – City Hall has offered to provide $1 million in additional funding to the Providence Public School District to help address its budget deficit...
Lifespan PILOT talks with Providence continue
PROVIDENCE – City leaders are frustrated with how long it’s taking to reach a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, agreement with Lifespan Corp., but the health...
RIPEC: State’s property tax system broken
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Expenditure Council on Thursday will release a new report on property taxation across Rhode Island that it says is...
Smiley unveils $598.6M city budget, vows ‘a new culture in City...
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Wednesday presented a $598.6 million budget for fiscal year 2025, a 3% increase that targets investments in...
Providence mayor touts new tax agreements with city’s major universities
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced his administration has reached tentative payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with the four private higher education institutions based...
Some call for reworking of Providence’s expiring tax agreements
With many of the tax deals Providence has with nonprofit colleges and hospital systems set to expire soon, some say it’s time to devise...