Tag: Providence City Council
City budget process yields little beyond different sets of reality
The imbroglio of the moment involves the budget for Providence, or rather, the two budgets submitted separately by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the...
Providence City Council and Elorza at odds over budget
PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council Finance Committee approved a $770 million budget for fiscal 2020 over the weekend that among other things includes...
Providence council backs off tiered homestead, announces plan for single tax...
PROVIDENCE – The city will not gain legislative authority to alter its property tax rate structure this year and City Council leaders have announced...
Providence moving to regulate short-term home rentals
PROVIDENCE – Short-term home and apartment rentals such as Airbnb will be restricted in Providence, particularly in residential neighborhoods, under a proposed ordinance moving...
Providence City Council presses for restoration of state PILOT funds
PROVIDENCE – The City Council has put a price on its tax-free hosting of nonprofit institutions such as Brown University, Johnson & Wales University,...
Five Questions With: David Salvatore
Providence City Councilman David Salvatore has introduced an ordinance that would require more security at housing developments for elderly and disabled residents. The proposal,...
Providence council could appoint former assessor as TSA consultant
PROVIDENCE – David Quinn, the former Providence city assessor, could be appointed as a contract consultant to the City Council overseeing tax stabilization agreement...
Elorza proposes $773M FY20 budget, denounces ‘extremism’ in national politics
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Tuesday announced a proposed $772.6 million fiscal 2020 city budget, with a 3.2% spending increase above the...
Where’s the market for Hope Point?
How high can the Hope Point tower climb? Its size has fueled doubters who say it won’t fit in, leading to extensive government review...
Elorza expected to sign ordinance banning plastic bags
PROVIDENCE – The City Council has approved an ordinance banning the use of plastic bags citywide, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.
The revised ordinance follows a...
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