| Chapter 264 |
| 2015 -- H 6320 Enacted 07/15/2015 |
| A N A C T |
| AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE |
| Introduced By: Representative Raymond A. Hull |
| Date Introduced: June 18, 2015 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Article 20 Chapter 1 of Chapter 237 of the 1973 Public Laws entitled "An |
| Act to Incorporate the Town of North Providence, as amended", is hereby further amended to |
| read as follows: |
| ARTICLE 20 |
| PURCHASING BOARD |
| CHAPTER 1 |
| GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| 20-1-2. Meetings. |
| The board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings and give written notice of regularly |
| scheduled meetings at the beginning of each calendar year. The notice shall include the dates, |
| times, and places of the meetings and shall be provided to members of the public upon request |
| and to the secretary of state at the beginning of each calendar year in accordance with chapter 46 |
| of title 42, "Rhode Island Open Meetings Act." |
| The board shall give supplemental written public notice of any meeting within a |
| minimum of forty-eight (48) hours before the date. This notice shall include the date the notice |
| was posted, the date, time, and place of the meeting, and a statement specifying the nature of the |
| business to be discussed. Notwithstanding the aforementioned forty-eight (48) hour forty-eight- |
| hour (48) notice, this supplemental notice shall be provided to the members of the board at least |
| two weeks (2) in advance of the meeting(s). |
| In the event of an emergency affecting the public safety, health or welfare, on the written |
| recommendation of the purchasing agent, additional meetings of the board may be held provided |
| that written notice of the meeting, as provided under the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act, as |
| amended, is given. |
| The board shall hold all meetings at the North Providence town hall. All meetings shall |
| be held on weekdays at 6:00 p.m. |
| The board, at its discretion, shall hold all meetings within the confines of municipal |
| buildings, that are ADA approved, within the town of North Providence. All meetings shall be |
| held on weekdays at times and dates set by the board at its discretion. |
| The agenda, the time, and the location of each meeting, except an emergency meeting as |
| hereinabove provided, shall be advertised in a paper of local circulation at least one week prior to |
| the meeting. |
| 20-1-3. Processing prior to requesting bids and upon Submission of Bids. |
| Prior to sending out the Request For Proposal, the treasurer must approve, in writing, to |
| the purchasing board, a written certification of the line item in the budget that supports the |
| purchase. |
| Prior to the evaluation of any bid submitted. the finance director shall provide a written |
| certification to the purchasing board members of the line item in the budget that supports the |
| purchase. |
| All purchases requiring the submissions of bids pursuant to state law or this charter, at the |
| time they are submitted to either the town or the purchasing agent, shall be time stamped by the |
| purchasing agent or the town when submitted. No bid submitted after the time set for submission |
| in the bid specifications shall be considered by the board. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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