Section 45-5-21. – Power of city and town councils to appropriate funds granted by the federal government.
§ 45-5-21. Power of city and town councils to appropriate funds granted by the federal government. In addition to the powers granted by charter or the public laws of the state especially relating to city and town councils, all city and town councils are authorized, through passage of an ordinance, to appropriate and obligate funds […]
Section 45-5-22. – Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements.
§ 45-5-22. Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements. (a) Prior to executing any collective bargaining agreement between a city or town and representatives of police personnel, firefighters, and/or other municipal employees, (other than teachers and/or other school employees), the city or town council shall prepare or cause to be prepared a collective bargaining fiscal impact statement. […]
Section 45-5-13. – Administration of oaths and engagements.
§ 45-5-13. Administration of oaths and engagements. The town council of any town, and each of the members of the town council, may administer oaths in any matter pending before the council, and may engage town officers upon their warrants or commissions, and a record shall be made, or a certificate given, of these engagements. […]
Section 45-5-14. – Subpoena of witnesses.
§ 45-5-14. Subpoena of witnesses. Every town council, city council, school committee, or any committee of any of these bodies, may, by their presiding officers, issue subpoenas to witnesses to testify in any manner pending before them, may administer oaths to these witnesses, may compel their attendance, and may punish them for nonattendance by a […]
Section 45-5-15. – Bonds given to council.
§ 45-5-15. Bonds given to council. In every case where bonds are required by law to be given to any town council, they may be given to the town council by name, without naming the persons at the time constituting the town council, and may be sued in the same manner. History of Section.G.L. 1896, […]
Section 45-5-16. – Appeals from orders and decrees.
§ 45-5-16. Appeals from orders and decrees. Any person aggrieved by any order or decree of a town council may appeal to the superior court for the county in which the town is located, within forty (40) days after the order or decree is made, unless another provision is made. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. […]
Section 45-5-17. – Claim and prosecution of appeals.
§ 45-5-17. Claim and prosecution of appeals. The appeal shall be claimed within forty (40) days by the filing with the town or city clerk of a written claim of appeal and the payment to the clerk at that time of the lawful fees for a copy of the record of the proceeding appealed from. […]
Section 45-5-18. – Special charters controlling.
§ 45-5-18. Special charters controlling. The provisions of the sections of this chapter and chapter 6 of this title are subject to the provisions of any special charters respecting any particular town or city. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 51; G.L. 1956, § 45-5-18.
Section 45-5-19. – Appointment of municipal officer under home rule charter.
§ 45-5-19. Appointment of municipal officer under home rule charter. Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws providing for the appointment of a municipal officer by the mayor of a city or the president of a town council, if the home rule charter of any city or town adopted pursuant to article XIII […]
Section 45-5-20. – Power of city and town councils to establish intermunicipal agreements for joint purchasing of common-use items.
§ 45-5-20. Power of city and town councils to establish intermunicipal agreements for joint purchasing of common-use items. City and town councils may establish joint agreements between two (2) or more municipalities for the purpose of purchasing materials, supplies, tools, and other items common in usage between units of local government. City or town councils […]