Goals & Objectives

If re-elected I will continue to work for the people in District 5 and all of the residents of the Town of Johnston to ensure that OUR Town continues to be a great place to live and raise a family. Some of my goals and objectives are as follows:

  1. Continue to represent the residents and oppose large solar field developments which will destroy the forest land in Town. I will continue to request that a moratorium on solar farms in residential neighborhoods be enacted by the Town Council and push to have the Town Council pass an ordinance that will ban solar farms in residential neighborhoods. An Ordinance was proposed and presented to the Planning Board for an opinion but the Planning Board has not yet acted on the proposed ordinance (Ordinance 2022-10).

  2. Continue my work as a member of the School Building Committee to see that the promise we made to the taxpayers is fulfilled. A promise was made that each and every student will be impacted and benefit from the $215 Million School Construction Bond. Click here to see current plans.

    • Build a new ECC (Pre-K and Kindergarten) School at the current site of Sarah Dyer Barnes.

    • Build a new Town-wide Elementary School behind the Soccer Complex on Atwood Avenue.

    • Upgrades to N.A. Ferri Middle School which will house grades 5 to 8.

    • Upgrades to Johnston Senior High School.

  3. Several years ago I recommended that the Town utilize ClerkBase to make information available to the taxpayers and expand transparency in Government. The Town Clerk explored and implemented the use of ClerkBase. I want to work with the Town Clerk, the Administration, colleagues on the Town Council and School Committee to expand the amount of information which is available to the residents on both ClerkBase and the websites maintained by the Town and School Department. We need to continue to increase transparency in government by making collective bargaining agreements, contracts, budgets, tax treaty agreements, and other pertinent documents readily available to all residents.

  4. Work with the Town Planner and residents of OUR Town to update the Comprehensive Plan and establish a policy to ensure that the plan is updated and maintained in accordance with Rhode Island State Law.

  5. Work with my colleagues on the Town Council and School Committee to provide live video stream for all Town Council and School Committee Meetings.

  6. Establish a committee to review and update the Town Charter to make recommendations which would be put before the taxpayers for approval.

  7. Establish a Debt Service Reserve Fund to ensure that the financial resources are available to cover the principal and interest due on the bonds for the new school building construction project.

  8. Continue to work with the administration and my colleagues on the Town Council to improve the infrastructure and public areas (parks etc.) throughout the Town.

  9. Work with the Director of Planning, the Administration, and Members of the Town Council to explore the preservation of open space throughout the Town.