Thu, 04/01/2021 - 5:30pm
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The Town Council’s review of proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budgets for the library, the Block Island School and other groups funded under the Community Support category stretched over two work sessions.
At the Wednesday, March 24 virtual meeting, representatives explained their requests for the new year beginning July 1, while Town Manager Maryanne Crawford presented the staff’s funding recommendations. (Not-for-profit organizations that receive funding from the town include Block Island Health Services, the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, the Early Learning Center, the BI Chamber of Commerce and the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Block Island. The school, Senior Advisory Committee, and the Island Free Library are town government functions.)
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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:00pm
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The Block Island Tourism Council declined to weigh in on the trolley proposal put forth by RIPTA to the Town Council at its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The proposal is new and the council had received a letter from taxi owner Judy Clark requesting support for a possible alternative to be put forth by the Commission of Motor Vehicles for Hire.
The trolley proposal was scheduled to be a topic of discussion at a Town Council work session scheduled for Feb. 3, and Tourism Director Jess Willi said she thought the trolley would provide service between Old and New Harbors, with additional drop-offs “at the beach.” It would operate from mid-June through Labor Day, on weekends only, but otherwise, no further details were known.