CRU slate asks for your support
Deborah Carney, Candidate for Re-election to the Charlestown Town Council
On behalf of the candidates endorsed by Charlestown Residents United (CRU) I respectfully ask for your vote.
In November of 2022, our Town elected a majority of Town
Councilors supported by CRU, a bi-partisan political action committee.
Since that time
this Town Council has acted to make our government more transparent, fiscally
responsible and responsive for the benefit of all residents.
Some highlights
include:
* Hired a new Town Administrator following
the resignation of the former Town Administrator (who had applied for a new
position before the 2022 election).
* Hired a new Town Treasurer who has been
cleaning up issues with the Town’s books and records;
* Revised and dramatically improved formatting
of Town Council meeting minutes to include information that is useful to the
reader, including content of discussions;
* Adopted a minimum
work schedule of two regularly scheduled Council meetings each month, rather
than one;
* Returned a voice
to the people of Charlestown by re-establishing the Charter Revision Advisory
Committee as a standing committee and by selecting eleven of the Committee’s
recommendations for ballot consideration in this upcoming election;
* Established an
Ordinance Review Ad Hoc Committee for a twenty-year overdue top-to-bottom
review of Charlestown’s local ordinances, some of which were outdated,
unconstitutional, or in violation of state law;
* Contracted with
the Charlestown Ambulance Rescue Service to guarantee 911 emergency medical
response to all Charlestown residents;
* Expanded video
coverage/streaming of Town committee meetings;
* Conducted a
long-overdue review of the Ninigret Park Master Plan;
* Guaranteed the
right of all Councilors to place items on the meeting agenda by stopping the
practice of freezing out a minority Councilor’s agenda items;
* Supported the
children of Charlestown by funding the purchase of portable lighting units
which will be used for evening sports practices at Puchalski Field, and for
safety at Trunk or Treat, and the New Year’s Eve Bonfire celebrations;
* Permitted the
South County Tourism Council to fund and locate the Thomas Dambo Troll exhibit
in Ninigret Park- a huge tourism success;
* Funded the
Charlestown Elementary School playground equipment through use of Impact
Fees;
I
respectfully ask for your vote for the current Town Councilors; Rippy Serra,
Stephen Stokes, Peter Slom, Deb Carney and new Town Council candidate, Craig
Marr. For Planning Commission, Glenn Babcock and Laura Rom; and for
Town Moderator, Ray Dreczko.
Please visit www.charlestownresidentsunited.org for information on our candidates and our platform.