Documents

Attorney General Complaints

• Open Meetings Act (OMA)
  • Donna Cook filed a complaint against the Tiverton Town Council for its continued discussion of a midyear raise for Fire Chief Joseph Mollo after its meeting had adjourned and everybody had left.
    • Cook Complaint 1/10/20 (PDF)
    • Town response 2/17/20 (PDF)
    • Cook response to town 2/28/20 (PDF)
  • Justin Katz filed a complaint against the Tiverton Board of Canvassers for deciding to request special legal counsel for the recall in a private, non-published meeting.
    • Katz complaint 2/14/20 (PDF, including background documents)
    • Town response 3/6/20 (PDF)
    • Katz response to town 3/12/20 (PDF)
• Access to Public Records (APRA)
  • Justin Katz filed a complaint against the Town of Tiverton for its refusal to provide access to unsealed executive session minutes.
    • Katz complaint 1/22/20 (PDF, including all background documents)
    • Town response 2/17/20 (PDF)
    • Katz response to town 2/24/20 (PDF)

Budget Petitions

• Fiscal Year 2019 -2.9% Budget Proposal

Charter Complaints

• All complaints filed from 1999 to 2013 (PDF)
• Justin Katz complaint filed against the Tiverton School Committee alleging inappropriate use of the elector petition option.
  • Katz Complaint 10/2/17 (PDF)
  • School Committee attorney memorandum requesting a continuance 10/16/17
  • Katz response to request for continuance 10/18/17 (PDF)
  • School Committee attorney motion for continuance 10/19/17 (PDF)
  • Solicitor memorandum advising town council to recuse 11/15/17 (PDF)
  • School Committee motion to dismiss 11/29/17 (PDF)
  • Katz response to motion to dismiss 12/4/17 (PDF)
  • School Committee memorandum in further support of motion to dismiss 12/15/17 (PDF)

Charter Review Commission

• Charter Review Commission resolutions regarding charter proposals involving Tiverton casino 12/4/17 (PDF)
• Driggs, Caron, and Coulter draft language for pending CRC proposals re: casino gaming revenue 12/5/17 (PDF)

Ethics Issues

• Advisory Opinions
  • Town Council Members Justin Katz, Robert Coulter, and Nancy Driggs requests for advisory opinions concerning the handling of lawsuits they filed against the town
    • First request 12/28/18 (PDF)
    • Second request 1/3/19 (PDF)
• Complaints
  • Justin Katz complaint filed against Tiverton Town Council Member John G. Edwards, V.
    • Katz complaint 9/3/17 (PDF)
    • Ethics Commission Ruling 5/17/18 (PDF)

Lawsuits

• TTA members’ lawsuits against the Board of Canvassers for blocking resolutions from the financial town referendum (FTR) ballot
  • Summary and documents