Notice - Propose Ordinance Amendment

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. at which time the Town Council of the Town of Burrillville will consider for adoption amendments to The Revised General Ordinances, Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island, 2004 as amended, Chapter 2 entitled Administration, Article IV entitled Boards, Commissions and Committees, is hereby amended by adding the following:

Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE IV. - BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Sec. 2-79 Wilson’s Reservoir Dam Management District

Pursuant to the authority granted to the town council of the Town of Burrillville by the provisions of RI Gen Laws 45-62-3 the town council for the Town of Burrillville does hereby establish a dam management district to be known as the Wilson Reservoir Dam Management District. 

The purpose of the management district is to prevent threats to the general public welfare, public safety and public and private property caused by the failure or breach of the Wilson Dam  ("the dam") and to protect the values associated with the dam through the implementation of dam repairs, maintenance and management by apportioning among and collecting from the owners of property within the district the costs of maintaining and repairing the dam and the access routes to the dam, and to pay the costs of utilities servicing, taxes, and other financial assessments, assessed against properties of the management district, the costs of administering the management district and the costs to acquire, hold, use, sell, transfer or lease real or personal property as provided in subsection (d)(6) of the proposed ordinance.

The area described shall be known as the Wilson Reservoir Dam Management District. The intent in formulating the area of the district is to include all those properties that adjoin and abut Wilson Reservoir or have direct access to the lake, as well as those properties that may not abut or adjoin Wilson Reservoir but enjoy access to the reservoir by deed or some other recorded instrument.

This amendment shall take effect upon passage.

The full text of the proposed amendments is available in the Town Clerk’s office and is posted on the Town’s website here. The proposals shown thereon may be altered or amended prior to the close of the public hearing without further advertising, as a result of further study or because of the views expressed at the public hearing. Any alteration or amendment must be presented for comment in the course of the public hearing.

Meeting details will be posted in advance of the meeting on the Town of Burrillville’s official website: www.burrillville.org. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting may also call the Town Clerk's Department at 401-568-4300 to receive meeting details.

by order of the Town Council
Vicki T. Martin, Town Clerk
Town of Burrillville