August 3, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Parker Gavigan, Director of Communications
Special City Council Meeting August 3rd
Providence, RI – Tonight, the Providence City Council substituted a resolution for an ordinance authorizing the city, with voter approval in November, to issue a $125 million bond for Providence Public School improvements. The city charter requires an ordinance receive two passages. The bond referendum did receive its first passage tonight on a vote of thirteen (13) to zero (0). A second vote will be scheduled for a later date.