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� � � � � � � � �With sprawling ! elds it was hard to notice that over 500 people attended this past falls yearly equipment show, held at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Venders set up booths to display and show o" their products. # ey also o" ered hands on demonstrations and test driving of the equipment! What better

way to see how well a product will work for you. A great lunch was served to a hungry crowd.

February brought our Annual Indoor Expo at the ever famous Wright’s Chicken Farm located in Harrisville, RI. Over 500 people attended and mingled at the expo.

What’s Inside# e Succes of our Main Events .................................pg 1Calendar of Events ......................................................pg2RIPWA Seeking Bids ...................................................pg3

Did you Know RIPWA o" ers Scholarships? .......pg4&5Your RI Public Works Directory .........................pg 6&7RIPWA Board of Directors .......................................pg 8

www.ripwa.org

MAIN EVENTS

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Calendar of Events

For our full list of events and more info please visit www.ripwa.org/events

and click on Full T2 Calendar March 3/9 .................... Preparing to take the Hoisting License Exam (Training room, Warwick) 3/29 .................. Elgins Sweeper Operators and Mechanics Training April 4/4 ................... Flagger Certi! cation (Tiverton) 4/5 ................... Introduction to Excel 2003 (Training Room, Warwick) 4/6 .................... Trenching and Excavation Competent Person (Training Room, Warwick) 4/9 ................... Introduction to Excel 2007 (Training Room, Warwick) 4/12 .................. Flagger Certi! cation (Narragansett & Jamestown) 4/19 .................. Every Day Counts (EDC) Exchanges - Flexibility in Row - (Broadcast Session 2) 4/25-26 ............ 2012 RI Construction Career Days (East Greenwich) May 5/16 .................. 2012 Intro to EHAP (Training Room, Warwick) 5/18 .................. Engineering Career Day (Kingston, RI) 5/30 .................. Every Day Counts (EDC) Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil - Integrated Bridge System June 6/4 - 6/6 ........... Debris Management Planning for State, Tribal and Local O" cials (G202) (Warwick) 6/21 .................. Every Day Counts (EDC) Exchanges - In Lieu (Broadcast Session)

**Classes available by request** See list of classes on page 3. If there is a class you would like to see

please let us know, jcjci@cox.net

# e URI Transportation Center’s (URITC) o$ ers 4 one-week free Summer Academy programs for high school students and a free two week Summer Transportation Institute (STI) for middle school students. Summer Transportation Institute (for middle school students) Construction Academy (high school students) Business Academy (high school students) Engineering Academy (high school students) Landscape Architecture (high school students)Flyers, and further information on their summer programs and yearly events, can be found on thier website at www.uritc.org or by contacting Tory Perrotta at (401) 874-7075 or at toryp@mail.uri.edu.

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RIPWA is currently seeking proposals from quali! ed training providers who have the capacity to develop and deliver workshop sessions designed to support the skills and knowledge of public works professionals.

If your company is interested in submitting a proposal please visit our website www.ripwa.org for more information.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Flagger Certi! cation• Work Zone Safety• Chain Saw Skills and Safety• Preparing for the Hoisting Engineers License• OSHA Certi! cations• CPR Certi! cation• Tractor Mower Safety• Safe Driving Utilizing the Truck Driver Simulator• Bucket Truck Operations• Microso" O# ce Suiteo Excel level 1, 2 & 3o Word level 1, 2 & 3o PowerPoint o Access level 1 & 2

• Time Management• Leadership Skills• Stress Management• Hands On Weldingo Arc Weldingo Mig Weldingo Tig Welding• Preparing for Winter• Introduction to Snow Fighting• Con! ned Space• Competent Person• Loader Backhoe Operating Techniques• Small Engine Repair & Maintenance• Other workshops topics as requested by departments of public works or other similar entities

RIPWA Seeking Training Providers

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College Scholarship

Our RIPWA College Scholarship is open to all members, children of members or grandchildren of members in good standing. A! er careful consideration our board approved the following 2012 college scholarships.

Did You Know???

! e Rhode Island Public Works Association o" ers several scholarship opportunities.

Endowment Scholarship

An endowed scholarship is a major gi! to a college or university used to fund scholarships. " e feature that most distinguishes endowed scholarships from other types of donations is that the capital in the endowed scholarship gi! is preserved so that the gi! can last inde# nitely. RIPWA has set up an endowment scholarship with the University of Rhode Island. See letter to the le! for more information on this years 2012 RIPWA endowment scholarship.

Chuck Smith presented a HP Laptop and Printer to the Scitu-ate DPW on 3/1/11 to be used by mechanics Dean Randall and Curtis Lotter to diagnose and maintain the $ eet. Dale Langlais, Scituate DPW Director applied for the grant though the Rhode Island Public Works Association Municipal Scholarship.

Municipal Scholarship

" is years approved municipal scholarships were • Coventry DPW received a cash scholarship to purchase

safety equipment.• Foster DPW received a laptop. See pic on pg 8. In these di% cult economic times, the Rhode Island Public Works Association will consider requests from municipalities for items that will help make their departments safer, more productive, technologically pro# cient and overall a better place to work.

Alexandra SmithAlyssa Gelfuso

Holly GagnonHolly Ratcli& e

Sara Cathcart

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RIPWA Endowment Scholarship continued...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION79 UPPER COLLEGE ROAD, KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND 02881

WWW.URIFOUNDATION.ORG 401.874.7900 FAX 401.874.5524

December 20, 2011

Mr. Je! CathcartRI Public Works Association78 Burnt Hill RoadHope, RI 02831

Dear Mr. Cathcart,

As the holiday season is upon us, we take time to re" ect on our good fortune at URI. Benefactors like youhave given the university much to appreciate and even more to showcase for many years to come. Mostrecently, due to your direct support, a student’s # nancial responsibility was lessened and his or her dreamof earning a college degree has come closer to becoming a reality.

On behalf of the University of Rhode Island and the URI Foundation, I am glad to report to you on the RI

Public Works Endowment Scholarship award for the 2011-2012 academic year. Recently, this scholarshipwas awarded to Erik C. Stamp, a Civil Engineering major from Coventry, RI.

$ e level and breadth of support we receive from our alumni and friends makes a signi# cant impact on theoverall academic experience here at URI, the e! ects of which are felt across the campus community.Despite a di% cult economy, we have seen historic giving levels to URI.

Last year, a record $18.9 million in charitable gi( s were received by the university. Approximately 44% ofthat was earmarked to fund existing or create new endowments. $ e majority of our endowment fundsgenerate scholarships for undergraduate and graduate student support. In fact, over $1.5 million inendowment earnings was distributed for this academic year by the Foundation to provide this much-neededand well-deserved # nancial assistance to hundreds of students across all colleges.

We extend to you, as one of our valued donors, an invitation to come to campus to meet your scholarshiprecipient, Erik, at a time convenient to you. If you would like us to arrange a convenient meeting time,please contact Ted Woodbine in the URI Foundation donor relations o% ce at 401-874-5273 ortwoodbine@foundation.uri.edu .

$ ank you again for contributing to our success by supporting student scholarships and for enhancingURI’s quality and distinction.

Best regard

Michael J. SmithPresidentURI Foundation

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RI Public Works DirectorsBarrington - Alan Corvi(p) 247-3788 (f) 247-3788(e)acorvi@barrington.ri.gov

Block Island - Michael Shea Highway Supervisor(p) 466-3210townmanager@new-shoreham.com

Bristol - James J. Galuska(p) 253-4100 (f) 254-1278(e) jgaluska@bristolri.us

Burrillville - Je! rey McCormick (p) 568-4440 (f) 568-9469 e) jmccormick@burrillville.org

Central Falls - Joseph Nield(p) 727-7466 (f) 727-7467(e) jnield@centralfallsri.us

Charlestown - Alan Arsenault(p) 364-1230 (f) 364-1238(e) publicwrks@charlestownRI.org

Coventry - Robert Clarkin(p) 822-9111 (f) 822-9141(e) bclarkin@town.coventry.ri.us

Cranston - David Ventetuolo(p) 461-1000 (f) 461-9650(e) dventetuolo@cranstonri.org

Cumberland - Alan Brodd(p) 728-2400 x 141 (f) 724-3311(e) abrodd@cumberlandri.org

East Greenwich - Joseph Duarte(p) 886-8618 (f) 886-8652(e) jduarte@eastgreenwichri.com

East Providence - Steve Coutu(p) 435-7701 (f) 435-7717(e) scoutu@cityofeastprov.com

Exeter - Steve Mattscheck(p) 295-1983 (f) 294-2494(e) publicworks@town.exeter.ri.us

Foster - Gary Bergstrom(p) 392-9204 (f) 392-9201(e) gbergstromdpw@gmail.com

Glocester - Gary Treml(p) 568-5540 (f) 568-5850(e) garyt@glocesterri.org

Hopkinton - Tim Te" (p) 377-7790 (f) 377-7755(e) tte" @hopkintonri.org

Jamestown - Michael Gray(p) 423-7220 (f) 423-7229(e) mgray@jamestownri.net

Johnston - Arnold Vecchione(p) 231-4001 (f) 231-4186(e) dpwo# ce@johnston-ri.us

Lincoln - Michael Gagnon(p) 333-8423 (f) 333-3648(e) mgagnon@lincolnri.org

Little Compton - Michael Mello(p) 635-8384 (f) 635-2470(e) wmoore@tlcri.com

Middletown - $ omas O’Loughlin(p) 846-2119 (f) 845-0404(e) toloughlin@middletownri.com

Narragansett - David Ousterhout(p) 782-0687 (f) 782-0694(e) dousterhout@narragansettri.gov

Newport - William R. Riccio, Jr., PE(p) 845-5841 (f) 842-6919(e) wriccio@cityofnewport.com

North Kingstown - Phil Bergeron(p) 268-1500 x600 (f) 267-9036(e) pbergeron@northkingstown.org

North Providence - Glenn Corrente(p) 233-1440 (f) 233-1442gcorrente@northprovidenceri.gov

North Smith% eld - Ray Pendergast(p) 762-0541 (f) 766-0016(e) rpendergast@nsmith% eldri.org

Pawtucket - Lance Hill(p) 728-0500 x236 (f) 727-4550(e) lhill@pawtucketri.com

Portsmouth - David Kehew(p) 683-0362 (f) 682-1390(e) dkehew@portsmouthri.com

Providence - Paul $ omas(p) 467-7950 (f) 941-2567(e) pjthomas@providenceri.com

Richmond - Scott Barber(p) 539-8474 (f) 530-0534(e) dpw@richmondri.com

Scituate - Dale Langlais(p) 647-3366 (f) 647-0660dlanglais@scituatepw.necoxmail.com

Smith% eld - John Ratcli! e(p) 233-1034 (f) 233-1075(e) dpw2@smith% eldri.com

South Kingstown - Jon R. Schock(p) 789-9331 x 2250 (f) 782-8068(e)jschock@southkingstownri.com

Tiverton - Stephen Berlucchi(p) 625-6760 (f) 625-6763dpwdirector@towno& ivertonri.com

Warren - John Massed(p) 245-0200 (f) 247-1770(e)jmassed@townofwarren-ri.gov

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RI Public Works Directors Continued....

Warwick - David Picozzi(p) 738-2000 (f) 732-5208(e) david.picozzi@warwickri.com

West Greenwich - Claude Wright(p) 397-6110 (f) 392-8450(e) cwright@wgtownri.org

West Warwick- David Lombari(p) 822-9225 (f) 823-1404(e)dlombari@westwarwick.org

Westerly - Peter Chiaradio(p) 348-2539 (f) 348-2581(e) pchiaradio@westerly.org

Woonsocket - Sheila McGauvran(p) 762-6400 (f) 766-7876(e) smcgauvran@woonsocketri.org

We also keep this list updated on our website www.ripwa.org

If you are a DPW director and would like to update your

information please email erin@ripwa.org

We know how important it is to keep up to date and we would like to give our members the opportunity to communicate with each other.

If your business or department has news you would like to share please email it to erin@ripwa.org so that we may pass on the news here in a section of our newsletter dedicated to member news.

Keeping Current with

Member News!

Demonstrations were given at several booths throughout the event. Also well attended were the seminars that were o! ered. From Geosynthetic Products for Roadwork, Alternative Fuels, Application of Non Skid Surface, Agriculture By Product Blends for snow & Ice Control, Oil & Hazerdous Materials Risk, Hot in Place Asphalt Recycling, Cold Patch to the Recent DOT Changes to the Drug & Alcohol Testing Requirements. Each seminar had an average of over 30 in attendance.

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President - Alan Brodd, Cumberland Public Works401-728-2400 x 141 abrodd@cumberlandri.org

Vice President - Chuck Smith, Coventry Public Works 401-822-9111 csmith@town.coventry.ri.us

Secretary - Tom O’Loughlin, Middletown Public Works401-846-2119 toloughlin@middletownri.com

Treasurer - Scott BarberRichmond Public Works 401-539-0534 dpw@richmondri.com

Executive Director - Gary Tedeschi401-539-0534 ripwa@cox.net

Consultant - Je! Cathcart, J. Cathcart Incorporated401-823-4913 jcjci@cox.net

RIPWA Board of Directors

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Foster was just one of the recipients of our 2012 Scholarships. Above, Gary Bergstrom , acting Public Works Director from the town of Foster accepts a laptop for the DPW from Chuck Smith, Vice President of RIPWA. " e Rhode Island Public Works Association o! ers several scholarship opportunities every year.

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(l to r) Scott Barber,Alan Brodd, Chuck Smith, Tom O’Loughlin