Cranston, RI
Cranston is a city in Rhode Island. 1,513 meeting records from 32 boards, scheduled and cancelled meetings included. The latest was held Oct 14; the next is scheduled for Nov 3.
- Next meeting
- Nov 3
- Meeting records
- 1.5K
- Boards, councils and commissions
- 32
Meetings
All 26 boardsCranston's boards met 169 times in the last year. Each meeting opens the government's own agenda.
Coming up
The next meetings on the calendar.
- Nov 3Board of Canvassers
- Nov 4Board of Canvassers
- Nov 5Board of Canvassers
- Dec 3Board of Canvassers
City Council
36 meetings in the last year · last met Oct 13 · 1 cancelled
- Oct 13Meeting agenda
- Sep 22Meeting agenda
- Sep 22Meeting agenda
Commissions and committees
- Board of Contract & Purchase
- Planning Commission
- Development Plan Review Committee (DPRC)
- Public Library Board of Trustees
- Zoning Board of Review
- Board of Canvassers
- Arts Commission
- School Buildings Committee
- Historical Cemeteries Commission
- Tax Assessment Board of Review
- Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
- Audit Committee
- Investment Commission
Districts and shared agencies
Bodies with their own boards, including ones shared with other governments.
Not meeting lately: Building Appeals Board (last met Jul 29, 2025), Probate Judge Advisory Committee (last met Dec 10, 2024), Development Plan Review Committee - DO NOT USE (last met Sep 18, 2024), Vicious Dog Hearing Board (last met Sep 18, 2024), Affordable Housing Commission (last met Mar 13, 2024), Small Business Advisory Committee (last met Oct 5, 2023), Diversity Commission (last met Nov 9, 2022), Redistricting Commission (last met Mar 1, 2022), Hazard Mitigation Plan Committee (last met Dec 2, 2021), Revolving Loan Fund Committee (last met May 13, 2021), Conservation Commission (last met Dec 23, 2020), Census Complete Count Committee (last met Jul 20, 2020), Charter Review Commission (last met Apr 30, 2020), Industrial Development Commission (last met Jan 9, 2019), City and School Safety Sub-Committee (last met Sep 4, 2018), Traffic Safety Commission (last met Sep 19, 2016).
Cranston in state law
Bills in the Rhode Island Legislature that name Cranston, and where its government stood on bills.
Bills that name Cranston
54 bills name it; the latest 8 are shown.
- AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
- AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR AND ALTERATION OF PLAYGROUNDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES IN THE CITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY
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