Warwick City Council Meeting - 11.9.26

The City of Warwick Finance Committee and City Council met on November 10, 2026. The Police Department requested a one-year, $129,500 sole-source service agreement with Peregrine Technologies for a public-safety data integration and analytics platform, funded with opioid-response funds. The department described overdose outreach and tracking as the primary purpose, with other efficiency and investigative uses. Members raised concerns about sole-source justification, future costs, use of opioid funds, data retention, and potential Flock camera integration. The department stated Flock data was excluded; a representative also offered to add a no-Flock provision to the contract, and a council member requested draft ordinance safeguards. The transcript does not show a vote approving the Peregrine request. The council approved the remaining bid package 9–0, including the discussed $117,000 one-year Sullivan Tire award for Public Works, a $110,000 annual request for police tablets with purchases split between Newtek Solutions and Brightcenter, and $50,000 in police uniform spending authority involving Barney’s Uniforms and American Fire Gear. It also approved a land-evidence software spending amendment, reducing the requested amount to $15,325, 9–0.

The council separately approved, 9–0, a resolution authorizing up to $300,000 in appropriation obligations for the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Sewer Tie-in Loan Fund, which offers eligible residents loans of up to $10,000 at 1% interest over five years. A proposed ordinance changing retiree cost-of-living adjustments and a proposed real-estate nonutilization tax were held for further consideration; the latter was amended and held to the next meeting. The council also approved acceptance of an approximately 11.76-acre land donation. No procurement award was recorded for the Peregrine request, and the meeting docketed a future ordinance concerning public-safety data integration and analytics platforms.