Members

The 13 members of the Task Force are as follows:

  1. Nana Amma Ankrah, Law Department, Chair
  2. Jean Barros, Director of Code Enforcement, Vice-Chair
  3. Alberto DeBurgo, City Clerk, Secretary 
  4. Jim Vandermillen, Planning and Economic Development, or his designee
  5. Chief Scott Mello, Fire Department, or his designee
  6. Col. Anthony J. Roberson, Police Department, or his designee
  7. Robert A. Ferri, City Council President, or his designee
  8. Anette Martinez, Housing Inspector, or her designee
  9. The housing prosecutor, or his or her designee
  10. Peter Neronah, Rhode Island Attorney General, or his designee 
  11. Mario Bueno, Executive Director of Progresso Latino, or his deignee
  12. Linda Weisinger, Pawtucket-Central Falls Development Agency, or her designee
  13. Bridgett M. Duquette, Executive Director of Central Falls Housing Authority, or her designee

When a department or a citizen identifies a property as a nuisance property, a referral is made to the Chair with all of the relevant information on the nuisance property. The Task Force will maintain a master list of all pending nuisance properties. Any department can add a property to the list and other departments will provide the Task Force with information necessary to develop an abatement strategy for the property.

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