Town of Johnston, RI
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2023-11-14
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The Charter
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Chapter C The Charter
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Article XIV Department of Public Welfare
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch C Art XIV Department of Public Welfare
- § C-14-1 Organization.
- § C-14-2 Powers and duties.
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandonment of Roadways
- Ch 6 Arbitration
- Ch 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 18 Senior Citizens Center
- Ch 23 Finance, Department of
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Details
- Ch 58 Public Works
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 66 Risk Management
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Social Security
- Ch 74 Town Council
- Ch 77 Town Hall
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 83 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 88 Alarm Systems
- Ch 91 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 103 Arborists
- Ch 107 Barbers, Hairdressers and Similar Services
- Ch 112 Bingo and Beano
- Ch 118 Building Construction
- Ch 121 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Business Operations
- Ch 127 Cannabis
- Ch 129 Car Sales and Rental
- Ch 132 Cemeteries
- Ch 142 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 145 Dances
- Ch 147 Day-Care Centers
- Ch 149 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 156 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Engineering Operations
- Ch 158 Entertainment
- Ch 161 Excavations
- Ch 164 Explosives
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 180 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 183 Graffiti
- Ch 189 Gull Control
- Ch 192 Hotel, Motel, Rooming House Registrants and Room Resellers
- Ch 194 Housing Standards
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 202 Land Development Fees
- Ch 204 Licensing
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 210 Loitering; Aggressive Begging, Soliciting and Panhandling
- Ch 212 Mailboxes
- Ch 213 Massage and Body Works Services
- Ch 217 Motor Vehicle Code
- Ch 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 224 Noise
- Ch 230 Oil and Gas Heating Code
- Ch 231 Outdoor Heaters and Boilers
- Ch 233 Parades
- Ch 236 Parking
- Ch 239 Parking Lots
- Ch 242 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 245 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 252 Plumbing
- Ch 257 Private Detectives
- Ch 261 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Rental Property
- Ch 269 Restaurants
- Ch 272 Sales, Casual
- Ch 276 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Sewers
- Ch 282 Signs
- Ch 286 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 291 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Solid Waste
- Ch 298 Stormwater Management
- Ch 300 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 307 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 332 (Reserved)
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Wells
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a department of public welfare,
the head of which shall be the director of public welfare. He shall
be appointed by the mayor to serve at the pleasure of the mayor. He
shall receive such compensation as may be set by ordinance.
(1)
The director of public welfare shall have all powers
and duties relating to the poor, needy, dependent and defective persons
including management of any institutions of the town for the care
of the aged, infirm, indigent and chronically ill.
(2)
He shall administer all welfare statutes of the state
or federal government, the administration of which is delegated to
the town.
(3)
He may appoint, with the approval of the mayor, such
assistants as he deems necessary within the limits of the appropriations
therefor in order to carry out his required duties.
