Members
The 13 members of the Task Force are as follows:
- Nana Amma Ankrah, Law Department, Chair
- Jean Barros, Director of Code Enforcement, Vice-Chair
- Alberto DeBurgo, City Clerk, Secretary
- Jim Vandermillen, Planning and Economic Development, or his designee
- Chief Scott Mello, Fire Department, or his designee
- Col. Anthony J. Roberson, Police Department, or his designee
- Robert A. Ferri, City Council President, or his designee
- Anette Martinez, Housing Inspector, or her designee
- The housing prosecutor, or his or her designee
- Peter Neronah, Rhode Island Attorney General, or his designee
- Mario Bueno, Executive Director of Progresso Latino, or his deignee
- Linda Weisinger, Pawtucket-Central Falls Development Agency, or her designee
- 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.