Key votes and procedural actions taken Dec. 4 at the Providence City Council meeting:

- Approval of minutes (item 3): Motion carried; clerk reported 13 ayes.

- Consent and waiver motions: The council waived the reading and approved items 4–6 and item 7 by voice votes or roll call as noted in the record. The majority leader moved to waive the reading of items 12 through 22; the motion passed and the clerk noted items 12–16 as received and referred item 17 to claims and pending suits.

- Item 11 (Mile of History ordinance): Approved for first reading on a roll-call tally announced as 8 ayes, 5 nays, 1 absent (see separate article for debate).

- Items 23–24: Passed (item 23 on a voice vote; item 24 by a unanimous rising vote).

- Rules and schedule change: The council voted to suspend Rule 2.a to hold regular council meetings in 2026 at 6 p.m., and approved rescheduling the first two regular meetings of 2026 from 01/01/2026 to 01/08/2026 and from 01/15/2026 to 01/22/2026.

- Adjournment: With no further business the meeting was adjourned and members wished the public a happy holiday season.

All outcomes are reported as recorded in the meeting transcript; where the transcript did not report detailed vote tallies for a specific item, the entry notes that omission.