Peter DiStefano sees his business, DiStefano Brother’s Construction, as more than a firm turning profits from work. He wants the community to profit, too.

At the first North Kingstown School Committee meeting of 2020, the 15 percent capital reserve fee dominated public comment and carried over into the meeting itself, seeing the item pertaining to it moved up earlier in the meeting as multiple parents and students, many of which with connections to the school’s musical theater department, voicing their displeasure with the fee.

Council members decided Monday that they want more information before signing off on a proposed land swap where South County Health would give the town a 35-acre parcel off Glen Rock Road in return for Town Farm Park, adjacent to the hospital.

State-mandated full property revaluations for 2020 have started in Narragansett, the town assessor’s office announced last week.

Rhode Island requires by law that cities and towns revaluate all property every three years, and perform full inspections every nine years.

The General Assembly opened its 2020 legislative session on Tuesday, and local lawmakers from South Kingstown and Narragansett said they’re ready to get to work on new initiatives in the new year.

Officials are in the early stages of envisioning what would become of the current South Kingstown High School building if the town ultimately follows a path that would move students into an expanded Curtis Corner Middle School.