Vincent John Gebhart

Cast the only vote against a resolution backing a state bill to curb prescription drug costs; it passed 7-1, with one member recused.

June 2, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Led the council effort to place the city-owned 61-acre Dawley Farm in a permanent public trust so it stays open land.

December 19, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the $393 million city budget with a 3.86% tax increase; it passed 7-2.

May 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Pushed a plan letting the city pay less into its retiree health fund until state school-building aid arrives, saving about $5 million this year; the first vote passed.

May 4, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for the 2025-2028 firefighters union contract; it passed 7-2.

November 3, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded a motion to renew the police department's $68,000 deal for 11 Flock license plate cameras; it passed 8-0.

July 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Mayor Picozzi's $380 million city budget, which added money for schools; it passed 8-1.

May 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to reject a call for a special election to cancel further borrowing for the $350 million new high schools; the council rejected it 7-2.

February 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for new police and city worker union contracts in which workers pay 0.66% of pay toward retiree health care; only two members voted no.

January 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Proposed a budget change that cut the planned draw from city savings to $650,000, and it passed. He then voted for the $361.2 million city budget, which passed 6-3.

May 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to release $350 million in voter-approved bonds to build two new high schools; the council approved it 8-1.

September 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Cast the only vote against moving $120,000 from road paving to schools for two teaching assistants; it passed 8-1. He then voted for the $341.1 million budget with no tax increase, which passed 7-2.

May 26, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded a motion to renew the police department's $68,000 deal for 11 Flock license plate cameras; it passed 8-0.

July 7, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Seconded a motion to renew the police department's $68,000 deal for 11 Flock license plate cameras; it passed 8-0.

July 7, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Called for the firing of Warwick's water division chief after a city worker's lawsuit described abuse on the job.

June 20, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Moved to reject a call for a special election to cancel further borrowing for the $350 million new high schools; the council rejected it 7-2.

February 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to release $350 million in voter-approved bonds to build two new high schools; the council approved it 8-1.

September 18, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Cast the only vote against moving $120,000 from road paving to schools for two teaching assistants; it passed 8-1. He then voted for the $341.1 million budget with no tax increase, which passed 7-2.

May 26, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Moved to reject a request for a charter change that required yearly public hearings on city finances and audits; the motion passed 6-3.

May 11, 2026

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Co-sponsored a zoning change on where marijuana shops may open, and added an amendment letting them seek permits in general business zones; both votes passed 6-3.

April 27, 2026

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Moved final approval of citywide zoning changes on fences, drive-through height clearance, and lot sizes for duplexes; it passed 8-1.

March 9, 2026

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Moved to put city borrowing and city charter questions on a February 3, 2026 special election ballot; the final measure passed 9-0.

November 17, 2025

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Voted against a council resolution asking state lawmakers to narrow the 2025 assault weapons ban bill; it passed 6-3. He said the council should be careful about weighing in on statewide issues.

June 2, 2025

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Organized a holiday drive in which council members and West Bay Community Action gave clothes and toys to nine local families.

December 22, 2024

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Won a third Ward 9 council term in 2024, again facing only write-in votes; he received 4,299 votes (95.3%).

November 5, 2024

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Called for fellow Councilwoman Donna Travis to resign and to lose her council leadership post after her no-contest plea to a false-document charge.

July 18, 2024

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Voted for an updated city rule on short-term rentals such as Airbnb homes; the council approved it unanimously.

March 9, 2023

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Won a second term on the Warwick City Council in Ward 9 with no opponent on the ballot, taking 3,549 votes (94.9%).

November 8, 2022

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Won the Ward 9 seat on the Warwick City Council with 2,511 votes (41.6%) in a four-way race.

November 3, 2020

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Worked as a tech executive at Powerhouse Dynamics, a Boston software company, and served on the Board of Governors of Leadership Rhode Island, a 2020 profile reported.

September 5, 2020

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