MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River City Council · 2016–2017 Council · Meeting night
November 9, 2016
2 meetings this evening, 7 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Start my ballot →5:30 p.m. · Public Hearings
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them)
Public hearings let residents speak for or against petitions such as curb cuts, pole locations and licenses. The full council decides them at its regular meeting.
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Richard Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. Camara, Pamela S. Laliberte, Stephen R. Long, Raymond A. Mitchell, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
During the meeting:
- Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell arrived
- Councilor Richard Cabecsiras arrived
3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Residential (Class ]} 61.2708 Open Space _(Class Ii) -0- Commercial (Class III) 22,5309 Industrial (Class IV) 40,0648 Personal Property (Class V) 6.1335 Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell arrived at 5:32 p
To allow input from a non-Fall River resident
From the minutes
“A motion was made by Councilor Linda M. Pereira and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and unanimously voted to allow input from a non-Fall River resident.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Mitchell)
Richard Branco, 137 Fifth Street Daniel Robillard, 145 Old Second Street
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pereira)
To adjourn at 5:48 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:48 p.m.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pereira)
5:35 p.m. · Fall River City Council · Special meeting
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · City meeting page
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Richard Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. Camara, Stephen R. Long, Pamela S. Laliberte, Raymond A. Mitchell, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
During the meeting:
- President Cadime returned
4 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
followed by a salute to the flag and announced that the meeting may be recorded with audio or video and transmitted through any medium.
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet
To waive the rules to allow the Board of Assessors and the City Administrator to address the Council
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow the Board of Assessors and the City Administrator to address the Council.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pereira)
To adopt the order for a 1.72 tax factor and it
Yes: Cadime, Laliberte, Mitchell, Pereira, Steven A. CamaraNo: Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Long, Ponte
From the minutes
“The roll was called on the motion to adopt the order for a 1.72 tax factor and it was voted 5 yeas, 4 nays with Councilors Richard Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Stephen R. Long and Cliff Ponte voting in the negative.”
To adopt the classes of real property
Yes: Cadime, Laliberte, Mitchell, Pereira, Steven A. CamaraNo: Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Long, Ponte
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Raymond A. Mitchell, it was voted 5 yeas, 4 nays to adopt the classes of real property with Councilors Richard Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Stephen R. Long and Cliff Ponte voting in the negative.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Mitchell)
To adjourn at 7:27 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:27 p.m.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pereira)
From the official minutes kept by the Fall River City Clerk (agendas and minutes). The minutes are scanned documents; we read them with text recognition, check every vote count against the councilors named, and quote the exact sentence for each vote. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: the nine 2026–2027 councilors from the City of Fall River's official councilor photos (Contact the Council page, fallriverma.gov); earlier councilors cropped from the 2024–2025 council group photo and the 2022–2023 council group photo (as published by Fall River Reporter, September 2022). Trott Lee: from his campaign Facebook page (facebook.com/trottlee4cc). Ricky Tith: from Fall River Reporter (April 2025). 2018–2019 councilors (Steven A. Camara, Stephen R. Long, Derek R. Viveiros) and the 2018–2019 group photo: from the City of Fall River’s FY2019 budget book. Richard Cabeceiras, Raymond A. Mitchell and the 2016–2017 group photo: Herald News photo by Jack Foley (January 2016), provided by the Fall River City Clerk. The 2020–2021 and 2022–2023 group photos: provided by the Fall River City Clerk.
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