MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
March 21, 2017
10 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them)
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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:
- Council President Shawn E. Cadime returned
Every vote, in order
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To waive the rules to allow Erica Scott-Pacheco to finish her statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Erica Scott-Pacheco to finish her statement.” (Motion: Laliberte, second: Pereira)
David Rebello, 264 Stevens Street — Park Board Dawn Saurette, 1984 Robeson Street - SSTAR
To waive the rules to allow Dawn Saurette to finish her statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau and seconded by Councilor Cliff Ponte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Dawn Saurette to finish her statement.” (Motion: Laliberte, second: Ponte)
1b Transfers and appropriations — That the sum of $150,000 be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the EMS
To move the question
From the minutes
“Councilor Stephen R. Long asked to move the question and it was voted unanimously.”
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Linda M. Pereira and seconded by Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Laliberte)
2 Order - Oak Grove Cemetery $99,630 for iron and stone work from CPA funds
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Mitchell)
To take item #4 out of order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to take item #4 out of order.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Mitchell)
4 Collective bargaining agreement for IAFF Local 1314 Fall River Firefighters
To move the question
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, it was unanimously voted to move the question.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Cabeceiras)
To refer the matter to full council
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to full council.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Cabeceiras)
3 Collective bargaining agreement for Teamsters Local 251 Public Works Unit
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Stephen R. Long, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Long)
To adjourn at 8:06 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:06 p.m.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Cabeceiras)
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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