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March 21, 2017
7 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
Every vote, in order
4 Timothy Cabral, 1 Old Slab Bridge Road, Assonet, MA, d/b/a Aberdeen Auto LLC, for a license to operate an auto repair shop at 163-165 Aberdeen Street, on Lot F-7-115, Assessors Plan.
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras and seconded by Councilor Cliff Ponte, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Cabeceiras, second: Ponte)
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Laliberte)
2 Lidia Cardoso, 192 Haffards Street, requests the removal of 14 feet of curbing with an existing 9 foot driveway for a total of 23 feet at 192 Haffards Street to allow access to multiple off-street parking spaces.
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councior Pam Laliberte-Lebeayu, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Laliberte)
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras and seconded by Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Cabeceiras, second: Laliberte)
3 Matthew Hiscock, 946 Walnut Street, requests the removal of 40.6 feet of curbing with an existing 21 foot driveway for a total of 61.6 feet at 946 Walnut Street to allow improved vehicle access to on-site parking and garages.
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Joseph D. Camara and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Mitchell)
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 5:57 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:57 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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