MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
June 27, 2017
5 recorded votes, 1 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:
- Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell arrived
Every vote, in order
1 Financial order — transfer $40,000 from EMS salaries to EMS expenses
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)
2 Continuation of discussion of municipal side of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget
To waive the rules to allow Joseph Castro, Chairman of the IAC to answer questions
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Linda M. Pereira and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Joseph Castro, Chairman of the IAC to answer questions.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Mitchell)
To lift the municipal budget from the table and refer it to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to lift the municipal budget from the table and refer it to the full council for action.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Pereira)
To call the question
Yes: Cabeceiras, Joseph D. Camara, Laliberte, Long, Pereira, Steven A. CamaraNo: Cadime, Mitchell, Ponte
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Joseph D. Camara, it was voted 6 yeas, 3 nays to call the question, with Councilors Raymond A. Mitchell, Cliff Ponte and Shawn E. Cadime voting in the negative.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To adjourn at 10:39 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras and seconded by Councilor Joseph D. Camara, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:39 p.m.” (Motion: Cabeceiras, second: Joseph D. Camara)
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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