MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
August 15, 2017
8 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:
- President Shawn E. Cadime returned
Every vote, in order
Alan Silvia, 684 Woodman Street — King Philip Mill & Home Rule Petition Kenneth Medeiros, 221 Osborn Street - JZ Express Body Shop
To waive the rules and allow citizen input to exceed 30 minutes
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Cliff Ponte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow citizen input to exceed 30 minutes.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Ponte)
To waive the rules and allow Tom & Cindy St. Pierre to exceed 3 minutes to finish their statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Joseph D. Camara and seconded by Councilor Cliff Ponte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Tom & Cindy St. Pierre to exceed 3 minutes to finish their statement.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Ponte)
Rob Mellion, 200 Pocasset Street - Home Rule Petition
To waive the rules and allow Rob Mellion to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Linda M. Pereira and seconded by Councilor Steven A. Camara, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Rob Mellion to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Steven A. Camara)
Steve Cowen, 105 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 2F, Cambridge, MA — Home Rule Petition Ron Golub, 105 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 2F, Cambridge, MA —- Home Rule Petition
To waive the rules and allow non Fall River residents to speak and Steven Cowen and Ron Golub to exceed 3 minutes fo make their statement
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 and allow non Fall River residents to speak and Steven Cowen and Ron Golub to exceed 3 minutes fo make their statement.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Mitchell)
To waive the rules and allow Manny Chaves to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Manny Chaves to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Cabeceiras)
1 Order establishing spending limits for Revolving Funds for FY 2018
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Stephen R. Long, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Long)
2 Order to adopt Chapter 467 of the Acts of 2008 "An Act Relative to the Retirement Benefits of Emergency Medical Technicians"
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras and seconded by Councilor Stephen R. Long, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Cabeceiras, second: Long)
To adjourn at 11:15 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 11:15 p.m.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Mitchell)
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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