MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
September 14, 2017
7 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:
- President Shawn E. Cadime returned
Every vote, in order
CJ Ferry, 300 Buffinton Street —- Charter/Residency August Venice, 25 Wright's Way — Charter
To waive the rules and allow Mr. Venice to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Joseph D. Camara and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Mr. Venice to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Mitchell)
Gloria Saddler, 318 Jencks Street — Charter Kris Bartley, 83 Norfolk Street - Charter Ballot Question
To waive the rules and allow Mr. Bartley to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Joseph D. Camara and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Mr. Bartley to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Mitchell)
Jim Pimental, 210 Dwelly Road — Wage Theft
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Joseph D. Camara, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To waive the rules and allow citizen input to exceed 30 minutes
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow citizen input to exceed 30 minutes.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Mitchell)
1 Mayor & Corp. Counsel re: Charter Commission ballot question and summary to be placed on the Municipal Election Ballot, November 7, 2017°
To table the matter
Yes: Cabeceiras, Cadime, Mitchell, Pereira, PonteNo: Joseph D. Camara, Laliberte, Long, Steven A. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Linda M. Pereira and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was voted 5 yeas, 4 nays to table the matter with Councilors Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. Camara, Pam Laliberte-Lebeau and Stephen R. Long voting in the negative.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Mitchell)
To take items #2 and #3 together
From the minutes
“On a motion made by.Councilor Joseph D. Camara and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to take items #2 and #3 together.”
3 Resolution - Committee on Finance convene with Administration to review all expense adjustments made in balancing of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget
To adjourn at 8:56 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Cliff Ponte, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:56 p.m.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Ponte)
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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