MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
September 26, 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:
- Councilor Stephen R. Long arrived
Every vote, in order
Eric Andrade, 41 Barnes Street - Quequechan River Rail Trail Amy Blanchette, 724 Second Street - Quequechan Rail Trail Brian Pearson, 4234 North Main Street — Rail Trail
To waive the rules and allow Mr. Pearson to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cliff Ponte and seconded by Councilor Pam Laliberte- Lebeau, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Mr. Pearson to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Laliberte)
To waive the rules to allow a non-Falf River resident to speak
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 a non-Falf River resident to speak,.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Mitchell)
To waive the rules and allow Ms. Kelly to exceed 3 minutes to finish her statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Ms. Kelly to exceed 3 minutes to finish her statement.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Pereira)
To waive the rules and allow Attorney Souza to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Steven A. Camara and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules and allow Attorney Souza to exceed 3 minutes to finish his statement.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Pereira)
1 Loan order: $250,000 for feasibility study of Tansey/Watson School proposed projects
To refer the maiter 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 maiter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Long)
2 Mayor and Corporation Counsel regarding Charter Commission ballot question and summary to be placed on the Municipal Election Ballot, November 7, 2017
To lift the matter from the table
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Linda M. Pereira, it was unanimously voted to lift the matter from the table.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Pereira)
To refer the matter fo the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell and seconded by Councilor Steven A. Camara, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter fo the full council for action.” (Motion: Mitchell, second: Steven A. Camara)
To adjourn at 7:38 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Richard Cabeceiras and seconded by Councilor Raymond A. Mitchell, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:38 p.m.” (Motion: Cabeceiras, 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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