MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting · 5:30 p.m.
January 16, 2018
5 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · City meeting page
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Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. Camara, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Stephen R. Long, Leo O. Pelletier, Cliff A. Ponte, Derek R. Viveiros
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Special Meeting Of The City Council
1 Citizen Input Name Address Subject C.J. Ferry 300 Buffinton Street Bond
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet
To waive the thirty minute time limit on citizen input
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to waive the thirty minute time limit on citizen input.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Pelletier)
2a Communication from Mayor re: construction of new B.M.C. Durfee High School and the following: Order scheduling a Special Municipal Election
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet
To waive the rules to allow the Administration to answer questions
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow the Administration to answer questions.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Laliberte)
Yes: Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, ViveirosNo: Cadime, Steven A. Camara
From the minutes
“On a roll calf vote taken on the motion to adopt the order, as amended, it was voted 7 yeas, 2 nays with Councilors Cadime and Steven SCamara voting in the negative.”
2b Communication from Mayor re: construction of new B.M.C. Durfee High School and the following: - Order placing question on Special Municipal Election ballot
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet
To adopt the order, as amended
Yes: Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, ViveirosNo: Cadime, Steven A. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier it was voted 7 yeas, 2 nays to adopt the order, as amended with Councilors Cadime and Steven SCamara voting in the negative.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet
To adjourn at 8:05 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:05 p.m.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Pelletier)
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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