MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Public Hearings · 5:45 p.m.
April 24, 2018
7 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them) · Agenda packet
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Attendance
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
1 Curt M. Litaway, 102 Crawford Street, requests the removal of curbing as follows: Existing _ Proposed Existing To Be Total — - Driveway Driveway Replaced Driveway Access Access 102 Crawford Street 16 14' 0' 30' The petitioner is requesting to open an additional 14' to expand the existing driveway for
Minutes, page 135 · Agenda packet
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 135 · Agenda packet
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Long)
2 Tamayra Rivera, 354 Chicago Street, requests the removal of curbing as follows: ; Existing Proposed Existing To Be Total Driveway Driveway Replaced Driveway Access Access 354 Chicago Street 13' 17' 0" 30' The petitioner is requesting to extend the entrance west to provide access to the full width of the
Minutes, page 136 · Agenda packet
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Long)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 136 · Agenda packet
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Viveiros, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Long, second: Viveiros)
3 Joey Pacheco d/b/a Pacheco's Furniture, 661 High Street, Fall River, MA 02720 for ; ; permission to operate and maintain a second hand article store located at 253 South Main ; oO , Street (used furniture, antiques, jewelry, electronics and tools to be sold.) - ,
Minutes, page 136 · Agenda packet
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Pelletier)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 136 · Agenda packet
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor SCamara, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Steven A. Camara)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 136 · Agenda packet
To adjourn at 5:55 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:55 p.m.” (Motion: Cadime, 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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