MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
May 15, 2018
4 recorded votes, 1 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
Before the numbered agenda items
Minutes, page 86 · Agenda packet
To waive the rules to allow the following non Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Camara it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow the following non Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To waive the three minute rule to allow the City Clerk to finish reading the communication
Yes: Kilby, Pelletier, Ponte, Steven A. CamaraNo: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Laliberte, Long, Viveiros
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Kilby it was voted 4 yeas, 5 nays to waive the three minute rule to allow the City Clerk to finish reading the communication, with Councilors Cadime, Joseph Camara, i Laliberte, Stephen Long and Derek Viveiros voting in the negative and / the motion failed.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Kilby)
2 Transfers and appropriations 20,000 from Claims and Damages to Administrative Services/Law Department i The Director of Financial Services stated that this transfer is needed to pay Clifford and Kenney for negotiations regarding collective bargaining. She stated that there was
Minutes, page 87 · Agenda packet
To table the matter
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to table the matter.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Laliberte)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 88 · Agenda packet
To adjourn at 7:31 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:31 p.m.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
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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