MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
July 12, 2018
6 recorded votes, 2 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
During the meeting:
- Councilor Camara arrived at 6:19 p.m
Every vote, in order
2 Transfers and appropriations FROM Claims & Damages $ 120,000 Veteran's — Expenses $ 413,172 Insurance $ 55,023 , Fire — Salaries $ 185,222 Community Services — Salaries $ 107,988 Community Maintenance — Salaries $ 25,000
Minutes, page 254 · Agenda packet
To take item #6 out of order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to take item #6 out of order.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
6 Appropriate $450,000 for Transportation — Fall River Public Schools from the General Fund Stabilization Account Kevin Almeida, CFO for Fall River Public Schools, gave a brief overview of the request for the $450,000 for transportation. He stated that this increase was due to the students from
Minutes, page 254 · Agenda packet
To refer the matter to full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to full council for action.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
To take items #3 and #4 together
Yes: Cadime, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, Steven A. Camara, ViveirosAbstained: Joseph D. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 8 yeas to take items #3 and #4 together, with Councilor Camara abstaining.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
4 Discussion re: reversal and/or withdrawal of easement provided to the Cloverleaf Mills, LLC Corporation Counsel stated that his involvement with the AJLQRRT began when he was hired on July 14, 2015. There were engineering issues at that time regarding bridges on the
Minutes, page 255 · Agenda packet
To table the matter
Yes: Cadime, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, Steven A. Camara, ViveirosAbstained: Joseph D. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was voted to table the matter, with Councilor Camara abstaining.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Joseph D. Camara) The minutes name who voted no but give no count; the count shown is from those names.
5 Request for $1,500,000 for costs of Feasibility Study at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School A power point presentation was given by the Superintendent of Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School regarding the Feasibility Study. The Superintendent then stated that
Minutes, page 255 · Agenda packet
To refer the item to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to refer the item to the full council for action.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 255 · Agenda packet
To adjourn at 9:24 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:24 p.m.” (Motion: Cadime, 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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