MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
September 11, 2018
5 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 left the meeting at 6:18 p.m
Every vote, in order
3 Loan Order — Watson School Repairs - $10,202,644.00
Minutes, page 107 · Agenda packet
To refer the maiter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to refer the maiter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
4 Loan Order — Tansey School Repairs - $2,970,496.00
Minutes, page 107 · Agenda packet
To refer the matter to the full council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
5 Loan Order — Police Department Equipment - $122,000.00 The Chief of Police stated that these funds are for a new Prison Transport Van, Plow Truck and EPO Truck. Councilor Cadime asked what the useful life of these vehicles
Minutes, page 107 · Agenda packet
To refer the matter to the i full council for action
Yes: Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, Steven A. Camara, ViveirosNo: Cadime
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Long, it was voted to refer the matter to the i full council for action, with Councilor Cadime opposed.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Long) The minutes name who voted no but give no count; the count shown is from those names.
6 Mayor and updated Building Capital Improvement Plan
Minutes, page 107 · Agenda packet
To table the matter
Yes: Cadime, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Ponte, Steven A. Camara, ViveirosNo: Joseph D. Camara, Long
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 7 yeas, 2 nays to table the matter, with Councilors Camara and Stephen Long voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Pelletier)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 108 · Agenda packet
To adjourn at 7:33 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:33 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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