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October 16, 2018
5 recorded votes, 1 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
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Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet
To waive the rules to allow Citizen Input to exceed 30 minutes
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Citizen Input to exceed 30 minutes.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Laliberte)
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Laliberte)
2 City Council request to address recent issues relating to Mayor Jasiel F. Correia Il in accordance with Section 3-8 of the City Charter
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet
To waive the rules to allow Corporation Counsel to answer questions
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Corporation Counsel to answer questions.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Laliberte)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 3 · Agenda packet
To adjourn
Yes: Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. CamaraNo: Cadime, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, Viveiros
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was voted 2 yeas, 7 nays to adjourn and the motion failed to carry, with Councilors Cadime, Bradford Kilby, Pam Laliberte, Stephen Long, Leo Pelletier, Derek Viveiros, and City President Ponte voting in the negative.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To adjourn at 8:03 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:03 p.m.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
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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