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January 2, 2019
11 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · Revised agenda · Meeting video · 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
Every vote, in order
i Agenda
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To take item #2a and #2b out of order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to take item #2a and #2b out of order.” (Motion: Long, second: Ponte)
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2a Council Orders: ;: Election of President for the year 2019
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to adopt the order.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
Roll call to elect the Council President for 2019
This roll call chose between candidates: Cliff Ponte received 8 votes and Steven A. Camara received 1. The minutes do not say who voted for whom. A motion to make the vote unanimous then passed 9–0.
From the minutes
“On a roll call vote, Councilor Cliff Ponte received 8 votes and Councilor Steven A. Camara received 1 vote and Councilor Cliff Ponte was declared President of the City Council for the year 2019.”
To make the vote for / President unanimous
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Laliberte it was unanimously voted to make the vote for / President unanimous.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Laliberte)
2b Council Orders: ;: Election of Vice President for the year 2019
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to adopt the order.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Kilby)
Roll call to elect the Council Vice President for 2019
From the minutes
“On a roll call vote, Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau received 9 votes and was declared Vice President of the City Council for the year 2019.”
3a Council Orders relating to the Recall Election:: Designating polling places
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the order designating the polling places
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, ViveirosNo: Steven A. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt the order designating the polling places with Councilor SCamara voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
To add the date of March 12, 2019 to the order
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to add the date of March 12, 2019 to the order.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
To waive the rules to allow Corporation Counsel to answer questions
Yes: Joseph D. Camara, Steven A. Camara, ViveirosNo: Cadime, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor SCamara and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was voted 3 yeas, 6 nays to waive the rules to allow Corporation Counsel to answer questions, with Councilors Cadime, Bradford Kilby, Pam Laliberte, Stephen Long, Leo Pelletier and Cliff Ponte voting in the negative and the motion failed to carry.” (Motion: Steven A. Camara, second: Joseph D. Camara)
3b Council Orders relating to the Recall Election:: Warrant At the request of President Cliff Ponte, the City Clerk read the warrant, including the date of the election, which will be March 12, 2019 as well as the dates from the 2019 Political Calendar for the [
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the warrant including the March 12, 2019 election date
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Long, Pelletier, Ponte, ViveirosNo: Steven A. Camara
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt the warrant including the March 12, 2019 election date, with Councilor SCamara voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Pelletier)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 6:17 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 6:17 p.m.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Laliberte)
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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