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April 11, 2019
11 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them) · Agenda packet · Meeting video
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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
1 Robert Plourde and Carrie Jarabek, 1030 High Street, request the removal of an additional 16 i feet of curbing to the existing 23 foot driveway opening on the north side of the property facing an ‘President Avenue as follows
Minutes, page 47 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Pelletier)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 47 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Pelletier)
2 John Vincent c/o Michael McHenry, 763 Oak Grove Avenue, for the removal of curbing as } / follows: a .
Minutes, page 48 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
To - close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to - close the hearing.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
3 Carl R. Machado, Trustee, 205 High Street, for the removal of curbing as follows: : Existing Proposed Existing ToBe _ ‘Total Driveway Driveway Replaced . Driveway Access Access 57 Oak Street 12' 12' 0' "24 : E The petitioner has an existing 12 foot driveway opening on the north side of the property facing
Minutes, page 48 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)
4 Wayne Confoey d/b/a Cash for Gold, 745 Broadway, Fall River, MA 02724 for permission to operate and maintain a second hand article store located at 1503 Pleasant Street (precious metals to be sold.) /
Minutes, page 48 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 48 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Long)
5 Colbea Enterprises, LLC, 2050 Plainfield Pike, Cranston, RI for permission to store 24,000 gallons of unleaded/super gasoline and 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel, for a total of 30,000 gallons , underground; a decrease of 2,000 gallons at 372 Plymouth Avenue on Lot I-19-10, Assessors i
Minutes, page 49 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 49 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pelletier and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Pelletier, second: Long)
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Pelletier)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 49 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 5:36 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:36 p.m.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)
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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