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Fall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.

May 14, 2019

4 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, Steven A. Camara, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Stephen R. Long, Leo O. Pelletier, Cliff A. Ponte, Derek R. Viveiros

Absent: Joseph D. Camara

During the meeting:

  • Councilor Kilby left the meeting at 8:51 p.m

Every vote, in order

Before the numbered agenda items

Minutes, page 97 · Agenda packet · Video

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 8 present (Joseph D. Camara absent)

To waive the rules to allow the following non Fall River resident to speak

From the minutes

“On a motion made by Councilor Laliberte and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow the following non Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Laliberte, second: Pelletier)

Read it in the official minutes, page 97 (PDF)

3 Mayor and loan order of $7,426,775 for repairs to Samuel Watson Elementary School

Minutes, page 98 · Agenda packet · Video

Send to committee or departmentPassed · Unanimous, 8 present (Joseph D. Camara absent)

To refer the matter 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 matter to the full council for action.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)

Read it in the official minutes, page 98 (PDF)

7 Resolution — Administration obtain bids and present plan to install a multiple level parking garage on lot adjacent to Third Street Garage

Minutes, page 99 · Agenda packet · Video

Table (set aside)Passed · Unanimous, 8 present (Joseph D. Camara absent)

To table the matter

From the minutes

“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to table the matter.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Long)

Read it in the official minutes, page 99 (PDF)

Adjournment

Minutes, page 99 · Agenda packet · Video

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 8 present (Joseph D. Camara absent)

To adjourn at 9:42 p.m

From the minutes

“On a motion made by Councilor Long and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:42 p.m.” (Motion: Long, second: Pelletier)

Read it in the official minutes, page 99 (PDF)

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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