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November 12, 2019
6 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, Derek R. Viveiros
Absent: Joseph D. Camara
Every vote, in order
1 Antone David Vargas, 157 Rice Avenue, Somerset, MA, d/b/a ADV Auto Repair, for a license to operate an auto repair shop at 681 Brayton Avenue, on Lot F-7-12, Assessors Plan.
Minutes, page 90 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened, with Councilor Camara absent and not ‘voting.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 90 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Long, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing, with Councilor Camara absent and not voting.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Long)
2 Duro Industries, Inc., c/o Chace Street, Inc., 124 Washington Street, Suite 101, Foxboro, MA, to store 30,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil and 13,000 gallons (in 55 gallon drums) of coating material aboveground at 110 Chace Street.
Minutes, page 91 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearings be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was unanimously voted that the hearings be opened, with Councilor Camara absent and not voting.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Cadime)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 91 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearings
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to close the hearings, with Councilor Camara absent and not voting.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
3 Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc. for a jointly-owned pole re- location for the following: — . .
Minutes, page 91 · Agenda packet · Video
That the hearing be opened
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was unanimously voted that the hearing be opened, with Councilor Camara absent and not . voting.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Joseph D. Camara)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 91 · 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, with Councilor Camara absent and not voting.” (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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