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August 24, 2020
2 meetings this evening, 5 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them)
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Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Closing the hearings
To close the hearing
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Lee and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was unanimously voted to close the hearing.” (Motion: Lee, second: Peckham)
Adjournment
To adjourn at 5:35 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:35 p.m.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Dionne)
5:35 p.m. · Committee on Finance
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them)
Committee on Finance: committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
3 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
2 Discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Budget referred on August 11, 2020 as follows ° General Fund/Revenue .
To waive the rules to allow discussion of insurance which was scheduled for discussion later in the week
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Kilby, Laliberte, Lee, Peckham, Pelletier, PonteNo: Pereira
From the minutes
“On a motion made by President Ponte and seconded by Councilor Lee, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to waive the rules to allow discussion of insurance which was scheduled for discussion later in the week, with Councilor Pereira voting in the negative.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Lee)
To cancel the scheduled meetings for the remainder of the week
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Kilby, Laliberte, Lee, Peckham, Pelletier, Pereira, Ponte
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was voted 9 yeas to cancel the scheduled meetings for the remainder of the week.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Peckham)
Adjournment
To adjourn at 7:05 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Peckham and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:05 p.m.” (Motion: Peckham, second: Dionne)
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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