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June 22, 2021
3 recorded votes, 1 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, Michelle M. Dionne, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: Bradford L. Kilby
Every vote, in order
2 Continue discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Municipal Budget as follows
Minutes, page 281 · Agenda packet · Video
To take item #3 out of order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Lee and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was unanimously voted to take item #3 out of order, with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Lee, second: Peckham)
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Minutes, page 283 · Agenda packet · Video
To reject the budget
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Laliberte, Lee, Peckham, PonteNo: Pelletier, PereiraAbsent: Kilby
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was voted 6 yeas, 2 nays, to reject the budget, with Councilors Pelletier and Linda Pereira voting in the negative and Councilor Kilby absent and not voting (copy of said letter to the Mayor is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes).” (Motion: Dionne, second: Peckham)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 283 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 9:54 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Peckham and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:54 p.m., with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Peckham, 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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