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February 22, 2022
2 meetings this evening, 12 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Start my ballot →6:00 p.m. · Committee on Finance
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them) · Agenda packet · Meeting video
Committee on Finance: committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: None
1 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
3 Greater Fall River Vocational School District Committee re: amount of $293,479,760 for , designing, engineering, constructing and equipping the new Diman Regional Vocational, Technical High School and related athletic facilities
Minutes, page 126 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to' - allow Elvio Ferreira to return to the table to answer questions
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to' - allow Elvio Ferreira to return to the table to answer questions.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Pereira)
7:00 p.m. · Fall River City Council · Regular meeting
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · Revised agenda · Meeting video · City meeting page
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: None
11 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Priority Matters
1 Mayor requesting confirmation of the appointment and approval of the contract of Roger St. Martin to the position of Fire Chief
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To confirm the appointment
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to confirm the appointment.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Dionne)
2 Mayor requesting confirmation of the appointment and approval of the contract of Nicholas A. Macolini to the position of Human Resources Director
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To confirm the appointment
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to confirm the appointment.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Kilby)
3 Mayor and request from Fall River Public Schools for approval to submit Statement of Interest on March 25, 2022 into the Accelerated Repair Program of the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the Stone Therapeutic Day School at Westall
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to invite Kenneth Pacheco, Chief Operating Officer of Fall River Public Schools to answer questions regarding the matter
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to invite Kenneth Pacheco, Chief Operating Officer of Fall River Public Schools to answer questions regarding the matter.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pereira)
To refer the Statement of Interest to the Committee on Finance
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to refer the Statement of Interest to the Committee on Finance.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Dionne)
4 Mayor and request from Fall River Public Schools for approval to submit Statement of Interest on March 25, 2022 into the Accelerated Repair Program of the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the Robert L. Medeiros Resiliency Preparatory Academy
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the matter to the Committee on Finance
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the Committee on Finance.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Dionne)
Priority Communications
5 Greater Fall River Vocational School District Committee re: amount of $293,479,760 for designing, engineering, constructing and equipping the new Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School and related athletic facilities (see #2 in Finance)
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To approve the request
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Lee, Pelletier, PereiraNo: Dionne, Laliberte, Raposo
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was voted 6 yeas, 3 nays to approve the request, with Councilors Dionne, Andrew Raposo and Pam Laliberte voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Pereira)
Orders: Miscellaneous
6 Police Chief's report on licenses: 2022 Taxicab Drivers: Gabriel Olivierre
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was unanimously voted to adopt the order.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Pereira)
7 Auto Repair Shop License Renewals: Rabih Khoury, R & B, Inc. d/b/a Warren Auto Repair, located at 857 Warren Street Haissam Elazar d/b/a Joe's Gas Auto Sales, located at 2608 South Main Street
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the order
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adopt the order.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Dionne)
Communications: Invitations: Petitions
8 Claims
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the claims to Corporation Counsel
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was unanimously voted to refer the claims to Corporation Counsel.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Raposo)
10 Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Patrick Higgins re: February 11, 2022 alleged violation by City Council Committee on Finance and Council President Pam Laliberte- Lebeau
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the matter to Corporation Counsel
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to Corporation Counsel.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 3 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 8:46 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:46 p.m.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
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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