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June 15, 2022
33 recorded votes, 24 with disagreement.
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Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Andrew J. Raposo, Laura-Jean Sampson
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Committee Reports
2b Orders — Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Municipal Budget: Emergency Medical Services Enterprise Fund
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To accept the Committee Report and place it on file
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was unanimously voted to accept the Committee Report and place it on file.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Pereira)
To adopt the EMS Enterprise Fund Appropriation Order in the amount of $9,657,000
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, Sampson
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 9 yeas to adopt the EMS Enterprise Fund Appropriation Order in the amount of $9,657,000.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Sampson)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Cadime)
3 from the General Fund, for City Council, Salaries, $277,649
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: DionneThe scanned minutes read "7 nay"; the singular "nay" and the one councilor named voting no show the count is 1.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pelletier)
4 from the General Fund, for City Council, Expenses, $176,500
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: DionneThe scanned minutes read "7 nay"; the singular "nay" and the one councilor named voting no show the count is 1.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Raposo)
5 from the General Fund, for City Clerk, Salaries, $345,098
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
6 from the General Fund, for City Clerk, Expenses, $51,773
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: DionneThe scanned minutes read "7 nay"; the singular "nay" and the one councilor named voting no show the count is 1.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pelletier)
7 from the General Fund, for Elections, Salaries, $250,574
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: DionneThe scanned minutes read "7 nay"; the singular "nay" and the one councilor named voting no show the count is 1.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pereira)
8 from the General Fund, for Elections, Expenses, $95,785
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pelletier)
9 from the General Fund, for Veterans, Salaries, $293,781
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
10 from the General Fund, for Veterans, Expenses, $2,278,365
Minutes, page 2 · Agenda packet · Video
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pereira)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pelletier)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: DionneThe scanned minutes read "7 nay"; the singular "nay" and the one councilor named voting no show the count is 1.
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pelletier and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Pelletier, second: Pereira)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pelletier)
To take appropriations #E1 through #E3 together
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, SampsonNo: Dionne, Raposo
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 7 yeas, 2 nays to take appropriations #E1 through #E3 together, with Councilors Dionne and Andrew Raposo voting in the negative.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
To adopt appropriations #£1 through #E3
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt appropriations #£1 through #E3, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
Take appropriations #F1 through #F4 together
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted take appropriations #F1 through #F4 together.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Kilby)
To adopt appropriations #F1 through #F4
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt appropriations #F1 through #F4, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Pelletier)
Take appropriations #G1 through #G3 together
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was unanimously voted take appropriations #G1 through #G3 together.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Pereira)
To adopt appropriations #G1 through #G3
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, Sampson
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 9 yeas to adopt appropriations #G1 through #G3.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Sampson)
To take appropriations #H1 through #H8 together
Yes: KilbyNo: Cadime, Dionne, Joseph D. Camara, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, Sampson
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was voted 1 yea, 8 nays to take appropriations #H1 through #H8 together, and the motion failed to carry, with Councilor Kilby voting in the affirmative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Sampson)
To adopt the appropriation
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Pereira, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay to adopt the appropriation, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Pereira)
To reduce the appropriation by $278,000
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, Sampson
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was voted 9 yeas to reduce the appropriation by $278,000.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Cadime)
To take appropriations #H3 through #H8 together
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was unanimously voted to take appropriations #H3 through #H8 together.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To adopt the appropriations
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to adopt the appropriations, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Cadime)
To take appropriations #11 through #13 together and it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriations
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was unanimously voted to take appropriations #11 through #13 together and it was voted 8 yeas, 7 nay, to adopt the appropriations, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To increase the appropriation by $278,000
Yes: Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Kilby, Laliberte, Pelletier, Pereira, Raposo, SampsonNo: Dionne
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was voted 8 yeas, 1 nay, to increase the appropriation by $278,000, with Councilor Dionne voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Kilby)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 5 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 10:19 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Camara and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:19 p.m.” (Motion: Joseph D. Camara, second: Sampson)
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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