MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
June 6, 2023
3 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, Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Linda M. Pereira, Andrew J. Raposo, Laura-Jean Sampson
Absent: Pamela S. Laliberte
Every vote, in order
Before the numbered agenda items
Minutes, page 99 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to allow Mr
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Mr.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
2 Continue discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Municipal Budget as follows: * Departments carried over from the June 1, 2023 Committee on Finance agenda, if needed * General Government Elections; Veterans . ° Councilor Raposo requested clarification in regards to professional salaries, personnel services
Minutes, page 104 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the FY 2024 appropriation order to the City Council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Vice President Pereira and seconded by Councilor Pelletier, it was unanimously voted to refer the FY 2024 appropriation order to the City Council for action, with - ' Councilor Laliberte absent and not voting.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Pelletier)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 105 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 9:36 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:36 p.m., with Councilor Laliberte absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, 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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