MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Public Hearings · 5:55 p.m.
June 27, 2023
2 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: Joseph D. Camara, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Andrew J. Raposo, Laura-Jean Sampson
Absent: Shawn E. Cadime, Michelle M. Dionne
During the meeting:
- Councilor Laliberte arrived at 6:02 p.m
Every vote, in order
Opening the hearings
Minutes, page 93 · Agenda packet · Video
To open the hearings
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Washington, it was unanimously voted to open the hearings, with Councilors Dionne and Laliberte absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 95 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearings at 6:08 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Vice President Pereira, it was unanimously voted to close the hearings at 6:08 p.m., with Councilors Cadime and Dionne absent and not voting List of documents and other exhibits used during the meeting Agenda (attached) DVD of meeting A true copy.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Pereira)
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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