MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
October 8, 2024
6 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, Paul B. Hart, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Andrew J. Raposo, Laura-Jean Sampson
Absent: Bradford L. Kilby
Every vote, in order
3 Resolution — Convene with the City Administrator and the Administrator of Community Utilities to discuss overdue water service payments owed to the City of Fall River from the Town of Westport Paul Ferland, Administrator of Community Utilities, provided a summary regarding overdue
Minutes, page 73 · Agenda packet · Video
To send a correspondence from the Committee on Finance to the Watuppa
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Ponte and seconded by Vice President Pereira, it was unanimously voted to send a correspondence from the Committee on Finance to the Watuppa .” (Motion: Ponte, second: Pereira)
To table the resolution
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Vice President Pereira and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to table the resolution, with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Ponte)
4 Citizen Input Time after discussion of financial matters
Minutes, page 74 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak, with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Hart)
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak, with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Hart)
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak, with Councilor Kilby absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Hart)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 74 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 8:01 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Sampson, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:01 p.m., with Councilor Kilby 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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