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October 30, 2024
2 meetings this evening, 4 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Start my ballot →5:00 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: Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Paul B. Hart, Bradford L. Kilby, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: Shawn E. Cadime, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Laura-Jean Sampson
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
2 Board of Assessors re: establishment of Fiscal Year 2025 tax factor and tax levy
Minutes, page 70 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the matter to the full Council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to refer the matter to the full Council for action, with Vice President Pereira and Councilors Ponte and Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Dionne)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 70 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 5:05 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:05 p.m., with Vice President Pereira and Councilors Ponte and Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Dionne)
5:05 p.m. · Fall River City Council · Special meeting
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · Meeting video · City meeting page
Attendance
Present: Joseph D. Camara, Michelle M. Dionne, Paul B. Hart, Bradford L. Kilby, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Laura-Jean Sampson
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Committee Reports
1 Board of Assessors re: establishment of Fiscal Year 2025 tax factor and tax levy
Recommended by the Committee on Finance
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To set the Fiscal Year 2026 tax factor and levy at the rate of 1.75, and to adopt the orders establishing the levy and determining the percentages to be borne by each class of real property and personal property
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was unanimously voted to set the Fiscal Year 2026 tax factor and levy at the rate of 1.75, and to adopt the orders establishing the levy and determining the percentages to be borne by each class of real property and personal property, with Vice President Pereira and Councilors Ponte and Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Raposo)
Adjournment
Recommended by the Committee on Finance
Minutes, page 1 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 5:07 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 5:07 p.m., with Vice President Pereira and Councilors Ponte and Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Dionne)
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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