MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
January 28, 2025
4 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, Bradford L. Kilby, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: Laura-Jean Sampson
Every vote, in order
1 Citizen Input Time — Before Discussion of Financial Matters , Thomas Cabral, 62 Sawdy Pond Avenue — HERO Act .
Minutes, page 54 · Agenda packet · Video
To lift item 2 from the table
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to lift item 2 from the table, with Councilor Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
2 Resolution — Convene with Director of City Operations to discuss efficiencies Al Oliveira, Director of City Operations, provided a presentation of updates and renovations within different departments and divisions. Mr.. Oliveira explained that there has been ongoing
Minutes, page 56 · Agenda packet · Video
To table the resolution
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to table the resolution, with Councilor Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
3 Board of Election Commissioners and orders authorizing the Preliminary Municipal ‘ Election on September 16, 2025, and the Municipal Election on November 4, 2025, and designating polling places for such elections
Minutes, page 56 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the orders 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 orders to the full Council for action, with Councilor Sampson .absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Dionne)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 57 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 7:25 P.M
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:25 P.M., with Councilor Sampson absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Hart)
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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