MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
March 25, 2025
5 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, Laura-Jean Sampson
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
2 Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Audit prepared by Roselli, Clark & Associates .
Minutes, page 50 · Agenda packet · Video
To lift item 3 from the table
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to lift item 3 from the table.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Ponte)
3 Resolution — Convene with the City Administrator, Corporation Counsel, the Director of Financial Services, the Chairperson of the Board of Assessors and the Veterans' Services Officer to discuss potential tax exemptions for veterans, related to the HERO
Minutes, page 50 · Agenda packet · Video
To lift item 4 from the table
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to lift item 4 from the table.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Dionne)
9 5, Clause 41C, abatement will be increased from $500 to $750. Councilor Raposo asked why this abatement was only increased by fifty percent. Ms. Arpke stated that the City received 323 applications for this abatement last year, and that the number may grow in FY26, so the
Minutes, page 51 · Agenda packet · Video
To lift ifem 5 from the table
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Sampson, it was unanimously voted to lift ifem 5 from the table.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Sampson)
6 Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Enterprise Fund budgets for Water and Sewer Divisions .
Minutes, page 54 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Water and Sewer Division Budgets to the full Council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to refer the Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Water and Sewer Division Budgets to the full Council for action.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Ponte)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 55 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 8:27 p.m
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:27 p.m.” (Motion: Kilby, 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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