MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Public Hearings · 5:30 p.m.
June 24, 2025
3 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, Michelle M. Dionne, Paul B. Hart, Bradford L. Kilby, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Andrew J. Raposo, Ricky T. Tith
Absent: Joseph D. Camara
Every vote, in order
Opening the hearings
Minutes, page 111 · Agenda packet · Video
To open the hearings
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Kilby, it was unanimously voted to open the hearings, with President Camara absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Kilby)
4 Mark Pavao, 166 Wilson Road, for the removal of curbing as follows Existing Curbing Curbing Combined Opening Opening to be to be Proposed After , Removed Added Alteration 166 Wilson Road 17' 16' 0 33) The existing parcel is currently serviced by a 17-foot curb opening. The applicant proposes
Minutes, page 111 · Agenda packet · Video
To take items 2 through 27 together
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to take items 2 through 27 together, with President Camara absent and not voting.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Hart)
Closing the hearings
Minutes, page 123 · Agenda packet · Video
To close the hearings at 5:36 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to close the hearings at 5:36 p.m., with President Camara 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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