MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
September 23, 2025
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, Bradford L. Kilby, Cliff A. Ponte, Andrew J. Raposo, Ricky T. Tith
Absent: Linda M. Pereira
Every vote, in order
1 Citizen Input ; Rene Brown, 105 Bank Street - VSO (Veterans' Services Officer)
Minutes, page 71 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to allow Ms
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Ponte and seconded by President Camara, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Ms.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To waive the rules to allow Mr
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Ponte and seconded by President Camara, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Mr.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Joseph D. Camara)
To waive the rules to allow Mr
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Ponte and seconded by President Camara, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow Mr.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Joseph D. Camara)
That the Committee on Finance send a follow-up correspondence to the Mayor, the Interim City Administrator and the Director of Human Resources regarding remarks made by the Veterans' Benefit Agent and Director of Veterans' Services/Director of Veterans' Benefits during the September 9, 2025, meeting of the Committee on Finance
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Ponte and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was unanimously voted that the Committee on Finance send a follow-up correspondence to the Mayor, the Interim City Administrator and the Director of Human Resources regarding remarks made by the Veterans' Benefit Agent and Director of Veterans' Services/Director of Veterans' Benefits during the September 9, 2025, meeting of the Committee on Finance, with Vice President Pereira absent and not voting, a copy of which is attached and hereto made a part of these minutes.” (Motion: Ponte, second: Cadime)
2 Resolution - Mayor submit a request ceasing the operation of the enterprise fund for the Department of Emergency Medical Services and establishing a special revenue account for the deposit of all ambulance receipts
Minutes, page 73 · Agenda packet · Video
To table the resolution
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was unanimously voted to table the resolution, with Vice President Pereira absent and not voting.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Raposo)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 73 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 6:55 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 6:55 p.m., with Vice President Pereira 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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