MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
October 14, 2025
8 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, Ricky T. Tith
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
1 Citizen Input
Minutes, page 39 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Ponte)
To allow Ms
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Hart, it was unanimously voted to allow Ms.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Hart)
To send a letter to the Administration requesting an explanation regarding the City's response to the public records request made by Jessica Machado, a copy of which is attached and hereto made a part of these minutes
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to send a letter to the Administration requesting an explanation regarding the City's response to the public records request made by Jessica Machado, a copy of which is attached and hereto made a part of these minutes.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Dionne)
To waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Vice President Pereira, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow a non-Fall River resident to speak.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Pereira)
To allow Mr
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Vice President Pereira and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was unanimously voted to allow Mr.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Cadime)
To lift item 2 from the table
From the minutes
“On a further motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to lift item 2 from the table.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Ponte)
2 Resolution — Administration prepare presentation to address the needs of City Parks and leagues, including football and baseball fields Michael P. Dion, Interim City Administrator/Executive Director of the Community Development
Minutes, page 43 · Agenda packet · Video
To table the resolution
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to table the resolution.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Ponte)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 43 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 8:13 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Councilor Ponte, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:13 p.m.” (Motion: Raposo, second: Ponte)
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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