MassVoter.com← Fall River City CouncilFall River · Committee on Finance · 6:00 p.m.
January 13, 2026
3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them) · Agenda packet · Meeting video
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
Your Fall River ballot: 16 quizzes, about a minute each.
Start my ballot →Committee on Finance: committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Joseph D. Camara, Michael G. Canuel, Michelle M. Dionne, Paul B. Hart, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte, Andrew J. Raposo
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
2 Resolution — Convene with Director of City Operations and a member of the Administration to discuss plans to repair the Central Fire Station Al Oliveira, Director of City Operations, provided a detailed overview of the planned renovations
Minutes, page 41 · Agenda packet · Video
To recommend that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Real Estate
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Camara, it was unanimously voted to recommend that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Real Estate.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Joseph D. Camara)
3c Resolution —- Convene with Corporation Counsel and a member of the Administration to discuss the existing City ordinances related to the Civil Service List and potential hybrid list Alan J. Rumsey, Es: 31," and, following the new state-wide amendment, the use of the hybrid list for hiring is a
Minutes, page 42 · Agenda packet · Video
To recommend that the resolution be granted leave to withdraw
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was unanimously voted to recommend that the resolution be granted leave to withdraw.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Raposo)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 42 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 7:25 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Raposo and seconded by Vice President Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 7:25 p.m.” (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.
How to read these pagesWhere the votes come from, how we check them against the official minutes, what isn't included yet, and how to report a mistake.About city pages →