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Committee on Veterans, Youth, Elder Affairs and Human Services
Chair and 2 members. Committee votes are recommendations; the full council takes the final vote.
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Chair: Paul B. Hart
Members: Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Andrew J. Raposo
Meetings with posted minutes
The city does not post this committee’s minutes online, so we can’t show its own votes or attendance. Below is what it sent to the full council.
What the full council did with its recommendations
Items listed in the council minutes under “Committee on Veterans, Youth, Elder Affairs and Human Services recommending.” Each shows the full council’s vote.
Jan 24, 2023 · Item 13: Resolution — Administration prepare presentation to address the needs of City Parks and leagues, including football and baseball fields
To refer the resolution to the Committee on Finance
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Pereira and seconded by Councilor Laliberte, it was unanimously voted to refer the resolution to the Committee on Finance, with Councilor Cadime absent and not voting.” (Motion: Pereira, second: Laliberte)
May 24, 2022 · Item 6: Resolution — Committee on Human Services, Housing, Youth and Elder Affairs use their platform to announce Youth Violence Prevention Week to be held April…
To grant the matter leave to withdraw
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Raposo, it was unanimously voted to grant the matter leave to withdraw, with Councilor Pereira absent and not voting.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Raposo)
Jan 19, 2021 · Item 9: Resolution — Stocking epinephrine to facilitate emergency treatment in Fall River Schools
That the resolution be granted leave to withdraw
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Kilby, Laliberte, Lee, Peckham, Pelletier, Pereira, Ponte
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was voted 9 yeas that the resolution be granted leave to withdraw.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham)
Apr 5, 2016 · Item 11: Resolution — Veterans' housing
To grant leave to withdraw
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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