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March 28, 2017
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Naomi R. A. Carney, Debora Coelho, Brian K. Gomes, Joseph P. Lopes, Steven Martins, Linda M. Morad, Dana L. Rebeiro, Kerry M. Winterson
Absent: Ian Abreu, James D. Oliveira
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Items 1 & 2 were taken up together, they were as follows: Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Written Motion, Councillors Winterson, Abreu, Gomes, Martins, Carney, Council President Lopes and Councillor Oliveira, requesting that Fire Chief Gomes, Representative of the Mayor’s Office, CFO Sky, Dffm…
To table item number one (1) for sixty (60) days.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Winterson and seconded by Councillor Rebeiro, the Committee VOTED: To table item number one (1) for sixty (60) days..” (Motion: Winterson, second: Rebeiro)
To recommend to the City Council to take “No Further Action” on the Written Motion, Councillor Coelho, requesting, that Fire Chief Gomes be invited to appear before the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods regarding mechanical issues with the Fire Department’s apparatus, per New Bedford Firefighters Local 841, also to be invited; Jason Barker, Safety Committee Chairman and Kevin Cormier, S
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Morad and seconded by Councillor Rebeiro, the Committee VOTED: To recommend to the City Council to take “No Further Action” on the WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Coelho, requesting, that Fire Chief Gomes be invited to appear before the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods regarding mechanical issues with the Fire Department’s apparatus, per New Bedford Firefighters Local 841, also to be invited; Jason Barker, Safety Committee Chairman and Kevin Cormier, Safety Committee Co-Chairman, New Bedford Firefighters IAFF Local 841..” (Motion: Morad, second: Rebeiro)
From the official minutes kept by the New Bedford City Clerk (agendas and minutes). The minutes are text documents; we read every action, check every roll-call count against the councilors named, and quote the exact wording. Most items pass by voice vote, and the minutes record only the result for those; how each councilor voted is shown only for roll calls. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: cropped from the City of New Bedford's official 2026 City Council photo (newbedford-ma.gov). The 2024–2025 group photo, and the photos of Maria E. Giesta and Linda M. Morad cropped from it: City of New Bedford, provided by the City Clerk.
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