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February 20, 2018
3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Ian Abreu, Naomi R. A. Carney, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Dana L. Rebeiro
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Written Motion, Councillors Abreu, Martins, Council President Lopes, Councillors Winterson and Coelho requesting that a Representative of the City Solicitor’s Office come before the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis to begin the…
To table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Carney and seconded by Councillor Rebeiro, the Committee VOTED: To table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time..” (Motion: Carney, second: Rebeiro)
Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Written Motion, Councillor Abreu, Gomes, Winterson, Council President Lopes, Councillors Martins and Bousquet, requesting, that Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro and Health Director Dr. Brenda Weis, come before the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for…
To table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Gomes and seconded by Councillor Rebeiro, the Committee VOTED: To table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time..” (Motion: Gomes, second: Rebeiro)
Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Written Motion, Councillor Lopes, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances draft an Ordinance that would limit the number of marijuana retailers to no more than 20 percent of the number of licenses issued by the City of New Bedford for the retail sale of…
To waive the reading and table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Gomes and seconded by Councillor Carney, the Committee VOTED: To waive the reading and table this matter for thirty (30) days at this time..” (Motion: Gomes, second: Carney)
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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