MassVoter.com← New Bedford City CouncilNew Bedford City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting · 7:15 p.m.
November 27, 2018
5 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Present: Ian Abreu, Naomi R. A. Carney, Hugh Dunn, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Scott J. Lima, Joseph P. Lopes, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad, Dana L. Rebeiro
Absent: Debora Coelho
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Communication, Councillor Coelho, to Members of the City Council, notifying that she will be absent for the Tax Classification Hearing on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, due to a prior commitment. Received and Placed on File. (#1928) Communication, Council President Morad, to City Clerk/Clerk of the…
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1929).”
Legal Ad, Published, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in the New Bedford Standard- Times, Giving Notice of Tax Classification Hearing for Fiscal Year 2019, at 7:00 P.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall.
Received and placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and placed on File. (Matter #1930).”
Communication, Board of Assessors, submitting Informational Packet to assist Councillors in selection of Minimum Residential Factor for Fiscal Year 2019.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1931).”
Ordered, That the Minimum Residential Factor of .822414 for Local Assessment Be and the Same Is Hereby Adopted for Fiscal Year 2019. (Shift of 174%.)
Adopted
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad, RebeiroAbsent: Coelho
Rule 40 Waived
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad, RebeiroAbsent: Coelho
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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