MassVoter.com← New Bedford City CouncilNew Bedford City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting · 6:46 p.m.
September 9, 2019
4 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Present: Ian Abreu, Naomi R. A. Carney, Debora Coelho, Hugh Dunn, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Scott J. Lima, Joseph P. Lopes, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad
Absent: Dana L. Rebeiro
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Communication, Council President Morad, to City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council Dennis W. Farias, calling a Special Meeting of the City Council for Monday, September 09, 2019, at 6:45 p.m., in City Council Chambers, Second Floor of City Hall, to approve a request from the Election Commission to…
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1373).”
Communication, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting an Amended request from Manuel DeBrito, Jr., Chairperson, Board of Election Commissioners, requesting a Special City Council Meeting to approve the change of a polling location, (Ward One, Precinct D), from Bedford Gardens to Vibra Hospital…
Adopted
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Markey, MoradAbsent: Lopes, Rebeiro
From the minutes
“Adopted – Yeas 9, Nays 0. (Councillor Lopes not present for vote.) (Matter #1374).”
Rule 40 Waived
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, MoradAbsent: Rebeiro
From the minutes
“Rule 40 Waived – Yeas 10, Nays 0. (Matter #1374).”
Communication, Manuel DeBritto, Jr., Chairperson, Board of Election Commissioners submitting a copy of the Vibra Hospital’s Polling Place Review. (Copy all Councillors – September 9, 2019.)
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1375).”
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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