MassVoter.com← New Bedford City CouncilNew Bedford · Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods · 7:01 p.m.
October 14, 2020
4 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
Your New Bedford ballot: 15 quizzes, about a minute each.
Start my ballot →Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods: committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
Attendance
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: Derek Baptiste
During the meeting:
- Lima arrived late (7:45)
Every vote, in order
New Bedford, Massachusetts Meeting: Committee on Public Safety & Neighborhoods Date: October 14, 2020 Time: 7:01 P.m. Place: Held Remotely in Accordance with the Governor of Massachusetts’ March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law G. L. C. 30A, Section 20 and the…
To recommend that the City Council draft a letter to our State Delegation voicing the Council’s position against the proposed Qualified Immunity Proposition.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Markey, the Committee VOTED: To recommend that the City Council draft a letter to our State Delegation voicing the Council’s position against the proposed Qualified Immunity Proposition..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Markey)
To table the main motion at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Markey, the Committee VOTED: To table the main motion at this time..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Markey)
To Table these matters at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To Table these matters at this time..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Giesta)
To Waive the reading, take “No Further Action” and report out to the City Council.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To Waive the reading, take “No Further Action” and report out to the City Council..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Giesta)
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.
How to read these pagesWhere the votes come from, how we check them against the official minutes, what isn't included yet, and how to report a mistake.About city pages →