MassVoter.com← New Bedford City CouncilNew Bedford City Council · 2020–2021 Council · Special meeting · 7:54 p.m.
December 9, 2020
5 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Present: Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, 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: None
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Communication, Council President Lopes, to City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council Dennis W. Farias, calling a Special Meeting of the City Council for Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 7:30 P.m., via Zoom to Hold A Hearing on Tax Classification for Fiscal Year 2021.
Received and Placed on File
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File – Yeas 11, Nays 0. (Matter #1669).”
Legal Ad, Published, Wednesday, November 25, 2020, in the New Bedford Standard- Times, Giving Notice of Tax Classification Hearing for Fiscal Year 2021, at 7:30 P.m. Via Zoom.
Received and Placed on File
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File – Yeas 11, Nays 0. (Matter #1670).”
Communication, Board of Assessors, submitting Informational Packet to assist Councillors in selection of Minimum Residential Factor for Fiscal Year 2021, dated December 8, 2020.
Received and Placed on File
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File – Yeas 11, Nays 0. (Matter #1671).”
Ordered, That the Minimum Residential Factor of 0.8235 for Local Assessment Be and the Same Is Hereby Adopted for Fiscal Year 2021. (Shift of 1.73%.)
Adopted
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Lima, Lopes, Markey, MoradNo: Gomes
From the minutes
“Adopted – Yeas 10, Nays 1. (Councillor Gomes OPPOSED.) (Matter #1672).”
Rule 40 Waived
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, Morad
From the minutes
“Rule 40 Waived – Yeas 11, Nays 0. (Matter #1672).”
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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