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February 18, 2021
1 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, Naomi R. A. Carney, Hugh Dunn, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Scott J. Lima, Joseph P. Lopes, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad
Absent: Debora Coelho
During the meeting:
- Lopes arrived late (7:07)
- Markey arrived late (7:23)
- Morad arrived late (7:19)
Every vote, in order
New Bedford, Massachusetts Meeting: Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review Date: February 18, 2021 Time: 7:04 P.m. Place: Held Remotely in Accordance with the Governor of Massachusetts’ March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law…
To table these matters at this time.
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Giesta, Lima, Lopes, Markey, MoradAbsent: Coelho, Dunn, Gomes
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Giesta and seconded by Councillor Carney, the Committee VOTED: To table these matters at this time. This motion passed on a Roll Call Vote of Yeas 8, Nays 0, with Councillors Dunn and Gomes not present for the vote..” (Motion: Giesta, 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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