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May 17, 2021
4 recorded votes, 1 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: Derek Baptiste
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New Bedford, Massachusetts Meeting: Committee on Finance Date: May 17, 2021 Time: 7:00 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 City Council’s Vote to Waive…
To recommend to the City Council Adoption of the TIF Agreement and Resolution for a ten (10) year Agreement for ServedWell New Bedford, LLC, 1480 East Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02744.
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, MarkeyAbsent: Baptiste, Morad
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Abreu and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To recommend to the City Council ADOPTION of the TIF Agreement and Resolution for a ten (10) year Agreement for ServedWell New Bedford, LLC, 1480 East Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02744. This motion passed on a Roll Call Vote of Yeas 9, Nays 0, with Councillors Abreu, yes; Carney, yes; Coelho, yes; Dunn, yes; Giesta, yes; Gomes, yes; Lima, yes; Lopes, yes; Markey, yes and Councillor Morad not present for the vote..” (Motion: Abreu, second: Giesta)
To recommend to the City Council to receive and place on file and refer to the Quasi Committee of the Whole for the 2022 Budget Review.
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, Markey, MoradAbsent: Baptiste
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Gomes and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To recommend to the City Council to receive and place on file and refer to the Quasi Committee of the Whole for the 2022 Budget Review. This motion passed on a Roll Call Vote of Yeas 10, Nays 0, Councillors Abreu, yes; Carney, yes; Coelho, yes; Dunn, yes; Giesta, yes; Gomes, yes; Lima, yes; Lopes, yes; Markey, yes and Morad, yes..” (Motion: Gomes, second: Giesta)
To table this matter until after the Budget Hearings.
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Coelho, Dunn, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, MarkeyNo: MoradAbsent: Baptiste
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Gomes, the Committee VOTED: To table this matter until after the Budget Hearings. This motion passed on a Roll Call Vote of Yeas 9, Nays 1, with Councillors Abreu, yes; Carney, yes; Coelho, yes, Dunn, yes; Giesta, yes; Gomes, yes; Lima, yes; Lopes, yes; Markey, yes and Morad, no..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Gomes)
To recommend to the City Council that the City use $3,200,000 of the American Rescue Plan funds to set the water sewer rates for 2021 through 2026.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To recommend to the City Council that the City use $3,200,000 of the American Rescue Plan funds to set the water sewer rates for 2021 through 2026..” (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.
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