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December 13, 2021
2 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Ian Abreu, Naomi R. A. Carney, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Scott J. Lima, Joseph P. Lopes, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad
Absent: Derek Baptiste, Debora Coelho, Hugh Dunn
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New Bedford, Massachusetts Meeting: Committee on Finance Date: December 13, 2021 Time: 7:00 P.m. Place: City Council Chamber, Room 214, Municipal Building Present: Councillors Linda Morad, Chairperson; Joseph Lopes, Vice Chairman; Ian Abreu; Naomi Carney; Maria Giesta; Brian Gomes; Scott Lima;…
To recommend to the City Council Adoption of the Order for the Transfer of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) from Water Stabilization to the Fiscal Year 2022 Water Enterprise Fund Budget, and that the portion raised by Water Receipts is hereby reduced by the same amount.
Yes: Abreu, Carney, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Lopes, MarkeyNo: MoradAbsent: Baptiste, Coelho, Dunn
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lopes and seconded by Councillor Markey, the Committee VOTED: To recommend to the City Council ADOPTION of the ORDER for the TRANSFER of TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000) from WATER STABILIZATION to the Fiscal Year 2022 WATER ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGET, and that the portion raised by Water Receipts is hereby reduced by the same amount. This motion passed on a Roll Call Vote of Yeas 7, Nays 1, with Councillor Morad opposed. x O# * Notice, City Clerk of reference of a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to the City Council, submitting AN ORDER pursuant to M..” (Motion: Lopes, second: Markey)
To table this matter at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Lima and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To table this matter at this time..” (Motion: Lima, 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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