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April 11, 2023
4 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, Naomi R. A. Carney, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Scott J. Lima, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad, Shawn Oliver, Ryan J. Pereira
Absent: Shane A. Burgo
During the meeting:
- Baptiste arrived late (7:10)
Every vote, in order
Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Communication, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting an Order that the City accept M.g.l. Chapter 32B, Section 15 (a) to provide the City with the tools necessary to offer active City employees a group dental insurance plan and an Order, that the City of…
To Receive and Place on File a Communication from Director of Personnel, Judith Keating, relative to the employee dental benefit plan.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Morad and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To Receive and Place on File a Communication from Director of Personnel, Judith Keating, relative to the employee dental benefit plan..” (Motion: Morad, second: Giesta)
To Table this motion until the April 19, 2023 Committee on Ordinances meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Markey, Morad, OliverNo: PereiraAbsent: Burgo
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Morad and seconded by Councillor Carney, the Committee VOTED: To Table this motion until the April 19, 2023 Committee on Ordinances meeting at 7:30 p.m..” (Motion: Morad, second: Carney)
Notice, City Clerk of reference of a Communication, Councillor Pereira and Council President Morad, submitting a copy of letter from Director Jennifer Carloni, Department of City Planning, regarding the Citywide Comprehensive Plan Briefing was Received and Placed on File by Councillor Giesta and…
To recommend that the City Council take No Further Action at this time.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Morad and seconded by Councillor Giesta, the Committee VOTED: To recommend that the City Council take No Further Action at this time..” (Motion: Morad, second: Giesta)
On motion by Councillor Giesta and seconded by Councillor Morad, the Committee Voted: To follow the Chair’s recommendation and Waive the Reading, take No Further Action and Report Out to the Full City Council on items 3, 4, 5 and 5a. This motion passed on a voice vote. The items are as follows:…
To follow the Chair’s recommendation and Waive the Reading, take No Further Action and Report Out to the Full City Council on items 3, 4, 5 and 5a.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Giesta and seconded by Councillor Morad, the Committee VOTED: To follow the Chair’s recommendation and Waive the Reading, take No Further Action and Report Out to the Full City Council on items 3, 4, 5 and 5a..” (Motion: Giesta, second: Morad)
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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