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April 19, 2023
2 meetings this evening, 3 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Start my ballot →7:00 p.m. · Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review (2022–2023)
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review (2022–2023): committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
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
Absent: Shane A. Burgo, Ryan J. Pereira
During the meeting:
- Carney arrived late (7:13)
- Gomes arrived late (7:26)
- Markey arrived late (7:06)
1 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Councillor Baptiste called the Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review to order and took attendance. The Clerk read Communications from Councillors Burgo and Pereira into the record explaining their absences and Councillor Carney explaining her tardiness. The…
To recommend that the City Council approve the Host Community Agreement for Ember Gardens Nbr, LLC and Ember Gardens, Nbp, LLC of 1 Nauset Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Morad and seconded by Councillor Markey, the Committee VOTED: To recommend that the City Council approve the Host Community Agreement for Ember Gardens NBR, LLC and Ember Gardens, NBP, LLC of 1 Nauset Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts..” (Motion: Morad, second: Markey)
7:36 p.m. · Committee on Ordinances
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
Committee on Ordinances: committee votes are recommendations to the full council, which takes the final vote. About this committee
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
2 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
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 the letter from the New Bedford Fire Department Union.
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Giesta and seconded by Councillor Oliver, the Committee VOTED: To Receive and Place on File the letter from the New Bedford Fire Department Union..” (Motion: Giesta, second: Oliver)
To Table the matter at this time.
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Carney, Giesta, Gomes, Lima, Markey, OliverNo: Morad, PereiraAbsent: Burgo
From the minutes
“On motion by Councillor Giesta and seconded by Councillor Lima, the Committee VOTED: To Table the matter at this time..” (Motion: Giesta, second: Lima)
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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