December 4, 2023

2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.

Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page

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Attendance

Present: Derek Baptiste, Shane A. Burgo, Naomi R. A. Carney, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, William “Brad” Markey, Linda M. Morad, Ryan J. Pereira

Absent: Ian Abreu, Scott J. Lima, Shawn Oliver

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Communication, Council President Morad, to City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council Dennis W. Farias, calling a Special Meeting of the City Council for Monday, December 4, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in City Council Chambers, Second Floor of City Hall, for discussing the options for deploying security…

Minutes, page 1

Accept and place on fileFiled · Voice vote, names not recorded

Received and Placed on File

From the minutes

“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #2005).”

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Written Motion, Council President Morad, requesting that a Special Meeting of the City Council convene in Executive Session on December 04, 2023 at 7:00PM, with the Chief of Police and City Solicitor in attendance for purposes of discussing the options for deploying security personnel, devices and…

Minutes, page 1

ApprovePassed · Voice vote, names not recorded

Adopted

From the minutes

“Adopted. (Matter #1959).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 1 (PDF)

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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