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June 30, 2025
6 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Present: Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, Shane A. Burgo, Naomi R. A. Carney, Leo Choquette, Maria E. Giesta, Brian K. Gomes, Joseph P. Lopes, Linda M. Morad, Ryan J. Pereira
Absent: Shawn Oliver
Every vote, in order
Communication, Councillor Oliver, to Members of the City Council, informing that he is unable to attend the Special City Council meeting on Monday, June 30, 2025.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1216).”
Communication, Council President Burgo, to Dennis W. Farias, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, calling a Special City Council Meeting, for Monday, June 30, 2025 at 7:00 pm, for the purpose of Wastewater Rate Increase for FY2026 and a Transfer to the Fiscal Year 2026 Wastewater Enterprise Fund.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1217).”
Communication, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting an Order for the Wastewater Rate increase for Fiscal Year 2026 of 3.0 percent.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1218).”
City of New Bedford City Council June 30, 2025 Ordered, that the schedule of rates and charges for wastewater service adopted by the City Council pursuant to Section 16-94 the New Bedford Code of Ordinances on July 08, 2025, is hereby rescinded, effective July 1, 2025; and Ordered, that the charges…
Adopted
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Burgo, Carney, Choquette, Giesta, Gomes, Lopes, Morad, PereiraAbsent: Oliver
From the minutes
“Adopted – Yeas 10, Nays 0. (Matter #1219).”
Communication, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting an Order to Transfer $2,350,000.00 from the Special Projects Fund to Fiscal Year 2026 Wastewater Enterprise Fund.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #1220).”
City of New Bedford City Council June 30, 2025 Ordered, that to balance the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 31, 2026, the sum of Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (2,350,000) now standing to the credit of the account from Special Projects Fund…
Adopted
Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Burgo, Carney, Choquette, Giesta, Gomes, Lopes, Morad, PereiraAbsent: Oliver
From the minutes
“Adopted – Yeas 10, Nays 0. (Matter #1221).”
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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