MassVoter.com← New Bedford City CouncilNew Bedford City Council · 2026–2027 Council · Special meeting · 6:03 p.m.
June 8, 2026
6 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
Your New Bedford ballot: 15 quizzes, about a minute each.
Start my ballot →Attendance
Present: Ian Abreu, Shane A. Burgo, Naomi R. A. Carney, Brian K. Gomes, Shawn Oliver, Scott Pemberton, Ryan J. Pereira, James Roy
Absent: Derek Baptiste, Leo Choquette, Joseph P. Lopes
Every vote, in order
Communication, Councillor Baptiste, to Council President Pereira and Honorable Members of the City Council, informing that he will be late in arriving to tonight’s Special City Council Meeting on Monday, June 08, 2026, due to a prior commitment.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #0995).”
Communication, Councillor Lopes, to City Council, notifying that he will be unable to attend the Special City Council Meeting on Monday, June 08, 2026, due to a work-related commitment.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #0996).”
Communication, Councillor Choquette, to City Council, notifying that he will be unable to attend the Special City Council Meeting on Monday, June 08, 2026, due to a previously scheduled medical procedure.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #0997).”
Communication, Council President Pereira, to City Clerk Farias, requesting that a Special City Council Meeting Is Called for Monday, June 8, 2026 at 6 PM for action on two Chapter 9 Ordinances.
Received and Placed on File
From the minutes
“Received and Placed on File. (Matter #0998).”
An Ordinance, amending Chapter 9, Appendix A – Table of Principal Uses Regulations.
Passed to be Ordained
Yes: Abreu, Burgo, Carney, Gomes, Oliver, Pemberton, Pereira, RoyAbsent: Baptiste, Choquette, Lopes
From the minutes
“Passed to be Ordained – Yeas 8, Nays 0. (Matter #1621).”
An Ordinance, amending Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning, Appendix B – Table of Dimensional Regulations, Residential Infill Development and Multiple buildings per lot. Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board October 09, 2025.
Passed to be Ordained
Yes: Abreu, Burgo, Carney, Gomes, Oliver, Pemberton, Pereira, RoyAbsent: Baptiste, Choquette, Lopes
From the minutes
“Passed to be Ordained – Yeas 8, Nays 0. (Matter #1617).”
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.
How to read these pagesWhere the votes come from, how we check them against the official minutes, what isn't included yet, and how to report a mistake.About city pages →