New Bedford City Council · 2026

Committee on Ordinances

Chair and 10 members. Committee votes are recommendations; the full council takes the final vote.

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Members (2026)

Chair: Shane A. Burgo

Members: Naomi R. A. Carney, Ian Abreu, Derek Baptiste, Leo Choquette, Brian K. Gomes, Joseph P. Lopes, Shawn Oliver, Scott Pemberton, Ryan J. Pereira, James Roy

Meetings with posted minutes

At the start of each meeting: Burgo 35 of 42 · Carney 72 of 83 · Abreu 55 of 66 · Baptiste 38 of 52 · Choquette 19 of 22 · Gomes 62 of 84 · Lopes 56 of 64 · Oliver 26 of 30 · Pemberton 6 of 6 · Pereira 38 of 42 · Roy 6 of 6

What the full council did with its recommendations

Items listed in the council minutes under “Committee on Ordinances recommending.” Each shows the full council’s vote.

Jul 16, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Approval of an Ordinance, Amending Chapter 9, Zoning – establishing Form-based Code Districts.

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1197).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1198).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1210).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 9 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1211).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 9 (PDF)

Jun 11, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Adoption of an Order as Amended, and an Act, as Amended for the Recall of…

Table (set aside)Passed · Voice vote, names not recorded

Removed from the Table

From the minutes

“Removed from the Table. (Matter #0904).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 12 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0904).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 12 (PDF)

May 28, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Approval of the Ordinance, Amending Chapter 9, Section 4100A – Relative to Municipal Facility Conversion.

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0900).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 23 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0901).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 23 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0902).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 23 (PDF)

Table (set aside)Tabled · 7–2

Tabled

Yes: Abreu, Burgo, Choquette, Gomes, Lopes, Pemberton, PereiraNo: Carney, RoyAbsent: Baptiste, Oliver

From the minutes

“Tabled – Yeas 7, Nays 2 (Councillors Carney and Roy OPPOSED.) (Matter #0904).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 24 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0906).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 24 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0907).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 25 (PDF)

May 12, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Approval of the Ordinance, Amending Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning, Relative to Dimensional Requirements – Appendix…

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

Discharge from Committee and Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Discharge from Committee and Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0343).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

ApprovePassed · 11–0

Rule 42 Waived

Yes: Abreu, Baptiste, Burgo, Carney, Choquette, Gomes, Lopes, Oliver, Pemberton, Pereira, Roy

From the minutes

“Rule 42 Waived – Yeas 11, Nays 0. (Matter #0769).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 22 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0769).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 22 (PDF)

Mar 26, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Approval of the Ordinance, Amending Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning, Relative to Dimensional Requirements – Appendix…

Send to committee or departmentReferred · Voice vote, names not recorded

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development – Yeas, 7, Nays 1. (Council President Perreira OPPOSED.)

From the minutes

“Referred to the Committee on Economic Development – Yeas, 7, Nays 1. (Council President Perreira OPPOSED.) (Matter #0343).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Send to committee or departmentReferred · Voice vote, names not recorded

Referred to the Committee on Ordinances

From the minutes

“Referred to the Committee on Ordinances. (Matter #0344).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0345).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Jan 8, 2026: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council Approval of the Ordinance, Amending Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning by adding Section 4200D – Solar…

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0021).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0022).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #0023).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Oct 9, 2025: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending that Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel, draft an Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 – Zoning – Appendix A: Table of…

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1620).”

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

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1622).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Sep 11, 2025: Report, Committee on Ordinances, recommending that the City Council take “No Further Action” on the Written Motion, Council President Burgo, Councillors Gomes, Morad and…

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1494).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

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

Recommendation Followed

From the minutes

“Recommendation Followed. (Matter #1495).”

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (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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