1.2.2024 Inauguration of Municipal Officers

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please be seated Mr Mayor members of the city council members of the school committee members of the inaugural party ladies and gentlemen in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts it is my duty as city clerk of the city of Fall River to call this meeting to order and proceed with the organization of government of the city of Fall River for the fourth coming

year I would like to call upon Reverend Michael rine chaplain of the Fall River fire department to recite the invocation please stand

as we begin this new year we come certainly to together as a city with those to be sworn into office their families their government officials our clergy and as residents of our city to ask the blessing blings upon almighty God upon mayor Paul Coogan members of the city council school committee as they begin their terms of office and to lead our city these next few years We Gather this afternoon with

great Renewed Energy with optimism and hope and so we pray almighty God we ask your blessings upon m hugan as the leader of our city the members of the city council who work alongside him to make our city strong and effective our school committee members to strengthen our schools its Educators and most importantly our young people send forth O Lord your spirit of wisdom and counsel to fill the hearts

and the minds of our leaders May their judgments be right their consciences filled with goodness and their dedication be strong each day guide them when they may be unjustly opposed and above all give them love for those to whom they serve we make our prayer through Christ Our Lord amen kindly remain standing for the national anthem which will be performed by vocalist Emily

noroi oh say can you see by the dawn light what so proud L we held at the Twilight last ging who broad stripes and bright stars through the per fight where the r parts we watched we're so G LLY streaming and the rocket red glare the bombs bursting in air G prove through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that stop are Spangled B yet way or the land of the

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seated I will now call upon City council's Secretary and Clerk of committees Lauren vort to collect the certificates of election and report to the city

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the certificates indicate that there is a mayor elect eight councilors elect and six school committee members elect who are present with credentials indicating that they have been elected to the office for years 2024 and 2025 I will now call upon Reverend Rob n kovich pastor of Blessed Trinity Blessed Trinity Parish to offer the prayer for divine guidance please

stand let us pray Lord God As We Gather on this inauguration day for our city of Fall River where Paul cougan begins a new term of service to our community as our mayor and where our new city council and school committee begin their roles of service for the good of our city bless and guide them in the work that is ahead may they always seek the ways of righteousness Justice and

mercy grant that enabled by Your Divine guidance they may lead in serve our city with honesty and integrity when times are difficult grant them your grace patience and fortitude to do what is right and just give them the gifts of wisdom and understanding that they may be conscientious and honest in their work as well as fair and compassionate for the benefit and the common good of all of the people of our

city help us to be supportive of their efforts drawing strength from what unites us we also ask you to bless the families of those elected and to be sworn in the this day as they support our mayor our counselors and school committee and their service to our city and the many needs of our people let us come together with mayor Coogan to always seek the greater good and the well-being of others through our

words and actions let us make our city a place of fairness peace respect and concern for one another Lord we ask this in your most precious and holy name

amen kindly remain standing for a rendition of God Bless America which will be performed by Emily

noroi God bless A Mir land that I love stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above from the mountains to the pray to the oans white with foam God bless America my home sweet home God bless America my home sweet home

we will now proceed to administer the oath of office to Mayor elect Paul Coogan Mr

Mayor mayor please raise your right hand and repeat after me I state your name I Paul Coogan do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of Mayor the duties of the the office of Mayor of the city of Fall River of the city of Fall River to the best of my ability and understanding to the best of

my ability and understanding in accordance with the Constitution and laws in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States of the United States and of this Commonwealth of this Commonwealth and the ordinances of the city of Fall River and the ordinances of the city of Fall River so help me God so help me God thank you make it back over there

we will now proceed to administer the oath of office to members of the city council as the names of the councilors elect are called they will please rise sha e kadim Joseph D CRA Paul B Hart Bradford L Kilby Linda M Pereira cliff Ponte Andrew J raposo and Laura Jean Samson will members of the councel please raise your right hand and repeat after me I state your name do solemnly swear do Solly swear

that I will faithfully and impartially perform I will Faithfully perform the duties of the office of city counselor the duties of the office of City Counsel of the city of Fall River the city of Florida to the best of my ability and understanding to the best of my ability and understanding in accordance with the Constitution and laws in ACC the Constitution and laws of the United

States of the United States and of this Commonwealth and of this common and the ordinances of the city of Fall River thean of the city of so help me God so help me God congratulations please step forward to sign

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we will now proceed to administer the oath of office to members of the school committee as names of the school committee members elect are called they will please rise Kevin agar Bobby Bailey Thomas Corey Michelle laravie Shelley Anne Pereira and Sarah O Rogers raise your right hand I state your name iy do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform that

I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of school Committee Member the duties of the office of school committee member of the city of Fall River of the city of Fall River to the best of my ability and understanding to the best of my ability and understanding in accordance with the Constitution and laws in accordance to the Constitution and laws of the United

States of the United States and of this Commonwealth and of this Commonwealth and the ordinances of the city of Fall River and the ordinances of the city of river so help me God so help you go congratulations please step forward with

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ladies and gentlemen we have a special guest with us today offering greetings and best wishes on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts it is my honor to present Governor Mora T Healey well good afternoon good afternoon Fall River Madam clerk I sat up in my chair I didn't have the special guest was but um I guess it's me and I am really really truly honored to be here today Fall

River is a is a place very very near and dear to my heart and Mar Coogan is a dear friend friend and so on behalf of lieutenant governor Kim Driscoll uh and myself and our entire Administration we bring greetings to the mayor to the wonderful folks who were elected or reelected uh today and also to all of you good people of Fall River uh to my colleagues in government uh Congressman

aen Claus thank you so much for your partnership it's really been important the state and federal partnership um appreciate all that you do always advocating for us also wonderful to see our dear friends in the legislature uh chair Mike Rodricks wonderful to see you rep alen Sylvia rep fola rip Schmid my former colleague da Quinn thank you and former May uh flan again great to see all of you and I appreciate your

partnership and and the work that we're doing and we'll do together um today is about Fall River today is about Fall River as we celebrate members of the city council members of the school committee charged with was such important work um I also want to recognize Judy was up here early earlier in her impressively wonderful dery colors rocking that great dress I want to acknowledge all of the

family members because for those who serve um this isn't a solo Endeavor it takes a lot of people um putting up with a lot at home and caring a lot uh at home to enable people to to do the work and so we thank them as well and we thank all of our public servants um these are really hard jobs and these are really hard jobs in this time and we

thank you for all that you do that extends of course to members of um City departments as well as our police and fire uh departments and Leadership there and certainly to leaders of our faith community who also uh bless us with our their presence today as I said Fall River is a place uh super special to to me it's a place that is very important to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts his

history is truly woven into our identity and the Massachusetts story and its future I believe is the future of this state I have borne witness to the amazing transformational projects over the last several years here things that people put a lot of time and energy and thought to Bringing to fruition it is amazing to see all that happening all the good that is happening here in Fall

River I think most importantly what has always impressed me is that Fall River is a place where people work really really hard they've worked really really hard for decades for centuries here um through a whole bunch of challenging and trying times finding new ways constantly to innovate um with the Changing Times it's also a place where people care a lot about one another and that really is

is what community is all about that's what makes Fall River strong and that is what will make Massachusetts strong people coming together under great leadership like that of marugan to keep our community safe to help educate our kids huge shout out to the awesome band Orchestra Ensemble here gathered today from bery high I say that as a former has been jock and basketball player so I with a

particular reverence for dery but I really want to lift up the Arts uh here at dery high school it's really really impressive what all of you young people do I had a chance to spend time with the mayor here earlier this year and tore all the wonderful vocational plan plan programming that's going on as well and it's just just so terrific and that's the important work of this community

keeping Community safe educating our kids helping those who are less fortunate maybe dealing with with addiction of various forms uh cleaning the parks beautifying our uh Waterfront and revitalizing growing economic opportunities the last time I was here was just several weeks ago we stood at a Housing Development really cool to see the growth of housing here and all the Innovation uh Fall River truly is a

government that is of the People by the people and for the people it is Neighbors helping neighbors mayor Coogan after two incredibly successful terms uh you know better than anyone else what local government can deliver because you have and as you begin your third term it's clear you've earned the trust and the confidence of the residents of Fall River and I'm here today in particular

and in particular on behalf of one former mayor who knows something about what it takes to say that our team the Healey discal team our entire Administration is totally behind you and the great great city of Fall River um this is the key to making Massachusetts the best it can be because we know that when we have thriving cities and thriving communities like that of Fall River everyone in our state has a shot

everyone in our state has an opportunity to succeed so on behalf of our Administration and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts congratulations once again to Mayor cougan and thank you to the people of Fall River

ladies and Gentlemen please join me in welcoming another one of our honored and special guests Congressman Jake aen Claus good afternoon my congratulations to the mayor and to the members of the city council and to the school committee and I'm honored as well to be here with Governor Healey with chair Rodricks with Representatives fola Sylvia and Schmid with da Quinn with former Mary Flanigan my partnership indeed my

friendship with Paul Coogan is a template to me of how elected officials should work together once every couple of weeks Paul will call me or I'll call him and he'll say Jake I I got something for you then we'll get on this speakr phone with his team and and I'll Loop in my team and we'll go over Treasury regulations for the American Rescue plan funding or federal Water Management bureaucracy

that's a fun one uh or shelter and services programming Paul's not a political guy he's a problem solver and my job is to help him solve problems for Fall River and he has done a terrific job of that for the last four years and we know he's going to do a terrific job going forward I'm excited to continue my strong partnership with mayor cougan and with Fall Rivers state and local officials on our shared priorities of

infrastructure Economic Development and Public Safety in the last two years I've secured $5 million in federal infrastructure funding for the Waterfront the waterf front's Redevelopment complemented by the Advent of South Coast rail marks an exciting New Era for the city and I'll continue to work with Fall River to unlock the commercial and housing opportunities that come with that new era I'm now also

working for federal funding for roads and sidewalks for the Flint neighborhood which I'm so thrilled joined the Massachusetts fourth congressional district just last year improving surface infrastructure lighting and signage and Flint mutually reinforces the funding that mayor Coogan and I have allocated for First Responders to broadly improve Public Safety in the neighborhood and Fall

River I'm intent on bringing this same focus on Solutions not performance to Washington even during an election year in particular I'm strongly in support of bipartisan compromise on on border security and I'm a co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation to drive that to to excuse me to drive that compromise and help to alleviate the migrant crisis here in Massachusetts Congress must act

to stop drug and human trafficking and to crack down on the cartels that profit from it to intake migrants in a legal orderly and Humane fashion and to ensure documentation and dignity for dreamers both in Washington and in Fall River I am committed to governance that upholds the rule of law that ensures public order and that delivers results for working families and in Fall River

at least I know I have strong Partners in that work congratulations again to my friends to Mayor Coogan and happy New Year to all ordered that we now proceed to El elect by a via vosi vote a president of the city council for the year 2024 a motion is in order to adopt motion the motion has been made and seconded all in favor I those opposed the order is adopted as the councilor's

names are called they will reply with the name of the candidate of their choice for the office of President councilors kadim Joseph K Council CRA Joseph CRA councelor Hart Joseph CRA councelor Kilby Joseph CRA councelor Pereira Joseph CRA councelor Pony Joseph CRA councelor Roso Joseph CRA and counselor Samson Joseph

cra councelor CRA having received eight votes is hereby declared President of the city council for the year 2024 will the president elect please step forward for administration of the oath of office please raise your right hand I state your name I Joseph CRA do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of

president of the city council the duties of the office of president of the city council of the city of Fall River of the city of Fall River to the best of my ability and understanding to the best of my ability and understanding in accordance with the Constitution and laws in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States of the United States and of this Commonwealth and of this Commonwealth and the

ordinances of the city of for River and the ordinances of the city of for River so help me God so help me God before I begin I want to thank my colleagues for that vote of confidence elect me to the presidency again thank you very much appreciate it this time I'd also like to thank my wife and my family for supporting me as a counselor for all these years thank you so much and to all the

spouses to all the spouses and family of every elected official up here I know the governor mentioned it and she's correct it's a lot of hard work on you too and we sincerely appreciate that you let does do what we love to do on behalf of this city thank you to all of you good afternoon first and foremost I'd like to extend my congratulations to all of those here today who have been

elected to serve this great City our different positions within the government are all vital to the growth and prosperity of our community and over the next two years we will be working together to improve the quality of life of all who live and work here at this time adult like to recognize Governor Healey thank you for coming Congressman Jake Aken Claus and four of Delegation staring with

Representatives Senator Mike Rix Representatives Fiola Sylvia and schmith thank you for the work you do for our community and the state at large thank you President johnf Kennedy once said long before he was president that there are four pillars of service courage judgment integrity and dedication these are the four pillars of all Municipal Services courage is to face the issues that are not easy to solve especially

when the public is watching judgment is how we make our choices both in our future and our past and understanding that sometimes we need to reach out for others for guidance Integrity in our principles following what we know is the right choice for the people even if it isn't the popular choice and finally dedication the Devotion to serving the public good these are the goals of all those sitting before you

today do challenges exist certainly there are always growing pains when the community wants to thrive there will be decisions and debates and discussions because while we all want what is best for our city we may not always agree new business developments housing and Public Work updates will certainly present bump in the roads from time to time but I am confident in our ability to drive towards

success success is how we develop our industrial parks to thrive success is how we provide new stateof the appart facilities for our students success is the Redevelopment of the Waterfront that this city lived without for far too long success is related to dedication and dedication provides results I look forward to finding new Solutions and strategies to help our community grow build and prosper into what we all

know it could be thank you very much with your permission Mr President I will proceed with the order of business ordered that we now proceed to elect by a Viva vosi vote a vice president of the city council for the year 2024 motion is in order to adopt motion to adopt second the motion has been made in seconded all those in favor I those opposed the order is adopted as counselor's names are called

they will please reply with the name of the candidate of their choice for the office of Vice President councelor kadim Linda Pereira councelor Hart Linda Pereira councelor Kilby Linda Pereira councelor Pereira Linda Pereira councelor Pony Linda Pereira councel raposo Linda Pereira councelor Samson Linda Pereira and president

CRA councelor Pereira having received received eight votes is hereby declared vice president of the city council for the year

2024 I state your name I state your name IA Pereira do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of of the office of Vice President of the city council the duties of the office of the vice president of the city council of the city of Fall River of the city of Fall River to the best of my ability and understanding to

the best of my ability and understanding in accordance with the Constitution and laws in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States of the United States and of this Commonwealth and of this Commonwealth and the ordinances of the city of Fall River and the ordinances of the city of for River so help me God so help me God congratulations well good afternoon I do want to uh welcome so

many of the people who are here on stage but from the religious group father Rob father Jay and father Mike that I hope that their inspiration spews out to us all Congressman Jake aren Claus Governor Mara Healey mayor Paul Coogan our Chiefs from both the Fire and Police Department chief St Martin and chief gin to my fellow counselors friends and citizens today begins my 25th year on the city council my

first I guess I have stamina my first inauguration I was terribly excited and grateful to the people of Far River for electing me and I came with great energy and devoted to doing the best for the people of Far River I stand here today you noticed I put on my glasses a little bit older and I hope that I'm Wiser but I assure you that I still have the same excitement and devotion as I did 25

years ago I look forward to working with my fellow counselors and the mayor and I would like to graciously appreciate and thank my colleagues on the city council for electing me vice president thank you all and may God bless the wonderful city of Fall River thank you please remain seated while musical selections are performed by the dery high school concert band under the direction of Julia klingner band

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I will now call upon the honorable Paul e Coogan mayor of the city of Fall River to deliver the inaugural

address well this is great this is really great I appreciate everybody coming out today um I have to thank my good friend Mora Healey and Congressman Jake aren Claus for those very kind words but these are Partners in the government of the city of Fall River and it's been an honor to work alongside them I appreciate their leadership their friendship and their commit to the city of for River so thanks

again I would like to start by saying congratulations to all the elected officials that were being sworn in today City councelor Shan kadim Joe kamarra as president Michelle Dion Brad Kilby Linda Pereira Andrew Raposa Laura Washington Plus returning members Cliff Pont and Paul Hart our school committee is now made up of Kevin agar Bobby Bailey Mimi larav Shelley Pereira Sarah Rodricks and

returning member Tommy Corey I also want to uh recognize the elected officials who are not here with us tonight uh one of them for a first time in a long time Leo peler former city counselor and City councilor Pam labau and I want to thank them for their hard work to make Fall River a better place to live for everybody I'd also like to recognize the other elected officials here as others

have today because I do consider These People Partners in government with me and I am constantly on the phone with them um our Senator Michael Rodricks our Representatives Carol Fiola Alan Sylvia Paul Schmidt and our district attorney Tommy Quinn and also former mayor uh will Flanigan these people are all committed to making Fall River a better place to live and I would be remissed to

not mention three other partners in government who usually join us on sometimes things like this Senator Ed Mary Senator Liz Warren and another good friend of mine lieutenant governor Kim Driscoll I thank them for their Relentless support and advocacy for our city we also have several of our department heads here with us today and I thank them and all of our dedicated city employees who come to work every

day with the goal of helping Fall River and its residents and several of our Public Safety Chiefs are here with us today police chief Paul Garvin fire chief Roger St Martin EMS director Tim Olivera EMA director Rick agar I commend them and our police officers firefighters and emergency medical responders who work tirelessly to protect and serve the residents of Fall River I would also

like to acknowledge our veterans who have given us the opportunity to simply be here today without them we would not even have some of our most basic freedoms thank thank them for their service and

commitment and since you all know me if I forget to mention a program or a person who provides service to this is service to the city I apologize but it's bound to happen so thank you for your help my work as mayor is much easier by having a strong team behind me spanning from the city to our federal officials if also made easier by the incredible support of my friends and family and I

of course I have to thank my wife Judy for all of her support Elena leave her alone she's my best friend and she does everything with me that a couple could do my family's also here today and I want to thank them for coming down to join in this event and I would not be here without their encouragement and their support one of my favorite things about being mayor in fall river is quite

simply the people not just the people that I mention that I work with but the people I work for as many of you know I am a constantly out in the community mayor whether it's at a little league game or the supermarkets residents always take time to share their ideas and their concerns with me and sometimes they'll offer me feedback and their hopes for for's future I want to thank

them for sharing those opinions with me and I want to recognize the many residents who have spoken up and gotten involved in this effort to move our community in the right direction you always make my days easier and you encourage me to keep moving forward even on some of the trying days I first ran for May with the hopes of providing residents with stable selfless around the-clock leadership

that they deserve I am proud of what my Administration has accomplished to meet the evolving needs and priorities of all of of our residents we have made impressive strides forward and always there is still plenty more to do we have made notable improvements to our infrastructure Parks roads water lines are being repaired at a rate the city has not seen in a very long time we opened one of the area's first pickle

ball courts and a new outdoor gym at britland Major roadways like Stafford Road President Avenue New Boston Road Kennedy Street to name a few have all been repaid sa D after being long neglected we recently received an additional $850,000 from the Millionaire's tax to assist in our F few further Road repairs it will be one money well spent and thank you moving forward we will continue to invest in

our streets our sidewalks and other projects that improve the aesthetic quality and safety of our community we have several exciting Park projects in the works and we are making efforts to improve our water system and and remove our old lead pipe lines courtesy of a $10 million Grant we received from the EPA public art like the mural scene on buildings has become a new tool to unify our residents and

demonstrate our growth to all who travel around Fall River we will continue to make sure that the people of Fall River see the visual Reflections that will strengthen the core of our city I am so excited by the potential of the Route 79 Deval Street project and I look forward to supporting the next phase of work as we prepare for the opportunity that area presents to our city since becoming mayor the world of

education has been turned on its head as we still grapple with the social and emotional impacts of the pandemic we will continue to support our Educators invest in student services and strengthen our curriculum the rapid expansion of our prek program along with extensive renovations to talbet middle school and the Watson and tany elementary school highlight our commitment to improving the learning

environment for all of our students children are the future of this city and they deserve nothing more that we can give them than our full dedication Public Safety has been and will continue to be a priority of mine I am proud of the way our agencies have risen to the challenges of these last several years they have jumped to support us in times of needs whether during covid vaccine clinics or in a

constant effort to support those struggling with homelessness or substance abuse we have SE welcomed several newms of men and women to both our police and fire departments and will continue to be Innovative in how we address issues of crime in our community significant upgrades in public safety like our body cameras program for our police fire trucks and new equipment for fire police and EMS no resident of Fall

River deserves to feel unsafe in their own neighborhood we have experienced the influx of investment in so many properties and in our Workforce individuals from near and far recognize that Fall River is on the rise drive around Fall River the change is visible long abandoned buildings including some of our most daunting projects like these old Granite Mills are being transformed

into upscale apartments and Condominiums new Industries are setting up shop here while others are expanding including Teo Industries on Bedford Street inigin Pharmaceuticals in the industrial park Blount Seafood raw seafood just to highlight a few providing good stable jobs for our residents we will continue to strategically support other Investments particularly as we look to meet the

needs of the community during this National housing shortage my Administration ation continues to support construction and Redevelopment across the spectrum of housing from affordable living for our most vulnerable citizens to the market rate developments that meet the Dems demands of some of our residents we have built a tremendous team to address many of these topics and many more that I don't have time to list

today those of you in this room are part of that team we are unified in our common goal to solve the issues of our community and to improve the quality of life for all the residents of Fall River the residents of this city are special for's history is a rich one and its success has come to us because of the strength of our people fall River's Heritage is built on the determination of generations past

people who were born or immigrated here to enrich the community into a diverse City they have lived here they've invested here they've started families here and they've worked hard to support their loved ones here and they are the reason all of us on this stage work hard every single day Fall River has always been a great City but its potential is to be even better and that is what drives us

forward our residents deserve nothing less than our full effort in this pursuit in the next two years I believe we will make significant strides towards reach ing our potential by the time 2026 rolls around the train will have been in operation for some time on the waterfront we will be in the final phases of planning needed to lead us to this spectacular development known as the Route 79 project we will have seen

more investment across Fall River in housing in businesses big and small and in new Industries like offshore wind more visible infrastructure and beautification projects like streets tree plantings updated our Parks will demonstrate that we are a city on the rise arts and culture will continue to Blossom and we will be investing in tourism to capitalize on this on this important moment in history I hope that

our neighborhoods will be safer our schools stronger and our cities cleaner moving Fall River into this new area of growth is not a simple task all of us here today acknowledge that these challenges we face in the upcoming years these challenges will require all of us to come together and find innovative solutions keeping in mind our shared mission to improve the quality of life for all of our residents we must be

motivated singularly by that goal and by the encouragement of the progress we have already made after four years in office I have seen that this city and its supporters can accomplish many magnificent things we endured a pandemic mic we came out on the other side with the same hope I felt in my first inauguration we have relentlessly moved towards our goals and have created a strong Coalition of

community leaders elected officials business owners and city employees who are excited to work hard for the city of Fall River looking to the next two years I am confident and excited by what by what I have seen as for myself I promise to continue leading with honesty respect and determination I thank the residents of Fall River for offering me the opportunity to continue this work for

the next two years and for their participation in Fall River's growth thank you and God bless the city of Fall River

kindly remain standing for a rendition of battle h himm of the Republic performed by the dery high school concert band w please be seated as we call upon father J Melo chaplain of the Fall River Police Department to deliver the benediction the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and told him whatever you ask I shall give you King Solomon still a young man upon succeeding his father the great King David prayed for

wisdom he said give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people and distinguish between good and evil today we pray for that same gift of wisdom for our elected leaders for our mayor who continues to lead and govern our city that he may do so with prudence and humility for our city counselors and school committee members especially those newly elected may they

work together to advance the common good of our beloved City with particular care for those who are truly most in need and so we bow our heads in prayer Heavenly Father you have created all things in your Providence you have given us the responsibility to govern the world with virtue and in righteousness and to render judgment with Integrity of heart give us wisdom if we are your servants

weak and lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws indeed though one be perfect among men if wisdom which comes from you be lacking we count for nothing now with you is divine wisdom who knows your will and was there when you created the world who understands what is pleasing in your eyes and what is conformable with your commands send wisdom forth from your holy Heavens almighty God from your

glorious Throne dispatch her that she may be with our elected leaders that they may grasp what is pleasing to you and what is beneficial to our city Lord God Almighty and everlasting father bless our mayor our city councilors our school committee members our police officers our firefighters and all serving our city preserve us with your Mighty power that we may not fall into error nor be overcome by adversity and

in all we do direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose we ask this in your most holy name

amen Mr President there is no further business before this Council and with your permission I will adjourn the

meeting the me this meeting is now adjourned ladies and gentlemen this concludes the inaugural ceremony we thank you sincerely for your attendance and wish to extend to you our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy New Year while the mayor city council school committee and inaugural party are escorted from the auditorium will everyone please stand honor God retire the

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