11.28.2023 Fall River City Council

The Fall River City Council convened for a public hearing, a finance committee meeting, and a regular city council meeting on November 28, 2023. The public hearing addressed and approved an underground conduit installation by Massachusetts Electric Company, doing business as National Grid, on Lindsay Street to upgrade feeder 106 w46. During the finance committee meeting, resident Patrick Higgins raised an Open Meeting Law complaint regarding the meeting's posting location, which the City Clerk clarified by explaining the old website redirects to the new one. Resident Carol Bores advocated for the sale and renovation of the Armory property for housing, including units for veterans. The committee also discussed and referred to the full Council an ARPA funding request of $172,372.77 for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) department to purchase medical equipment for a new home health care service, a program designed to reduce ER visits and hospital readmissions.

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