The Fall River Commission on Disability convened on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024, with Chairman Dennis Pelli, Commissioner Lisa Silva, and Commissioner Dan Robard in attendance. Commissioners Ann O'Neal Souza and Debbie Pico were absent. The commission unanimously approved the minutes from its January 10th, 2024 meeting. Updates included scholarship notices being due April 1st, with allocation voting scheduled for the April meeting, and ongoing outreach to Bay Coast Bank, expecting a response by the end of February. Commissioner Robard suggested writing to Vice President W. Pereira, the new chairwoman of the City Council Ordinance Committee, to discuss taxi and Uber transportation accessibility within the next 60 to 90 days, a task Chairman Pelli agreed to undertake. A significant decision was made under new business, where the commission unanimously voted to temporarily suspend the handicap parking enforcement program, a joint effort with the police department. This suspension is pending the resolution of issues with the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), prompted by recent invoices of approximately $12,000 and $28,000. Chairman Pelli committed to immediately communicating this action to the police chief. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to adjourn, with the next meeting scheduled for March 13th.
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okay this is the meeting of the Fall River Commission on disability for Wednesday February 14th 3:00 2024 that was my clock um we're going to um I'll read you the open meeting pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or make or may transmit meetings through any through through any medium let me let me start this again I'm I'm
0:41not pursuing to the open open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible so okay we'll start with roll call chairman Dennis Paul present
1:24commissioner Lisa Silva present commissioner Dan robard okay um so far um an O'Neal Chief um an O'Neal Souza and Debbie Pico are absent um so the next item is public input are there any is there any public input is there any public input is there any any public input hearing none I will proceed to approval of the minutes for the meeting of January 10th 2024 motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of January 10th
2:162024 of the fall of the disability commission do I hear a second I'll second that okay um roll call vote chairman Dennis pelli yes commissioner Lisa Silva yes commissioner Dan robard yes okay next item um there are no guests today so the next item is work group updates um and I have nothing I've heard nothing from either the mass office on disability about the Ada Improvement Grant um and there are no other updates
2:57from the Ada perspective at this time the next item is um policies and Debbie Pico is uh not here today our vice chair is not here and finance you should have all gotten the budget statement for January is that yeah January 2024 and finally Outreach um the only Outreach item is that scholarship notices of who the recip i s are from each school will be due April 1st and we will vote on our allocation in
3:37April at our April meeting I have reached out to Bay host Bank um and they have told me that they should get back to me by the end of the month of February are there any questions or any anything else under Outreach Mr chairman very very briefly go ahead I'm sorry go ahead uh thank you uh there is a new set of uh city council committees uh there's a new chair new
4:09chairwoman of the ordinance committee I wonder if uh you couldn't write to the chair and see uh if within the next 60 to 90 days we could uh have a meeting with the ordinance committee to discuss the possibility of taxi or Uber Transportation uh regarding accessibility sure um just if you could let me know who that chairperson is I can I can uh I can I can get a letter
4:42off to them the the chair of ordinance is uh Vice President W Pereira okay all right I'll be glad to do that thank you I yep anything else under Outreach okay old business hearing none new business Mr chairman yep I'd like to make a a a motion that uh we temporarily uh temporarily suspend the handicap parking enforcement program between the four of the police department and the for of the commission
5:26on disability uh until further notice there are some issues with our current OU we're trying to work through and until such time as those matter are resolve uh I I think it's pertinent and wise that we suspend the program uh pulling the officer off the program with the full understanding that handicap enforcement uh still needs to be um you know part of the uh standed the police department duties
6:05but that this program will be suspended until the issues with our current mou or any new mou are resolved do I hear a second to that motion I'll second that okay is there any further discussion needed okay we're ready for a roll call vote chairman Dennis Pauli yes commissioner Lisa Silva yes commissioner Dan robard yes okay motion carries I will communicate to the police chief uh our action um
6:49uh and you know as as actually you know as this's meeting is adjourned or there sometime after but it will be it will be immediate we've already gotten two invoices one for 12,000 and change and the other for 28,000 and change so um I understand the purpose of this motion and it's adopted and um I will I will communicate to the police chief is there any other new business okay hearing none our next
7:26meeting will be March 13th um do I have do I will entertain a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second okay roll call chairman Dennis Dennis pelli yes commissioner Lisa Sil yes commissioner Dan robard yes okay we are
7:57adjourned