The Fall River City Council Ordinances and Legislation meeting on September 16, 2025, began with a roll call, confirming the presence of Council Kadin, Council Hart, Council Boa, Council Tip, and the Chair. Following the open meeting law statement, the council addressed citizen input, for which no one had signed in. The minutes from the August 25th meeting were then approved unanimously. The council moved on to several ordinance items. Item number three, concerning proposed handicap parking installations on Diamond Street East, John Street East, and William Street, passed through all readings with an emergency preamble after a 5-0 roll call vote. Item number four, regarding the removal of handicap parking on County Street West, Fielding Street East, and Slate Street North, passed its first reading unanimously. The council then voted unanimously to lift Item number five from the table. Item number five involved a discussion with Alan Rumsey, Corporation Council, and Mike Dion, Interim City Administrator and Director of Community Development, regarding the legality of the City Council raising salaries by ordinance. Attorney Rumsey advised that the general rule prohibits the City Council from raising salaries by ordinance, with no applicable emergency exceptions. Subsequently, a motion to grant leave to withdraw the item was passed unanimously, effectively ending the discussion on that matter. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to adjourn.
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the legislation come to order.
0:02Um, the clerk call the role.
0:06Council Kadin here.
0:07Council Hart here.
0:09Councelor Boa here.
0:10Council Tip here. Cher here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any mediums. Therefore, therefore, attendees are advised that such recordings and transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unpersceived by those present and deemed acknowledged and permissible. Item number one on the
0:33agenda is citizen input. Has anyone signed in?
0:37No. Item number two are the minutes of the August 25th meeting. Motion to approve.
0:45There was a second. All in favor?
0:47I. Item number three, proposed handicap parking. Diamond Street East, 25 feet south of William Street. John Street East, 60 ft south of Wade Street. And William Street, south, 106 ft west of Washington Street.
1:03Motion for emergency preamble.
1:05Motion for an emergency preamble. A second. Emergency preamble. Roll call.
1:11Call.
1:12Yes.
1:13Council Hart.
1:14Yes.
1:14Council.
1:15Yes.
1:15Council Tiff.
1:16Yes. Vice President Ber.
1:17Yes.
1:18Motion to pass through all readings.
1:19Seconded.
1:20Motion to pass through first read. Uh first reading. Motion and a second. All in favor?
1:25All readings.
1:26Huh?
1:27All readings.
1:27All readings.
1:30There was a motion, a second. All in favor?
1:32I.
1:33Item number four, proposed miscellaneous ordinances and and miscellaneous traffic. This is handicap parking removal. County Street West 25 ft north of Bond Street. Fielding Street East 44 feet south of Pleasant Street, Slate Street North, 119 feet west of Church Street.
1:52Motion to pass through first reading.
1:54Seconded.
1:54Motion to pass through first reading and a second. All in favor?
1:57I.
1:59Lift item five from the table.
2:00Second.
2:03Motion to lift from the table. There was a motion and a second. All in favor?
2:08I.
2:10Item number five. Um, attorney Ramsey is here. We have any questions? He did send a letter. Does anyone need uh Attorney Ramsey to come down?
2:19Have him and the city administrator come down.
2:21If Attorney Ramsey would come down and Mr. Dion, acting city administrator,
2:38if you could both just give your name in. Alan Rumsey, Corporation Council.
2:43Mike Dion, interim dire uh interrum city administrator and director of community development.
2:52Anyone have any questions?
2:55I guess I'll let Allan share his legal opinion.
2:58Yeah, I guess the question I had was whether or not the uh city council could raise salary by ordinance. And the general answer is no. I mean, I didn't get into the weeds here. There are some like emergency exceptions that are to that rule that are not applicable here, but the general general rule is no.
3:13Okay, I yield.
3:15You yield.
3:17Is there a motion leave to withdraw?
3:21Motion grant leave to withdraw.
3:22Second.
3:23Motion leave to withdraw and a second.
3:25All in favor?
3:29Motion to adjurnn. Second.
3:31Motion to adjurnn. And there's a second.
3:33All in favor? I.
3:36meeting adjourned. Thank you so much.