9.27.2022 Fall River City Council

city council Community finance will come tomorrow please call the road council is kadim Dion here Kilby Liberty Pelletier Pereira here raposo here Washington here president Camara here just for the record Council because he is present pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit this meeting through any medium

attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and not deemed acknowledged and permissible foreign first person to sign up is Nelson Vasquez the subject matter is the MBTA

uh Nelson basketball students in the Sunset Hill Fall River if we join the MBTA we're going to pay more because it's in the law within their funding formula here's what it says again quote state law written in 1999 requires the 175 cities and towns that get MBTA service to contribute to the local assistance fund which goes up by two percent annually payment is based on a city's percentage

of the overall population that uses the MBTA divided by the funds total whatever that number is but the law requires some cities to multiply their population to reflect the level of service they get and that creates a larger payment Boston's population is multiplied by 18 Brookline and Cambridge by 12. 11 other Metro towns including Arlington Revere and Watertown are multiplied by nine you see

for the past time we weren't getting any train service owing the first part of this law was hitting us but if we join the second part is going to kick in and that is the projective cost that we're not going to know until we either say yes into this because eventually not too long we're gonna have to give a grade and then that's going to be part of our assessment for life

and the numbers I just set here that second part of the law can be confirmed in 161a section 9 right in the front page the same notes I talked about Boston Cambridge it's right there and and carafiola went on wsar and didn't even bother to mention that but she mentioned only the regional transit authority and and by the way here's a list of all the MBTA communities that also includes Freetown in Lakeville

okay you know this and what's also striking is that you know when you go to chapter 10 35 T in in 161a section 9.

okay section 9 talks about financial assistance from cities and towns 35t is talks about the state and local contribution fund both of these funds and it says it that they're also adjusted every year with inflation and we all know how high inflation is right now below eight percent so if we join we're going to get whacked okay that's it's the law and I'm just I'm just shocked that none of that's being talked about

that people need to know what those projectors cost and one of clarify those constituents it's been over a month after she said it wasn't going to cost a penny he's still waiting for it it's been over 30 days and you won't know why she has not answered it it's because she knows the law and because it's in the law that if you join you're going to get whacked you know and here's the thing and if we

join the MBTA it's not going to be too long before we start crying foul just like the ones who are already in it this is a very serious question that is not being talked about all of you have made sure we have provided is accurate and relevant because once you aboard this train there's no return 15 seconds please period there's no return so I hope that uh the people can really pay

attention because this is serious and for you know Paul to say that don't worry about it check the box is totally irresponsible of an elected official because thank you so much you are going to pay more because that's the law thank you thank you next we have Bob Camara subject matter MBTA resolution

and our oh let me let me get seated here uh council president members of the council I don't have to I guess introduce myself but I'm here to talk about the resolution and I want to thank councilor Dion for proposing a resolution that we have a meeting because the just for the record as we begin that October 13th meeting is not going to satisfy what we need and what you need is the city

council and you have a legal and ethical obligation to determine what the long-range impact the MBTA is going to have on this city and for a State Rep and a mayor to go down and cavalierly say it's not going to cost us a penny at this time I'll tell you that that same individual in 2018 said don't don't worry about the dead override for Durfee because in five years we'll probably be

able to pay it and we know that wasn't true because without the dead override we'd be bankrupt already for Durfee so I'm tired of hearing this the citizens of this of this city and you as its fiduciaries need to get a full disclosure from the MBTA we need that we have to have that to make a valid decision there's a Boston Herald article that says MBTA could face a two a 421 million dollar budget deficit

next year projected that in in a in 10 years we may be billions of dollars in the hold with the MBTA so you don't think it's prudent to get those people I don't I'm not talking about the project team that's coming in here around the 13th they're going to tell you how many how much track they laid how much what what a great job they're doing on the project we need people down

here who can say what does the MBTA look at what are you projecting for the impact on communities that become part of the authority and now I'll give you some legal basis I sent you all this stuff so I'm not going to cite the the uh the case this is from the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute the duty of care the duty of care requires the directors which of you to

inform themselves and this is a quote from a look from a case a case that was found in favor of the people who prior to making a business decision all materials reasonably available to them you have to access that secondly you have to have if you've had sufficient opportunity to acquire that knowledge it's not you I think everybody knows the MBTA is in trouble okay and lastly on that particular section moreover

a director may not simply accept the information presented rather director must access the information with a quote critical eye unquote so as to protect the interest of their corporations and in this case in stockholders and we are the stockholders in the city of Fall River this is this is outrageous that people are going on a radio and misrepresenting things to say that Lakeville doesn't have a Regional Transit

Authority they're in they're in GATRA does anybody know what GATRA is you do right right great uh Attleboro Taunton that's what it stands for and Freetown is inserta yet on the radio he said oh no they put their money in a bowl and I don't mean that they don't put all some money in a bowl anyway this is outrageous this you have a fiduciary and legal responsibility to get all the facts that vote will be

nullified by the fact that we don't know the information now let me close with a quote as I always know hang on and this is a good one because you'll like it because it's from monia let's see uh if the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists to protect protect them and promote their common welfare all else is lost Barack Obama thank you so much

next we have Eric Mark subject matter Alan Rumsey are you a photo of resident

I think so you have three minutes sir yeah um so I made a public record well my name is Eric Mack and I'm a citizen of Fall River and I made a public request public records request to the city of Fall River and um public records would do 10 days after the request is made uh I gave the city a Fall River an extension of time multiple extensions of time and subsequently they

just never produced it which required me to file a lawsuit against the city of Fall River after the lawsuit is filed they're approximately 70 days late giving me the documents after the lawsuit is filed in Boston I go up to Boston with the attorneys for the city of Fall River they don't show up at the hearing in Boston after the hearing they give me the records um now it cost me time and money and as an

attorney's fee provision in the statute that allows me to get the money back I asked her to make a city I've asked to make a deal with the city of Fall River to settle the claims they've refused to pay me any money and more specifically I believe Allen Ramsey hasn't paid me any he refuses to pay me um I think that it's irresponsible to behave in that manner because hey he

didn't meet the deadlines it required me to file a lawsuit it now owes me the money and refuses to pay the money now I gotta file another lawsuit against the city of Fall River so I believe he's leveraging the money of the city of Fall River irresponsibly and I know that the people here are responsible for that and for us to continue down this path of lawsuits for no real reason I just think it's

irresponsible and that's why I came before you to let you know that what is going on right now so that's it thank you thank you so much I thought this was somebody's but thank you next we have transfers and Appropriations accordance I'll get one from there from there we have one more sorry

we have one that was filed electronically honorable Council I'm writing in support of counselor Dion's resolution calling for a forum regarding the MBTA and questions from City residents from the MBTA management I understand that on October 13th there's a meeting scheduled at Morton Middle School according to the MBTA website in the South Coast rails subpages that meeting is to discuss the status of the

South Coast Rail Project and the schedule status the meeting is similar to previous informational meetings that were to tell the people what is going on not to allow people to ask serious questions with the vote scheduled for November 8th time is of the essence in setting up a serious Forum questions that need to be asked will include with the 10-year projects as they currently stand what

will be the projected assessment that the city of Fall River may need to pay what will the schedule be like what will happen if a no vote prevails what happens if the line loses money and or does not meet ridership projections and what will parking fees be or projected to be the MBTA generally charges between five to seven dollars a day these are just a few of the questions that need to

be addressed by the MBTA for the citizens to make an informed decision on their vote another question that was posed to the elections commissioner was does the 20 rule apply as is dictated by the charter I was told that the question needs to be presented to the city's corporate Council while I understand the Dilemma that the elections commissioner is in I do not personally trust the

opinions of the corporate Council it appears that all his opinions appear to justify the actions of the administration or represent the opinions of developers of the administration it always seems that our new Charter isn't worth the paper it's printed on finally where's the charter Review Committee that was required by Charter to be formed and to meet this past year once again the mayor and the city

council have violated the charter and denied the people their right to review the areas of discrepancy in the charter it may now be too late to form that committee now as they have as they have to have their report and potential changes by June of next year this proves that our elected officials are not to be trusted and are willing to violate the law at every turn respectfully CJ Ferry thank you

next we have never transfers and Appropriations and according to provisions of chapter 44 section 32 of the Massachusetts general laws I recommend the file appropriation to your honorable body that the sum of 52 000 B and the same is hereby appropriated to cemetery upgrades expenses for the sale of burial lot funds their motion

a motion made by Council Pereira second second by Council Washington on the motion constitute one Council Kadeem can I just have somebody from the administration come down just absolutely got a question

good evening how are you good how are you is this just a um an annual I don't think it's annual that we make this request is there is there something specific for the expenses that we're targeting in terms of the upgrades yes there are two uh projects in particular one is a cemetery master plan and the other is a repair of a stone wall on Locust Street okay is part of that money going to be used

to fix the garage on Bullock Street you put the phone they poured the foundation not you but that was poured years ago and we still haven't had a building yet we're buying equipment and it hasn't been in there could you just keep us in the loop when you make a plan on constructing that building certainly we're working with the administration on the capitol um Improvement plans right now thank you

that I yield thank you no further questions just come to see one I'm sorry I apologize I didn't see the letter in here that broke down the master plan in the uh stone wall repair um just in terms of the master plan what exactly are we covering in the master plan um obviously the growth development of of the cemeteries or anything in addition Does it include the treatment um so the um it doesn't include

equipment or construction uh the consultant BSC group who designed our expansion is going to come into a comprehensive look at the existing conditions of the cemetery give us a maintenance plan review our operations to make sure that we are operating efficiently with the Manpower that we have and then also look at development of historic infill Graves that respect the history of the cemetery as well as

developing a potential eight Acres of Carly wooded land so is there a is there an expectation if they find some deficiencies or ways to improve some efficiencies with the operations will they make recommendations at that point or will they just highlight so they will be making recommendations in their full report okay thank you I yield thank you Council constancy two Council vice president

yeah the sale of burial uh plots that's Perpetual care money there are two different funds so only sell a lot in the cemetery fifty percent of the money goes into sale of lots the other 50 goes into Perpetual care okay so the funding that will be used from the sale is in the is in the uh 50 that is not Perpetual care that's right okay thank you with that I yield thank you

having no further questions motion hasn't been executive all in favor aye aye thank you any opposed item number two that the sum of 3800 B and the same is hereby appropriated to cemetery upgrades expenses from the sale of burial lot funds say a motion full countries second by Council pereiro all in favor I just I'm sorry just discussion concentrate one um so if I could just have the image

never mind I apologize all in favor aye

item number two in accordance with the provisions of chapter 44 section 32 of Massachusetts general laws I recommend the following appropriation to your honorable body that the sum of 43 900 B and the same as hereby appropriated to the EMS expenses from the EMS fund stabilization fund is there a motion motion full Council has been made by cards Pereira and second by councilman proposal on the motion Council C1

Council kadim uh if I could just have somebody from the administration come down I just got a question as to why we're purchasing a used vehicle versus um a brand new vehicle I know mileage is is low but I remember way back when when we were taking everybody's uh Second Hand especially for the uh for the five Department we're using it as a front line I just don't want to get back this

particular vehicle was originally purchased by the town of Tisbury at Martha's Vineyard typically bought it as a special operations for the um Ferry it basically sat in a station until they traded in to get a new one it's got 1600 miles it's showroom condition it still smells new okay um I've talked to our maintenance shop it's a gas Ford uh it's not a diesel the truck is A1 Condition it's

not it's not a dent scratch on it it'll last US 20 years yeah so so obviously it's a fully outfitted absolutely so everything you can think that likes what would you and I know you I don't know where it is but I believe it the total cost was 88 000.88 yeah that truck brand new right now uh it'd be about 190 to 200 000 for that same truck yeah without a yield thank you Council

I just have one quick question what's the warranty on that truck what the mileage it has in the year of it we get a one-year warranty from um bulldog from the purchasing World purchasing info no manufacturers want these are we expected no that's that's expired we could buy an extended warranty but for the amount of time it's actually used I think it's pretty fair to say as long as

we maintain it uh change the oil keep up on the maintenance I don't think we're going to have any issues with it all right good thank you so much motion has been made and seconded to full body all in favor aye okay opposed item number two of two that the sum of 55 000 B and the same as hereby appropriate to the EMS expenses from the EMS fund stabilization fund motion motion to full body Heaven cause

proposal second by Cox Pereira any discussion all in favor aye aye any opposed motion carries next item number three is a resolution resolution the administration considered implementing the use of body cameras by the Florida Police Department this was tabled back in May 10th of 22.

promotionally from the table emotional from Taylor's Museum Dion seconded by cops proposal discussion on the motion Council priority you have a question I do if the administration could come down please foreign is that there is a process ongoing with the police department regarding body cameras I know you can't get into specifics but just for the public to know body cameras sound good and we like body cameras but

the cost of body cameras we have covered for five years with apple money and a grant correct that's correct but after that culture if I may we didn't take a photo of lifting it from the table I apologize Oh I thought we did I thought we did not left from the table I think Council vice president made the second correct yeah in favor so I think we did oop that's fine any

opposed no council please continue sorry just that I you know for people to understand that it's the purchase of the cameras it's any repairs of cameras it's storage of cameras it's um where are we going to keep the film on these cameras and who's gonna keep those if somebody comes in and wants to whether it's a prosecutor or an attorney or general public somebody wants to come in and get

a Freedom of Information get that copied there is a cost to all of that although I think I thought we were just going to do a small pilot program but um doesn't seem that we are but just so that people are aware body cameras and a lot of these new police reform bills come with a price tag that the community should be aware of but with that I yield thank you thank you anyone else

got to see two Council vice president we have done a pilot program haven't we with the superior officers uh not just superiors there were sergeants and lieutenants as well as Patrol officers using the cameras in the various ways that different officers would in their different assignments yes so that pilot program was completed it was completed um pursuant to the completion of a

policy that was uh tentatively agreed to by both superiors and Patrol and the outcome um was the chief of police satisfied with how the cameras operate the benefit for the public and the police department and having them with the the small sample that we have and it's several months but it's still small compared to an entire department yes so moving forward they feel it would be a benefit to this community

both a benefit to the officers and the benefits of the public the most transparency that we can provide to both sides is the best thing we can do for Public Safety so essentially this is an investment in safety and protecting the police department and the community yes ma'am okay thank you with that I yield thank you Council any further discussion Council most refer to focus second by consequences

item number four resolution the administration provide update on the timeline of the distribution of covid-19 premium pay for city employees was adopted August 16th of 22.

is there a motion lift from the table motion on the left second most has been made to live from the tail but God's Pereira seconded by councilor pelletail all in favor aye on the motion concert seat six Council Pereira sponsor of the resolution just a question when will people be looking at getting this um pay into their paychecks so some of the uh so actually I'm going to answer your question counselor but I

want to give some context sure um so originally I think uh most of the cities and towns that we're considering using arpa money in this way the premium Payway uh didn't think that it had to be associated with a bargainable benefit to the unions that we're working in their respective talents Massachusetts Court's indicated different and it became a question that was bargainable so that delayed

um not unnecessarily and I there's nothing pejorative about me saying it was delayed it just meant that we had to go through the bargaining process and all the contracts to make sure that the amount of the premium pay that would be given to each member of each bargaining unit was agreed upon so with those contracts that we have settled that premium pay has either been paid or is being paid we are very very close

literally on the precipice of settling two more contracts and payment will happen immediately thereafter and then the only thing that'll be left is is there is one contract that it may end up in arbitration and I think the the thought is that in order to not um in order to not disadvantage the members of the back that bargaining unit we would actually like to make that payment before we end up settling that

agreement just so no one's left out but we're still working through the details of that with the Union were you able to use Opera money yes this is arpa money uh the premium pay um for all all city employees that worked a minimum of 250 hours during uh march to March uh during covid uh which really encapsulates the vast majority of employees and was there something relative to Optimal money that you had to have a new

contract or you had to settle a contract before paying the premium pay it was more that the the question of of who got the premium pay and how much the premium pay was was made the subject of bargaining that wasn't anticipated originally um I think because arpa in general was kind of a new world for everybody and we were figuring out the rules and the rules changed several times until there

was a final rule issued uh in the spring um there was just a question as to whether we could just give the money or whether it had to be subject to an agreement in uh with the Union in the city and that's what eventually happened is we just you know belt and suspenders we made sure that it was part of the agreement for everybody not that I 100 agree with that I would

say if you had the alpha money give them the pay they deserved it they worked it however um I'm glad to hear you say that if even if the other one other contract isn't um approved you know or they're still negotiating that those individuals would still get the money thank you with that I am thank you foreign so I feel the same way as it comes from seat six you already know this I don't

think it should be bargainable it kind of takes away the the thank you for um doing the work and I'm just going back to the email that I sent you um earlier this year we had four contracts come before us three out of the four didn't have it in their contract one did the superior officers they've already been paid they have and then out of the other three your response was sorry

employees have either already received their payment or will be receiving their payment shortly so the four that came before us earlier this spring they've all received their payment so it wasn't in three of the contracts so that would be law which I believe that payment is being made right now actually I'm going to ask Mr mcilini to come down just because he's the one that's been executing these

payments I believe just for the record the the unions were talking about that were settled at that time we have afscme law which is our custodians um superiors and who am I missing environmental environmental police which is uh two members of a of a bargaining unit so um thank you Superior is environmental and the law are all set um we've had agreements appear has been paid environmental and law will be done

shortly we have Tas with Patrol and teamsters and then we are actively bargaining still on some of the others so that's why you haven't seen them come through yet just for the record Tas or tentative agreements so my question is if it wasn't in their contract and you just said it has to be pocketable now then how did you pay it uh we can do side letter agreements separately so uh things changed after we

had done we got more information after we had settled the superior's contract so uh we took a different approach going forward okay and are the amounts also different than we were told earlier in the spring I think I heard you say something about that so I believe it was in the newspaper that Public Safety would receive 3 000 and uh the rest of city employees would received 2 500.

that's been the framework that we've been using so three thousand and two thousand so just Public Safety is getting the three thousand three thousand and two thousand five hundred twenty five hundred and three thousand okay and it's going in their paycheck correct they're going to get it with taxes taken out yes we looked into at its taxable wages oh thank you I yield hey being no further questions to

entertain a motion I'll tell you the question three thousand you said uh safety police and fire police Fire EMS EMS 2500 for uh the rest of them yes sir that's DPW and who else so Teamsters um DPW so so afsme which includes clerks it includes um folks in there's DBW there's water folks that would be in City Hall as well as in the water department the majority of people here in Government Center but

there are some Lewiston Street employees that will be included in that so city employees that wouldn't that aren't part of those three police fire and EMS units so it's the afsby is a mix there's probably more than a dozen sub units within the school department don't apply to so we don't control the school department budget they have extra money which is their sort of equivalent of arpa money

because we have no control over their budget their raises or anything else it's just not it's part of the city certainly but uh it wasn't it wasn't part of what we worked on about the library they were the library is their union members so they receive this one they'll receive the 2500.

of course and a lot of them don't like what's happening now a lot of them they get they stipend at the end of the year for longevity in the 99 I'm getting uh DPW say we're waiting for the money we're waiting for the money but we have to pay the taxes we usually 99 it and we get all the money in the end of the year you you pay so what's how come does it

change so the CFO could probably speak to this better if she would like to otherwise the W-4 change the IRS rolled out new regulations that change so you can no longer write in nine there's just three options to choose to think it's married single and head of household so the old form you could write zero through nine and make that change um the under I believe the Trump Administration they changed how the I-9

and the taxable wages are done let them know what is this change some people like it most people won't like it because they want the whole thing and pay it at the end of the year so what's the time frame of these guys that I know you wait for the union to get done but how long is it going to take so as soon as the unions so when we have a tentative agreement

um I would suggest that that we would only say it's a tentative agreement if it's really you know up to the body of the Union to vote and decide whether they're going to go forward with the agreement as it's been agreed upon between the the bargaining group and the city um that's the case uh with a couple of the unions as soon as they agree we can go ahead and pay are you almost there very close

and say everything is settled next week money train come in well there's still a little paperwork and administration that has to be done on our end but as soon as we possibly can we'll have that payment those payments issued it's our priority as soon as we settle a contract yeah with notice not moving too fast you know but these people who work and they work either I'd like to get their money as soon as they can

you guys can do the best to get the money to these guys so you know I get the complaints and everybody else that's sitting there will get complaints and we got to answer them anyway I mean they're watching tonight an idea of what's going on but uh they know what's going on somebody can tell them what's going on when you're going to get your money that's all I'm looking for make sure

these guys get paid and it's a timely fashion with that idea comes my Cubs and see two cups of Vice President deal who is not qualifying for premium pay I'm not um and we're not so right so I think uh a lot of people in this room um so obviously you know people that that came on after the date right so I I didn't start till the may or may after

um the the cutoff so there's folks that just their start date precludes them from from getting it um so essentially anybody that was in City Hall and worked is going to get premium pay there will be exceptions to that and that's part of what we're working out the language on and the different agreements um there are there are some caveats to that but we're not excluding non-union

members so so there's there's some folks in the finance department and some other places in the the city that are not Union but that doesn't preclude them from from getting the premium pay uh as you know employees in Government Center but there are uh some exclusions um it's not finalized yet but the vast majority of people will get the premium pay all right so let's assume somebody worked through

the beginning to end they had they fulfilled the entire uh timeline and then recently retired did they get the premium pay absolutely oh thank you with that I yield thank you Council content C6 Council price did you end up no I was just going to put pressure on both of the gentlemen at the table and say can you guarantee is that by the end of October all of this money will be

giving out to the employees I can't guarantee that I can't guarantee that and the reason I can't guarantee that is that there's things that are out of our control um it's it's Union stuff that I can't comment on but it just it comes down to the time it takes to set it to settle the agreements those Agreements are settled it'll be done yeah well other places got them without agreements being

settled is what we talked about earlier with apple money so with that being the case then I would hope that people would be able to get paid but just that months and months and months people have been asking us so could you at least let us know what pay period it's going to go into the workers so we can let as soon as we have a fun day we'll certainly do that

thank you with that I yield thank you Debbie no further questions stay in a motion most of me huh so moved motion to return nothing else thank you thank you very much all in favor aye are we opposed thank you very much gentlemen thank you motions input has oh there's more there's one more remember the significant input please subject matter realg you have three minutes oh I'm sorry this is an input yes oh

okay I'm sorry she signed up and went to speak no that's right I just thought it was an agenda item and I was trying to figure out uh good evening I'm I'm here because there's really I I'm not sure where I'm supposed to speak um as an employee I am currently the director the acting director of facilities I'm the project manager for facilities and the purchasing agent for the entire city and school sides

so I just want to bring some clarification to what's been said uh on my behalf of the reorg and from my position my Department's position um so tonight you have the opportunity to vote on the second reading related to the proposed reorganization of City departments I've been following this very closely because this proposed rear affects two positions within the department of facilities maintenance one

of which I currently hold as acting director for which I have been fulfilling the duties for coming up to 18 months the other is that of project manager which is my permanent position that I have been carrying out for a little over four years in addition as I just mentioned I'm also the purchasing agent which I planned on being for approximately four months to carry us over and that is going on two and a half years

at the eight nine meeting of the ordinance committee it was stated that I went to the administration with a really excellent plan to plus up the department of facilities maintenance and that there is a tremendous value to the work that we do as the meeting goes on it's it's stated that the riog effects two positions in facilities the director and the project manager both of which I hold

I want to set the second the record straight that in no way shape a form did I plan the presented that the plan that was presented to the administration removed myself from the two positions that I've worked so hard to fulfill and maintain continuity after the abrupt departure of the previous director the plan I presented consisted of a way to utilize the current salary and Personnel structures

within the department to provide relief for myself of the three positions hopefully down to one and two Inc and by doing that I was using the current positions salaries open positions to increase the hourly rate of licensed trade positions in an effort to fill long-standing vacant license electrician and plumbing positions hoping to attract local Tradesmen and women 15 seconds please that may

consider fulfill fulfilling these positions and not nearly close to prevailing wage but may be attractive because of stability uh when I was asked to be the project manager for facilities I wasn't the first choice thank you very much you're welcome thank you and John Motion in June saying about God's prayer all in favor aye opposed

proposal yeah Washington yeah president Camaro here well everyone in the castle Channel please rise for a moment of Silent prayer

please remain standings for a shoot to the flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit this meeting to any medium attendees are therefore advised that

such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and not deemed acknowledged and permissible Madam Clerk the first item before you is a communication from the mayor in the order transferring the sum of 55 800 from the sale of burial Lots fund to the cemetery upgrades expenses motion to adopt second to adapt yard hasn't made by Council Kadeem seconded by Council

Pereira all in favor aye any opposed oceans dotted item number two is a communication from the mayor and in order transferring the sum of 98 900 from the EMS stabilization fund to EMS expenses motion to adopt the second motion proposal second by Council Washington all in favor aye aye on the post motion carries item number three is the mayor's communication and proposed ordinance regarding the salary schedule for the

director of the Fall River Emergency Management motion to adopt second emotional beautiful the ordinance committee some of it motion to refer to the artist committee Second Great councilor Pereira second by Council contacted all in favor aye opposed motion carries item four is the traffic commission recommending amendments to the traffic ordinances made Council Kadeem executed by Council

Pereira all in favor aye all opposed motion carries I have miscellaneous traffic ordinances for Passage through second reading and enrollment so moves second motion to pass your second reading and enrollment has been made by councilor Kadeem is there a second second second by college proposal all in favor aye all opposed motion carries item six is the act abolishing the board of fire Commissioners for Passage

through second reading and enrollment as amended pass through second reading enrollment second second motion to pass the second meeting and enrollment as amended has been made by Council kadim and seconded by Council vice president Dion all in favor aye I'll post motion carries item seven is the proposed ordinance which would abolish the board of police Commissioners for Passage through second

reading and enrollment as amended and passed through second reading second motion to pass a second reading and enrollment azaman has been made a council but has been made by Council Kadeem and seconded by Council vice president Dion all in favor aye aye opposed motion carries item eight is the proposed ordinance which would establish the position of the director of City operations for

Passage through second reading and enrollment over the past their second reading in enrollment motion to pass a second meeting and enrollment as amended has been made by constances seconded by constant seat seven continent all in favor aye any opposed motion carries item nine is the proposed ordinance relating to the reorganization of City departments for Passage through second

reading and enrollment as amended motion pass through second reading enrollment as amended second motion to pass the second meeting and enrollment as a matter has been made by constituency on Council academic second by constancy a council Washington all in favor aye any opposed what it goes item number 10 is the proposed ordinance that relates to the salary schedule for contract Personnel

for Passage through second reading and enrollment as amended entertain a motion a motion to pass through second reading and romance motion hasn't made the past the second reading second has made it made by councilor Kadeem seconded by Council Pereira all in favor aye opposed see two opposed motion carries item 11 is the proposed ordinance for Passage through second reading and enrollment as amended this is the salary

schedule for executive officers department heads and non-union personnel motion to pass through second reading and enrollment second question second meeting and enrollment has been made by Council is there a second second second by Contra proposal all in favor aye any opposed see two opposed we have a citation for the Italian Progressive Club too much to adopt second motion to adopt the citation has

been made by Council Pereira second by Council Kadeem all in favor aye any opposed motion codes citations adopted of the police chief's report on licenses please support licenses as we made by Council Kadeem seconded by Council Pereira all in favor aye any opposed motion is adopted we have applications for the renewal of auto repair shop licenses motion to adopt second who made the motion I'm sorry

Carlton's motion is made by constancy seconded by Council Pereira all in favor aye any opposed motion carries item 15 as they request for the transfer of an auto repair shop license motion approved motion to approve to adopt Hazard made by Council Pereira second by contrapodon all in favor aye any opposed motion carries I'm 16 is a claim motion afford Corporation Council motion for the

Corporation Council has been done by Council proposal second by Consular Pereira all in favor aye on opposed motion carries item 17 is an open meeting law complaint motion refer to Corporation Council motion for the Corporation Council was made by Council proposal and seconded by Council Peloton all in favor aye aye any opposed motion carries item 18 is an open meeting law complaint

promotionally Fair cooperation Council second most refer to Corporation Council has been made by constances six counts Pereira seconded by constancy one Council kadim all in favor aye aye any opposed motion carries and item 19 is also an open meeting law complete motion or refer to Corporation Council second most refer to Corporation has been made by constant seat seven Council proposal

seconded by Council seat six counts of prayer all in favor aye any opposed motion carries item 20 is the Fall River Public Library's annual report we'll see accepting place on file second motion has been made by contacted him except that placed on file seconded by Council vice president Dion uh on the motion consumed six counts program I just want to take this opportunity I did go

through the annual report but I have to say the Fall River Public Library is doing so much they have so many activities um so many different kinds of meetings and they just had something last Thursday for introduction to meditation and I would suggest all my colleagues it's good meditate it's really good um but they just have a lot to do they had something on Stephen King they do a

lot for kids and ironically I saw where Dan Medeiros who works at The Herald news his daughter referred to David Mello as being the owner of the library because uh he's he is the eyes of the library but I just want to kudos to that entire committee that works on Library they're doing a phenomenal job with that I yield thank you counselor seven coach proposal yeah I'm gonna Echo with my colleagues in seat six said

about the library they're doing a fabulous job and I've asked the administration to see if they can assist the library and kind of putting out more publicly what the library is doing because they're some great programs and kudos to the individual wrote this report it's fabulous the one thing I am going to ask though and I did speak to Seth the other day about the bookmobile I don't know if you want to provide an

update on the status of where we're at with that if I could I have to waive the rules down we'll have to wave the rules I haven't come down and provide about the bookmobile or emotionally the rules second motion has been made to waive the rules we'll have a brief discussion please literally it's probably 10 seconds okay to be honest ly motion Awakening rules has been made by second proposal second by Council

Pereira all in favor all right any opposed come on down Seth so the bookmobile um will be delivered on July 1st 2023 it's a delay from where uh that date was it's just sort of like many other things uh supplies chain issues and getting the vehicle outfitted uh that said they've already made provision for drivers and for roots and everything else and it's going to be great when it happens uh but

it'll be mid-summer of uh of next year okay thank you sir thank you thank you motion to adopt has remaining second it all in favor aye any opposed and on that note Council the city council of meditation will begin 45 minutes prior to all meetings going forward item 21 are minutes of the zoning Board of Appeals what's an acceptance second by Council Pereira all in favor aye any opposed

oh she carries we have minutes of the city council public hearing held on September 13th motion to approve motion to approve second public care is made by Council kadim seconded by Council vice president Dion all in favor aye any opposed motion counties whereas within our community there is an increased concern of the access to housing in the city and whereas if left unaddressed can lead to increased

homelessness and other life-changing circumstances whereas Community organizations provide many supports and services to the community and whereas these organizations would like to educate the public on these important topics now therefore be resolved that the committee on Human Services housing Youth and Elder Affairs meet with local community organizations to provide information and guidance to the Greater

Community on this important issue motion to adapt it's looking to adopt the resolution Cisco's prayers and second second second by the sponsor of the resolution Council in seat seven controposal yeah real brief um you know just a lot of conversation going on and obviously we're facing this large problem so there are a lot of great resources in the city and I want to try to bring them together

in the subcommittee to educate the public of what's available and how to help how we can reach out to more people Moshe has been made and seconded to adopt all in favor aye aye any opposed motion carries where as many citizens have expressed concern over the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority referendum and the pros and cons for a yes or no vote and whereas a yes vote will impose a

financial obligation for the city of Fall River go to it though to what extent is not known and the result of a novel is unclear and whereas the question shall simply read shall this city be added to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and whereas there will be no question summary or any pros and cons statement or discussion to assist the voters in educating themselves prior to

Casting their ballot as to what the results of the vote will be now therefore be a resolved that the request be made for representatives of the MBTA to come to Fall River to hold a public forum to clarify what a yes or no vote means and to answer any questions voters may have motion to adopt them Dion yeah I just my purpose of writing this resolution is I don't think anybody should be voting blind especially on

something of the significance um I've been informed tonight that the MBTA apparently sent an email somewhat clarifying um what a yes or no vote would would mean and how would impact the city my concern is how do we get it out to the public how do we let people know and educate themselves prior to placing the vote you know there are people who would say this has been coming for 30 years and people

have wanted it for 30 years but it's it's significant and it is definitely gonna greatly impact the city of Fall River it's going to change Fall River for forever so it's a matter of just getting information to the public so they can feel comfortable when they go into the into the voting booth and place their vote for the MBTA with that I yield thank you Council motion has remain second all in favor aye any opposed

ocean countries committee on finance at a meeting held on September 27th voted unanimously to recommend that the accompanying resolution be referred to the full Council for Action this was the resolution from this evening's Finance meeting relating to the use of body cameras by the Fall River Police Department and motion give the enemies to which one second motion if you leave two judgment

when it comes to see one council could demon seconded by Council vice president Council on C2 Council Dion all in favor aye aye any opposed motion carries the committee on finance at a meeting held on September 27th voted unanimously to recommend that the accompanying resolution be referred to the full Council for action and this is the second item which was the resolution to provide an update on the timeline for

the distribution of covid-19 premium pay motion Grant leads to a second motion these withdrawals are made by councilor kadim and seconded by culture proposal all in favor aye any opposed motion carries Cuts will take a two minute recess so the audiences can be signed

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and click last before you is for Passage through its final ordination the miscellaneous traffic ordinance motion pass through Ordnance cycle to be our James well how ocean is a demon second by constant seat seven count proposal all in favor aye any opposed motion carries have the um passage to be ordained as amended abolishing the board of fire Commissioners motion it has to be ordained as a mental second

proposal all in favor aye any opposed motion carries we have the proposed ordinance to abolish the board of police to pass to be ordained as amended second well Pastor do you ordained as amendment has been made by constitute one councilman seconded by constitute seven count proposal all in favor aye any opposed motion carries the ordinance to establish the position of director of

City operation operations to pass to be ordained as amended motion passed to be ordained as Amendment second motion to pass a demon seconded by Council today Council Washington all in favor aye aye any opposed ocean carries um Mr President yes I thought that councilman C2 had opposed that earlier did I just didn't want it to slip by the real yeah no it was the salaries okay thank you though no problem

the ordinance relating to the salaries schedule for contract Personnel to pass to be ordained as amended a second motion post ordained azerman has been made by Council C1 who's seconded that counts second by counting C seven count proposal all in favor aye opposed accountancy two Council vice president Tiana post and lastly we have the proposed ordinance which is the salary schedule

for executive officers department heads and non-union Personnel to pass to be ordained as amended motion opacity ordained as amended second motion passage we made an accountancy one Council demon seconded by Council seat seven Council proposal all in favor aye opposed constancy or any opposed accountancy two Council vice president Diana post you made some changes customary second and fourth Tuesday of

every month it was changed to the 15th and the 29th because of there was an election that day but also one of the councils has a conflict down to 50 that would change it to so I would at this point entertain a motion to go back to the original dates which is the second and fourth Tuesday of the month in November some of the dates are the November 8th and November 22nd I believe

meetings in November to the original dates on November 8th and the 22nd has been made by concert around a second by constitute one Council kadim all in favor any opposed motion carries motion to adjourn has been made by counting C1 second second country six counts prayer all in favor on the opposed meaning is now adjourned good night everyone

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