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Key outcomes included:

- Loan order (New Business Item 2): The council passed, 9 to 2, a loan order appropriating $9,320,249 to make repairs to city-owned buildings and related capital work. Councilor Perera moved and Councilor Giesta seconded; a roll-call vote was recorded and the clerk announced passage 9 to 2.

- Ordinance amendment (Item 3): An ordinance amending Chapter 17, Section 17-14 (telephonic and burglar alarm systems) was ordained on a motion by Councilor Perera and seconded by Councilor Lopes; the clerk announced passage 11 to 0.

- Personnel/transfer orders and budget items (Items 12–19): The council followed committee recommendations and approved several transfers from free cash to cover departmental purchase-of-service and personnel accounts. Recorded results included: Item 12 (assessor services) passed 10–1; Item 13 (workers’ compensation) adopted by voice vote; Item 14 (MIS) passed 9–1; Item 16 (public infrastructure) passed 9–2; Item 17 (solicitor services) passed 7–4; Item 18 (fire personal services) adopted by voice vote; Item 19 (waste collection and disposal, amended) passed 7–4. Motions followed committee recommendations and roll calls were requested where noted.

- Appointments and reappointments: Several mayoral reappointments and appointments were granted or referred. Reappointments M5–M9 were granted 11–0. Multiple constable appointments and renewals (items 5–11) were referred to or approved by the committee on appointments and briefings as listed in the record.

- Other routine business: The council received and placed on file M3 (transfer of $12,500 within cable access), approved a private sidewalk/awning encroachment for Mee Hong restaurant at 120 Cove Street, granted a livery license renewal (JSR Transportation LLC), referred a request for a streetlight at 37 Maryland Street to the Department of Public Infrastructure, and received the Community Preservation Committee’s submission on the Acushnet River Rowing Center dock and referred it to finance.

Most items were adopted on motions to follow committee recommendations or by voice vote, with roll-call votes recorded where requested.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","New Bedford - City Council - Apr 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its March 27 meeting the New Bedford City Council approved a $9.32 million loan order for city building repairs, adopted an alarm ordinance amendment, approved multiple transfers from free cash, granted reappointments/appointments and handled routine licenses and referrals.","taxTitle","New Bedford City, Bristol County, Massachusetts","taxId",5758,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578937,"Council votes 7-4 to take no further action on mayor’s request to reconsider preliminary election date",152,543000,695000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337&start=543&end=695","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337/thumbnail_543000.jpg","/articles/6578937/New-Bedford-City/Bristol-County/Massachusetts/Council-votes-7-4-to-take-no-further-action-on-mayors-request-to-reconsider-preliminary-election-date","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578937-55550b889d220ab129614acc07eea3aa/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192529&Signature=litwIn9hoo5weyo-2XwaZ5qeKhk3Zt1tg919aeqY~NLPVX7KxUTIPUfJcO8Yak5wMyCfwAB~qnhTBHEnxddhImZVgc8~XjXlSq4jG~NHBryA1S8yEt4cCB26KduXBtgwQReTVcgcsSTd4u4Rl~zXYbXz4~eWiFuR0Y0D86kBeF9EbBKy6Sp1xkH8WK972lEsHNrTGILohNhvfJ0OayWg47RU3vHmpNT~Wx7FOY6rOu8aeWs~QGhct0~7jpmM4dzNWIjFDgq0iQ73zxC929ToFfXTEYAZke2IKPv5wGm8zlpL~w8dQxyHHkCjnJspEWhpAnvBwVcSnLAv0aHWG5YBjQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The New Bedford City Council voted 7-4 on March 27 to take no further action on M4, a mayoral communication asking the council to reconsider the Board of Election Commissioners’ recommendation that the 2025 preliminary election be held Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

Councilor Burger delivered an extended floor statement urging the council to change course and not stick with a date he said would effectively end local mail-in voting and disenfranchise voters who rely on it. \"If even one voter feels that they were denied access, opening ourselves up to litigation? Are we risking the integrity of this election just to stick with a date that doesn't serve the needs of our voters?\" Burger said. He described voters who rely on mail ballots — an 84-year-old South End resident, a third-shift worker and a single mother — and framed the decision as a choice between \"people over politics.\"

Following the speech the council took a roll-call vote. The transcript records several recorded votes during the roll call: Councilor Ian Abreu (yes), Councilor Derek Baptiste (yes), Councilor Sean Oliver (yes) and Councilor Perera (no). The clerk announced the motion passed 7 to 4. The motion on the floor was to take no further action on M4; the council therefore declined to proceed with reconsideration at this meeting.

Councilors did not place additional conditions or set a new reconsideration date during the session. The record shows the motion to take no further action on M4 had a first and second; the presiding officer then called the roll.","After a lengthy floor speech opposing the change, the council voted 7-4 to take no further action on M4, the mayor’s request to reconsider the Board of Election Commissioners’ recommendation to hold the 2025 preliminary election on Sept. 16.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578941,"Mayor’s twin loan orders for water system and CSO control referred to finance committee",64,401000,465000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337&start=401&end=465","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337/thumbnail_401000.jpg","/articles/6578941/New-Bedford-City/Bristol-County/Massachusetts/Mayors-twin-loan-orders-for-water-system-and-CSO-control-referred-to-finance-committee","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578941-511f929b9a2e3b42872eca10bfb51049/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192529&Signature=eVUYuM~AQjYMcl5UnXNW6MdslNROfd64~okF6YldclMm4-xdsO4v-G6ke4egznQwM7ANpGm05LWohcbqII6tDfyx9~tnwECKRDx6nwu7~b84ySSoLKXR2cnLYXHNtgXlcY7UgcTZXaZHvr7vw58T5l5Id9~FhKqWf-9Jo51hgbyYHQbD7obHwUciXl3EMOin8ner99DHnPYsVZoXr1D8eztm~aUslpSEppWwDS2k9wVjBHCNiZTzO44GikgdYl2ATNGFfxZVWJ42N-2RMbjvZ8Mn3qmMCiZSZjLPLD2oTAk9K1sNglO2tam1XJOaz6b7ztC4YUPGqsw-Cn8G3jiD1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The New Bedford City Council on March 27 received two loan orders from Mayor Mitchell and voted to refer both items to the Committee on Finance for review.

M1 requests a $38,100,000 borrowing to pay costs associated with capital planning and construction of water distribution and treatment system improvements, including a lead service abatement program, transition main inspection program and other system improvements. M2 requests a $32,200,000 borrowing to pay costs tied to projects described in the city’s long-term CSO control and capital improvements plan, including wastewater collection system and pump station improvements, flood-control structure work, water quality improvements and CSO abatement.

The clerk read both communications and their associated orders together at the start of the evening’s mayor’s papers. Councilor Linda Morad moved to receive and place on file and to refer M1, M1A, M2 and M2A to the Committee on Finance; Councilor Joseph Lopes seconded the motion. The presiding officer called for a voice vote and announced the ayes had it.

The items were placed on file and referred; no public testimony or extended debate occurred at the council meeting. The Committee on Finance will consider the loan orders in a future meeting, where staff presentations, legal reviews and a roll-call vote are expected.","Mayor Mitchell submitted two loan orders — $38.1 million for water distribution/treatment improvements and $32.2 million for combined sewer overflow (CSO) control and wastewater projects — and the city council voted to refer both to the Committee on Finance.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578946,"City council approves Eversource work to install conduit for new lighting cabinet on Warren Street",103,196000,299000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337&start=196&end=299","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3118463-407ae8167207f7287d5b16a6cf0df337/thumbnail_196000.jpg","/articles/6578946/New-Bedford-City/Bristol-County/Massachusetts/City-council-approves-Eversource-work-to-install-conduit-for-new-lighting-cabinet-on-Warren-Street","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578946-5296fef21f189e6a8403ec27744df693/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192529&Signature=NzBA~bYgPjtmtsNzxjMy1lgiyDfVpjzFmjQ52wlk5tccLtvTFe6YG4MyiGV1Lrc0a-u2vTrYNPRwcroJfhdNztZ6NknW2R9ajTo6PENb-2Y46VDcwObRzofzqq74X~qxlVP5TY43dXgr6q7Fu~DAvMHHNTKSgQBJIvwXAuNFha4LuugCCURFDkT0DzWdlzekpq25jDXLLjSVbWWkyLLo3n5BNN6d0cBcv4e7veNkfgXu5wQloX4iGHP-Hn3-3RrCpXEM0vtML3hdvIXLKu8RzFGu9bvcqYDzVRw3raC~VlZdngcUaQJ~e01psoqbiJ91P0d7adsbh4IyzKKlm-8tjQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The New Bedford City Council on March 27 approved a petition from NSTAR Electric Company, doing business as Eversource Energy, to install one handhole and roughly 27 feet of conduit on Warren Street to provide electric service to a new city lighting control cabinet.

The petition was presented as part of a public hearing called by the council. Jessica Elder, representing Eversource, told the council the work will begin at an existing handhole on Rodney French Boulevard, expose one of three spare ducts and proceed underneath Rodney French onto Warren Street. She said the work is intended to serve a new city lighting cabinet on the north side of Warren Street, near the corner of Rodney French Boulevard, and estimated the work would take one to two days. \"So the work should take one to two days,\" Elder said.

Councilors received the petition, opened the public hearing and, after no speakers registered in favor or opposition, closed the hearing. The council then voted to adopt the order as presented. The motion to receive and place on file and open the public hearing was made by Councilor Joseph Lopes and seconded by Councilor Sean Oliver. A later motion to adopt the order was made by Councilor Lopes and seconded by Councilor Oliver; the presiding officer announced “the ayes have it.”

During the hearing the council asked whether the work would disrupt electric service. Councilor Linda Morad asked, \"Do you expect any disruption to service?\" Elder replied the duct work involves spare ducts and she did not expect a service disruption.

The order appears on the council docket as the company’s work order number 19236642 and was adopted without recorded opposition.","The New Bedford City Council held and closed a public hearing and approved an Eversource petition to install a handhole and about 27 feet of conduit on Warren Street to serve a new city lighting cabinet.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Council approves building repairs loan, transfers, appointments and ordinance amendments

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