Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Meeting Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Fall River Redevelopment Authority: Key votes on minutes, warrant, staff pay, expansion and executive session
Summary
At its Feb. 26, 2025 meeting the Fall River Redevelopment Authority approved meeting minutes and a warrant, authorized an employment amendment for a staff member, approved a commercial expansion at 615 Innovation Way and voted to enter executive session to discuss real-estate negotiations.
The Fall River Redevelopment Authority on Feb. 26 approved several routine and substantive items including open-session minutes, a warrant for February disbursements, an amendment to a staff employment agreement, an expansion at 615 Innovation Way and a motion to enter executive session for real-estate negotiations.
The board voted to approve the open-session minutes for the Jan. 22, 2025 meeting after a motion and second; recorded votes were John Erickson, yes; Ron Rusin, yes; Joan Maderas, yes; Ben Feidelberg, yes; and Anne Keane, yes. The board then approved a warrant for February 2025. The warrant amount reported on the meeting documents was $132,009.51; during the motion a different figure was spoken ($132,951.33). The board voted on the warrant with recorded yes votes from John Erickson, Ron Rusin, Joan Maderas, Ben Feidelberg and Anne Keane.
The authority authorized an amendment to the employment agreement of Karen Martin, the project's manager, that included a 5% pay increase and three additional vacation days. The motion to authorize the chair to sign the amendment passed with recorded yes votes from John Erickson, Ron Rusin and Joan Maderas; vote records for other members were not spoken into the record during that roll call.
The board approved a proposed commercial expansion at 615 Innovation Way (no exceptions to existing covenants requested). The motion carried; recorded yes votes included John Erickson, Ron Rusin, Joan Maderas, Ben Feidelberg and (a) Keane (recorded as yes).
Finally, the authority voted to enter executive session to approve executive-session minutes from Jan. 22, 2025 and to discuss strategy for potential real-estate transactions involving property at 45 Animal Street and the Naval Street Corridor. The motion to move into executive session and not return to open session passed by recorded roll call: John Erickson, yes; Ron Rusin, yes; Joan Maderas, yes; Ben Feidelberg, yes; and Keane, yes.
The meeting then adjourned into executive session and did not return to open session.
