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City Council confirms Shara Raposa as Director of Zoological Services
Summary
The New Bedford City Council voted 8–1 on May 22 to confirm the mayor’s appointment of Shara Raposa as Director of Zoological Services. Raposa was sworn in at the meeting.
The New Bedford City Council confirmed Shara Raposa as Director of Zoological Services on Thursday, May 22, voting 8–1 to adopt the mayor’s appointment order and waive the council's notice rules.
Councilor Joseph Lopes made the motion to adopt the order as presented, which Councilor Ian Abreu seconded. The motion passed on a roll call vote with eight members in favor and one opposed. The Council President handled the roll call and announced the outcome.
Raposa then came to the dais and took the oath of office before the council. During the brief, formal swearing-in she repeated the oath to “faithfully and impartially perform my duties as Director of Zoological Services in accordance with the laws, the Constitution of the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the charter and ordinances of the City of New Bedford,” and concluded with “So help me God.”
The council motion had asked to waive council rules to allow immediate adoption of the appointment. The roll-call tally was announced at the meeting; the motion passed eight to one. Councilor Linda Morad cast the single recorded no vote; the transcript did not record an explanation for that vote.
The appointment was submitted to the council in Mayor Mitchell's mayor's papers (item M1). The record at the meeting shows the mayor transmitted the appointment to the council and the council followed its usual procedure for confirmation and swearing-in.
The council did not discuss management plans or operational changes for the city's zoological services during the confirmation; the action at the meeting was limited to the appointment and the oath of office.
