OPENING OF SESSION BY: 2024 CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NAOMI R.A. CARNEY
PRAYER LED BY: DEACONESS DONNA BRITTO, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHURCH
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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1. COMMUNICATION, 2024 City Council President Carney, notifying of Organizational Meeting of City Council to be held on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall
a. Organization of the City Council for the year 2025 – Election of President.
b. Reappointments of Assistant City Solicitors for 2025.
c. Reappointments of Weighers of Merchandise for 2025.
d. Reappointment of Legal Counsel to the City Council for 2025.
2. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, submitting the REAPPOINTMENT of ATTORNEY OWEN MURPHY, Dartmouth, MA as Assistant City Solicitor for a one-year term expiring December 31, 2025.
3. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, submitting the REAPPOINTMENT of ATTORNEY MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON, Little Compton, RI as Assistant City Solicitor for a one-year term expiring December 31, 2025.
4. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, submitting the REAPPOINTMENTS of IAN MCNAUGHT, Lakeville, MA, ZACHARY DIROCCO, Wareham, MA and JOSEPH RIOUX, Fall River, MA as WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE for a one-year term expiring December 31, 2025, from L & S Industries, Inc.
5. WRITTEN MOTION, 2024 Council President Carney, submitting the REAPPOINTMENT of ATTORNEY DAVID J. GERWATOWSKI, New Bedford, MA 02745, as LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TO THE CITY COUNCIL for a one-year term, expiring December 31, 2025.
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