CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Thursday, October 20, 2016
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OPENING OF SESSION BY
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LINDA M. MORAD
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1.     CITATIONS, Councillor Martins, honoring the New Bedford Housing Authority Baseball Team, Members JOEY POENTE, JARED ACHORN, SETH ALLAIRE, JAIDEN BUTLER, KYLE CHARBONNEAU, NICK DEXTRADEUR, JACOB FERREIRA, KYLE LANCASTER, IAN MEDEIROS, MATT MORRIS, ISAIAH OSTIGUY, BRUCE PICHE, BEN PLOURDE, CHRIS REZENDES, JACK SEFRINO, Head Coach, ANTHONY POENTE, JR., Assistant Coaches, JON PLOURDE, CHRIS DEXTRADEUR, JIMMY LANCASTER, KARL ACHORN, MARK  MORRIS and BRIAN SEFRINO, in  recognition of their winning the Greater New Bedford PONY League Championship - 2016.
2.     CITATIONS, Councillor Bousquet, honoring United States Army Brotherhood of Tankers, 4th Battalion, Burt’s Knights, Abrams Company Members, JIM BAGDON, PAUL SOUZA, WIL COREY, PAT BOWEN, JIM NORIAN, TOM MASTERSON, CHRIS LEBLANC, STEVE MILLER, DAVE WIESNER, PAUL BEAULIEU, GREGG POMERLEAU, JORDAN ROUILLIER, BILL HIGGINS, BRIAN MESSIER, JUAN RAMOS, JOHN KOSTKA, CHUCK KENNEALLY and JOHN DELCORE, in recognition of their volunteer service and tremendous gift of restoring our three tank memorials to City Veterans.
3.     CITATION, Councillors Abreu, Bousquet, Carney, Coelho, Gomes, Lopes, Martins, Council President Morad, Councillors Oliveira, Rebeiro and Winterson, honoring the EDITORS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, REPORTERS and ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF of The Standard-Times in recognition of being honored as THE 2016 NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR by the New England Newspaper and Press Association.
4.     CITATION, Councillor Gomes, honoring DR. MICHAEL J. ROCHA, in recognition of the New Bedford Wellness Initiative, making our community a healthier place for all.

5.         CITATION, Councillor Lopes, honoring the NEW BEDFORD YOUNG MARINES, in recognition of their National Anti -Drug Effort and Awareness Campaign, Red Ribbon Week, October 22 – October 29, 2016.  (Adopted, to be presented at a later date.)

6.     RESOLUTION, Council President Morad, honoring SPINNER PUBLICATIONS, INC., on the occasion of the celebration of their thirty-fifth anniversary.