7.         REPORT, Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on the WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods Chairman and the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods challenge the Police Department to participate in the National Lip-Sync challenge that has swept America; including our Fire Department, EMS and Emergency Management and more importantly the youth and adults of the community; and further that the Public Safety & Neighborhoods Chair along with any member of the Committee and the Public Relations Officer for the New Bedford Police Department, Lt. Nathaniel Rodriguez, work together to see this becomes a reality and puts the City and New Bedford’s Police Department and the Emergency Personnel in our community in the national spotlight and also the opportunity to showcase our community as one; and further, that Cable Access assist in the filming and editing if the City takes the opportunity.

7a.       WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods Chairman and the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods challenge the Police Department to participate in the National Lip-Sync challenge that has swept America; including our Fire Department, EMS and Emergency Management and more importantly the youth and adults of the community; and further that the Public Safety & Neighborhoods Chair along with any member of the Committee and the Public Relations Officer for the New Bedford Police Department, Lt. Nathaniel Rodriguez, work together to see this becomes a reality and puts the City and New Bedford’s Police Department and the Emergency Personnel in our community in the national spotlight and also the opportunity to showcase our community as one; and further, that Cable Access assist in the filming and editing if the City takes the opportunity. (Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods – August 16, 2018.)