1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Morad, requesting that Department of Public Infrastructure Commissioner Jamie Ponte provide the Committee on Finance with a summary report detailing current and past due Commercial, Industrial, Municipal and Residential accounts for Water and Wastewater billings as of January 31, 2022, said report shall include comparable information for the periods of March 2021 and August 2021.  (To be Referred to the Committee on Finance.) (Ref’d 02/10/2022)

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting, that the Department of Public Infrastructure Commissioner, Jamie Ponte, appear before the City Council’s Committee on Finance to discuss the department’s water shut-off policies and payment procedures. (Ref’d 04/28/2022)

3. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, Councillors Lima, Markey and Morad, requesting that the Mitchell Administration and the Department of Public Infrastructure establish a payment plan for all past due / outstanding water and sewer bills incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the payment plan shall be structured so that all past due amounts are paid in full by the end of April 2022; and further that details of the payment plan along with the verbiage being sent to the rate payers be shared with the members of the New Bedford City Council within the next 30 days. (To be Referred to the Mitchell Administration and the Committee on Finance.) (Ref’d 04/08/2021) (5/17/2021 – tabled until after the Budget Hearings) (09/13/2021 – tabled 60 days)

4. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting an email and spreadsheet from CFO Sky regarding the City’s current COVID-19 Expenses as of June 5th. (To be Referred to the Committee on Finance) (Ref’d 06/25/2020) (10/19/2020 – tabled; updated spreadsheet requested from CFO Sky) (10/20/2020 – updated spreadsheet sent to all Councillors via email by CFO Sky) (02/08/2021 – updated spreadsheet sent to all Councillors via email by CFO Sky) (02/10/2021 – tabled) (8/10/2021 – updated spreadsheet provided by CFO’s Office, sent to all Councillors via email) (8/16/2021 – tabled) (11/24/2021 – updated spreadsheet provided by CFO’s Office, distributed to all Councillors) (11/29/2021 – tabled 3 months)