Transcript
Welcome to Fall River Now. Here’s your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government.
Tonight at 5:30, the Conservation Commission meets to take up several major project filings. Agenda items include an after-the-fact restoration plan on New Street from Weaver’s Cove Industrial Park, a National Grid proposal to separate power lines onto paired monopoles across the Taunton River, and bulkhead repairs with dredging on Shaw Street for McAllister Towing. Commissioners will also discuss an update on Bell Rock Road, outstanding enforcement orders, and the possible adoption of a new fee structure.
Tuesday morning at 8:00, the Tax Increment Financing Board reviews three tax increment exemption agreement requests. The applications cover property at 138 Hartwell Street for the Thomas Alva Edison Building, 109 Howe Street for Charlton Mill Lofts, and 650 Plymouth Avenue for Connell Lofts.
Tuesday evening at 5:00, the City Council Committee on Ordinances and Legislation takes up a packed agenda. Councilors will discuss a proposal to restrict heavy commercial vehicles on Wilson Road, fines exceeding 250 dollars for unauthorized curb removals, and a planned compensation study with the Human Resources department. Also on the docket: splitting the City Operations Department into separate Community Maintenance and Facilities Maintenance departments, a proposed mandate to record all public meetings, and potential updates to the city’s noise ordinance.
Also Tuesday at 5:30, the Fall River Sewer Commission considers two substantial contracts with engineering firm Wright Pierce. These include nearly 979 thousand dollars for the Alden Street roadway reconstruction and more than 232 thousand dollars for Ferry Street sewer pump station rehabilitation work.
Tuesday at 6:30, the Watuppa Water Board reviews lead service line replacement agreements totaling over 240 thousand dollars between contracts with Woodard and Curran and Ferreira Construction. The board will also examine leak abatement requests and a license agreement with the Copicut Rifle Association.
Also at 6:30 Tuesday evening, the School Committee’s Evaluation Subcommittee meets. The panel plans to enter executive session to interview and consider candidates for the confidential administrative assistant position.
Wednesday evening at 5:30, the Board of Park Commissioners considers several community requests, including a proposal from Director of Veterans’ Services Talos Farris to host the annual Veterans Day Parade at Kennedy Park. Commissioners will also review cemetery rules and regulations, requests for metal detecting and pickleball use, and a support letter for a Community Preservation Act project to build a BMX track at Britland Park.
On Thursday at 4:30 in the afternoon, the Fall River Housing Authority board meets. Agenda items include updated payment standards for federal Section 8 housing, modernizing apartment smoke alarms and panel systems, and the purchase of a 2026 Ford Transit cargo van for the facilities department.
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In this episode
- Conservation Commission @ 5:30PM
- Tax Increment Financing Board @8:00 a.m.
- City Council Committee on Ordinances and Legislation @ 5:00 p.m.
- Fall River Sewer Commission @5:30 pm
- Watuppa Water Board@6:30 PM
- Fall River Public Schools Evaluation Subcommittee @ 6:30 p.m.
- Board of Park Commissioners @5:30p.m.
- Fall River Housing Authority @4:30 p.m.