11.10.2026 City Council - Ordinances and Legislation

Fall River City Council Ordinances and Legislation meeting, titled November 10, 2026 (metadata timestamp: November 11 UTC). The committee discussed the City Council’s access to independent outside legal counsel. Members described a memorandum of agreement providing for an outside municipal law firm to give the council an independent legal opinion, with three firms to be identified through a mutually agreed process. Funding for representation was noted, but no firm was selected or contract awarded at this meeting. A motion to table the proposed ordinance striking City Code §2-33, which concerns authority to retain outside counsel, passed 3–2 pending further information and discussion with the Corporation Counsel.

The committee also advanced several traffic and parking ordinances, including a King Street restriction prohibiting parking at all times, and approved measures concerning timed parking, loading zones, and handicap parking. A Wilson Road parking proposal was tabled and referred back to the Traffic Board for review, including consideration of business hours and enforcement. Separately, an ordinance relocating the mayor’s chief of staff position to a political appointments salary schedule passed first reading; $60,000 was discussed as a placeholder pending a salary comparison study.