This is the meeting of the Fall River Commission on Disability for Wednesday, June 24th, uh 2026. This is a conference call meeting and pursuant to the open meeting law,
any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised
that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledgeable. Okay, roll call.
>> Chairwoman and Ms. Paul Sally? >> Present. >> Commissioner Lisa Silva? >> Present. >> Commissioner Dan Robillard? >> Present. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza? >> Present. >> Vice Chair, um Chairwoman and
Commissioner uh Debbie Ptico and Katie Driscoll will be out today. >> And Katie Katie Driscoll was also um is also out today. And they both informed me. Okay, um public input. Is there any
public input? Is there any public input? Is there any public input? I'm going to go ahead and um I don't know if we need a motion for this, but I'm going to go ahead >> Can I make a motion to move all the
voting items to the top of the agenda, please? So, we're essentially taking the agenda out of order to start with all voting items. >> Okay, do I hear a second to that motion? >> I'll second that. >> Okay, uh roll call vote.
Commissioner Dennis Polselli? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Alicia Silva? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Robillard? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza? >> Yes. >> Okay, the first item to vote on
is under the the um the web the web access work group and it's an it's a item to have the Diamond Regional Vocational Technical High School assume management of the Disability Commission website in
September. Do I hear Do I hear a second to the motion? >> Motion with a question. >> Okay, just to get the matter onto the floor. Okay, do I hear a second to that?
>> I'll second. >> Okay, questions. >> Very briefly. Uh are are are we Do we know what our assumed cost is going to be for this, Mr. Chairman? >> There's only a cost for Bluehost to host, but there will be no cost for
Diamond. >> Very good, thank you. Thank you. >> I yield. >> Okay. >> Motion will adopt. >> Are there any other questions or discussion? Okay, hearing none. Roll call. >> Commissioner Dennis Polselli?
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Alicia Silva? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Robillard? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza? >> Yes. >> Okay, the second item would be to allocate um
for the for 3 years not not it's not three it's not uh it's not per year it's it's the whole for the whole 3 years to allocate a total of 1,100 uh $15.63
for Bluehost to host the website for the next 3 years. >> Yes, Mr. Chairman. >> Yes. >> I make a motion to amend that to $2,000 based on a conversation that I had with our accountant.
>> Okay. Um do I hear a second to We're going to vote on the amendment first, you guys. So, do I hear a second to the amendment? >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Chairman Dennis Nardelli.
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Lisa Silva. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Rover. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza. >> Yes. >> Okay, so now we will vote on the motion the new amended motion to allocate
$2,000 to Bluehost for the hosting of our website for the next 3 years. Uh is there any Are there any questions? Now, I'll entertain a roll call vote. >> We need a second. >> Oh, is there a second to that motion? We
need a second to the motion. >> I'll second. >> Well, who made the motion, Sandy? >> Dennis. >> Okay, I second. >> No, no, no, I I I introduced it. I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> Okay, then we need someone to make the
motion and then second it. >> Yeah, we need somebody to make the motion. The chair's not supposed to make the motion. I just simply introduced. >> Can Can we re- Can we restart? I I motion that we allocate $2,000 for the purpose of website expenses.
>> Okay, I apologize you guys for the confusion. Okay, who seconded? Anybody seconded? >> Commissioner O'Neal Souza. >> Okay. All right. Now Now, are there any questions or discussion? >> Mr. Chairman, very briefly.
>> Yep. >> $2,000 uh uh [clears throat] the This may not all go to Bluehost, but there may be other associated expenses with the website. So, that's why we're
doing $2,000 to be safe. If we don't use it, uh it doesn't come out of our account. But >> Okay. >> The number on the agenda is definitely incorrect. Uh the amount for Bluehost will definitely be more than the number
on the agenda. >> Okay. >> I have a question. Is that issued in one lump sum for 3 years or is there an amount per year? >> No. It It It's It's one lump sum. Uh whatever
the total will be, uh but there's there's uh different parts to it. You have a domain, you have security, there There's a whole bunch of features, but it The price is inclusive of everything.
>> Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Are there any more questions or discussion? Okay, I will entertain a roll call vote. >> Commissioner Donis Pacelli. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Lisa Silva. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Robillard.
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza. >> Yes. >> Okay, and just two more quick items to vote on. The first is um several commissioners have suggested that in addition to taking July off, we
take the month of August off with the work groups continuing to operate during the summer and report back to the full commission in September. This does nothing um to the chapter uh 40 section
8J. It simply means that the commission will be meeting nine times a year. Um taking December for the holidays and taking July and August. So, you'll be meeting nine times a year. So, I need a motion for that.
>> Motion to uh not meet in the month of August. >> Okay, do I hear a second to the motion? >> Second. >> Okay, are there any questions and discussion? Okay, I'll entertain a roll call vote.
>> Chairman Dennis Paul Celley. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Alisa Silva. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Robillard. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Anna O'Neil Souza. >> Yes. >> Okay.
And the final vote would be to a vote to approve the minutes for the meeting of May 13th, 2020 13. Do I hear a a motion and then a second? >> Motion to approve the minutes for the Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Disability Commission. >> Okay. Do I hear a second? >> Okay. >> Second. >> Um are there any questions or discussion? Roll call. >> Chairman Dennis Paul Celley. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Lisa Silva? >> Yes.
>> Commissioner Dan Robillard? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Anna O'Neil Souza? >> Yes. >> Okay. We'll go back to the next item, which is the ADA update. Um I shared with all of you
um two documents. The first are the changes in the polling places that was recommended to the City Council. Uh which I'll I'll turn over to Dan in a minute. Um uh I I had some uh issues going on and I
couldn't make last night's City Council meeting, but um uh and the second document I shared was the letter uh supporting the recommendation of the Election Commission um to make changes to polling places.
Um and last night the City Council dealt with all of those. Now there was there were some time-sensitive issues, so I I couldn't um I couldn't um have the commission vote
on the letter that I wrote to the um you know, to the City Council, but um I was hoping and I am hoping that with Danny and I with Commissioner Dan Robillard and I um touring the sites all
the sites with the Election Commission and a couple of other agencies that that you you had the confidence in us representing the commission in all of this process in all of this project. So, does anybody have any questions on
the changes? Uh actually, let me turn it over to Dan to report on last night's City Council meeting. I hope I'm not putting you on the spot. >> No. Uh Commissioner [clears throat] Anna O'Neil Souza and uh, along with uh elected Commissioner
Ryan Williams spoke before the committee on finance uh, in which all of these matters uh, >> [clears throat] >> were later addressed by the full council and it's my understanding, although I was a bit confused by the original
action uh, at the finance committee, uh, it is my understanding that all of those actions uh, were handled and voted favorably by the council uh, in the full council later in the evening.
>> There's just one thing just to fill in the detail um, that I did not that was not in the proposed recommendations that was sent to the city council, but I understand the city council dealt with it later and that's regarding the Liberal Club. >> Yeah.
>> Um, >> They >> Do you want to say something? >> with the homeless they they dealt with the They dealt with the homeless possession at the same time um, as they dealt with the other matters that are
that were before the full council. Uh, a city adminis- acting city administrator and commission member on behalf of the mayor Ann O'Neill Souza can can add or correct me if I misspoke, but that's my understanding of what I
witnessed last night. >> No, I I I believe that an accurate um, assessment. It just has to go up in um, unofficial session to the legislature, go through the Senate and the House and then once that passes it will come back
and then then it can be enacted locally. >> That's good. And the Liberal the Liberal Club Was it all the other changes that are on the um that are on the uh that that were on the recommended list. I just have to ask both of you a
question. Did um Mr. Lyons explain that these changes would take effect effect at the next municipal election so that they won't have to be one set of changes one year and another set of changes another year?
Did he go into all that with the council, do you know? >> Uh not that I recall. It's my understanding that these are taking effect uh this year. Am I wrong, uh acting administrator?
>> It It In the event that the Liberal Club will be included, then the goal is to have everything moved there for September. Yeah. >> Wow, okay. Okay, that's that's a little change from what we had uh >> Senator Lyons
The senator felt that he would be able to shepherd it through quickly. >> So, okay. >> We'll see. If not, it will be for next year, yeah. >> Okay. So, let me put on the record and thank Mr. Lyons
um and some of the other agencies, but I really want to thank Mr. Lyons for for working with this commission um through Dan and and myself um um and coming up with the with the with the changes in the polling places. So, these are going to be really accessible.
Um uh and I I I like the changes and I don't know, Dan, if you want to add to that or or you want to >> I I do want >> add to that. >> Yeah, first let me say it was a uh it was a uh terrific experience going
around uh on the van um uh with with Ryan and his staff uh uh and uh uh mem- some members of the housing authority, we really uh we really dove in and looked at the the [clears throat] issues and uh
parking was the biggest one as well as uh security concerns around some of the uh the the housing authority places and of course uh uh the removal of the Candace Fire Station, which is one of the pet peeves
of uh members of this commission going back since 2006. Uh so, uh uh I I think uh it's a good plan because it addresses uh much greater parking for voters.
Uh it protects the uh uh >> [clears throat] >> it en- enhances the security of the residents uh with uh coming out of their uh uh places of living. And and uh we get out
of the fire station, which is great and absolutely necessary uh for full accessibility and compliance. So, for those reasons, I think it's a great plan. >> And and I really appreciated the collaboration that went into this as
well. Um The last item on the ADA report is that the CAM training went very well. It was my understanding I thought I heard this last Wednesday in part two of the training that
um we may be hosting a site visit, but but the details are not clear yet. Um and that probably wouldn't take place until sometime next year. Um but the community access monitor training went very very well the past 2 weeks and we did have representatives
representation from this city um involved. Um I thought I heard somebody from the housing authority and I think there was some other Um, there was some others as well. So, it went very very well. Um, finance, you should have all gotten
the budget report for >> [snorts] >> the month of What month are we in? May. Was it May? Yeah, for the month of May. And, um, under under outreach, um,
we are the scholarship monies are going out to the appropriate recipients. Um, we're still waiting for some institutions to turn in their their appropriate vendor forms cuz this is the first time we've we've, um, we've sent scholarship monies to those
institutions. But, otherwise, they're all going out. Um, um, so, we're all set on on on that level. And, um, and you we've already dealt with the
work site updates. So, under old business, is there any old business? Is there under new business, are there any announcements or updates from commissioners? Okay. Our next meeting then, as of the
vote for today, will be What did I I think it's, uh, Wednesday, September 9th. Yeah. It'll be Wednesday, September 9th, 2026. Do I hear a motion to adjourn?
>> Motion to adjourn. >> Second. >> Okay. Whoops. I All right. >> Commissioner Dennis Polselli? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Alyssa Silva? >> I think she had to go off. Is Alyssa
still here? >> No, I'm here. Sorry. >> Okay. >> I couldn't get off the um mute. Yes. >> Commissioner Dan Real Ward? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ann O'Neil Souza? >> Yes. >> Okay, we are adjourned. Have a good rest
of the summer, everybody. >> Thank you. >> Have a good summer. >> Bye. >> Thank you.