Public hearings are set to begin at 5:45 p.m., the finance committee is set to commence at 6 p.m., with the regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m.

FALL RIVER — It’s a packed agenda for tonight’s City Council and Committee on Finance meetings, which includes a request to designate the fleet of city’s trash trucks no longer needed because of the administration’s privatization of the sanitation program.

Public hearings are set to begin at 5:45 p.m., the finance committee is set to commence at 6 p.m., with the regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m.

The administration claims the value of the fleet is at $1.1 million.

The city, under state law, has two choices to sell off the trucks: through sealed bids or auction.

In the Finance Committee, discussion will take place regarding the installation of carport solar canopies with Ameresco, the company hired by the city to upgrade the city’s energy systems. The proposal would use city-owned parking lots.

Mayor Jasiel Correia II is also requesting the confirmation of a number of appointments to city boards and commissions.

Former City Councilor David Dennis is slated for a seat on the Election Commission and vacated by Gregory Brilhante, who is a new appointment on the Zoning Board of Appeals.

City architect Jo Ann Bentley is a new appointment on the Redevelopment Authority.

Requested re-appointments are David Assad on the Zoning Board of Appeals and Paul Cantin as an alternative member on the same board.

There will be a first reading of proposed ordinance changes for salary adjustments. The Committee on Ordinances and Legislation, in their last meeting, recommended that the mayor’s request for a new position in the mayor’s office be segregated from the list of other changes.

Correia said a position titled special assistant is not necessary and wants the council to approve a new position titled special projects/media with a salary of up to $52,000.

Faust Fiore is currently the mayor’s special assistant with a salary of $45,000, and the mayor has named him as his choice for the position.

A second reading and a vote would amend salaries and job titles for the city treasurer, and the positions of an electrician, HVAC/maintenance in the newly formed Buildings and Grounds Department.

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