The City Council earlier this month took the first of two votes to set water and sewer rates in the upcoming 2025 budget, and ratepayers are going to see a significant increase this year of nearly.
FALL RIVER Mayor Paul Coogan will deliver his State of the City address on Tuesday, but unlike charter-mandated annual events in the past, he’ll only have a live audience of City Council and School Committee members in City Council chambers.
“We’ll talk about COVID obviously, but we’re going to concentrate on what’s going on in the positive, despite COVID,” said Coogan on Friday. “We’ll talk about what our goals are going forward.”
Tuesday will be the first live City Council meeting in months with previous meetings being held remotely on Zoom.
The public is not allowed to attend and Coogan said he’s not invited his staff or any department heads.