BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A feud on the Bridgeport City Council spilled into Monday night's meeting, as one councilwoman publicly apologized for disrupting an October session and a colleague used public comment to declare she would never again vote for the council president.

Near the end of the Nov. 2 meeting, Councilwoman Eneida Martinez of the 139th District rose on a point of personal privilege to apologize for her conduct at the council's Oct. 19 meeting.

"On October 19, 2026, I violated my authority as an elected official under a point of personal privilege," Martinez said. "My actions affected the rights, safety, dignity, or and comfort of my council colleagues. When our chair, our council president called or ruled out of order, I ignore her request and continue speaking."

"I do apologize for my continued disruptive behavior on that date," she said. The council then voted to table the resolution that had been listed on the agenda addendum, with two members abstaining.

Earlier in the evening, Council member Maria Pereira signed up to speak during public comment and directed her remarks at the council president, who chaired the Oct. 19 meeting in the mayor's absence.

Pereira said that at that meeting, the councilwoman from the 139th District used a point of personal privilege to attack her, using her full name in debate, and that the council president failed to rule on the points of order Pereira repeatedly raised.

"You and others here believe that I'm angry with councilwoman from the 139th about what transpired on October 19th regular meeting," Pereira said. "However, I am most angry with you."

"You are not proficient on the city charter, the city council rules, or Robert's rules of order, which is problematic," she told the president, adding that the president never contacted her afterward to discuss what happened.

Pereira said she and the 139th District councilwoman had worked well together until a dispute over a parking ordinance in late August, and that the two had "introduced more legislation than the other 18 council members combined." She said she does not agree with the councilwoman's "outbursts and personal attacks at council meetings," but also argued that council rules govern decorum only at official meetings, not members' social media posts or conduct elsewhere.

Pereira said she had opposed electing the current president and voted for her only at the urging of another council member, who she said promised the president would be removed if she did not keep her commitments.

"I will say here unequivocally that I will never vote for you to be council president again, and you will not receive any city council votes from the 138 district in December 2027, and I do mean none," Pereira said.

The council president did not respond to Pereira's remarks during the meeting.