MassVoter.com← Cambridge City CouncilCambridge City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting
January 1, 2018
4 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Meeting video
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Note on these minutes: Inaugural meeting. The Final Actions file lists no results, so the votes are read from the minutes.
Present: Dennis Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Timothy Toomey, Quinton Zondervan
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Inaugural meeting
Election of the Mayor for 2018-2019: Marc McGovern elected
A choice between councillors, so MassVoter shows the result only. Ballot one, as the minutes record it: for Councillor Marc McGovern, Councillors Carlone, Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui and Zondervan (7); for Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., Councillors Simmons and Toomey (2). Councillor Simmons then changed her vote to Councillor McGovern (8 to 1).
From the minutes
“At this time, the Presiding Officer struck the gavel three times and declared that Councillor Marc McGovern has been elected Mayor of the City of Cambridge for the term 2018 - 2019..”
Make the vote for Mayor unanimous (motion by Councillor Simmons)
The minutes say only that "there was a negative vote on this motion", with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“Councillor Simmons moved to make the vote unanimous. The Presiding Officer announced that there was a negative vote on this motion..” (Motion: Simmons)
Election of the Vice Mayor for 2018-2019: Jan Devereux elected
A choice between councillors, so MassVoter shows the result only. Ballot one: for Councillor Jan Devereux, Councillors Carlone, Devereux, Mayor McGovern, Councillors Siddiqui and Zondervan (5); for Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Councillors Kelley, Mallon, Simmons and Toomey (4). Councillors Mallon and Kelley then changed their votes to Councillor Devereux (7 to 2).
From the minutes
“At this time, the Presiding Officer struck the gavel three times and declared that Councillor Jan Devereux has been elected Vice Mayor of the City of Cambridge for the term 2018-2019..”
Adjourn the meeting
A voice vote; the minutes do not list how each councillor voted, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“At 11:19 A.M. Councillor Toomey made a motion to adjourn. The motion carried on a voice vote of nine members..” (Motion: Toomey)
From the Cambridge City Council’s official Final Actions, posted by the City Clerk on the city’s meeting portal (and, for meetings before late January 2026, the Open Meeting Portal), linked from the City Council page. We check every vote against the councillors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councillor photos: City of Cambridge (cambridgema.gov), from the official headshots on each councillor’s City Council page. Former councillors show initials.
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