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January 8, 2018
7 recorded votes, 7 with disagreement.
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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
Calendar – Charter Right · APP 2017 #82
An application was received from Porter Square, LLC, requesting permission for an awning at the premises numbered 1 White Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 9 MEMBERS
The Final Actions say "affirmative vote of 9 members"; that is every councillor at the meeting, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 9 MEMBERS.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (3 resolutions, RES 2018 #1 to RES 2018 #3)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 3 resolutions (RES 2018 #1, RES 2018 #2, RES 2018 #3); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #1
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to reach out to representatives of supermarkets other than Star Market, such as Market Basket, to determine the possibility of their opening a...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #2
That the City Manager is requested to reach out to the owner of the Fresh Pond Apartments to inquire as to what is being done to repair and maintain the elevators in those apartment buildings.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #3
That the City Manager is requested to provide an update to the City Council on progress made in regards to the Stated Goals of the City Council, as outlined during the 2016-2017 City Council term.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #4
That the City Manager is requested to schedule no less than two, and no more than four, cultural sensitivity training sessions for his leadership team and for the City’s elected officials over the...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #5
That the Mayor is requested to change one of the upcoming regular City Council meetings to a Roundtable/Working Meeting discussion regarding the draft version of the Climate Change Preparedness &...
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
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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