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November 1, 2021
11 recorded votes, 11 with disagreement.
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Present: Dennis Carlone, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Timothy Toomey, Quinton Zondervan
Absent: Denise Simmons
Every vote, in order
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2021 #232
Place on file: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19.
PLACED ON FILE [8 TO 0]
Denise Simmons is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: PLACED ON FILE [8 TO 0] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan ABSENT: E. Denise Simmons.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2021 #233
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the State Executive Office of Public Safety, Department of Fire Services, in the...
ORDER ADOPTED [8 TO 0]
Denise Simmons is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8 TO 0] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan ABSENT: E. Denise Simmons.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2021 #234
Refer: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-79, regarding proposed amendments to Article 8.12 of the Municipal Code.
REFERRED [UNANIMOUS]
The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: REFERRED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Communications · COM 584 #2021
Communications placed on file together (7 communications, COM 584 #2021 to COM 590 #2021)
PLACED ON FILE [UNANIMOUS]
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 7 communications (COM 584 #2021, COM 585 #2021, COM 586 #2021, COM 587 #2021, COM 588 #2021, COM 589 #2021, COM 590 #2021); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: PLACED ON FILE [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (6 resolutions, RES 2021 #264 to RES 2021 #269)
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 6 resolutions (RES 2021 #264, RES 2021 #265, RES 2021 #266, RES 2021 #267, RES 2021 #268, RES 2021 #269); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2021 #239
That the City Manager is requested to direct the Assistant City Manager for the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot Winter Youth Employment Program.
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2021 #240
City Council support of MIT Divest’s campaign to divest MIT’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2021 #241
That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Climate Crisis Working Group to include a recommendation and proposal to amend the Green Fleet Policy in their final report.
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
The city’s iQM2 record name Denise Simmons in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Committee Reports
Place on file: Minutes of Jul 15, 2020 10:00 AM
Accepted [Unanimous]
The record says only "[Unanimous]" with no names, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“1. Minutes of Jul 15, 2020 10:00 AM Accepted [Unanimous].”
Place on file: Minutes of May 25, 2021 3:00 PM
Accepted [Unanimous]
The record says only "[Unanimous]" with no names, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“2. Minutes of May 25, 2021 3:00 PM Accepted [Unanimous].”
Place on file: Minutes of Jun 3, 2021 10:00 AM
Accepted [Unanimous]
The record says only "[Unanimous]" with no names, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“3. Minutes of Jun 3, 2021 10:00 AM Accepted [Unanimous].”
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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