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October 20, 2025
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Present: Burhan Azeem, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Paul Toner, Ayesha Wilson, Catherine Zusy
Absent: None
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CMA 2025 #250
OCTOBER 20, 2025 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SULLIVAN CHAMBER (CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR), 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE Burhan Azeem Remote Marc C. McGovern ...
TAX RATE FOR FY2026 APPROVED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: TAX RATE FOR FY2026 APPROVED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Toner, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons.”
ORDERED 1A ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDERED 1A ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Toner, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons.”
ORDERED 1B ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDERED 1B ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Toner, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons.”
Place on file: OCTOBER 20, 2025 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SULLIVAN CHAMBER (CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR), 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE Burhan Azeem Remote Marc C....
CMA PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: CMA PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Toner, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons.”
OCTOBER 20, 2025 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SULLIVAN CHAMBER (CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR), 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE Burhan Azeem Remote Marc C. McGovern ...
APPROVED RECONSIDERATION FAILED [0-9-0]
No: Azeem, McGovern, Nolan, Siddiqui, Simmons, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Toner, Wilson, Zusy
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED RECONSIDERATION FAILED [0-9-0] NAYS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Toner, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons.”
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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