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September 28, 2026
3 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement.
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Present: Ayah Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy Flaherty, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy
Absent: Marc McGovern
Every vote, in order
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the FY27 tax rate. FINALIZED IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
ORDER 1A ADOPTED [8-0-1]
The Final Actions name Marc McGovern in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER 1A ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Al-Zubi, Vice Mayor Azeem, Councillor Flaherty, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Siddiqui NAYS: None PRESENT: None ABSENT: Councillor Simmons.”
ORDER 1B ADOPTED [9-0-0]
The Final Actions name Marc McGovern in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER 1B ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Al-Zubi, Vice Mayor Azeem, Councillor Flaherty, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Siddiqui NAYS: None PRESENT: None ABSENT: None.”
Place on file: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the FY27 tax rate. FINALIZED IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
CMA Placed on File [9-0-0]
The Final Actions name Marc McGovern in this vote, but that councillor is not on the attendance list for the meeting. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: CMA Placed on File [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Al-Zubi, Vice Mayor Azeem, Councillor Flaherty, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Siddiqui NAYS: None PRESENT: None ABSENT: None.”
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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