Charter Review Committee
Convened August 2022 · delivered its final report January 31, 2024 · this committee has concluded its work. The council then took the recommendations up itself in the Special Committee of the Whole on Charter Review, whose motions became the charter Cambridge voters approved on November 4, 2025.
📄 Final reportDelivered to the City Council and referred to the Government Operations Committee (POR 2024 #19). The committee voted unanimously to draft a new modern charter; on the form of government it split 8–7 between Mayor/CAFO/Council and Council/Manager.
Members 2022–24
KBKathleen Leahy BornChair
KAKaleb AbebeMember
JAJessica Dejesus AcevedoMember
FAF. A.Member
NBNikolas BowieMember
KCKevin ChenMember
MCMax ClermontMember
JGJennifer GilbertMember
KLKai LongMember
PMPatrick MageeMember
MMMina MakariousMember
LPLisa PetersonMember
ESEllen ShachterMember
SSSusan ShellMember
JSJim StockardMember
Membership per the committee’s final report (Appendix A), January 31, 2024 · members selected through the council’s ad-hoc process (POR 2022 #114) and designated special municipal employees via CMA 2023 #192 · sources & meeting inventory
Meetings
Every meeting since 2022, newest first. 32 meetings known but lacking minutes: see Missing minutes.
2024 (1 meeting)
January
23TueMeetingupdated Meeting Materials · COF 2024 #6 · an updated Agenda · COF 2024 #4 · the Charter Review Agenda and Meeting Materials2023 (28 meetings)
December
19TueMeetingCOF 2023 #243 · the Charter Review Agenda5TueMeetingCOF 2023 #220 · the agenda for the December 5, 2023 Charter Review Com · COF 2023 #226 · A communication was received from Personnel Project MaNovember
21TueMeetingCOF 2023 #199 · the Agenda for the Charter Review Committee · COF 2023 #210 · Cambridge Charter Review Committee Agenda and Meeting 14TueMeetingCOF 2023 #193 · the Agenda for the Charter Review Committee7TueMeetingCOF 2023 #188 · the Charter Review Agenda PacketOctober
24TueMeetingCOF 2023 #178 · the Agenda for the Charter Review Committee · COF 2023 #180 · an updated Agenda Packet10TueMeetingCOF 2023 #170 · the Agenda Packet for the Charter Review Committee · COF 2023 #171 · an updated AgendaSeptember
26TueMeetingCOF 2023 #160 · the Agenda Packet for the Charter Review Committee · COF 2023 #161 · an Updated Agenda Packet · COF 2023 #162 · a document regarding Elections12TueMeetingCOF 2023 #147 · the Charter Review Agenda Packet · COF 2023 #154 · an updated Agenda Packet5TueMeetingCOF 2023 #144 · the Charter Review Agenda Packet · COF 2023 #146 · an updated Agenda PacketAugust
15TueMeetingCOF 2023 #142 · the Charter Review Agenda Packet1TueMeetingthe Agenda PacketJuly
18TueMeetingCOF 2023 #124 · the Agenda Packet for the Charter Review Committee · COF 2023 #125 · an updated Agenda Packet for the Charter Review CommitJune
27TueMeetingthe Charter Review Agenda · an updated Charter Review Agenda20TueMeetingCOF 2023 #106 · the Agenda · COF 2023 #107 · the Agenda Packet6TueMeeting May
23TueMeeting 9TueMeeting April
25TueMeetingCOF 2023 #70 · the Agenda for the April 25, 2023 Charter Review Commit11TueMeetingCOF 2023 #60 · the Agenda for the April 11, 2023 Charter Review Commit · COF 2023 #61 · A communication was received from Anna Corning, ProjectMarch
28TueMeetingCOF 2023 #52 · the Agenda Packet for the March 28, 2023 Charter Review · COF 2023 #53 · the Agenda for the March 28, 2023 Charter Review meetin · COF 2023 #54 ·14TueMeetingthe Agenda for the March 14, 2023 Charter Review Committee meeting · the Agenda Packet for the March 14, 2023 Charter Review Committee meetFebruary
28TueMeetingCOF 2023 #38 · the Agenda7TueMeetingCOF 2023 #24 · the AgendaJanuary
31TueMeetingCOF 2023 #20 · the Cambridge Charter Review Committee Agenda Packet27FriMeetingthe agenda17TueMeetingCOF 2023 #11 · the Agenda · COF 2023 #12 · the updated agenda for the meeting3TueMeetingthe Agenda for the Charter Review Committee meeting for January 3, 202 · the Agenda Packet for the Charter Review Committee meeting for January2022 (9 meetings)
December
20TueMeetingCOF 2022 #167 · the Agenda for the Charter Review Committee meeting fo · COF 2022 #168 · the Agenda Packet for the Charter Review Committee mee13TueMeeting 6TueMeetingCOF 2022 #150 · Charter Review materialsNovember
22TueMeetingCOF 2022 #140 · the Agenda for the Charter Review Committee meeting8TueMeetingCOF 2022 #132 · a full agenda packetOctober
25TueMeeting September
29ThuMeetingCOF 2022 #117 · CRC Meeting Agenda for September 29, 2022, Meeting Min · COF 2022 #118 · a communication from Committee member to the Committee13TueMeetingCOF 2022 #107 · a presentation on Charters and Charter ProcessesAugust
16TueMeeting