A free cash appropriation in the amount of $400,000 to the General Fund Law Dept Travel and Training (Judgement and Damages) account for the settlement payment relating to Ahern v. Sig Sauer, Inc. and City of Cambridge (United States District Court District of Massachusetts, Docket No. 1:21-cv-11007-DJC)

How it started

Mar 5, 2026 · Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager.

What happened

Mar 9, 2026 · ✅ Adopted, 6–2: the Council approved it (one absent)

Voted yes (6)

Burhan Azeem
Tim Flaherty
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Cathie Zusy

Voted no (2)

Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (1)

Ayah Al-Zubi

Roll call of Mar 9, 2026 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

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To the Honorable, the City Council:

I am hereby requesting an appropriation in the amount of $400,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Law Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account for the settlement payment relating to Ahern v. Sig Sauer, Inc. and City of Cambridge (United States District Court District of Massachusetts, Docket No. 1:21-cv-11007-DJC).

I am recommending that the Council appropriate these funds as a settlement to resolve the above litigation.

As of March 9, 2026, the City’s Free Cash balance is $156,045,990.00.

Very truly yours,

Yi-An Huang

City Manager

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 9, 2026