City Council go on record urging the National League of Cities to move the venue for the NLC City Summit scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in November 2017 to another state which does not have such discriminatory legislation on the books

How it started

Apr 25, 2016 · Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Apr 25, 2016 · ✅ Adopted after amendments: the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

April 25, 2016

ORDERED: That the City Council go on record urging the National League of Cities to move the venue for the NLC City Summit scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in November 2017 to another state which does not have such discriminatory legislation on the books; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to Clarence E. Anthony, Executive Director Of the National League Of Cities, on behalf of the entire City Council.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Apr 25, 2016