Asked the City Manager to confer with the City Solicitor to determine which public campaign finance options are legal …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor Nadeem A. Mazen — a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Oct 31, 2016)

Present and voting at this meeting (7)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
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

What’s next

📨 Answered — the report came back as CMA 2017 #299 (Nov 13, 2017).

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Order adoptedOct 31, 2016

Referred for reportAR 2016-86Nov 7, 2016

Administration answeredCMA 2017-299Nov 13, 2017 · answered in 371 days

The item's path through the council — every recorded step. How the request pipeline works