City Council support of HD2253/SD1113 An Act Relative to Protecting Consumers of Gas and Electricity from Paying for …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor Simmons and Vice Mayor Devereux — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · May 8, 2017)

Present and voting at this meeting (7)

David Maher
Dennis Carlone
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

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ORIGINAL ORDER

WHEREAS: Legislators on Beacon Hill are currently deliberating on an important piece of legislation that would protect consumers from being charged for leaked and unaccounted for gas, and this bill would be of great value to Cambridge residents; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record in support of HD2253/SD1113 An Act Relative to Protecting Consumers of Gas and Electricity from Paying for Leaked and Unaccounted for Gas; and be it further RESOLVED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward suitably engrossed copies of this resolution to the members of the Cambridge Delegation to the State House on behalf of the entire City Council.