Asked the City Manager to confer with the appropriate City departments to report back to the City Council on the use of …

How it started

Proposed by Vice Mayor Jan Devereux — a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Sep 11, 2017)

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

What’s next

📨 Answered — the report came back as CMA 2017 #284 (Oct 30, 2017).

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Order adoptedSep 11, 2017

Referred for reportAR 2017-76Sep 18, 2017

Administration answeredCMA 2017-284Oct 30, 2017 · answered in 42 days

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

Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2017-10-23). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.