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POR 2017-233

City Manager to appoint a committee to report back to the City Council – with all due haste – with potential plans and …

How it started
Proposed by Councillor Leland Cheung — a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Order adopted as amended · 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
⌛ Waiting on the answer — the administration has not yet reported back (AR 2017 #84 open, 3,224 days).
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Order adopted as amendedSep 11, 2017
Referred for reportAR 2017-84Sep 18, 2017
Awaiting answer⏳ pending3,224 days and counting

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The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
September 11, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to appoint a committee to report back to the City Council – with all due haste – with potential plans and options, responsive to community concerns, for creating a program of public financing for candidates running for City Council and School Committee in the City of Cambridge.