Asked the City Manager to confer with the Community Development Department, the Department of Public Works (DPW) and …

How it started

Proposed by Councillors McGovern, Cheung, and Simmons — 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 · Jan 30, 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 #73 (Mar 27, 2017).

🔍 Audit this page against the city's record — five checks, ~10 minutes; two independent audits mark it verified. How auditing works

Order adopted as amendedJan 30, 2017

Referred for reportAR 2017-9Feb 6, 2017

Administration answeredCMA 2017-73Mar 27, 2017 · answered in 49 days

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

The document a council order

🏛 View city website 📄 Download original PDF

City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

January 30, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Community Development Department, the Department of Public Works (DPW) and any other relevant City department and report back to the City Council on ways the City can help small businesses offset other costs, included but not limited to, the possibility of DPW picking up trash from these small businesses during their regular routes.