Asked the City Manager to confer with relative City departments to investigate the possibility of creating an exemption …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor Marc C. McGovern — a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

✅ Order adopted — first paused by a charter right, then adopted the following week; the request now goes to the City Manager. (Feb 6, 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.

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Taken upFeb 6, 2017

Held — charter rightone member's right to pause

Order adopted

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