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POR 2017-7

Asked the City Manager to hire an independent consultant who shall assess the efficiency and effectiveness of how all …

How it started
Proposed by Councillors Simmons, Cheung, and Mazen — 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. (Order adopted as amended · Jan 23, 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 upJan 23, 2017
Held — charter rightone member's right to pause
Tabledset aside by vote
No action taken
Order adopted as amended

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The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
February 6, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to hire an independent consultant who shall assess the efficiency and effectiveness of how all City Departments conduct their work, who will begin implementing whatever necessary adjustments are deemed to be necessary, and who will report back to the City Manager and the City Council on his or her progress in regular monthly intervals. PLACED ON TABLE ON MOTION OF MAYOR SIMMONS