City Council agenda be altered to create a section in the agenda between public comment and the City Manager’s agenda …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor Kelley and Vice Mayor Devereux — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · Mar 27, 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

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The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

March 27, 2017

ORDERED: That to allow for more effective communication among Councillors without violating rules and regulations governing interaction between elected officials, the City Council agenda be altered to create a section in the agenda between public comment and the City Manager’s agenda entitled “General Council Discussion,” where Councillors would be able to bring their colleagues up-to-date on projects in which they are engaged or ask for updates about projects that other Councillors are working on, even if these issues do not appear on the Council’s agenda or have never been the subject of formal City Council attention.