Asked the City Manager to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a report outlining how a prolonged Federal Government shut-down may impact the people of Cambridge

How it started

Jan 14, 2019 · Proposed by Councillor Simmons, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Toomey, and Mayor Siddiqui: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jan 14, 2019 · Amendment carried Moved by Councillor E. Denise Simmons; carried on a voice vote.

the aforementioned order by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph that reads as follows: ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a copy of this Policy Order to the Cambridge Delegation to the State House, with the hope that similar legislation will be filed to urge Governor Baker to explore and report back on what the Commonwealth can expect from the prolonged shut-down, and what steps can be taken to mitigate the impacts upon our most vulnerable residents

The clerk's words, from the minutes of Jan 14, 2019, p. 16.

Jan 14, 2019 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (one not recorded)

View the roll call

Present and voting at this meeting (8)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
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 2019 #72 (Apr 1, 2019).

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

January 14, 2019

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a report outlining how a prolonged Federal Government shut- down may impact the people of Cambridge, particularly focusing upon our most vulnerable residents, and what contingency plans the City may need to consider if this shut-down continues beyond January; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back on this matter to the City Council in a timely manner, and to post his findings on the City’s website in a prominent location.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 14, 2019