Agenda Items ▸ Policy Orders
POR 2019-270
Asked the City Manager to obtain a legal opinion from the City Solicitor regarding the License Commission's authority with regard to the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of liquor licenses in the City of Cambridge
How it started
Jul 30, 2019 · Proposed by Councillor Quinton Zondervan: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happenedSep 16, 2019 · ✅ Order adopted, 5–4. The Council's request went to the City Manager.
Jul 30, 2019 · Held by charter right the city's note: “EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY”
Sep 9, 2019 · Referred
View the roll call
Voted yes (5)
Dennis Carlone
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
Quinton Zondervan
Voted no (4)
Craig A. Kelley
Alanna Mallon
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2019 #311 (Nov 25, 2019).
The document a council order
City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
July 30, 2019
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to obtain a legal opinion from the City Solicitor regarding the License Commission's authority with regard to the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of liquor licenses in the City of Cambridge; and secondly, with regard to who has the legal authority to direct ongoing litigation involving the License Commission. In City Council September 16, 2019. Adopted as amended by the affirmative vote of nine members. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk