Asked the City Manager to instruct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Election Commission, to report back on the legality and constitutionality of the proposed “Cambridge Publicly Financed Municipal Election Program” and the “Cambridge Municipal Election People’s Pledge.”

How it started

Jan 28, 2019 · Proposed by Councillors Toomey and Kelley: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jan 28, 2019 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
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 #83 (Apr 1, 2019).

Order adopted as amendedJan 28, 2019

Referred for reportAR 2019-12Feb 4, 2019

Administration answeredCMA 2019-83Apr 1, 2019 · answered in 56 days

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

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

January 28, 2019

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Election Commission, to provide this report no later than the February 4, 2019 City Council meeting.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 28, 2019