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POR 2025-10

Asked the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to prepare a report on the use of M.G.L. Ch. 40U to determine which local statutes can be enforced by the local-option procedure in order to better collect fines in violation of Cambridge ordinances and provide a recommendation to the City Council for implementation of Ch. 40U procedures

How it started
Feb 3, 2025 · Proposed by Councillors Nolan, Toner, and Zusy: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Feb 3, 2025 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Ayesha M. Wilson
  • Cathie Zusy
  • E. Denise Simmons
Roll call of Feb 3, 2025 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2025 #241 (Sep 29, 2025).
Order adopted, unanimousFeb 3, 2025
Referred for reportAR 2025-5Feb 10, 2025
Administration answeredCMA 2025-241Sep 29, 2025 · answered in 231 days

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

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 3, 2025