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POR 2025-157

Asked the City Manager to confer with the Executive Director of the Council on Aging and other relevant City departments to explore the feasibility of creating a dedicated position or function focused on triaging and directing senior residents to appropriate services and supports

How it started
Nov 3, 2025 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons, Toner, and Zusy: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Nov 3, 2025 · Held by charter right the city's note: “EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN”
Nov 17, 2025 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous · two absent)
View the roll call

Voted yes (7), unanimous

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Ayesha M. Wilson
  • Cathie Zusy
  • E. Denise Simmons

Absent (2)

  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Paul F. Toner
Roll call of Nov 17, 2025 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2025 #294 (Dec 15, 2025).
🏛 This item on the city's site
🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Nov 3, 2025