Agenda Items ▸ Policy Orders
POR 2026-3
Asks the City Manager to conduct a comprehensive review of existing safety and security measures at Cambridge City Hall, which shall include an assessment of physical access controls, visitor screening practices, on-site security staffing and training, emergency response and evacuation protocols, and the use of security technologies such as surveillance systems and alarm monitoring
How it started
Jan 12, 2026 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons and Flaherty: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jan 12, 2026 · ⏸ Paused: a councillor used the charter right to hold it over to the next meeting (Charter right)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Ayah Al-Zubi
Burhan Azeem
Tim Flaherty
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Cathie Zusy
Sumbul Siddiqui
What’s next
⏸ Returns next meeting: one councillor’s charter right holds it over; it comes back at the next regular meeting.
Public Comment (16)
16 written comments received (2026-04-27 – 2026-06-22). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.