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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
Roll call of Jan 12, 2026 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
Returns next meeting: one councillor’s charter right holds it over; it comes back at the next regular meeting.
🏛 This item on the city's site
🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 12, 2026

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.