Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting held on November 24, 2025
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Meetings
27 of 31 with Final Actions
Jan 12, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026
Cambridge City Council/2026
What the Council decided, and how each councillor voted
Every Cambridge City Council meeting in 2026, filed by date and searchable by keyword: each item the Council acted on, the result, and every councillor's recorded vote.
21 items at Cambridge City Council, Mar 9 2026
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Regular Meeting·Mon, Mar 9, 2026·Final actions published
The City Council held a Special Meeting on December 17, 2025 to review the City Manager’s evaluation.
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Voice vote
A COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED FROM YI-AN HUANG, CITY MANAGER, RELATIVE TO THE 2025 ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT CONCERNING CITY DEPARTMENTS’ USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OR SURVEILLANCE DATA.
ReferredReferred to the Public Safety Committee
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the City of Cambridge retaining its Triple A (AAA) rating from the nation's three major credit rating agencies.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: E. Denise Simmons
Transmitting a Communication from City Manager Yi-An Huang relative to the 2025/2026 Green Jobs Initiative Report.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
Transmitting a Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Mass Save Community First Partnership Grant in the amount of $256,500, to the Grant Fund Office of Sustainability Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. These funds will be used to contract for outreach services to support energy efficiency programs for residents and small businesses.
PassedAdopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to 2026-2027 Housing and Zoning priorities.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Transmitting a communication from City Manager, Yi-An Huang, regarding a free cash appropriation in the amount of $400,000 to the General Fund Law Dept Travel and Training (Judgement and Damages) account for the settlement payment relating to Ahern v. Sig Sauer, Inc. and City of Cambridge (United States District Court District of Massachusetts, Docket No. 1:21-cv- 11007-DJC).
PassedAdopted
Roll call 6 yes · 2 no · 1 absent
Who voted how
City Council opposition to the Department of Education's Proposed Reclassification of Professional Degrees.
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Recognize March 2026 as National Social Worker Month in the City of Cambridge.
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF OTHER CHANGES TO THE CAMBRIDGE STREET ZONING AT THE UPCOMING ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USE.
Other actionWithdrawn
Roll call 8 yes · 1 absent
Who voted how
Communications for the March 9, 2026, City Council meeting
Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Condolences To The Family of Alfredo Roderick Brown
Sponsors E. Denise Simmons, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Condolences to the Family of Sylvia Kantor
Sponsors E. Denise Simmons, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Condolences to the Family of Joseph Sater
Sponsors E. Denise Simmons, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Condolences To The Family of Raymond T. Coleman
Sponsors E. Denise Simmons, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
The Housing Committee held a public hearing on December 16, 2025 to begin a discussion around social housing as referenced in POR 2025 #131.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
The Government Operations, Rules, and Claims Committee held a public hearing on January 29, 2026 to discuss City Council Rules for the 2026-2027 term.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Communicating information from the School Committee.
Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Communication from Councillor Nolan transmitting a calendar update on the Health and Environment Committee
Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
A communication was received from Interim City Clerk, Paula M. Crane, regarding an update regarding legislative activity.
Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Coverage and sources
Votes
787 items, 508 roll calls
Latest Final Actions: Nov 2, 2026
No Final Actions published for: Regular Meeting, Jan 12, 2026; Special Meeting, Jun 23, 2026; Roundtable, Aug 6, 2026; Regular Meeting, Nov 9, 2026.
Where this comes from
Every item and vote here is read from the City Clerk's Final Actions for each meeting, published on the city's PrimeGov portal. They list every item the Council acted on, its sponsors and reference number, the result, and on a roll call each councillor under yeas, nays, present and absent. Items carried by voice vote show as voice votes, with any absent councillors named.
Each meeting links to its agenda, Final Actions, minutes once they are approved, and video. A meeting appears before its Final Actions do, and its items fill in once the clerk publishes them. Planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeal meetings are not included yet.
Meetings from Jan 1, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026. Built Nov 12, 2026 by Ingest from the City of Cambridge's public records.