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.

16 items at Cambridge City Council, Mar 9 2026

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Ayah A. Al-Zubi

Named on 3 roll-call votes in these results: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 absent. Sponsor of 4 items.

Cambridge City Council, Mar 9 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, Mar 9, 2026·Final actions published
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Item 4 · CMA 2026-47 · City Manager's Agenda

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 yesAyah A. Al-Zubi: Yes
Who voted how
Yes
Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
Item 5 · CMA 2026-49 · City Manager's Agenda

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
Item 6 · CMA 2026-51 · City Manager's Agenda

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 absentAyah A. Al-Zubi: Absent
Who voted how
Yes
Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Catherine Zusy
No
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Sumbul Siddiqui
Absent
Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 1 · POR 2026-52 · Policy Orders

City Council opposition to the Department of Education's Proposed Reclassification of Professional Degrees.

Sponsors Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 1 · COM 2026-11 · Communications

Communications for the March 9, 2026, City Council meeting

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 1 · CC 2026-22 · Committee Reports

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
Item 2 · CC 2026-21 · Committee Reports

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
Item 1 · COF 2026-21 · Communications From Other City Officers

Communicating information from the School Committee.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 2 · COF 2026-22 · Communications From Other City Officers

Communication from Councillor Nolan transmitting a calendar update on the Health and Environment Committee

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 3 · COF 2026-23 · Communications From Other City Officers

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
Meetings
27 of 31 with Final Actions
Jan 12, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026
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.