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.

10 items at Cambridge City Council, May 11 2026

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Sumbul Siddiqui

Named on 4 roll-call votes in these results: 3 yes, 1 no. Sponsor of 6 items. Show split votes only

Cambridge City Council, May 11 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, May 11, 2026·Final actions published
AgendaFinal actionsMinutesVideo
Item 2 · CMA 2026-136 · City Manager's Agenda

A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $312,000.00 to support the City’s digital equity efforts through a Digital Navigator position at the Cambridge Public Library for up to 3 years.

PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yesSumbul Siddiqui: 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 1 · POR 2026-97 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant departments to immediately request Empower to resign from the Massachusetts High Technology Council and consider options for transitioning the City of Cambridge out of Empower and transferring its retirement accounts into one of the City’s other retirement programs should Empower continue to be a member of the MHTC. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SOBRINHO-WHEELER IN COUNCIL MAY 11, 2026

Sponsors Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Sumbul Siddiqui
Tabled or heldCharter Right exercised by Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler
Item 3 · POR 2026-99 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Mayor’s Office, Law Department, Election Commission, and other relevant City Departments to engage the Collins Center in assisting the City in reviewing policy options for allowing Cambridge voters to directly elect the City’s Mayor. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MAY 11, 2026

Sponsors Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Marc McGovern
Tabled or heldCharter Right exercised by Councillor Simmons
Item 4 · POR 2026-100 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to do extensive outreach to residents, businesses, and property owners to communicate the current water level status and take all measures to reduce nonessential water use citywide, and provide a report on citywide water usage and water supply.

Sponsors Patricia Nolan, Timothy R. Flaherty, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote
Item 1 · POR 2026-95 · Calendar

That the City Council go on record calling upon President Trump to immediately rescind Executive Order 14380, immediately enter meaningful negotiations with the Cuban government with the goal of ending the United States oil embargo, and carry out his foreign policy agenda with respect to the wishes of the people of the United States and in accordance with international law.

PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 5 yes · 4 presentSumbul Siddiqui: Yes
Who voted how
Yes
Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Marc McGovern, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Sumbul Siddiqui
Present
Timothy R. Flaherty, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Catherine Zusy
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.