A communication has been received from Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui transmitting the Agenda for the Special City Council Meeting on July 23, 2026.
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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.
9 items at Cambridge City Council, Jul 23 2026
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Special Meeting·Thu, Jul 23, 2026·Final actions published
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the City’s violence prevention efforts.
Placed on file
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Community Safety Department update.
Placed on file
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a report on 2026 Summer Community Programs.
Placed on file
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Violence Prevention Recommendations Report from the Community Safety Department.
Placed on file
Voice vote
That the City Manager is requested to take all necessary steps to temporarily restore and reactivate ShotSpotter within the areas of Cambridge previously covered by the system.
Tabled or heldCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AL-ZUBI
That the City Manager is hereby requested to report on progress of the February 2026 report’s recommendations, and plans for ensuring appropriate levels of support and staffing for the Community Safety Department, including continued expansion of CSD’s violence prevention program, the number and types of calls handled by the CARE team, and the timeline for more comprehensive staffing for the CARE team emergency response program and is requested to report back to the City Council in a timely manner.
Tabled or heldCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
That the City Manager is requested to provide a comprehensive evaluation of violence response and prevention strategies, along with survivor support services, across City departments including CPD, CSD, CHA, and DHSP and come with recommendations before the City Council’s Public Safety Committee and report back to the City Council in a timely manner.
Tabled or heldCHARTER RIGHT EXERCED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
That the City Manager is requested to investigate directing the appropriate City departments to install security cameras overlooking Cambridge public parks, with such cameras operational only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Tabled or heldCHARTER RIGHT EXERCED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
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.