Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting held on March 2, 2026.
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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.
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Regular Meeting·Mon, Sep 14, 2026·Final actions published
Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting held on March 9, 2026.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Minutes of the City Council Public Hearing held on March 9, 2026, at 6:30 PM.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting held on May 11, 2026.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on May 18, 2026.
Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Councillor Patricia Nolan has filed Reconsideration for POR 2026-140 "That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the City Solicitor and the License Commission to draft and submit a Home Rule Petition to authorize one additional Section 15 all-alcoholic beverages license not to be drunk on the premises."
Failed
Roll call 4 yes · 5 no
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a federal update including an update on relevant court cases.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an appropriation, in the amount of $500,000, from the Federal Grant Stabilization Fund to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account, to support a citywide response to federal changes affecting SNAP and MassHealth benefits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3).
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Community Preservation Act Appropriations.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to appointments to the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities.
PassedApproved and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of five members to the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship for terms of three years.
PassedApproved and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of David Canavan to the Police Review and Advisory Board for a term of five years.
PassedApproved and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $24,020.00 from the Local Consumer Aid Fund Grant.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $250.00 in donations in support of the Old Burying Ground.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to appointments to the Fresh Pond Advisory Board.
PassedApproved and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $600,000.00 from a state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security grant.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, requesting that the City Council amend the City of Cambridge’s Authorized Revolving Fund Ordinance to establish a new revolving fund for the Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Reduction to serve the City’s municipal energy use.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
Revolving Fund Ordinance to establish a new revolving fund for the Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Reduction to serve the City’s municipal energy use. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN
PassedPassed to a Second Reading
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 26-27, requesting that the City Manager direct staff to examine whether the City can enact an ordinance requiring public buildings and places of public accommodation in Cambridge with one or more single-stall restrooms to have at least one single-stall restroom with gender-neutral signage.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,089,817.00 from the Adult Education and Family Literacy Services Grant.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $217,963.00 from a Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) / Adult and Community Learning Services grant.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,000.00 from donations to Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) .
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $302,640.00 from the Massachusetts Formula Grant.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $9,115.00, for the Center for Families program, funded by the Cambridge Public Health Commission, Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the 2025 Transportation Demand Management Program Report.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 26-45, regarding a review of decline in traffic enforcement.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, regarding Welcoming Community Ordinance Reporting from the Cambridge Police Department
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, conveying a response to Awaiting Report 26-15 regarding hiring of former Federal immigration enforcement agents by the Cambridge Police Department.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Federal Fiscal Year 2026 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Community Connections Grant, in the amount of $308,364.80 to the Grant Fund Transportation Department Extraordinary Expenditures account.
PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 26-37, which requested that the City Manager work with the Mayor’s Office, Law Department, Election Commission, and other relevant City departments to engage the Collins Center in reviewing policy options for allowing Cambridge voters to directly elect the City’s Mayor.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, regarding the Cambridge Preschool Program and the establishment of a Task Force charged with identifying policy solutions to expand supports for families with young children.
Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to appointments to the Joint Childcare Access Task Force.
PassedApproved and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 yes
City Council support of 32BJ SEIU Security Officers and Logan Airport Service Workers.
PassedAdopted as Amended
Voice vote
That the City Manager is requested to direct the relevant staff to light Cambridge City Hall in purple in recognition of this year’s I Sport Purple for Platelets! Day.
PassedAdopted
Roll call 9 yes
City Council support of the UE 256 graduate workers at MIT and their efforts to secure a fair contract.
Sponsors Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Marc McGovern, Burhan Azeem, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, E. Denise Simmons, Patricia Nolan
PassedAdopted as Amended
Voice vote
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Cambridge Police Department and other relevant departments to develop a coordinated July 4th response plan for the Cherry Street, Harvard Street, and Fletcher Maynard Academy area to ensure that this spot not be utilized for the illegal use of fireworks. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
Tabled or heldCharter Right Exercised by Councillor Simmons
Recognize Sunday, November 1, as “Color the World Orange Day,” an initiative to raise awareness for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and that the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to illuminate City Hall in orange on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in honor of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month.
PassedAdopted
Roll call 9 yes
That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to illuminate City Hall in teal on Monday, November 2, 2026, in honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.
PassedAdopted
Roll call 9 yes
Proclaim September 14 as Blessed Sacrament Drill Team and Color Guard Day in Cambridge, and that the City Council go on record celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Blessed Sacrament Drill Team and Color Guard and recognizing its artistic achievements, historic contributions, and nine decades of commitment to empowering young people through discipline, teamwork, creativity, and community.
PassedAdopted as Amended
Voice vote
Recognize September 2026 as Meet Your Neighbor Month in the City of Cambridge, commending the Peace Commission for its leadership, and encouraging all Cambridge residents to take this opportunity to meet a neighbor, share stories, and build the connections that strengthen our community.
PassedAdopted
Roll call 9 yes
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.