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.

18 items at Cambridge City Council, Nov 2 2026

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Cambridge City Council, Nov 2 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, Nov 2, 2026·Final actions published
AgendaFinal actionsVideo
Item 1 · CMA 2026-304 · City Manager's Agenda

A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report 2026- 66 regarding discussions with MWRA about improvements to water quality and advancement of CSO infrastructure without taking of public parkland or prolonged disruption to Magazine Beach.

Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 3 · CMA 2026-305 · City Manager's Agenda

A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,000,000.00 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account.

PassedOrder Adopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 8 yes · 1 absent
Who voted how
Yes
Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Catherine Zusy, Sumbul Siddiqui
Absent
Burhan Azeem
Item 1 · POR 2026-204 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to illuminate City Hall in blue on Saturday, November 14, 2026, in honor of World Diabetes Day.

Sponsors Sumbul Siddiqui, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Marc McGovern
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 2 · POR 2026-205 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager is requested to work with the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities, the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, and relevant City departments to strengthen public awareness of disability rights, reasonable accommodations, and available complaint processes, and to identify barriers to community integration within City programs and services.

Sponsors Sumbul Siddiqui, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Marc McGovern, Catherine Zusy, Ayah A. Al-Zubi, Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons
PassedAdopted as Amended
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 3 · POR 2026-206 · Policy Orders

That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff to consider an integrated development review process in which demolition and tree removal permits are reviewed with and issued concurrently with the building permits Issuing Demolition and Tree Removal Permits in Conjunction with Building Permits Approval. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILL ZUSY IN COUNCIL NOVEMBER 2, 2026

Sponsors Catherine Zusy, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui
Tabled or heldCharter Right exercised by Councillor Zusy
Item 1 · APP 2026-77 · Applications

An application was received from Sign Design representing Pura Vida Miami, requesting permission for a double-sided blade sign at the premises numbered 95 Mount Auburn Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailing has been provided.

PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 1 · COM 2026-49 · Communications

Communications for the November 2, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 1 · COF 2026-134 · Communications From Other City Officers

A communication from Mayor Siddiqui transmitting a memorandum regarding information from the School Committee.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
Item 2 · COF 2026-135 · Communications From Other City Officers

A communication was received from Interim City Clerk Paula Crane, regarding an update regarding legislative activity.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Burhan Azeem
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.