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.

13 items at Cambridge City Council, Nov 2 2026

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Sumbul Siddiqui

Named on 3 roll-call votes in these results: 3 yes, 0 no. Sponsor of 11 items.

Cambridge City Council, Nov 2 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, Nov 2, 2026·Final actions published
AgendaFinal actionsVideo
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 absentSumbul Siddiqui: Yes
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
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.