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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Cambridge City Council, Mar 16 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, Mar 16, 2026·Final actions published
AgendaFinal actionsMinutesVideo
Item 1 · CMA 2026-54 · City Manager's Agenda

Transmitting a communication from City Manager, Yi-An Huang, regarding a federal update including an update on relevant court cases.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 3 · CMA 2026-56 · City Manager's Agenda

Transmitting a communication from City Manager, Yi-An Huang, regarding a response to Awaiting Report 26-05 relative to streamlining the residential permitting process.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 1 · COM 2026-12 · Communications

Communications for the March 16, 2026, City Council meeting

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 1 · CC 2026-27 · Committee Reports

The Finance Committee held a public meeting on February 3, 2026 to review and discuss the Operating Budget in advance of the FY27 budget season.

Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 2 · CC 2026-28 · Committee Reports

The Finance Committee held a public meeting on February 11, 2026 to review and discuss the Capital Budget and Public Investment Planning in advance of the FY27 budget season.

Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 1 · COF 2026-27 · 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: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy
Item 2 · COF 2026-29 · Communications From Other City Officers

Communication from Mayor Siddiqui transmitting updates from the School Committee.

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Patricia Nolan, Catherine Zusy

Cambridge City Council, Mar 9 2026

Regular Meeting·Mon, Mar 9, 2026·Final actions published
AgendaFinal actionsMinutesVideo
Item 1 · Submission Of The Record

Minutes of the Regular City Council meeting held on November 24, 2025

Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Item 2 · Submission Of The Record

The City Council held a Special Meeting on December 17, 2025 to review the City Manager’s evaluation.

Placed on fileReport Accepted and Placed on File
Voice vote
Item 1 · CMA 2026-44 · City Manager's Agenda

A COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED FROM YI-AN HUANG, CITY MANAGER, RELATIVE TO THE 2025 ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT CONCERNING CITY DEPARTMENTS’ USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OR SURVEILLANCE DATA.

ReferredReferred to the Public Safety Committee
Voice vote
Item 2 · CMA 2026-50 · City Manager's Agenda

A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the City of Cambridge retaining its Triple A (AAA) rating from the nation's three major credit rating agencies.

Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: E. Denise Simmons
Item 3 · CMA 2026-46 · City Manager's Agenda

Transmitting a Communication from City Manager Yi-An Huang relative to the 2025/2026 Green Jobs Initiative Report.

Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote
Item 4 · CMA 2026-47 · City Manager's Agenda

Transmitting a Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Mass Save Community First Partnership Grant in the amount of $256,500, to the Grant Fund Office of Sustainability Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. These funds will be used to contract for outreach services to support energy efficiency programs for residents and small businesses.

PassedAdopted and CMA Placed on File
Roll call 9 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 5 · CMA 2026-49 · City Manager's Agenda

A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to 2026-2027 Housing and Zoning priorities.

Placed on fileCMA Placed on File
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 6 · CMA 2026-51 · City Manager's Agenda

Transmitting a communication from City Manager, Yi-An Huang, regarding a free cash appropriation in the amount of $400,000 to the General Fund Law Dept Travel and Training (Judgement and Damages) account for the settlement payment relating to Ahern v. Sig Sauer, Inc. and City of Cambridge (United States District Court District of Massachusetts, Docket No. 1:21-cv- 11007-DJC).

PassedAdopted
Roll call 6 yes · 2 no · 1 absent
Who voted how
Yes
Burhan Azeem, Timothy R. Flaherty, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Catherine Zusy
No
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Sumbul Siddiqui
Absent
Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 1 · POR 2026-52 · Policy Orders

City Council opposition to the Department of Education's Proposed Reclassification of Professional Degrees.

Sponsors Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui
PassedAdopted
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
Item 1 · COM 2026-11 · Communications

Communications for the March 9, 2026, City Council meeting

Placed on file
Voice vote · absent: Ayah A. Al-Zubi
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.