

To have an item placed on the City Council agenda for action at the meeting, contact a City Councillor to request that he or she submit an order or resolution to the City Clerk to be placed on the agenda. and 3:00 p.m., or by signing up at the meeting between 5:00 p.m. You may sign up to speak by calling the City Council Office at 61 on Mondays between 9:00 a.m. Members of the public may speak at the public comment section of the scheduled business meeting for up to three minutes on any matter that is being considered by the City Council for action at that meeting (the public may not speak on items in the communications section of the agenda during public comment).

Please note that City Hall closes at Noon on Fridays. and Noon on Fridays at the City Clerk's Office. Copies of the agenda are generally available between 10 a.m. on the Thursday before the meeting on the City Council Open Meeting Portal.

The City Council meeting agenda is generally posted online by 5:30 p.m. The City Council's regular business meetings are conducted in accordance with the City Council Rules. They are also live streamed on the Open Meeting Portal. Business meetings are televised live on 22-CityView, the Municipal Channel, and rebroadcast on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Approximately one meeting each month is scheduled as an informal roundtable discussion meeting at which no votes are taken. from the first Monday in January to and including the last Monday in June, and from the second Monday in September to and including the last Monday in December in the Sullivan Chamber on the second floor of City Hall. The City Council meets regularly on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. The Council organizes into committees, which have become increasingly active over the past few years, providing much of the research and legislative analysis on major policy issues before the Council. Upon organization of each new Council, the members elect a Mayor and a Vice-Mayor, with the Mayor serving as the Council's chief legislative officer. The City Council is elected at-large by the proportional representation electoral process. It authorizes public improvements and expenditures, adopts regulations and ordinances, levies taxes, controls the finances and property taxes of the City, and performs many related legislative tasks. The City Council, the policy setting arm of the City, derives its powers from the City charter and the laws and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Speakers will be prompted to enter their first and last name when signing into the Zoom, please use the same name you have signed up to speak as in order to be unmuted by the moderator during public comment.įor more information regarding Zoom technology, click here: on the Friday before the meeting.įollow the link here Public Comment to register to speak.
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Stream meetings live over the web – Access the Open Meeting Portal by following this link navigate to the meeting you wish to view and click on ‘video’ to begin the live stream Watch/Participate via Zoom teleconferencing –.View meetings over the City of Cambridge Municipal Television Channel – Tune in to Cable Channel 22 locally, to watch meetings on your television. Members of the Public are invited to attend and/or participate in Regular and Special Meetings of the Cambridge City Council 3 ways: The City Council authorizes public improvements and expenditures, adopts regulations and ordinances, establishes financial policies and performs many related legislative tasks. The City Council, the policy setting arm of the City, derives its powers from the City Charter and the laws and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
