Community Engagement and Interviews

Interviews with previous Cambridge elected officials and employees



• Henrietta Davis - Former Mayor and City Councillor (January 11, 2023)

• Louie DePasquale - Former City Manager (January 13, 2023)

• Anthony Galluccio - Former Mayor and City Councillor (Mar 24

• Arthur Goldberg - Former Deputy City Solicitor (January 9, 2023)

• Bob Healy - Former City Manager (January 23, 2023)

• David Maher - Former Mayor and City Councillor (February 6, 2023)

• Rich Rossi - Former City Manager (January 10, 2023)

• Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler - Former City Councillor

• David Sullivan - Former Mayor and City Councillor (March 2, 2023)

• Michael Sullivan - Former Mayor and City Councillor (March 31, 2023)

• Jeffery Young - Former Superintendent of Schools (January 18, 2023)

Discussions with current elected officials and city manager



Discussion with Current City Manager Yi-An Huang (March 14, 2023)

• Recording (begins 31:10)

Round Table with Current City Council (March 22, 2023)

• Recording (begins 8:47)

• Final Actions

Round Table with Current School Committee (March 14, 2023)

• Recording

• Minutes

General and Massachusetts Charter Articles and Resources



General



International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

• Making It Work: The Essentials of Council-Manager Relations

• The Mayor-Manager Conundrum

• Professional Local Government Management: The Benefits to Your Municipality

• Taking Stock of the Council-Manager Form

• Council-Manager Form of Government (brochure)

• 2018 Municipal Form of Government Survey

• 2018 Local Government & Immigrant Communities Survey

• Other select ICMA Articles



National League of Cities

• 2022 State of The Cities

• Democracies Thrive When Cities Vote

• Local Tools to Address Housing Affordability

• Other select NLC Articles



National Civic League

• Model City Charter - 9th Edition

• Guide for Charter Commissions




Other Research Articles

• Common Issues and Pro/Con Arguments in Elections to Change Form of Government

• IBM Report: Smarter, Faster, Cheaper

• UNC: Eight Strategies for Effective Council-Manager Relations

• League of California Cities: Relationship Between City Council and City Manager Staff



Massachusetts

• MA Legislature Chapter on City Charters (Ch 43)

• Changing Local Government Structure

• Forms of Municipal Government in MA

• MA Municipalities and their Forms of Government 2020-21

• 2020 DOR Massachusetts City Budget Process FAQs

• A Study on Structural Changes in Local Government in the Commonwealth of MA

Committee Presentations



Cambridge Charter Review Process History

• Collins Center Memo to City Council (March 11, 2021)

  • Link to Memo

• Collins Center Memo to City Council (April 28. 2021)

  • Link to Memo

• Collins Center Presentation to Committee on Charters in MA and History of Cambridge Charter (September 13, 2023)

  • Presentation Recording

  • Presentation Powerpoint



Charter Review Presentations and Panels

Elections in Cambridge, Presentation by Cambridge Election Commission, Charles Maquardt, Chair of the Election Commission, Assistant Director Lesley Waxman, and Commissioners Larry Ward, Ethridge King, and Victoria Harris (January 31, 2023)

• Presentation Recording (begins 1:15)

• Presentation PowerPoint



Budget Process in Cambridge, Presentation by Cambridge Finance Department: David Kale, Taha Jennings, and Angela Pierre (January 17, 2023)

• Presentation Recording (begins 15:33)



Panel of Mayors and Managers from MA Municipalities, Alex Morse current Manager of Provincetown and former Mayor of Holyoke, Joe Curtatone former Mayor of Somerville, and Eileen Donoghue former Manager and Mayor of Lowell and former State Senator (February 28, 2023)

• Recording (Begins 28:20)