CAMBRIDGE
CITY MANAGER INITIATIVE
CURRENT STATUS
as of February 7, 2015
- · Mid December - the commissioners on a 4-1 vote pass the charter changes and transition ordinance.
- · Under Maryland law, those who disagree with that law change have until January 26th to obtain signatures of 20% of the registered voters in the city seeking a referendum.
- · On the evening of January 26th, a petition was presented at the city council meeting seeking such a referendum.
- · As a result the city manager implementation process is on hold pending a number of things.
- · The Petition was sent to the Dorchester Board of Elections for review.
- · The Board of Elections has declined at this point to participate in the certification process and has returned the petition to the City of Cambridge
- · What will happen next has not yet been decided by the commissioners.
- · If the petitions are certified in some way, city council will need to determine the language that will be used for the referendum and will also set a date for a vote on the referendum.
- · The options for a vote would be either within 40-60 days of the petition being approved and the ballot language being set or at the next general election in June 2016 (over a year from now).
- · Those who presented the petition asked to have the ability to observe the certification process.
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