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Cambridge commissioners continue vacancy discussions
CAMBRIDGE — Residents and commissioners alike continued the contentious conversations surrounding two ordinances — ordinance 1280 on rental dwelling registration, licensing and inspections and ordinance 1281 on vacant commercial storefronts and residential structures. At the beginning of the meeting, Commissioner Shay Lewis-Sisco motioned to amend the agenda to postpone the ordinance’s readings due to amendments made over the weekend not being included in the public council packet. Lewis-Sisco also suggested postponing the ordinances because of a very large presence at the prior meeting speaking out against both ordinances. Mayor Lajan Cephas-Bey argued against the delay saying that continuing to postpone holds up city staff from performing essential functions, specifically processing new rental property registrations. Delaying past this meeting would push the process back by at least two weeks to a month due to advertising “I’m going to quote President Cephas: ‘either piss or get off the pot,’” Cephas-Bey said. Lewis-Sisco revised the motion to keep the items on the agenda for discussion only without taking action. A tie vote occurred on whether to amend the agenda, which Cephas-Bey broke by voting to keep the items on the agenda as presented. Amendments The ordinances both have significant amendments to housing and