City Council Meeting Agenda - Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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AGENDA (PDF)
7:30 PM
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA / AGENDA SCHEDULING UPDATE
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON VOTING ITEMS
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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
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COUNCIL COMMENTS
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
VOTING SESSION
COUNCIL VOTE TO CONVENE AS THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD
1. Second Reading Ordinance Approving FY 2024 Stormwater Management Budget Amendment No. 1
2. Second Reading Ordinance Approving FY 2024 Budget Amendment No. 1
Items 1 and 2 are posted as one document, but in two versions.
3. Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Contract for an Executive Search Firm to Administer the Recruitment of the New City Manager
4. Resolution Establishing the City Council’s Goals and Priorities for the Management of the City
5. CONSENT AGENDA
Before voting on the consent agenda, the City Council unanimously approved a motion as follows:
Moved that the City Council seek the City Attorney's guidance on City Code language for assigning the still relevant tasks of the Nuclear-Free Takoma Park Committee to other municipal functions.
A. Resolution Providing for the City Council Summer Recess (August 3 – September 6) (PDF)
B. Resolution Providing for Appointments/Reappointments to the Arts and Humanities Committee
C. Resolution Providing for Reappointments to the Board of Elections
D. Resolution Providing for Reappointments to the Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs
E. Resolution Providing for Appointments/Reappointments to the Emergency Preparedness Committee
F. Resolution Providing for Reappointments to the Grants Review Committee
G. Resolution Providing for Appointments/Reappointments to the Recreation Committee
H. Resolution Providing for Appointments/Reappointments to the Sustainable Maryland Committee
I. Resolution Providing for Reappointments to the Tree Commission
WORK SESSION
6. Quarterly Financial Report (FY23 Fourth Quarter) (PDF)
ADJOURNMENT
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Closed Session/Administrative Notice Disclaimer
From time-to-time circumstances may require the City Council to meet in closed session or administrative session to protect City interests and the interests of others. As such, the Council reserves the right to meet in administrative session or closed session as needed. The Council, through staff, will make every effort to provide as much advance notice as possible of any administrative session or closed session. The City Council also reserves the right to adjourn an open meeting and proceed with an administrative session or closed session, with or without notice, pursuant to Maryland Code, § 3-104 of the General Provisions Article or Maryland Code, § 3-305 of the General Provisions Article and any other applicable provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
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ADA NOTICE
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