Monday, December 17, 2012
A vote on a legal services contract is also on the agenda.
A presentation by Montgomery County Councilman Philip M. Andrews, a stormwater management ordinance, presentations on financial audits for fiscal 2012 and on city contracting and a vote on a legal services contract highlight the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is scheduled to vote on the purchase of three new refuse trucks and the purchase of playground equipment to replace equipment destroyed in a fire at Rockville Civic Center Park last month. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. County Councilman Andrews presents Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg, who represents Rockville on the Montgomery County Council, is scheduled to address issues of mutual …
Monday, December 10, 2012
A discussion of the Financial Advisory Board is also on the agenda.
Previews of the fiscal 2014 city budget and of state legislative priorities for the District 17 delegation to the General Assembly and a public hearing on a plan for heritage tourism highlight the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Budget preview The council is scheduled to hear a preview of the budget for fiscal 2014, which begins July 1. The preview will focus on council members’ answers to budget surveys, which city staff use to determine budget priorities. Staff will discuss operating funds and factors that may influence revenue and expenditure estimates. “Financial pressures such as employee benefit costs and aging infrastructure, …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Budget issues dominate the agenda, which also includes REDI board reappointments.
The budget takes center stage as a report on the productivity of city staff, a presentation on the implications of budget cost-cutting and a discussion of the creation of a Financial Advisory Board highlight the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is expected to reappoint five members to Rockville Economic Development Inc.’s board. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Productivity report The council will hear a report on the productivity of city staff over the past five years. Staff has served an increasingly large number of residents spread across expanding city limits, a staff report said. Rockville’s population grew from 47,388 to 61,209—a 29 percent …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Discussions of the ethics ordinance and heritage area plan and a vote on changes to the fire code also are on deck.
A review of a city summit on growth, and discussions of the city’s budget and budget process, and of changes to the city’s ethics ordinance and heritage area plan, are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would bring the city’s fire safety code in line with state and national codes and standards. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Rockville Summit review The council is scheduled to review the Rockville Summit 2012. Held Nov. 3, the summit looked at future growth of the city from a variety of angles. Working groups presented 139 recommendations focused on six areas: Click here to read the recommendations. …
Monday, November 5, 2012
A vote on an incentive package for Choice Hotels is also on deck.
A vote on whether to give the city’s blessing to the purchase of the Fireside Park Apartments by Rockville Housing Enterprises, budget discussions and an incentive package for Choice Hotels International are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. Discussions of the city’s sign ordinance and of priorities for advocacy before the county government are also on deck. The Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Vote on Fireside Park Apartments sale The council is scheduled to take two votes on the proposed purchase of the Fireside Park Apartments by Rockville Housing Enterprises. PrideRock LLC, a Florida-based property management company said in an email Oct. 27 that it is …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Good Neighbor awards and a vote on extensions to city water main rehabilitation contracts are also on deck.
Discussions of Rockville Housing Enterprise’s purchase plan for the Fireside Park Apartments and of whether to commission a study of the city’s employee retirement plan are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Fireside Park Apartments discussion The council is scheduled to hear briefings on affordable housing in Rockville and Montgomery County, followed by an update on and discussion of the proposal by Rockville Housing Enterprises to purchase the Fireside Park Apartments. RHE, which administers public housing in Rockville, has asked the city to commit $2 million toward the $37.5 million purchase of the 236-unit garden-style …
Monday, October 15, 2012
An update from Rockville Economic Development Inc. is also on deck.
A hearing on proposed changes to the city’s ethics ordinance, a discussion of the 2012 Citizen Survey and preliminary discussions of the city’s fiscal 2014 budget top the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. The council also is scheduled to hear the monthly update from Rockville Economic Development Inc. executive director Laurie Boyer and to issue a proclamation recognizing Oct. 15-19 as “Economic Development Week in the City of Rockville.” Ethics ordinance hearing The council is scheduled to hold its second public hearing on changes to the city’s ethics ordinance. The first hearing was held Sept. 24. The proposed changes would bring the…
Monday, October 8, 2012
A hearing on fire safety codes and a discussion of revisions to the city’s sediment control and stormwater management policies are also on deck.
Public hearings on city aid for the purchase of the Fireside Park Apartments and on revisions to the city’s fire safety code, and discussions of the city’s fiscal 2014 budget and of how new Rockville Town Center projects are approved are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is scheduled to introduce an ordinance that would revise the city’s sediment control and stormwater management policies and is scheduled to issue a proclamation recognizing Community Planning Month in Rockville. The Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Fireside Park Apartments hearing Much of Monday’s meeting is expected to be dedicated to a public hearing on the proposed purchase of …
Monday, April 30, 2012
A resolution creating a city charter review panel and a discussion of public art also is scheduled.
Introduction of an ordinance on the Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Home parking lot, a resolution establishing a panel to review the city’s charter and a review of the budget and the city’s Art in Public Places program are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. The meeting also will include a resolution designating Douglass A. Barber as the new city clerk. Barber, the former clerk of the City of Hyattsville, was named Rockville City Clerk last month. Today is his first day on the job. Pumphrey parking In a 3-2 vote on April 16, the council moved to reverse a 2010 decision by the previous council that was intended to allow Pumphrey Funeral …
Theresa Defino
6:35 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
The city council needs to do the responsible thing and look for new revenues, which includes raising the tax rate, which most people won't feel because of declining assessments. Cutting services alone, working people to the bone, is not enough and the city will suffer in the long term (not to mention the short-term). This partly mirrors the situation on the national level...I wasn't aware that … more ›