The council returns from a three-week holiday on Monday.
A budget discussion of costs and revenue associated with new development and a vote on city contracts, and the bidding process for contracts, 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 council’s first meeting of 2013 includes a consent agenda vote on: The council also is scheduled to discuss costs and revenue associated with new development. It will be the last of six discussions in preparation for the council’s fiscal 2014 budget deliberations. Other discussions have explored biennial budgeting and what it means to cut costs. The council is expected to adopt in late May the budget for fiscal 2014, which begins July 1. A …
Hearings on Stonestreet bridge, Town Center plans and financial board are on Jan. 14 agenda.
Discussions with the city’s Board of Supervisors of Elections and about the city’s budget, a review of the city’s ethics ordinance and a vote on various city contracts are on the tentative agenda for the Rockville City Council’s first meeting of 2013 on Monday. The Council’s second meeting of the year, on Jan. 14, will include public hearings on the proposed reconstruction of the Stonestreet pedestrian bridge, Town Center zoning and the creation of a Financial Advisory Board. The pedestrian bridge connecting South Stonestreet Avenue and Veirs Mill Road was demolished in 2011 after an inspection revealed structural deficiencies. The estimated cost for the bridge replacement is $1.2 million—much higher than anticipated. The hearing will …
The council will meet with school officials before Monday's regular meeting.
Legal maneuvering over the proposed development of the site of the former Reed Brothers Dodge site, a proposed parking lot adjacent the Robert A. Pumphrey funeral home and bonds for the National Lutheran Home are on the agenda as the Rockville City Council holds its first meeting of 2012 on Monday. The council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The council will meet with Montgomery County Public School officials at 6:15 p.m., before the regularly scheduled meeting. The regular agenda includes a discussion of whether the council wishes to weigh in on legal challenges to a proposed mixed-use project across Frederick Road from King Farm. Silverwood/Shady Grove LLC is seeking to build a six-story 417-unit multifamily building with ground floor …
Sean R. Sedam
12:43 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Tonight's council agenda also notes the following closed session, which is scheduled for 6 p.m.: "Executive Session pursuant to Section 10-508(a)(3),(5),(7) and (9), to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related thereto; to consider the investment of public funds; to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice; and to consult with staff, or other … more ›