Oh, we just call it a little bit.

A special meeting of the City Council for Annapolis is now called to order Monday, April twenty seventh at six oh five PM.

At this time, we will have a moment of silence to prepare ourselves for the business ahead.

All those in favor say aye.

Alder woman also Johnson.

We're going to restart our special meeting of the night.

The city attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Yes, the next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda.

Thank you.

At the time, I'd entertain a motion to approve the agenda as amended to remove uh ordinance two twenty-six, more requirements in city waters.

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman uh Huntley.

Thank you, um Alderman Chandelmeyer.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

The motion carries.

Miss City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is ceremonial items beginning with ID seventy-four twenty-six, a citation for Captain Jennifer K.

Thank you.

I also brought my parents and their layouts in the business as well.

I think that we might have they're registering the citation.

Oh, okay, great.

Should they get off too?

This uh citation should come up.

Okay.

So this is a one of our pleasures we get to do is to celebrate some of the people in the community.

This is a city citation on behalf of the city council and and myself as well.

Taking countless Annapolis residents and tourists on scenic tours of the Severn River.

Ever since your parents, Ken and Eileen, I believe there are two.

Next item on the agenda is ceremonial item ID one hundred twenty-six, the city council citation to nurse Jackie Maloney.

Thank you.

This is a uh this is for gonna be two people back to back for saving someone's life at uh who went into cardiac arrest at the Peninsula Athletic League Park, PAL Park.

So we're gonna join uh come up front uh with the individuals related to this project.

Please join come down to give me something.

Yes, a good evening, everyone.

Um is what highly from the start line.

Uh we just want to recognize we have um senior trooper uh Alan with us from the state uh police.

We have also members on behalf of firements, Mr.

Firefighters Leaf Smith and Firefighter Downey as well with us today.

And uh with us, we have uh special guests today that um because of bias and CPR, and this is what we want to stress out why it's important to learn how to do CPR because of the actions of these uh these women, Mr.

McCabe is here present with us alive and well.

So uh I'll let uh the mayor read a little bit further about what happened that day.

Thank you.

So I have two citations.

First is for Jack.

On behalf of the residents of the city of Anatolis, we present you the city council citation.

You responded to what was initially reported as a fainting incident.

That was created to a cardiac arrest.

As a retired nurse, you immediately took charge, performing high quality CPR alongside Governor Moore's security detail before merging.

On the Annapolis Fire Department's arrival, you continue to assist as the AED and deliver two shots.

Working seamlessly with Medicunit 48, your clinical experience supported further interventions that led to the return of spontaneous circulation.

The patient regained consciousness during transfer transport and was alert upon arrival at Anna Rundle Medical Center, eventually returning home five days later.

Your swift action and professionalism as a health care provider represent the very best of Annapolis.

Thank you for your life-saving and quick action.

Not to uh underscore first and second, but this is the exact same citation.

Except it's presented to Tracy Patton on behalf of myself as mayor and the full city council.

Thank you so much for your life-saving techniques.

Yeah, good.

An out-of-hospital cardiac event survival rate is 10%.

With an AED present at the very moment, it happens that that rate goes up to 90%, and then goes down 10% for every minute until the first shock.

I look up, saw a bird circling, some wispy clouds in front of the sun, and then the world started spinning and darkness.

We just got you back.

I need you to fight, fight for your life.

As a whirlwind of commotion happened around me, and the sound of the sirens filled my ears, so I thought it was a dream.

We all crammed into the elevator, and it was the first moment I felt safe.

17 minutes that felt to me like a blink of an eye.

What he didn't know was about all the amazing people, strangers who made life-saving critical decisions and actions.

Gary grabbed me as I collapsed to the ground and felt me die in his arms.

Jackie turned to her decades of nursing experience and started CPR.

Kelly ran to the baseball field to find help.

That is one of the key decisions to save my life.

Tracy Patton and ER nurse for 15 years, and Governor Moore were watching their sons play baseball.

Tracy sprinted to my side.

Governor Moore hurtled chairs sprinting to his truck for the AED.

His troopers thought he was under duress, and so he put them into action instead.

Gary described it to me this way.

We got you laid out and we're starting CPR.

I didn't really know what to do, and then like out of heaven, a small blonde woman showed up and started giving orders.

An AED showed up next to me, and four large men were there.

I looked up, and a tall black man was praying next to you, and I thought he looks familiar.

Tracy took command and directed the four troopers to take over CPR.

Their strength and commitment to push on my chest for 17 straight minutes is the main reason why I have very little cognitive effects.

Tracy also didn't hold back because she gave me mouth to mouth and continued to keep everything in control, which is why when EMS arrived, they had her continue to run the code.

17 minutes and five shocks.

Not many people get to survive that.

And even fewer people get to stand here six months later and talk about it without significant significant cognitive reduction.

My heart refraction rate was 33%.

That's heart failure.

60% is the normal number.

After one month of cardio rehab, it was back to normal.

My cardio rehab nurse quoted, we just don't see patients like you who were down for 17 minutes and recover like this.

Every decision, all the training, hard work, and dedication to serving the public by everyone that day saved my life and saved it in a manner that allowed me to be almost fully recovered after six months.

Last week I went on a 10-mile bike ride with my son.

Everyone that day didn't care about my age, my sex, race, religion, political views, or even if I deserve to be saved.

They said to the world, not this man, not today.

But you didn't just save me.

You saved a friend, a business owner, a coach, an uncle, a brother, a son, a husband, and most importantly the dad of a 12-year-old boy who is unfortunately homesick today.

The number one question I get is Did you have an out-of-body experience?

No, but I heard God talk to me that morning.

I wanted to go to church and play pickleball, but I ended up staying up late that night.

I overslept and was struggling between playing pickleball and going to church.

I heard a voice in my head say, go play pickleball.

God put me there at that moment and surrounded me with amazing people who went to extraordinary efforts to save me.

Every day, every day, there is a moment when I stop, usually shed a tear, and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude.

It might be the feel of the wind, a moment of laughter, a sunset, my wife's smile, or the twinkle in my son's eyes.

I stop and I think about all the people that day who had the courage to fight for me.

And I will forever be grateful for everyone involved in those 17 minutes.

Thank you.

Folks, this was a true team effort here.

You heard the statistics that he gave you earlier about every minute that CPR is not administered is uh 10% reduction in his chance of survival.

We have excellent response times here in the city of Annapolis.

By the time our units are dispatched to the time they're on call, it's usually within four to five minutes.

But at five minutes, that's 50% chance of survival.

So the only survival rate here is when somebody starts CPR and AEDs on site, and people start before we get there.

American Heart Association estimates that 350,000 people are stricken by out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year.

Those cardiac arrests are not trauma related, they're heart related, and most of them occur in the home.

So what I'm telling you is you need to learn CPR.

Don't be afraid to get involved.

If you want to learn CPR, just go to CPR at Annapolis.gov, or you can call one of our fire stations and we'll make that happen for you.

You don't have to get a certification.

We'll teach you how to administer Narcan, but those seconds count, and those seconds are what uh allows us all to be here today.

So the firefighters and the troopers that were there, they received awards also.

One of the uh most distinguished awards that I can give out is fire chief is what we call a gift of life award.

And that's an award where somebody is in cardiac arrest, where they are no longer with us, and they walk out of the hospital in our lag today.

And I can tell you in the city of Annapolis, I've given out several of these awards.

So I'm proud to be the fire chief.

I'm proud of the men and women here, and I can only say thank you to the people from the community that got involved.

But this was truly a team effort.

So if you want to learn CPR, CPR at Annapolis.gov, and we'll take care of you.

Thanks.

Yeah, there wasn't.

Yeah, there wasn't another one on the agenda anyway.

So yeah.

Ms.

City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is presentation ID 10126.

Nope, just getting ID 102 26.

Friends of State and Center Youth Programs Fund Donation.

And before we uh do that, Karma, do you want to address here or at the table?

I'm sorry, Alderwoman O'Neil.

Do you want to share?

Do you want to share your comments from here or over there?

Um, presentation.

All right.

First of all, I would like to say um the person who should have been receiving this check is Paulette from the State and Center, but she's actually at another event accepting another award.

So that would that's uh very exciting for us that she had so many awards to be accepting.

Um but I wanted to bring um the knights in today to present this check that they are presenting to the Friends of Stanton Center, and Townsend is here to represent the Friends of Stan Center.

But the Knights do so many great things in the city of Annapolis from code drives to bingo nights, where they're doing a portion of their bingo funds to different nonprofits, and we are lucky enough that the Friends of Stan Center, um, the after school club is the recipient of that.

Thank you.

I also just want to echo my comments and thanks to the Knights of Columbus.

Uh, what they do with the Bingo Center, you're always constantly raising money.

Mr.

Sears is one of the hardest working guys uh uh serving the community.

So uh thank you for what you do.

And if you'd like to say a few words, we just would love to thank you as well.

Um there's amazing work that happens at the Stanton Center every day, and we are just honored to be a part of it, and this allows us to contribute a little bit more to the great programming that's already happening there.

So thank you.

It's a wonderful place.

Happy to do it.

There you are.

We're just gonna hear him.

Okay.

All right.

Um city attorney, next item on the agenda, please.

Next item on the agenda is presentation ID 101 26 state budget and legislation update from our district 30 delegation.

Thank you.

So I would invite our state senator Shanika Henson and our delegates, Dana Jones and Dylan Baylor, to the uh center table.

This is something I uh wanted to, we're very fortunate to have this opportunity to hear from our uh district thirty delegation.

They just concluded two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago tonight, uh their uh late latest General Assembly session, and I know they've all worked very hard for us citizens of Annapolis, and so I've asked them to uh present um just on budget and legislative issues that are specific to either city government or Annapolis city.

So thank you so much, you uh all of you for joining us.

And uh uh Senator Henson, if you want to start us off, that'd be wonderful.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I can't tell you all what an honor and a privilege it is for us to be here as your state delegation.

I think this may be the first of its kind that the state has come back and held itself accountable to the city of Annapolis as our partners with what we've done during the legislative session, and everything you're about to hear is only possible because the excellent partnership of this mayor and city council.

So we're so appreciative for your collaboration.

I did just leave an award ceremony where the good older woman for Ward 6 was being honored with the Coretta Scott King Award.

So I know that a number of the members, as Alder Woman O'Neill mentioned, are there as well.

But it just shows the excellence that you have here on the council and leading our city.

So one of the biggest things that we can do as your state delegation is show up strong in the budget for the city of Annapolis.

One of our budget items that harkens back to our former delegate and our speaker, Mike Bush, is that what he did, one of the lasting parts of his legacy is he took the city's payment in lieu of tax, and he was able to increase that amount.

And not only did he increase it for the one time, but he was able to set it on an escalator where every year it's indexed with the CPI so that that amount increases that we bring back home to the city of Annapolis.

And speaking with the mayor, one of the things that I believe he likes about that money is that it is unrestricted.

When you all get that money for your budget, you can put it towards the uses and purposes that the city of Annapolis needs.

But I will tell you that your delegation, the three of us, we fight very, very hard to make sure that money stays in the budget and that it's increased every year.

One of the easiest ways to balance the budget is to take some of your commitments that you have written into the code and to reduce those commitments as the years go by.

So to not only keep it level funded, but to increase it every year takes a great deal of effort, and we're really proud to report back that we were able to secure that money this year.

It's just shy of a million dollars that'll be coming back to the city of Annapolis from the state of Maryland for your payment in lieu of tax for housing our state resources here.

So we're incredibly grateful.

After the presentation that was done by the City of Annapolis Fire Department and hearing the life-saving work that's being done here in the city of Annapolis, we are so proud that one of the things that we were able to do is secure $950,000 for a new medic unit that the city's fire department will be able to use to continue that life-saving care and work.

So we're incredibly proud of what we were able to bring home for the city of Annapolis by way of the budget.

There are just a few things I'll highlight by way of policy that I got to collaborate with the mayor and council on that I'm so proud worked out this session.

One of them is we have a Capitol Police Department and the uh the State House.

We have the Department of General Services has the Capitol Police.

The Capitol Police, their jurisdiction had historically been all of the state buildings and then a thousand-foot perimeter around the state buildings.

So if you were just outside of that thousand-foot perimeter, Department of General Services could not help.

And I'll give you an example.

So what the legislation did, it was legislation I was proud to sponsor and work in coordination with you, Senate Bill 298.

It expanded the jurisdiction of Capitol Police.

So now our Capitol Police won't be limited to just that 1,000 foot perimeter outside of the state agencies.

They'll now have statewide jurisdiction to work in coordination with their local law enforcement partners, including the city of Annapolis police department.

So you can imagine with the number of state assets that we have here, having that coordination beyond the 1,000 foot will really give them the opportunity to work together and better coordination.

One of the other things, and it'll be the last bill that I highlight because I remember from my days being on that side of the council that you all have the ability to impose time limits and a big buzzer goes off.

So I don't want that.

But I will highlight a bill that I filed, passed.

Um I sponsored it and we were able to get it across the goal line.

Senate Bill 941.

That bill holds chronic, bad acting landlords accountable.

What we've seen is you'll have here your great code enforcement office will go out on a code enforcement call.

Someone will say they have mold, they have another issue in their home, and your code enforcement will cite that landlord and say you violated our city safety standards.

It's not in compliance with building and safety codes.

And then you'll get another call from that constituent and another call and another call, because sometimes these issues are chronic, and there just hadn't been the incentive structure or the accountability structure to make sure some of these large landlords were held accountable but also given support to address these chronic issues.

Well, what Senate Bill 941 did is it brings together our Office of the Attorney General, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs, and it brings together Department of Housing and Community Development to require them to put in place an action plan for how those two agencies can respond and can deal with our larger landlords that are having these chronic issues where our local governments are doing their level best to hold them accountable, but they just need a stronger incentive structure to be able to make sure that they're being accountable to the residents who live there.

So we're bringing relief to you by way of making sure the state is an active partner in keeping housing safe, and we're bringing relief to you by making sure the state is an active partner in public safety, and the state is an active partner in your budget here in the city of Annapolis.

Thank you.

Thank you, Senator.

Thank you, Mayor Littman.

And it is such an honor to be here.

The last time I was here was for his uh historic preservation commission meeting, so hopefully this is a little easier.

Um it's just such an honor, and I want to ban a talk about the Borders House.

Uh but um no, that the it's just such an honor to be here with you all, and I want to echo Senator Henson's point that I don't think any of us can do our jobs without the amazing partnership that you all offer, um, whether it be constituent services or helping us navigate the budget or helping provide your input on legislation, the work product that we put forward is better because of you, and um, you know, none of us could do it without you.

Um I want to go through a little bit of my legislation and then uh talk a little bit about my committee's work this legislative session because I think it's relevant to the city.

Uh but this was my first full legislative session uh as your delegate here in District 30A.

Uh so it was my first legislative session where I was able to draft and sponsor my own pieces of legislation.

Uh so I had 19 pieces of legislation that I sponsored, and I'm proud to report that nine of those uh passed into law and are waiting uh on the governor's desk for a signature.

Um, and I want to talk about five of those or four of those that I think really impact the city.

Uh, firstly, is uh legislation related to our heritage areas.

So we know that um one of the most beautiful parts of our city is our history and our heritage areas.

There's 13 of them across the state provide critical resources to nonprofit partners and other entities to help tell that story.

Chesapeake Crossroads is the one that many of us know right here.

And we were able uh with Senator Quarterman and the Senate, um, I was able to pass a bill that increased the cap to double the amount of money that our heritage areas can receive.

So it'll go from six to twelve million.

Um, and I'm really excited about the what that will be able to provide, um, especially as we head into the 250th.

Um the next bill I'd like to talk about is House Bill 728, uh, which I think will come into play with the city because it provides a procurement exemption for the Department of General Services, the Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Transportation, and Department of Planning to more swiftly negotiate directly with nonprofits in the preservation space.

So it was a bill that I worked on in partnership with Preservation Maryland, and the goal there is to really expedite and get state money out of the door quicker uh to help do more preservation work across the city.

Uh the uh third bill I'd like to chat to talk about is the Maryland Housing Certainty Act.

Um, and I'd like to give a special shout out to Alderman Chandelmeyer for uh his his support of the legislation.

Um but this is I think one of the most significant pieces of housing legislation that we have this session.

Um, and what it does is all it says is that once somebody gets a complete application in um for a proposed project that the rules that you all pass that are really important, whether whatever it may be, those are locked in um for that project at the time.

Um it was a governor more priority and the Department of Housing and Community Community Development priority, and we know that that certainty um across the state will help build more housing units and really help us um address the housing crisis that we're facing.

Um two other quick bills.

Um, one because I know we love our libraries in the city.

I had a bill to add uh student members to library boards, um, which is really excited, really exciting to have student voices there.

And for our first responders in the city, we provided uh a $5,000 increase to the income subtraction modification that uh they receive in from the retirement benefits.

Um but as I said, uh I was grateful that Speaker Emerita Adrian Jones we just saw at that event um uh appointed me to the Environment and Transportation Committee, where I think I really have the opportunity to work on values uh in issues that represent our community's values.

Um but this session, uh Speaker Pena Melnick uh shifted policy areas around.

So the biggest bill that I had the opportunity to work on as a member of the energy subcommittee was the utility relief act.

I know many of us, all of us are hearing from our constituents about the ever increasing rates of energy.

So we passed a massive bill that will both provide short-term and long-term solutions to meet uh the moment and bring down energy rates.

Uh there's a lot that the bill does.

I'm happy I could talk about this for an hour.

Um but I think just a few key points.

Firstly, it really tackles the corporate utility side of it.

Uh we uh prevent corporate utilities from um making us the ratepayers pay exorbitant corporate salaries, which I'm really excited about.

That money has to come from the corporate profits.

We also ban the use of what's called a forecast test year.

So that means when BGE, when they go in and they uh plead their case to the public service commission for rate increases.

Um right now they're allowed to use what's a forecast, what is called a forecast test year, so they can go in and they say we're gonna spend all this money in the future.

What we say is we ban that, so now they have to base those rate increases on historic spending or actual spending.

So there's an inherent incentive now that the spending and the rate increases that we're facing as Marylanders are directly tied to infrastructure investments that are actually meaningful, not future spending that we may or may not need.

Uh we do rein-in data centers in the bill.

We make sure that they are paying more of a fair share for their upgrades uh to the grid.

Um we do really exciting stuff with advanced transmission technologies and grid enhancing technology technologies to ensure that new power in the state is gonna have uh better efficiency.

And then um, I think my favorite part of the bill is uh we allow what's called balcony solar, so it's a solar panel that you can put on your balcony and plug it in, and it helps you uh meet your energy goals.

Um so I know I've talked for a while, I'm trying not to have that buzzer go off.

Um, but I just want to say it's such an honor to serve in this role, and I appreciate the partnership with all of you, and um uh just thank you for the time.

Delegate Baylor, uh, delegate Dana Jones.

Thank you so very much.

Um it is an absolute honor to be here with you all.

Um this is truly uh our full circle moment as um I have been serving and working uh for you all and our surrounding and the surrounding Anoronto County area for the last six years.

It was an incredible session.

Um, but uh let's be honest, um over 3,000 bills introduced.

Uh everything gets a hearing.

Um near eight hundred near almost like nine hundred were were past.

We're not gonna go through all of them tonight, but that doesn't mean you can't reach out to the office, ask some specific questions, um, because I am always there in the office, always on the email.

So many of you do reach out on a regular basis.

Um I'll go over a few things that happened this session, both uh in the office for myself, uh, for you, and the bills that I passed, and then as your appropriator here, I then will go over the budget.

Um it was uh, as we all know, we are pushing back and protecting Maryland and thereby the city from a hostile federal government.

One that looks um, as I have said on the record uh more than once, um, where um when we take SNAP benefits from the most vulnerable, when we take the ability for our seniors and our children to have money uh to eat every month, and it's not that much money.

Um there are days where um pushing back really felt like was pain the purpose in some of these federal actions.

So as we continue at the state level to fortify our state and our and our our constituents that we share together, it was really about those unbelievable needs and keeping everyone afloat, which um with a shot clock.

So I had a grandfather who's a basketball coach forever, with a shot clock of the 90-day session, it leads to um a very chaotic and 17-hour day.

Uh so um we'll just hit those those highlights.

Um I'm honored that um Speaker Pena Melnick uh saw fit to uh appoint me to as deputy speaker pro tem um this session, and and as we moving on, this allows me the opportunity to truly work with leadership for the needs of not only the city but then the surrounding uh Anarondo County area.

You may see in the end of session letter for which I've written, I talk about the nearly 60 million dollars brought home because I'm also the capital budget chair for the delegation uh now for several years.

I talk about the nearly 60 million dollars brought home because I'm also the capital budget chair for the delegation uh now for several years.

Uh that would be combined with the Anna Rundle County.

But let's just really get into what's on your desk.

And you have a uh piece of paper that we printed out for you so you could follow along.

Um, and that is gonna be the nearly 35 million dollars for which uh was included in the Capitol, uh, and then another two and a half million for the operating budget.

Let's get to some of these bills first.

Um this year, um uh I'm happy to report that the number of bills passed into law in the last six years by myself is is 41.

Um we did some work around uh as I do every year on election security and um election law.

Um I expanded it and worked with so many of my colleagues, uh, the polling places and early voting centers um so that we can have that security that we so desperately need, unfortunately, in the times that we were finding ourselves uh in.

And we had a situation in Pitmoir um in the last election where some folks had gone in and things had gotten a little um heated.

Uh we also um uh I worked on a bill because sometimes it's just common sense, and I love to work with my uh my colleagues from across the aisle, correctional officers retirement system.

We we made some uh adjustments in that.

So those who were tired but were still working as bailiffs throughout the the state really needed that um extra work, and we weren't taking any more.

We would I we created a system where we no longer took from their pensions.

Um and then I always have some Chesapeake Bay bills, and that uh is always through aquaculture um and the budget.

Um the budget aside from for the state, including um a ton of money for education and child care and transportation and infrastructure and health and social services.

We um we really wanted to again ensure that if the federal government continued to pull back money off the table through the Department of Education, through health and social services, and so many other things, we were able to bolster that and ensure that people were taken care of, educated, and fed.

You'll see in your additional um piece of paper here under the nearly 35 million dollars that we made sure to spread that money across our district for the city to really bolster and lift up those.

I have to remind everyone that it was we had several write downs and we were really dealing with um uh uh some budget shortfalls, not at any means ones that we caused.

But when you when you fire overnight in in the last year, over 30,000 Marylanders, Maryland uh actually had the most federal employees who lost their job some seemingly overnight.

It takes a lot of money out of our system and the sandwich job in the small business down the street, and the person who comes in and fixes the uh Xerox machine.

So um, with this, you'll any questions that you have, please reach out.

We're gonna look at um a ton of money or uh I'm proud to say, excuse me, money for our police, um, a bomb containment unit, so they can if need they could they could do that work where they could get that suspicious suspicious package and put it in something, a new route for the police department.

Two brand new um ambulances that in the last moment I just want to thank the the mayor and your staff um for taking and working those things out and taking those uh late phone calls for me, and I'm so happy that I was able to get all of that into the budget.

Um but on top of that, we see the YWCA of Anna Rundle, um tremendous uh uh investment in the Banner Douglas Tublin uh Tubman Museum, which is so much to be proud of all the way from to Barrick J, the state uh troopers' office in Annapolis.

So, all in all, District 30 had a fantastic um uh uh budget, and we really hope that this not only continues to serve our constituency well, but as always, we are while not in the same chamber, we are your colleagues.

And I'm so happy when all of you come uh with ideas and questions.

So I'm looking forward to that.

I just want to remind everybody that all three of us have um our end of session letter.

Um many of you would have read it or gotten it in your mailboxes.

Umside of that, I think that pretty much covers it.

I want to thank you again for this unbelievable opportunity.

Thank you.

Well, I'm so grateful the three of you not only came tonight but for your collaboration and getting us to this point over the last four or five months since I've been uh mayor, and I know you collaborate with uh my colleagues to my left and right.

It's uh it's a team sport, and it's regardless of uh our backgrounds.

We're all we all have the same constituents essentially, and so just really appreciate that you all work so hard for our constituents here in Annapolis and work with the city government, and I look forward to continuing to grow that over uh my term and forever long we get to work together.

Uh yes, uh delegate.

Can I add one one quick thing?

Of course.

Uh we all did get your resolution on the task force to modernize municipal revenues.

Yeah.

Um, and that bill passed.

I think we all supported it, and it was signed and uh at the last bill signing.

So I wanted to make sure we mentioned that.

We definitely got your resolution.

It was actually pretty cool.

Excellent question.

Thank you so much.

Excellent catch.

Thank you.

Uh any council members want to say anything.

Aldo Alderman uh Shandelmeyer, please.

Thanks, Mayor.

Uh Team 30, you have once again proven that we have the best and hardest working delegation in the state of Maryland.

So thank you for everything.

Uh couple questions on two bills specifically.

Um, Senator Henson, uh, Bill 941, fantastic work.

Uh is this enabling legislation that we need to do follow-up work on, or is this the state now can do all its own enforcement?

We just send up the complaints.

So the way that the bill is crafted, we've asked for DHCD and the OAG to get back to us with an action plan that we then will codify into law.

That action plan may have some mechanisms where hopefully the state or the city agencies that have those chronic actors can identify them and send them to the AG's office for that additional enforcement under the Consumer Protection Act, and then for additional support from DHCD if they are underfunded or for whatever reason, need more consistent monitoring for compliance.

So we'll get the report from them, and then we'll be able to codify that to work best with our city partners.

Excellent.

And um when you said larger landlords, um, what is larger landlords mean?

Like what's the number and city state code?

Yes, so the bill as it was originally drafted, it didn't define larger landlords, but through the process of amending it, we do say the landlords that own 500 or more units.

So if you are one of the larger properties, like let's say, for instance, you have southern management in your district.

Southern management would be one of those properties that would be a large landlord, housing authority of the city of Annapolis with 790 units, they would be considered a large landlord.

Thank you.

And then uh Delegate Bieler, first off, great job on the Housing Certainty Act.

I'm already seeing some benefits of that in the city.

Um so on HB 653, um, tax relief for first responders.

Um something we were bumped into at that with Ana Rundle County and Annapolis is uh if a county first responder lives in the city or a city first responder lives in the county, they can't get these benefits.

Um with this legislation, would they be able to receive would we be able to provide them with that credit?

Yeah, if I'm remembering correctly, um that's related more specifically to property taxes.

This is your retirement income subtraction modifications.

I apologize for misunderstanding.

Um so focused on property taxes.

Um and then on the utility relief act, and this is a group question because I know all of you worked so hard on this piece of legislation.

Um, does it give us as a local government any tools to assist our constituents with increasing utility bills?

Uh I so I've actually been thinking about this question a little bit.

I think one thing I would implore you all, and I don't know if it's the right solution, but uh Montgomery County actually has an interesting model.

I think it's called a community choice aggregator um, where uh it's a pilot program where they actually collectively negotiate on behalf of their county residents better utility rates.

Um so that's one thing to look into.

Um but with regard to specific authorities for you all through the utility relief act.

Um I don't think that there is anything specifically um related to municipalities um in that legislation, but I'm happy to look more in depth and follow up.

I I think we were taking more of a um a grid-level PJM approach and a public service commission approach for statewide challenges.

And it it's difficult, right?

Because BGE has a service territory that's like seven jurisdictions.

Um we did make some increases to the funding for folks who it's a means tested program where you can qualify for energy assistance, but the LIHEAP and the OHEEP programs, we added additional funding to that, and then we beefed up the people who would be able to qualify.

I think on the city level, the community action agency does the qualifications for those, so you can send your constituents there, and that will have additional resources and funding and expanded eligibility so that more people are available to take advantage of it.

Well, thank you all again for your incredible work during this 90-day sprint.

Um, we all see firsthand how hard each and every one of you work, and I'm proud to call all of you my uh state representatives.

Thank you all.

Thank you so much, Alderman.

Any other council members?

Okay.

Can we give them a round of applause?

Thank you.

Miss City Attorney, can you please call the next item on the agenda?

Next item on the agenda is petitions, reports, and communications, beginning with update from the mayor.

Thank you.

And good evening again, everybody.

I actually want to start tonight's um address on a solemn note.

Raymond Langston, the mayor emeretis of Ana Rundle County's other municipality, Highland Beach, passed away last week.

Mayor Langston served as mayor of Highland Beach from 1995 to 2003.

He lived a life defined by service, first in the Navy, then as the first African American sales representative for pharmaceutical company A.H.

Robbins, and as a devoted husband of 66 years to his wife Jean.

He later continued his mission of service through the role he played in preserving the Frederick Douglass Museum.

He lent his talents to Annapolis Rotary and was a mentor to young people at the Stanton Center.

He'll be remembered for his service and dedication to building community and leaving the world in a much better place than he found it.

Rest in peace, Mayor Langston.

Let's take a moment moment to remember him on our own.

Thank you.

We have good new good news for folks inconvenienced by the temporary traffic pattern in downtown for the boat show.

The show's over and the traffic flow around Memorial Circle at Maine, Compromise and Randall Streets is being restored.

And of course, Mother Nature seems to like to play cruel weather tricks on the spring sailboat show.

This was no exception this year.

Luckily, sailors are a hearty bunch and not the least bit intimidate intimidated by a little rain.

And I hope everyone enjoyed the show.

The annual Greenscape event took place on Saturday with scores of volunteers fanning out across the city to beautify public spaces.

And I got a little, I got time to spend with a crew in Eastport that included Alderman Thorpe and former mayor and founder of Greenscape Ellen Moyer.

I'd like to recognize coordinator Marissa Whittlinger from Recreation and Parks.

Weeds were pulled, plants were planted, and fun was had by all.

Last Thursday, our new deputy chief of staff, Ian Pfeiffer got started, and he's in the back of the room.

Thank you for joining us, Ian.

I'd like to thank this body for seeing the need.

Ian is already getting to work with his background in government and legislation, alongside his deep understanding of issues specific to Annapolis.

As a longtime resident and former Alderman, he will play a major role in ensuring that Annapolis works.

Welcome, Ian.

I want to thank Alderman Conti, who again is at another awards event tonight.

Residents and city directors and the chat staff who came out to our ward six town hall last week.

Each of these sessions, and we've now done seven, have been have been unique to the ward and neighborhood.

And we're seeing common threads emerge through how we can improve the delivery of services.

It is helpful, and I thank the public for not only attending but also sharing honest feedback.

The next one is in ward four with Alder Woman Janice Alsop Johnson at the Bates Legacy Center that is at 6 30 p.m.

on Thursday, May 14th.

Alder Woman Also Johnson and I look forward to seeing you there.

As a reminder, these sessions are available on the City of Annapolis YouTube channel, so feel free to catch up on any time.

At our last city council meeting, I presented my proposed FY27 operating capital budgets along with the city state of the city address.

We've created a state of the city portal on the city website with links to budget documents, finance committee hearings, and opportunities to submit public comment.

Check it out on Annapolis.gov and scroll down to the state of the city under news and trending topics.

Since last Tuesday, the finance committee, which all three members are here, have been meeting with departments each day, and I want to thank our directors for being prepared to explain their budget requests.

It's important to note that people in both this room and watching from home understand that my budget represents discipline in the budget process.

As you dig into the numbers, you'll see that we have zeroed out underperforming contracts to focus on modernizations that will benefit our residents and businesses.org and use the keywords safe routes to school, DPW for the link.

There's also going to be an in-person meeting at the Pitmore Rec Center at 6 p.m.

on May 12th.

Use either of these opportunities to help county officials identify routes that need upgrades.

Springtime in Annapolis is a special time of year, and we're rounding out the third leg of Annapolis, the Annapolis trifecta of springtime traditions on Friday.

We already had the sock burning and croquet match.

This Friday is May Day.

And we all look forward to seeing the colorful floral baskets hanging on doors throughout the city and being judged by the in in downtown by the garden club of old Annapolis Town.

If you're in the historic district and you want your basket to be considered by the judges, they want it on your door by 10 a.m.

tagged with your name and theme.

Blue ribbons will be handed out on the day.

Winners will be invited to a special tea party next Tuesday.

And next, the City of Annapolis's summer intern program kicked off last week with a call for resumes.

And I thank uh Rocio Smith for getting that program started a little earlier than it was projected to.

This paid internship is for high school and college students who would like to get a taste of working for the city government the summer.

These are opportunities are not limited to city residents, but preference is given to those who live within municipal limits.

Please check the website and use the keyword intern.

I'll talk more about the details at next week's council session, but commissioning week begins in a little under three weeks, May 16th through 22nd.

Due to national security currents concerns, the Naval Academy has implemented new restrictions on visiting the yard.

If you don't have valid military ID or an escort, you're not getting on.

That's okay.

There are plenty of other places to see the blue angels arrive and practice on Tuesday and put on their show on Wednesday.

Plan ahead.

If you're enjoying the show from the boat, please pay attention to the directions from the Harbor Master and Coast Guard.

If you're headed downtown, arrive early to secure your spot.

Viewing can be great from street and parks, both downtown Annapolis and in Eastport, as well as the rooftops of the city garages.

On May 25th, the Monday after commissioning, the city's Memorial Day parade will take place to honor servicemen and women who made the ultimate ultimate sacrifice to honor our nation.

If your group or organization would like to participate in the parade, please email special events at annapolis.gov to learn more.

Please note that due to the solemn nature of the parade, there is no electioneering.

We just heard from our state delegation, Senator Shanika Henson, delegate Dana Jones, and delegate Delan Baylor, and we're honored certainly to hear about their legislative successes.

As Annapolis is capital city, we play a special role in hosting the general session each year.

And I'm so glad that we had the opportunity to hear about their work on behalf of the residents of Annapolis.

And that concludes my remarks for the evening.

Thank you.

Ms.

City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is reports by committees.

Thank you.

Any uh council members?

Wish to present Alderman Huntley.

No, I'll say mine for our budget discussion later.

Okay, very good.

Uh Alderman Shannemeyer.

Um Economic Matters will be meeting on May 6th, but I do just want to give one ex additional shout out to uh Captain Jenny and Schooner Woodwind.

She was one of the founding participants of our wildly successful economic gardening program.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

Uh Alderman Thorpe.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh the audit committee met on April 20th and reviewed the planning matrix that we will use to go through the city's performance measures throughout the year, and the timing's perfect as we review the budget and we bring this plan to the city directors.

You know, really the intent is to have a real uh impact of a need for change.

Thank you, Alderman Thorpe.

Uh Alderwoman O'Neill.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Mayor.

The public safety committee met on Wednesday, April 15th.

We had a presentation by Annapolis police departments in which they went through their entire command staff and explained all of the different positions within the police departments who is um over oversees which parts of each department.

Um we had an opportunity to ask a lot of questions about the inner workings of the police department, and I encourage anybody who wants to know more about the police department to go ahead and watch that um video from the 15th.

And we are canceling the May 13th or sorry, the May 20th meeting of uh the committee due to the fact that it's Blue Angels Day and I'll get low attendance.

Yes, and um most of our public safety officials will be working hard that day.

Thank you.

Thank you, all the woman.

Any other council member committee reports?

Okay.

Uh seeing that, Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is comments by the general public.

Okay.

Uh no one's signed up, uh, but if you would like to come speak, this is the general comment period.

So if you're here to speak about one of the uh budget legislation pieces, this is not your moment.

This is for anything but the budget, basically.

Uh, if you'd like to speak, please approach the podium now.

Please start with your name and address.

Thank you.

My name is Nick Manus, I live at 84 Duke of Gloucester Street.

First, I'd like to thank uh the mayor and the council people for all you do for the city of Annapolis.

I'm a lifelong resident, and uh this is the best city in the country.

Uh, just two suggestions.

One, you mentioned the traffic pattern during the boat show uh as a resident and talking to a lot of my neighbors and also businesses downtown.

Uh, the first I heard about the change in the traffic pattern when I saw all these uh barriers and fences coming up in the city.

I had no idea uh what the situation was.

Um, none of the uh people that I talked to either, so I would strongly suggest if you have to do the same thing for the uh power boat shows, give ample notice of people can properly plan.

Um fortunately for me, I work downtown also, so I didn't have to deal with the traffic.

But there are a lot of businesses that were severely impacted by the change of parking and um also the traffic flow.

So I would just encourage you for more communication on that.

And in that same light, uh living on Dugaglester.

Uh, we're hearing a lot of um uh comments about how Duga Gloucester is gonna be two-way, main street's gonna be from the top down.

Um everyone's talking about it, but no one knows what's going on.

So I would uh strongly encourage uh continued communication on that topic too.

But thank you again for all you do with the city.

Thank you for your comments.

On the uh the first point, by the way, in the communication.

If you go to Annapolis.gov, you could either sign up for the mayor's newsletter, and we had posted about it was in the uh newsletter, I believe, and uh sign up for the app where you get updates of all or all emergencies, whether it's snowstorm, hurricane, or changes of boat plans.

I think this was one of the uh updates that was pushed out.

I realize that's but some people for whatever reason don't do that.

I mean, I got two things in my front door telling me to participate in the May basket thing on Friday.

So traffic patterns to me are more important than my May basket.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else wish to speak during general comments?

Okay.

Seeing no movement in the chambers, I will uh call general comment period close.

Ms.

City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is public hearings beginning with ordinance 826, annual budget and appropriation and property tax levy.

Thank you.

Uh, there are two people signed up to speak on this.

Uh Danielle Miller and Nick Maynis.

You are welcome to come speak now.

Please start with your name and address.

Yes, good evening, Mr.

Mayor and City Council members.

My name is Danielle Miller.

I am a Ward 7 resident at Four Morning Point Court.

Um, I'm also the parent of two children who attend Georgetown East Elementary School.

And I am here tonight to make a brief comment in support of the mayor's FY27 budget proposal to fund additional child care aftercare sites through Annapolis Parks and RIC.

So thank you, Mr.

Mayor, for introducing that as part of your budget.

Um, there is a stark inequity for children and families who live in Annapolis, depending on whether or not they are fortunate enough to live in a school area that has access to Annapolis supported after school care.

This must be rectified.

There are eight elementary schools in Annapolis.

Currently, the city of Annapolis and ARPD provide aftercare at only five of those schools.

The families of Eastport, Georgetown East, and Tyler Heights Elementary School continue to be excluded from this necessary service.

After continued advocacy in a survey this past fall, Georgetown and Eastport families that showed a need and desire for aftercare.

Unfortunately, challenges still exist for Georgetown East parents who must transport their kids from school to Pitt Moyer.

But by all accounts, this program is thriving.

It has enrollment from Eastport and Georgetown East families.

And I have on good authority from my kids that the mayor stopped by today to see how the robot dogs were working.

This program shows the potential for creating a sustainable program for all children who attend Annapolis schools.

It shows there can be collaboration between schools and can complement each other with funding from the city.

After care is an essential and necessary service for working families.

My family and I have been very grateful for the spring aftercare program at Pitt Moyer, even with the transportation challenges to sustain this program and create more aftercare opportunities and collaboration for AACPS.

I ask for your support by voting to include funding for additional child care sites in the FY27 budget.

Thank you so much for your time.

I can assure you that your child was well behaved because they all were.

Okay, I'm going to leave that public uh hearing open for the next council meeting as well.

Ms.

City Attorney, please present the next time on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is public hearing on resolution 1026 fiscal year 2027 annual fee schedule.

Thank you.

And we do not have anyone here signed up to speak.

If you would like to speak to uh resolution 1026, now is your time.

Okay.

I will declare that public hearing open as well to be continued at the next city council meeting.

The city attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is a public hearing on resolution 1126 fiscal year 2027, the fine schedule.

Okay.

We have Tracy and Ryan Paulton signed up and Justin and Mary McCase, but I'm wondering if they were here just for the presentation earlier.

Okay, not seeing them.

If anyone would like to speak to R 1126, now is your opportunity.

Seeing no motion in chambers, I declare this public hearing open to be continued at the next council meeting.

Ms.

City Attorney present the next item, please.

Next item on the agenda is the public hearings on resolution 1226 fiscal year 2027 position classifications and pay plan.

Okay.

No one signed up to speak to R 1226.

Would anyone in chambers like to speak to it?

Seeing no motion, I leave that public hearing open to be continued at the next council meeting.

Ms.

City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is the approval of the consent calendar.

The items on the consent calendar include uh beginning with supplemental appropriations under $50,000, SA 26 2026, which is a $3,000 grant from recreation and parks USTA Mid Atlantic Foundation.

Next item is fund transfer FT 926, transfer from non-allocated debt service of $32,900 to the general fund for fleet operations.

Next is appointment AP 1926, the appointment of Marcia Ormsby to the Human Relations Commission.

That's the end of the consent calendar.

Thank you.

Any objection to any of the items on the consent calendar?

Seeing none on interchange any motion to approve the consent calendar.

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Thor.

Hi.

Alderman Huntley.

Hi.

Alderman.

Aye.

Alderwoman's Alderman Smith Brown.

Aldamy Smith Brown.

I just saying I can't hear you, Kaylin.

His camera is off.

Julian say he's not.

Okay.

Woman Alsa Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Chandleman.

Aye.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

Mr.

City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is legislative actions on first reader beginning with resolution 1626, fees related to street cafes, a type of outdoor dining.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt our 1626 on first reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Huntley.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

Is there a motion to suspend the rules to allow passage of the resolution at the meeting of its introduction?

Moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

And uh before we get into the vote, I just want to explain to anyone uh listening.

Um actually working with this with Alderman Huntley.

Do you want to explain the context?

Sure.

And um, I noticed there's not a sponsor on this, so could Mayor Littman and I both get a list of sponsors.

Uh I see my name on it as a sponsor, but happy to have happy to co-sponsor it with you.

Yeah.

Um, you know, sometimes legislators anyway.

Uh so the the issue with this is that when last year the council set up the fees for outdoor dining, we were still negotiating with our um with our public-private partnership that we all know about for our city dock area uh to figure out exactly what the rates would be.

I think as I understand it, our original requirement was that for anybody using these outdoor these parking spaces for outdoor dining or anything else, that originally we were gonna require them to pay 17 times the fee, uh the hourly parking fee, which would have just been like an enormous amount.

Thank you.

I see the city attorney is nodding, so I didn't get it wrong.

Uh so and realistically, those spots are not actually full for 17 hours if someone was parking in them.

So we were able to negotiate a more appropriate fee, which is 10 times the hourly rate.

We need to set that for the street cafes.

Now the issue is that uh this got overlooked until a couple weeks ago, and we're already in the thick of outdoor dining season, and that's why we need to suspend the rules on this, because otherwise we're just holding people up for another two weeks for outdoor dining when I don't think there's any controversy here, and I think we can all agree we're gonna pass it.

I think just to tech on the context, other businesses that are similar throughout the rest of the city or have been able would be able to proceed just because of the downtown businesses.

Yes, exactly.

Yeah, so it's to rectify uh that disparity.

Uh any questions, Alderman Shandemaier.

Thank you, Ms.

Mayor.

Don't we also miss uh liquor board hearing if we do not suspend the rules on this, and that would delay it even further?

Even further is the right way to put that, Alderman Shandemeyer.

Wow.

Seems like not has suspending the rules would add a lot of bureaucratic complications for a thing that adds a lot of benefits.

Add me as a co-sponsor, please.

Anyone else?

Okay.

All those in, I'm sorry.

Uh yes, all those in favor of suspending the rules, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Anyone opposed?

Hearing none, the motion carries.

Is there a motion to adopt R 1626 on second reading?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderwoman O'Neill.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderwoman Alsef Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Shandemeyer.

Aye.

Thank you.

Motion carries.

Madam City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is legislative actions on second readers beginning with resolution 826 fee waivers for city supported special events in fiscal year 2027.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R 826 on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandemeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Second.

Second.

And I believe Alderman Thorpe, you'd like to introduce a uh amendment.

Yes, Mr.

Mayor, I'd like to uh introduce amendment number one, which would include East Port Iraq in the list of waivers.

Thank you.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

All those in favor.

Well, is any discussion on the uh the motion?

Yeah, I just want to make sure we're all good procedurally with this.

We have so we're putting it into the legislation, but also the legislation says that we're adopting these by reference.

So is it also getting added to the staff report?

Do you get what I'm saying?

The the legislation the the resolution essentially says all the um all the ones that are listed in the staff report.

And so I want to make sure that as we're amending the legislation, we're also amending the staff report.

Thank you.

I'm gonna give our city attorney a moment to give us some goodness.

I don't know if it was amended into the staff report.

I think we could probably just move forward.

This is all of our intent, but I just want to make sure we got our eyes out of it.

Well, I'll just state for the record we certainly um intend to add East Port Rock and so it's being considered the same as all the other events that are in the staff report.

It's all of our understanding, so I suspect that's enough.

Alderman Chandelmeyer.

I'm gonna premise this by saying I am supporting this amendment.

Uh this is just out of my curiosity.

Has Eastport Rocking historically been uh exempt from not been included in this?

It's not been included.

Oh well, about time we fix that.

Yeah, you're fine.

Okay.

Uh all those in favor of amendment number one to R826, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

Are there any other amendments?

Okay.

Any discussion to R826 as amended.

Okay.

Is there a motion to adopt R826 as amended on second reader?

Thank you, Alderman Thorpe.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

And Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Hi.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderman O'Neill.

Alderman O'Neill, pardon me.

Alderman Alsef Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Shandemeyer.

All right.

Thank you.

Motion carries.

Ms.

City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

The next item on the agenda is um council discussion, ID 10426, a continued review of fiscal year 2027 budget.

Thank you.

So if you recall when uh we before we had our last budget conversation, is when we prepared the agenda, and I assumed that we would not finish our discussion at that uh time.

So we put this on the agenda anticipating having further discussion.

And we also have scheduled a uh work session this coming Thursday on the budget.

And so um uh first I would like to turn it over to our uh finance director to see if there's anything he'd like to present today uh with the fair warning to all of you that we didn't just have a discussion about a presentation until just a couple hours ago.

So the answer might be no, and in which case he might just tell us what he's going to present on Thursday.

Um I can present on some of the council priority type stuff, but I need an HDMI cord.

And so I'm asking for that right now.

I didn't realize that there wasn't one there.

Why don't we we why don't we save because I I know um because we are missing three council members at this meeting, maybe we should just save that presentation for Thursday.

Okay.

And in light of missing council members and an HDMI court.

Okay.

Okay.

Thursday, we will be going over some of the council priorities.

Uh there was also a request to have the CIPA budget to include ward, so we have some of that information in a summarized format, and then we also have Davenport uh for Thursday as well to discuss that capacity.

So pretty full agenda and um looking forward to continuing the conversation.

Is there anything else that council member wants to ask director uh the finance director to present on Thursday in addition to those things?

Yeah, I just want to make sure we're clear that we're talking about the capital budget on Thursday, right?

That's a that's the main thing.

Okay, I didn't hear that said, and I just wanted to make sure it was on there.

Okay, great.

So um I'm open to any questions.

Anything anyone would like to discuss about the budget?

We can leave this fairly open.

Any subject any question, knowing that we had that further discussion on Thursday?

One thing we had discussed with just sorry, yeah.

I'm terrible about that.

I apologize.

Okay, um thing we discussed was just to reiterate those the timelines.

If uh you or the finance director or the city manager wants to go over some of those timelines that we set up for council members and what those mean.

Sure, happy to that's a good reminder, thank you.

Give me just a second.

So uh these days are getting gonna get past us fast, and so I'd like to offer for discussion the following to the council members the following uh deadlines by the close of business on Tuesday, May 5th, so a week from tomorrow, City Council's deadline to submit questions for directors to answer.

The second deadline, uh close of business the next day, Wednesday, May 6 is the director's deadline to answer those questions.

Third deadline like to suggest.

Well, not this isn't a suggestion because it's in the resolution, is close of business Friday, May 8th is the city council's deadline to submit budget amendments, and again, that's in the resolution.

We'll get into in a moment from now or in the next part of the discussion.

I'll share information about how to submit those budget amendments if there's any question.

Um, but it is first one to see if there's any discussion about those amendments working backwards.

You can certainly understand if with a May 8th deadline to submit amendments, we want to make sure that you get answers from the directors to any questions you have before that deadline.

So that's why we had the Wednesday, May 6th deadline, and uh working backwards from that.

We want to give you the latest uh possible chance to ask your questions, and so that's why we offer May 5th for that deadline.

This is not in code, it's not a resolution, it's just a working proposal.

Any questions or suggestions?

Agreement makes sense.

Uh Alderman Chandelmeyer, and then I think uh Alderman Smith Brown, I was told has a question.

This is uh just for new members how we've historically done it.

I don't know if we decided to change it up this go around, but if you have an amendment after that uh deadline that was proposed, it can only come onto the floor on budget day with unanimous consent.

So get your amendments in.

Thank you, Alderman Chandlemaier.

And Alderman Smith Brown, do you have a question?

I did not have a question, uh, Mayor Lemon.

I actually was gonna uh share an agreement with what you shared about moving the conversation till Thursday.

So it was a question.

Great, thank you, Alderman.

All right, um, General Alderman Huntley.

Yeah, just along the same lines of what Alderman Chandelmeyer was saying for our newer members.

When you're submitting an amendment, it doesn't necessarily have to be oh my gosh, I have every perfect thing figured out down to the penny.

You're submitting it and saying this is this is what I'm thinking, and I'm asking for the finance department's help to get this figured out and that department's help to get it figured out.

You don't want to just come with something completely uh blobby, but some but it should have some form, but it also doesn't you're not go expected to already have all of your estimates when you go to them with that amendment.

I think that's fair to say.

So I appreciate the consensus about that time schedule.

I'll ask um uh our chief of staff, my chief of staff, Neilie Garrity, to share the link in case you don't have it, or just to make sure you have it, and that's uh was shared earlier today to me at least by Ms.

Turner, and that's the FY2027 proposed budget amendment request form.

You might all already have it, but just want to make sure that you have it.

So I bet by the time I finish the sentence, you'll have it in your email.

Okay.

Anything else on the budget today?

Short conversation, but that's uh I think that goes to how much work has already been happening.

All right, anything else?

All right, Miss City Attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Agenda is completed.

Anything else for the good of the order?

Yes, Alderwoman O'Neill.

I have to have something.

So you didn't have anything for last week, so you gotta I don't have to do double.

First of all, um, I know that she's already left, but I do want to say that wonderful nurse Jackie, um, which is not the same nurse Jackie that's on Netflix or HBO.

Um, um, who received the citation earlier is also a Food Friday volunteer.

So hey, good for Food Fridays.

We have amazing volunteers, and um I really appreciate that.

Um, but I do want to say um I had an opportunity to go with Director Simmons uh from OEM to Morris Blum uh this afternoon prior to this meeting.

Um we are going to be visiting them on a monthly basis, most likely, um, to just talk with residents, given an opportunity to learn about uh more about the city and resources and everything else.

They were very excited.

We had 25 people in attendance today and asked a lot of questions about city services.

So we're gonna be bringing in uh director Moore um to talk more about uh the bus and the Naples go time, as well as um they want to set up um a garden in back.

So I'm gonna reach out to Matthew Wallace to see if he will expand or consider possibly doing something next summer.

Marsh Blum, so very exciting.

That's great.

Thanks for sharing.

Anyone else?

Alderman Thor.

Mr.

Mayor I'd like to commend uh Captain Guy Thacker and Eric Woshinsky for planning and zoning, who both spoke at the Eastport Civic Association meeting last week and just did an absolutely tremendous job.

Um their knowledge, uh their uh willingness to answer questions.

Um it was very it was a tremendous meeting.

I'd also like to uh to thank uh the the more than hundred volunteers just in eastport, and I think they were all over the city for Greenscape.

Um as you mentioned in your comments, you saw some of them.

Um, but Eastport looks a lot better this morning uh because of all the volunteer efforts and because of the city's program.

So my kudos go to Marissa and Afrida Waldy who coordinated it uh on uh on our our behalf.

So it was a really great turnout and uh a great idea for Antipolitans to be antipolitans.

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

And uh kudos for saying antipolitons, not just East Puerto Ricans.

Anything else?

I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.

Moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyers.

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

We're adjourned.

Have a good evening.