See funding awarded and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Team who adeptly shepherding this project through many stages of approval.

Now I'm going to go off script for a second because there were two words that were mentioned here today.

Resilience and modeling.

And emergency management's responsibilities, although many times at the back end of the crowd, just kind of watching and making sure everybody's safe, but it's before, during, and after.

At this time, would everyone willing and able, please stand for the pledge of allegiance?

Adam City Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Yes, sir.

Mayor Whittman.

Present.

Alderman Huntley.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Present.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Alderwoman Oslip Johnson.

Present.

Alderman Shandemeyer.

Alderwoman Conte.

Present.

Alderman Savage.

Present.

Alderman Thorpe.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Ms.

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

Next, the next item on the agenda is business and miscellaneous beginning with ID one thirty-five twenty six, a proposed closed session.

Pursuant to the annotated code of Maryland general provisions articles section three three oh five view one and nine.

The discussion topics are the appointment of the finance director and an update on collective bargaining negotiations.

Thank you.

At the time I'm going into change a motion to move pursuant to sections three-three or five B1 and nine to go into closed session.

So, in Thorpe, is there a second?

Thank you.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Aye.

Alderman McConty.

Aye.

Ald Miss Abbott.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderman O'Neill.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

We're now in closed session.

In our city council meeting.

It's now 7-10.

Mr.

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

The next item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda.

This time I'm entertaining a motion to approve the agenda.

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Savage.

Is there a second?

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Mr.

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

Next item on the agenda is a ceremonial item, ID one twenty-eight twenty-six city council citation to police recruitment officer John Murphy.

Thank you.

Alder Woman O'Neill would you like to join me as chair of the public safety commission?

And is our first class John Murphy here?

Good to see you.

One front?

On here?

Okay.

So we've gotten to uh we get to see each other at any time.

Thank you, Marma.

Uh we get to see each other whenever there's a promotion ceremony because you're so involved in in our police uh officers getting promoted.

So we are now getting getting a chance to uh recognize you and your efforts.

On behalf of the city, uh behalf of the residents of the city of Annapolis, we're pleased to present the city council citation in recognition for your dedication to working to meet the staffing needs of the Annapolis Police Department.

As our sole recruitment officer, your work has led to the hiring of 35 sworn officers, seven communication officers, and a fully staffed crossing guard program over the last two years.

You pour your heart and soul into securing the department's future, even in recruiting your own son.

Thank you.

I know that I know what that's like.

Thank you for your commitment, hard work, and service to the Annapolis community.

Presented to Officer First Class, John Murphy on this eighth day of June 2026 on behalf of me as mayor and the entire city council.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for the opportunity.

And uh, you know, Chief has allowed me to build a team, and we're getting team built to uh increase our uh recruiting and our background investigations to get more people in here.

So, you know, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sorry, Karma.

Older woman.

Yes, actually, um acting chief Amy Migeth.

I will say that uh when John started with us, he was uh I think I was his first post partner on the street.

So we had Eastport lockdown, and uh hopefully he learned a little bit from me as well.

I was having a story.

Congratulations.

You really put your heart and soul into hiring, and you really help support the recruits when they get hired when they go through the academy and in their first years at the department.

So thank you for all your work.

Thank you.

Well, the next item on the agenda.

The next item on the agenda is a proclamation for Pride Month 2026.

Do we have members from Pride here today?

Don't see them.

Okay.

Must be uh S miscommunication.

I'm not going to read the whole proclamation in that's uh because of that.

Um I will just read the beginning.

It's a City of Annapolis Proclamation, whereas the City of Annapolis has a diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer LGBTQ community and is committed to supporting visibility, dignity, and equity for all people in the community, and whereas the city of Annapolis has a diverse LGBTQ community and is and many of the residents, city employees, students, visitors, and business owners within the city of Annapolis who contribute to the rich enrichment of our city, are part of the LGBT community.

LGBTQ Pride will be celebrated during the month of June in the City of Annapolis, and I do hereby proclaim June 2026 as Pride month.

So congratulations to Pride.

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

Thank you.

And good evening again to everyone.

I want to extend my hearty thanks to my fellow council members for your patience at last week's all-day council meeting on the city budget.

The good news is you won't have to do that again for another 12 months.

I want to thank you all for participating in such a collaborative process, some of which we tried for the first time.

There are still elements that we can tweak for next year, but I am happy that each of you was able to participate meaningfully in outlining spending priorities.

Of course, before the council got the budget, we incorporated feedback from the city staff, the private sector, the nonprofit world, and city residents.

Thank you to everyone who pitched in, gave feedback, and helped us get to tonight's outcome.

For those who want to hear more about this year's budget, check out my op-ed in yesterday's Capital Gazette titled Investing in Our Future While Living Within Our Means.

In it, I shared my approach to the FY28 budget and to the FR27 budget and highlighted what we will have, what will have the greatest impact on residents.

The op ed is available in print and online.

The city website has a page called Trending Topics, and where it's where I give updates and clarifications on pressing issues in Annapolis.

Anyone can find it anytime by searching the keyword trending topics on Annapolis.gov.

You can use the notify me to subscribe so that when something new pops up, you'll be the first to know.

Last week I made two new trending topic posts.

One about the Stanton Center and the other about the HACA legal settlement.

In the post of Roadmap for Historic Stanton Center, I made it clear that my administration is fully committed to renovating the Stanton Center.

The historic building is a cornerstone of the Annapolis community's heritage and is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.

We are going to do right by the neighborhood and the building by restoring it and thoughtfully renovating it with an eye towards the community's needs.

The budget changes that you see in the FY27 budget are not a step backward.

They are a roadmap for keeping the project moving forward.

The first phase is planning and design, and that process will start this summer.

It will include robust community involvement, and we look forward to hearing more from friends and neighbors of the historic Stanton Center.

The other post provides as many details as I'm able to provide about a potential legal settlement.

In a path forward on public housing, I address the proposed 15 million dollar settlement to resolve two public housing lawsuits.

Our remote main focus is on improving conditions at Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis or HACA properties.

This settlement allows the city, HACCA, and residents to move forward to achieve that goal.

I encourage you to read the piece to help you get a fuller picture of why the city decided to settle and how we can move forward.

Next, talk about this week's events.

At 6 p.m.

on Wednesday, the National Eucharist Procession Pilgrimage, which includes St.

Augustine, Florida, Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will visit Annapolis, Maryland.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is expecting hundreds to join a march that will begin at St.

Mary's on Duke of Gloucester, continue on Green Street to Main Street, to Church Circle, and end at Lawyers More Lawyers Mall off College Avenue.

There will be rolling road closures, so look out for police Annapolis Police Direction.

Again, that's 6 p.m.

to 620 p.m.

on Wednesday downtown.

Next, I recently announced nominees for leadership positions in city government, human resources director and finance director, and I thank the city council for taking these two nominations under consideration for tonight.

For the human resources director position, I've nominated Charles Hall.

He brings more than 15 years of experience to HR in HR management, including serving as the HR director for the district of the city, District of Columbia City Government.

Hall's nomination was introduced at the May 26th council, and I'm asking this council to hold a final vote on its confirmation tonight.

My nominee for finance director is Karen Ajay, who has served as deputy director since February.

We are fortunate to be able to promote talent from within.

Speaking of city staff, I'll end by congratulating two of our employees in the Office of Emergency Management.

They received awards at the recent Maryland Emergency Management Association Symposium.

MK Seborowski, senior planner was honored as Maryland's emergency manager of the year, and David Mendel, Deputy Director of Emergency Management, was awarded Maryland's mitigation project of the year for the City Doc Project.

A round of applause for MK and David, please.

I feel incredibly lucky to have such dedicated, passionate and passionate public servants working for the city of Annapolis.

Next, our Ombudsman has created a great resource for constituent services that informs residents, businesses, and visitors where to go directly to access the resources they need, whether that's parking, DPW, traffic signals, trees trimmed over our sidewalk, community outreach, or other services.

There is a printed version, which for our TV and internet audiences is up on your screen right now.

But if you want to find it online, visit the city website and use the word keyword ombudsman.

And if you see Tiana, give her thanks and appreciation, please.

Our Golden Pass summer parking program for folks over age 55, 55 and older, and you do not have to be a city resident will to participate.

That program will continue through the end of August.

Again, as a reminder, for just $20 each month, you can park for two hours at Mills Hillman or at metered spaces on Maryland Ave and Main Street.

It's a great deal, and what better way to spend time at your favorite shops and restaurants this summer than using that parking deal.

Use the keyword Golden Pass at Annapolis.gov if you haven't already.

And lastly, I think this is the really the lastly, final lastly, a couple of event announcements.

Juneteenth will take place on June 19th and 20th in our city.

Uh in the city with our Cars Beach concert presented by Annapolis Recreation and Parks on Friday.

Please note that city officers are closed on Friday in observance of the holiday.

And then the next day, Saturday, June 20th, join us for the for the annual parade and festival.

The parade will step off near St.

John's College.

From there, it'll travel along Calvert Street to West Street to Amos Garrett Boulevard, which will in the future have a signal intersection.

And at the clusion of the parade, the festival will take place behind Maryland Hall.

For details, visit the city website and use the keyword Juneteenth.

I guess I was wrong about the number of last leaves.

And lastly, we've just declared June as Pride month for the presentation of the proclamation.

But the annual parade will take place in October.

That was a decision made by the parade organizers, and the city is doing what we need to do to support the effort.

Visit AnnapolisPride.org for more information.

And now let's get on with tonight's meeting.

Mr.

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

Next item on the agenda is reports by committees.

Thank you.

Any council members wish to present a report of their committee?

Alderman Savage.

Thank you, Mr.

Mary.

I gave a report last month, but just to let folks know what's gonna be on the agenda for this Thursday's meeting, 3 p.m.

for environmental matters.

Um we are going to be getting a report from Spa Creek Conservancy.

Um we've had a number of inquiries over the past many months about potential water quality issues in Spa Creek.

And so I wanted to invite Spock or Conservancy to kind of get the final definitive word because they are doing the water quality testing and um so looking forward to hearing what they have to say.

Some of us did just swim in Spock Creek uh this past Friday, and um we look pretty healthy, no extra arms or anything.

Pretty good.

Um it was actually a very enjoyable experience.

I hope we can um do, I hope they'll do it again in the future.

Maybe have a little council contingent in the in the water, uh, a bigger contingent.

And also, I think I invited staff to give us a briefing on some of the forest conservation act changes that are coming from the state.

You'll be seeing legislation on that sometime this month.

But this is something we have to comply with from the state.

So it's but any case, tune in.

I'll concern report on that on the next meeting.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderman.

Anyone else?

Alderman Smith Brown.

Sure, thank you, Mayor Lipman.

Uh, we have here from our rules and city government committee, which was um on June the 4th.

We updated requirements.

Well, we recommended favorably as amended the updating requirements for publication of the Charter and Code of City of Annapolis, which was legislation you sponsored, CA 126.

Uh, that also came with an amendment by Alderman Savage.

We also recommended favorably that amendment uh this amendment ensured uh that there be paper copies available uh even with the um transition of electronic and bringing it up to speed or up to date with the current times, removing outdated provisions.

We also recommended favorably um 0626, the oversight of the city's firing range currently in the code.

It only allows the mayor to approve of access to the firing range.

This update will now allow our police chief and anyone who they are to designate to give access to the firing range in the city.

And lastly, we also recommended favorably as amended 01026 reducing the Human Relations Commission membership, which was sponsored by Alder Woman, Conte.

And our next meeting on the schedule is Thursday, July 4th at 6 30 p.m.

But we all know what day that is, so we may have to change some things around.

It's supposed to be the ending, supposed to be the fourth.

That's the third.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, that's what I said.

Okay, well, that's the report from our standing committee, myself, rules of city government committee, Alderman uh Shandabier and Alderman Thorpe.

Thank you, Alderman.

Alder Woman's Alder Woman O'Neill.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh, the next public safety committee meeting will be next Wednesday, uh the 17th at 4 45 p.m.

Um, and we'll be hearing from our um public safety departments three of them about their um summer safety plans as well as an update from our reentry program in the city.

So it should be an interesting meeting.

Great.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Anyone else?

Okay.

Ms.

Please present the next item on the agenda.

The next item on the agenda is comments by the general public.

Thank you.

During comments by the public, I'm going to first um read off the those who have signed it up, which are just two individuals.

And just highlighting that this is for general comments, it's not for the public hearing that's going to follow, which is on CA 226 expanding the Board of Supervisors of Elections.

Uh so if you're here to speak to that hearing, save uh your comments for that step.

So, first up, we have Sven Storm, and then we have Wendy Hellett.

Please approach the podium in that order and start with your name and address.

Name and address Fade T Storm, both 120 and 130 Dock Street.

And I want to start off by thanking you, Mr.

Littman.

Things are going in a positive direction.

Um, and there's a number of things.

Number one, um, we'd all been waiting pensively about the FEMA money, and I just want to thank you so much for your efforts.

That was something that we couldn't get answers on, and we're just pretty excited about that.

We like it that we can call City Hall now, and I don't get put on hold.

And if I do, I can leave a message and they call back.

That's it's phenomenal.

It's like very exciting.

Um, I love your newsletter.

I like the fact that I can sign up, know what's happening, know what's going on.

I want to thank you very much.

I know the public housing issue was a difficult one that was left you.

Um, isn't that amazing that that we would worry that um apartments and homes rented by very wealthy people?

There's a inspected, but ones that are subsidized by government aren't.

Well, I like the equity, and so does every other Annapolitan, I think.

Um we still have other issues, um, but I love the outreach and I like the communication and I like people responding.

I want to thank Harry very much for getting back to me on the issue that I testified last time.

And I also want to commend the police as well as the activity that's going on.

Um, the doorman next door and the police officers, and a special shout out uh to Captain Thacker.

He has worked with me, he's worked with others, and the officers that we have down there are just constantly looking out for us.

And the bulk of the problem is gone, and we hope that it will be gone permanently.

The one issue there's several other issues I could bring up, but I wasted all my time congratulating you on how great you guys are.

So, but we do need to address the bathroom issue.

Um, one of the promises that we were all made was that there was going to be public and air conditioning and that.

I just I lived down there and I just went and checked on the bathrooms, and yes, we do have um some wonderful port a pots, which of course everyone likes to use and the ones that are really nice and air conditioned they're locked up which is frequently the case the lines in I don't think it's fair that all these signs are directing everybody to marketplace because that's the one that's most obvious on your list people don't think oh I'll go into the Hillman garage and um conduct business or to go all the way at some obscure place at the end of Prince George Street looking for a bathroom that they can use the lines frequently in there are incredible and I gotta tell you when you go in there now I taught my little boys how to hit the target with fruit loops you know drown the blue one drown the pink one these people are not doing that and they have to spend all sorts of time throughout the day cleaning that bathroom sometimes the line can be 50 or 60 people along even with and that's not including the school groups so I think that we need to address that I thank you for your time would love to address the issue that I have before of you guys of um the uh whiting turner leaving the filters in the storm drains so my store still floods every time it rains I don't think that's fair and I think we should revisit the parking enforcement on Prince George Street.

I would love to be able to park on my own street that I pay money to do anyway.

Thank you.

Thank you Mr.

Congratulations keep it up thank you.

Ms Hallettes in the microphone good evening I'm Wendy Hallett Ward 8 311 Chesapeake it's an issue that I brought up with our predecessor in ward eight we talked about it a couple years ago and this is the efficiency of parking in Eastport on the street where a ton of people come to park for free and then walk over into the city.

The other issue is that where I live 311 Chesapeake is right in sort of the heart of the restaurant section of Eastport which is fantastic.

It's so nice to have that in the neighborhood but people that are coming from outside of the neighborhood are generally not particularly courteous when they're parking so we currently have wide brackets that are like this and this that will be let's say three parking spots long but people come in and they leave about five feet behind them on the one side five feet in front of them on the other side so two cars are in a spot designated for three I've got umpting pictures on my phone I don't want to bore you with it but I walk my dog three four times a day and I'm constantly taking pictures of the inefficient use of the street parking in Eastport.

So um Mr Thorpe your predecessor had indicated that as soon as they were done tearing up the streets for all the subterrain work that they did that they would repave and repaint the parking areas some of you that were Alderman at the time were here I believe for that meeting as well he asked for a diagram I mailed him one it's really easy it's the brackets and then a little T mark that indicates this is one space this is one space this is one space.

There's two space for two cars in front of my home and I would say 99% of the time it's one car straddling the entire section so I just think traffic and parking is consistently a problem or an issue in Annapolis.

This seems like a really inexpensive fix.

I don't know if my timing is great with the new budget being passed but I'm hoping that there are at least some kind of funds set aside for issues that pop up that perhaps were not budgeted for I don't know how much metallic paint costs but it doesn't seem like it would be much to do a little tea that's my contribution for this evening hope you all have a great night and thank you all for your service to our city and for what you do to improve it constantly greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Okay if there's anyone else in the audience that would listen uh like to speak wish to speak uh please approach the podium now okay seeing no motion in chambers I declare comments by the general public closed Mr.

City Attorney please present the next item on the agenda the next item on the agenda is public hearings beginning with charter amendment ca 226 expanding the board of supervisors of elections membership okay do we have anyone signed up okay there's no one signed up to speak to this charter amendment but if anyone wishes to do so now please come to the podium seeing no motion in chambers i declare the public hearing on CA 226 closed mr city attorney please present the next item on the agenda the next item on the agenda is approval of the consent calendar items on the consent calendar include journal proceedings ccm 511 26 regular meeting minutes ccm 521 26 special meeting minutes ccm 5 26 26 special meeting minutes supplemental appropriations of 50 thousand or less 22 26 fire grant thank you is there any objection by council members to approving the consent calendar okay are you raising your hand no okay you see it you had a hand on your head I couldn't tell if that was an objection no um alderman Smith Brown all right uh entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar so moved thank you alderman Shannemeyer is there a second second thank you alderwoman uh Ms.

I'm sorry madam city clerk please call the roll mayor lytton aye alderman Smith Brown alderman also Johnson aye alderman Shannemeyer Alderman McConteye Alderman Savage aye alderman Thor Alderman Huntley Alderman O'Neill aye thank you thank you uh the next um sorry mr city attorney please present the next item on the agenda the next item on the agenda is business and miscellaneous item supplemental appropriation over 5000 dollars essay 22 26 planning and zoning capital thank you uh to entertain a motion to accept essay 22 26 so moved thank you alder woman o'Neal is there a second second thank you all those in favor say aye aye thank you any all those opposed I should say hearing none the motion passes mr city attorney please present the next item on the agenda the next item on the agenda is legislative actions on first readers beginning with ordinance oh 14 26 art in public places amending definitions duties and membership thank you is there a motion to adopt 0 14 26 on first reader so moved thank you all the woman o'Neal is there a second second thank you all those in favor say aye aye aye any opposed okay motion carries I refer 0 14 26 to the rules and city government committee mr city attorney please present the next item on the agenda the next item on the agenda is resolution r 1926 finance director Karen Ajay thank you is there a motion to adopt R 1926 on first reader so moved thank you alderman Smith Brown is there a second second thank you all those in favor say aye aye any opposed okay not seeing anyone looking to make a motion to suspend the rules alderman Alderman uh Shannelmeyer so uh I will make this motion knowing this is a bit of a gamble but it is what it is um just to see what the general appetite is but um I know a lot of us have met with uh Mrs Jai both in her role as deputy finance director and after the mayor formally appointed her I am personally incredibly impressed with what she brings to the table and sooner we get her in this position the better she can start managing the finance department in her way and I'm really excited to see what she can do there.

Thank you is there a second for the motion second second okay any uh discussion?

Additional discussion.

Um Alderman Savage.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I I am very, very much inclined uh after speaking with her to um support the resolution, but uh not suspend the rules.

I I just really think we need to get out of that habit for appointments um because it it's a public process built into the resolutions between first reader second reader, uh and I feel like we need to maintain that unless there is a really pressing urgent need.

This is nothing against the individual.

I at this point I'm gonna support her.

And I would say I'm not aware of a pressing urgent need from my perspective.

I would call out though that the contract we have with Harbor Review Consulting expires at the end of the month.

So if the sooner the more time we have overlap between uh future director Ajay and current acting director uh Blockgill, the better for her success, but it's not uh insurmountable, and uh she'll be able to um do the job and learn on uh the role.

So again, I wouldn't call it a uh pressing urgent need to suspend the rules, but there is a benefit to doing so.

Um Alderman Huntley, yeah.

I just want to throw out there that uh I'm I'm normally always sound to move a little bit faster, but I think one, and I certainly have no dispute to the qualifications of person I'm excited to work with for director of finance, but I I would tack on to something Alderman Savage said that in past we've the the explanation for why we wanted to suspend the rules was we don't want to leave somebody in the lurch while they're leaving another job.

I don't think that applies here since Mr.

Jay is uh currently working for the city.

So just my two cents.

If we're gonna vote on this, I'm probably still gonna vote to suspend the rules, but I uh I think that's a good point that should be considered.

Okay.

Um Alderman, do you still want to um have a vote or do you want to withdraw?

I think we know how this vote will go, so I'm going to withdraw my motion.

Okay, is there a second for the motion to withdraw?

Second, okay.

All those in favor, aye, aye.

Thank you.

Motion's withdrawn.

Okay.

Uh we will um uh this item will be heard on second reader at our next schedule meeting.

Mr.

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

The next item on the agenda is legislative actions on second readers beginning with resolution R eighteen twenty six, human resources director, Charles A.

Hall Jr.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R 1826 on second reading?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Smith Brown.

Is there a second?

So thank you.

Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Aye.

Alderwoman Also Johnson?

Aye.

Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Aye.

Alderman McConty.

Aye.

Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley?

Aye.

Alderman O'Neill.

Aye.

Okay.

Very good.

And we now have a human resources director.

Mr.

City Attorney, would uh would you please present the next item on the agenda?

The next item on the agenda is legislative actions on second readers beginning with resolution R 1026.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R 1026 as amended on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Thorpe.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Madam City Clerk, will you please call a roll?

Yes, sir.

Mayor Lipman.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Aye.

Alderwoman Also Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Shannemeyer.

Alderman Conte.

Aye.

Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thor.

Hi.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Thank you.

The resolution has passed.

We now have a uh fee schedule.

Mr.

City Attorney, will you please present the next item on the agenda?

The next item on the agenda is resolution R1126, FY2027 finds schedule.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R1126 as amended on second reader?

Thank you, Alderman Huntley.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Madam City Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Okay.

Oh, I'm sorry, discussion.

Yes.

Um so I'll I will I'll I'm kind of going on good faith here.

Um I but this the uh the amendment that reconciles everything we discussed uh was not posted yesterday when I was finished up my preparations, so not had a chance to actually reconcile them, but I guess we'll have an opportunity if we absolutely need to to fix anything, but else they got accurate, so I have no reason to think it would be uh anything but accurate.

Uh it has been posted to the public now, but I certainly understand you do you you work full time and you do your work ahead of time.

So I respect that, and um I just want to just state for the record since you brought it up, finance team has been working very diligently to get everything posted as quickly as possible.

So it was all due efforts to get it posted by today.

Um so it was no um no uh negative on the slouching or anything like that to get it done today, but I appreciate the concern.

All right, any further discussion?

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Um I'm sorry, I'm going to discuss what we just passed though in fees.

Um, if I don't mind going back, we did receive um a public comment by email today.

Somebody that was questioning the raising of the fee for the STR licensing, and saying that because we're in a moratorium, we shouldn't be able to raise that fee.

But I believe that the moratorium specifically states on any new um short-term rentals, and so I just wanted to clarify for the public if the city attorney wouldn't mind just clarifying that because the fee for licensing is for current, and any future moving forwards once the moratorium is completed.

But can we just clarify that that is the in fact the case that it's only for current?

Mr.

City Attorney, can you speak to that, please?

That's correct.

Uh it would be for any uh licensees that are eligible to renew during this period of time where the moratorium is in place.

There are no new licenses that are permitted under the moratorium, so this would just be licensees that currently exist and are reapplying.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

I would point out that the moratorium will end during the next fiscal year, so at that point, you would have still have a fee schedule in place.

Correct.

Thank you.

Okay, all right.

Any further discussion on our 1126?

Okay, Madam City Clerk.

Will you please call the roll?

Yes, Amir Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown, Alderwoman Alsib Johnson, aye.

Alderman Shademeyer, aye.

Alderman Conte?

Aye.

Alderman Savage?

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

The resolution has passed.

Mr.

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

The next item on the agenda is resolution R 1226, FY2027 position classifications and pay plan.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R1226 on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you.

Alderwoman O'Neill, zero second.

Second.

Any discussion?

Okay, Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Aye.

Alderwoman Al sub Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Colin.

Shoot.

Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Aye.

We have different hairstyles.

Come on.

I like it, Jack.

Alderman McConty.

Aye.

Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thor.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The resolution passes.

Mr.

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

The next item on the agenda is ordinance 0826, annual budget and appropriation and property tax levy.

Thank you.

So just want to be clear.

Just like you had one for the fines and fees was a simpler document.

The LB1 is just you might not have recognized it if had you just quickly looked at it, but it's again just capturing all the the challenges, all the changes and uh as it as a balancing amendment.

That's what the B stands for.

Okay.

Hopefully that's clear.

Is there a motion to amend 0826 to add the balancing amendment LB1 on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay.

The motion carries.

Is there a motion to adopt 0826 as amended on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

And is there?

I'm sorry?

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

Any opposed?

Ayes have it.

And next.

Is there a motion to adopt 0826 on third reader?

Moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Madam City Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Admiral Lippmann?

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Aye.

Alderwoman Alsib Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Shanna Meyer.

All right.

Aldwin McConti.

Aye.

Alvin Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley.

All right.

Alderman O'Neill.

Aye.

Thank you.

The ordinance passes unanimously.

Mr.

City Attorney, will you please present the next item?

Well, yeah, we should offer a little applause for the budget.

Our first budget working together.

Yes, Alderman Savage.

Is it too late for motion to reconcile?

I'm sorry.

Is it too late for motion to recognize?

Yes.

Only for you.

That's the first time in a while that we've had a unanimously passed budget.

So that's a very congratulation.

Kudos to you all.

I'd say kudos to all the Mr.

City Attorney, will you please present the next item on the agenda?

The agenda is completed.

Is there anything else for the good of the order?

Alder Woman O'Neill.

I couldn't disappoint you.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Mayor.

July 4th is coming up in just less than one month, and the Annapolis uh 250 Commission has been working diligently to plan a very robust um schedule of activities.

Um starting with July 3rd, we are showing Hamilton on the outdoor movie screen at St.

John's College.

That is a free event.

It's on the back quad of St.

John's College.

Um we will have the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra start us off with their quintet playing from 7 30 to 8 30.

The movie will most likely start sometime between 8 45 and 9 o'clock as soon as it gets dark.

It's a three-hour long movie, so it'll end close to midnight.

Um that is on St.

John's again free.

Um the Annapolis Police Foundation will be there selling concessions, popcorn and sodas and movie candy.

Um July 4th activities starts um very early in the morning with some bike parades in um neighborhoods.

Um there are stories, is storytelling at the Chesapeake Children's Museum.

There is uh multicultural dance groups.

We'll be performing at People's Park starting at um 12 o'clock, along with some food trucks at People's Park.

Um, there will also be activities going on at the PECA house between 12 and 4, and at the State House, also between 12 and 4.

There is the city parade that starts at 6:30.

It ends um in front of the State House around 7 30 with the Naval Academy electric brigade band playing from 7 30 to about 8 45.

Um and then fireworks.

So anybody that's listening to the brigade uh electric brigade will then probably be leaving to find a place to watch fireworks.

Um Main Street will be closed from the top of Main Street to the bottom of Main Street to uh traffic so people can congregate there.

That's according to Captain Thacker, the very best place to view the fireworks over the city from the fire or from the harbor.

Um, there are tons and tons of activities.

Annapolis 250.net is the websites.

Um there's passports that you can pick up at the visitor center that um highlight all of the places in and around Annapolis and Anderonda County that are revolutionary.

Um, there is a project called 250 voices, that's really amazing.

If you go on to Annapolis.net, you can fill out a form and tell the committee what you believe in the pursuit of happiness means.

Um, those are being collected by the Annapolis 250 intern and will be published on both our website and um a digital book of all of the responses.

We have a little over 450 responses at the moment, so way more than 250.

Um, and we will be um tabling at some upcoming events, including um the Juneteenth uh festival.

Um we were just at the first Sunday um event yesterday, and we'll be continuing on through the end of the year, because we're celebrating unfinished revolutions as well.

So there's a lot of activities and would love to see people out on the third and fourth.

That was really long, I'm sorry.

No, that's great.

Alderman Huntley and Alderman said, I neglected to mention I neglected to mention this during our finance committee update because there was nothing terribly uh there was nothing that I felt like I needed to cover that we did, but I should note that our next finance committee meeting will not be at our regularly scheduled time.

Instead, it will be at Thursday, the 18th at 2 30.

So anybody who is excited to come to the finance committee meeting, you're gonna have to wait one more day for it.

Thank you, Aldman.

Alderman Savage, Mr.

Mayor.

So just for the record, since I brought it up earlier, as far as the leap of faith on the fine schedule, uh I just uploaded it to AI, had it to a quick check, and they got it 100% correct as far as uh AI is saying.

So in any case, excellent job.

Excellent.

Um I just want to say again thank you for everyone who had a role in the city budget from staff, from residents, from certainly council members, the finance committee chair, especially the three of you, and all the can all the members who um had suggestions and helped get us to where we are today.

I think that's the way the process is supposed to work.

None of us are perfect and none of us will get it all right alone.

Uh, it is a collaborative effort, and so I'm very grateful.

Uh I am as I'm looking back on our first six months together.

I think we've got a lot of big things done.

And I just want to uh emphasize that not only will we not be um taking a break because of all that, but we'll actually be speeding up now that we have more staff in place and we'll be able to get continue tackling the hard things.

I think that's why we all ran for office, and that's certainly my goal is to continue to tackle the hard things.

Not all at once, not not tomorrow, but over the course of the period.

So I'm excited about what was the direction we're heading in.

Thank you.

Anything else?

All right, um, lost my place, but I'm pretty sure I get to say if there's no other items on the agenda, I'd entertain a motion to adjourn.

A move?

Thank you, Alderman Huntley.

Is there a second?

Second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

Meetings adjourned