The Frederick City Council held a public meeting on August 6, 2026, at 6:00 PM at City Hall. The meeting covered a consent agenda, public hearings on purchases and agreements, second readings of ordinances on rodent control and a rezoning for a cricket stadium, a related annexation resolution, and introductions of new ordinances.
Call this August sixth. Whoa, meeting of the City Council to order. We'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all the people. So this is to approve the July sixteenth, twenty twenty-six closed session. Second. Move by Councilmember Shackletford, second by Council Vice President Nash. On favor, one two, three, four, five, six, zero. Thank you. And to approve the July sixteenth, twenty twenty-six regular public meeting minutes. Move by Council Member Shackleford, second by Council Vice President Nash. On favor. And it is my honor and pleasure to announce that uh Finley Jack Taylor was born yesterday. Uh mom and uh baby feet are doing fine. So congratulations to Councilmember Taylor. Very cool announcement I get to make. So all right. Uh public or will Councilmember comments. We'll start with Councilmember Hemplerani. No. Councilmember Abkins. Councilmember Bram. Yes, uh, thank you, uh Mr. President. Uh I just wanted to let you and the council know that when scheduling permits, I tend to submit three text amendments. The first text amendment will change the land management code so that only the planning department or members of city council can suggest text amendments. The second will enable city council to approve master site plans. And the third, and this reflects the work of the mayor's affordable uh housing recommendations to enable affordable housing to be a permitted use in the IST zone. Uh and I reference that because uh religious institutions use the IST zoning, and so that's the linkage between affordable housing and that particular zoning change. So again, this is just to verbally let everybody know that's that's coming, and as soon as we can schedule it, I'll actually do a presentation to the council. Thank you. Thank you for that. Just very briefly, uh, Council members received yesterday a draft schedule. I emphasize draft of listed charter changes over the next couple of meetings. We will be publishing that list of charter changes and that list, that draft list. So if you're interested in knowing what those draft charter changes that we're going to be considering are, please pay attention as well as those draft dates that we'll be considering them. There are going to be lots and lots of meetings. Uh, but just uh wanted to make sure that the public knew we were considering those. Thank you. Councilmember Shackleford comments. All right. Thank you. Uh one note for folks as you're signing up or if you already signed up to um to speak during a public comment section. If you're here, we have several popular issues. If you are here to speak on the rodent ordinance, which will come first. If you can put rodent next to your name, so that way I can skip everyone else and then we'll make everyone's life easier. All right, first up is our consent agenda. All items, including under the consent included under the consent agenda, are considered to be routinely by the council. They will be approved by one motion without separate discussion of each item, unless any person present requests an item or items to be removed from the consent agenda.