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The Greenbelt City Council held a regular meeting on June 22, 2026, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:27 p.m., with Mayor Emmett V. Jordan presiding and all council members present. The agenda included a disputed first reading of a labor code ordinance, contract approvals for infrastructure projects, and the initiation of planning for the city's 90th anniversary in 2027.
I'd like to call this meeting of Greenbelt City Council to order. Uh Madam Clerk, can you call the roll, please? Councilmember Fritz. He's pr present. Are you muted, Councilmember Fritz? Councilmember Nito? Present. Councilmember McKinney? Here. Councilmember Pompey? Here. Councilmember Pope. Here. May I pro Tim Weaver? Here. Mayor Jordan. Here. Please join us in a moment of silent reflection as we remember residents and others who have passed away since the last city council meeting. Resident John Henry Jones, Joan Jacobs, Eunice Pierce, and also uh Lynn Grace. Uh join us in a moment of silent reflection. Thank you so much. Um Councilmember Pompey, will you lead us in the pledge, please? Public on which it stands. Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Uh thank you, thank you. And uh Councilmember McKinney, will you share the Greenbelt pledge? The strength of Greenbelt is diverse people living together in a spirit of cooperation. We celebrate all people by sharing together all are enriched. We strive to be a respectful, welcoming community that is open, accessible, safe, and fair. Well, thank you so much. Uh City Council meets twice a month, except in July, August, and December, to set policy and take formal action on behalf of the city tonight. Tonight's meeting is open to the public, as are all council meetings, uh, except for executive sessions permitted under state law. We welcome residents who are here in person, joining us on Zoom and watching remotely. And there will be opportunities for public comment uh throughout the meeting. If you wish to speak in person and you're here in the room, just raise your hand and after being recognized, you can step over to the podium and uh you'll need to state your name and address for the record. If you are participating or watching on Zoom, you can use the QA QA feature uh tab at the bottom of your screen or raise your virtual hand. Uh or uh by raising your virtual hand after being recognized once again, you'll need to provide a name and an address. We don't accept anonymous con up comments online. And if you're watching remotely on cable TV and you'd like to uh submit comments, uh just send us an email to questions at Greenbelt MD dot gov. So limit your remarks to three minutes during the regular agenda or five minutes during petitions and requests, and we ask all speakers to address the matter before council, remain respectful and to avoid personal attacks or questioning the motives of others. So at this time, uh we're gonna go to petitions and requests. Uh members of the public, uh, you can uh make a statement, you can uh bring a new matter to the attention of the city council or to the city staff. Uh including uh requests for city action or concerns not listed on tonight's agenda. Speakers may address council uh during petitions and requests for up to five minutes. Uh council, we receive these comments, but we usually don't take immediate action uh during this portion of the meeting. Depending on the issue, council may refer the matter to the city manager or to city staff or request additional information or uh consider placing them on a future agenda.