The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland, held a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 6:00 PM in City Hall. The meeting began with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The council unanimously approved the consent agenda, adopted two ordinances and one resolution on second reading, received a brief report from the City Manager, and expressed appreciation for a successful summer season. Councilmembers Gehrig and Proctor were absent.
No public comments were recorded.
Ms. Carr is not back. Close. All right, good evening, everyone. Welcome to this regular meeting of the mayor and city council. Today is Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, and it is 6 p.m. First on the agenda. I will uh turn it over to Councilmember for the prayer and pledge. Sir. Lord, we thank you for another summer here in Ocean City, Maryland. One of your greatest places. And we thank you for the opportunity to serve your people because we know that we do the when we do things that glorify your people. We glorify you. Amen. I 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. Next on the agenda, we have the consent agenda items A through D. Item A is a request to approve minutes from work session dated September 1st, 2026. Item B is an acknowledgement of our standing committee draft agendas. We have a police commission scheduled for September 14th. Scheduled for September 14th as well. Recreation and Parks Committee is next meeting is November 12th. Green team, next meeting November 12th as well. The bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee is meeting September 17th. Item C is a request to approve the 2027 mayor and council meeting schedule. And item D is a request to approve the purchase of North Side Park softball field lights through a co-op purchasing network. Councilmember Buis. We approve the consent agenda as presented. All right, I've got a motion from Councilmember Buis, seconded by Councilmember Heiser to approve the consent agenda items A through D. Any discussion? All those in favor? All right. The motion carries with five in favor. And for the record, Council Members Gehrig and Proctor will be absent tonight. Next on this evening's agenda, we have items referred to in presentations from the city solicitor. Good evening. We have for second reading ordinance 2026-19 to adopt FY26 budget amendment number two. This is as reviewed at the July 28th work session. Second motion. Second by Secretary Savage to approve ordinance 2026-19. Any comments from the council on this topic? Any comments from the public on this topic? All those in favor? Motion carries with five in favor. Next we have for second reading ordinance 2026-20 to authorize the mayor and council to issue and sell general obligation municipal purpose bonds not to exceed 18 million dollars. This is for certain projects reviewed at the August 11th work session and is outlined on page 75 of your packet. Thank you. Councilmember Bruce. I'll move to approve ordinance 2026-20 on second reading. Second the motion.