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Upcoming Events
Planning Commission Meeting 02.19.2025
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Immigrant Affairs Commission Meeting
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Participants can attend the Immigrant Affairs Commission meetings:
-In-person at: Winchester Hall 12 E Church St. Frederick, MD 21701
- Join via Microsoft Teams or listen via toll free line.
Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting 02/27/2025
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Dial 1-855-925-2801
Enter Code 9277
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- Press 1 to listen to the meeting
- Press 2 to record a comment
- Press 3 when the agenda item you wish to speak on is called to be placed in a muted queue to speak during the meeting
You must state your name and address at the beginning of your phone call, message or voicemail for your message or voicemail to be presented during the meeting. Please do not say your phone number as this will be made public.
Immigrant Affairs Commission Meeting[Copy 1/7/2025][Copy 1/7/2025][Copy 1/7/2025]
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Participants can attend the Immigrant Affairs Commission meetings:
-In-person at: Winchester Hall 12 E Church St. Frederick, MD 21701
- Join via Microsoft Teams or listen via toll free line.
Past Events
Planning Commission Meeting 02.12.2025
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Dial: 1-855-925-2801
Historic Preservation Commission Meeting 02/05/2025
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Board of Elections: February 5, 2025
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This is the monthly meeting of the Frederick County Board of Elections.
Legislative Day - February 4, 2025 @ 5:30 pm
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- Dial: 1-855-925-2801 (The phone line will be open a few moments prior to meeting start time)
- Enter Code: 8365
- Press: * for meeting options
- Press 1 to listen to the meeting
- Press 2 to record a comment (only those voicemails made after the start time of the meeting will be played during the meeting)
- Press 3 to be placed in a muted queue to speak during the council meeting (only those placed in the queue after the start time of the meeting will be taken during public comment)
- You must state your name and address at the beginning of your phone call or voicemail for it to be presented during the meeting. Please do not say your phone number as this will be made public.
- Please send requests for interpreting services to aboroughs@frederickcountymd.gov at least 3 business days prior to the meeting.
AGENDA:
- Call to Order
- Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
- Quorum Call
- Action on the Agenda
- Public Comments (5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.) - Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
Public comments will be accepted on the Council’s public portal at FrederickCountyMD.gov/CouncilMeetings, or by calling toll-free 855- 925-2801, entering meeting code 8365, and leaving a voicemail message or to enter into a queue for live public comment during the meeting. Written comments will be included in the Council record and minutes.
Approval of Minutes: 01/21/2025.
- Budget Adjustment(s) – Kelly Weaver, Director, Budget Office
The Council will not discuss individual Budget Adjustment items and will vote on all the Budget Adjustments in the form of one motion. Council Members wishing to discuss one or more of the Budget Adjustments shall make a request to the President at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, stating the issue(s) to be addressed and requesting administration staff be present for discussion of that budget adjustment. Provided a majority of the Council support the request, the item will be subject to discussion by the Council.
(Council Decision)
• J-25-203 – Accounting Department – Finance Division
• J-25-209 – Housing Division
• J-25-216 – Department of Emergency Communications – Division of Emergency Management
• J-25-223 – Department of Emergency Communications – Division of Emergency Management
• J-25-224 – Animal Control Division
• J-25-229 – Office of Agriculture
- Resolution for Signature Purposes of the 2024 Middletown Comprehensive Plan Reconciliation - Council President Brad Young
(Council Decision)
- Resolution for Signature Purposes of the 2024 Myersville Comprehensive Plan Reconciliation - Council President Brad Young
(Council Decision)
- Resolution for Signature Purposes for the Water Resources Element - Council President Brad Young
(Council Decision)
- Council Resolution Opposition to the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) - Council Member Steve McKay
(Council Decision)
- Carrollton Manor Rural Legacy Area to the Department of Natural Resources Resolution - Kim Gaines, Livable Frederick Director, Planning & Permitting Division, and Shannon O’Neil, Land Preservation Program Administrator, Office of Agriculture
(Council Decision)
- Recommendation to Exercise the Fourth Renewal Option for the Financial Statement External Audit Contract - Melanie Thom, Finance Division
(Council Decision)
- Public Hearing - FY25 Installment Purchase Program (IPP) Application - Shannon O’Neil, Land Preservation Program Administrator, Office of Agriculture, and Jenna Zimmerman, Ag Preservation Specialist I, Office of Agriculture
(Council Decision)
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- First Reading Calendar:
a)Disabled Veterans Property Tax Credit - Council President Brad Young
(Council Information)
Public comments will be accepted via email on the Council’s public portal, FrederickCountyMD.gov/CouncilMeetings, or by calling toll-free 855- 925-2801, entering meeting code 8365, pressing *2 to leave a voicemail message or pressing *3 to enter a muted queue for live public comment during the meeting. Written comments will be included in the Council record and minutes.
- Council Member Comments
- Upcoming Meetings
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – Workshop
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – Legislative Day
- Adjourn
District 1 Budget Listening Session
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Residents can attend any of the five meetings. You do not have to go to the meeting in your home district.
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Dial: 1-855-925-2801