County Council
County Council
Welcome to the Frederick County Council's virtual meeting room. You can watch and listen to our meetings, speak live, or leave a voice mail message to be played during our public comment period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Previous County Council meetings can be viewed at www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/FCGtv. Council meetings are listed by date in the Video Archives.
Workshop - July 23, 2024 @ 5:30p.m.
- Dial: 1855-925-2801 (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: 07/16/2024.
- 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-24-380 – Engineering & Construction Management, Division of Public Works
- J-24-383 – Division of Housing
- J-24-384 – Division of Housing
- J-24-388 – Division of Housing
- J-25-017 – Division of Aging & Independence
- J-25-021 – Frederick County Public Libraries
- Confirmation of the County Executive's Appointments to Frederick County Boards and Commissions – John Peterson, Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the County Executive
(Council Decision)
- Confirmation of a Member to the Board of Appeals – Council President Brad Young
(Council Decision)
- Public Hearing - Water and Sewer Plan Amendments (Spring Cycle) - Andrew Stine, Principal Planner I, Livable Frederick Planning & Design Office, Division of Planning & Permitting
(Council Decision)
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- Public Hearing on the Extension of Ordinance 22-06-006 (Pandemic Ordinance) – Council President Brad Young
(Council Information)
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- Update Mutual Aid Agreements – The Honorable Charles Jenkins, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office
(Council Information)
- Third Reading Calendar:
a)Amended Bill 24-09 Backyard Chicken Regulations – Council Member Mason Carter
- Workshop on Proposed Agricultural Building Usage Bill – Council Member Jerry Donald
(Council Information)
- Public Comments - Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
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, 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.
- Council Member Comments
- Upcoming Meetings
- Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – No Meeting – Summer Recess
- Tuesday, August 6, 2024 – No Meeting – Summer Recess
- Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – No Meeting – Summer Recess
- Tuesday, August 20, 2024 – Legislative Day
- Adjourn
Legislative Day - July 16, 2024 @ 5:30p.m.
- Dial: 1855-925-2801 (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: 07/02/2024.
- 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-24-376 – Division of Animal Control
- J-24-378 – Accounting, Division of Finance
- J-24-382 – Broadband & Enterprise Projects, Division of Interagency Information Technologies
- J-24-385 – Behavioral Health Services, Division of Health Services
- Confirmation of the County Executive's Appointments to Frederick County Boards and Commissions – Joyce Grossnickle, County Executive’s Office
(Council Decision)
- Installment Purchase Program - Request for Approval of Resolution - Enter into Installment Purchase Agreement (Phyllis A. Krietz and Robert Krietz) – Shannon O’Neil, Department of Agricultural Preservation, Office of Agriculture
(Council Decision)
- Public Hearing on Proposed Listing on County Register of Historic Places – Buckeystown United Methodist Church (CR #24-04) - Amanda Whitmore, Historic Preservation Principal Planner II, Livable Frederick Planning & Design Office, Division of Planning & Permitting
(Council Decision)
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- Public Hearing - Proposed Listing on County Register of Historic Places – Needwood Farmhouse (CR #24-02) - Amanda Whitmore, Historic Preservation Principal Planner II, Livable Frederick Planning & Design Office, Division of Planning & Permitting
(Council Decision)
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- First Reading Calendar:
- Growth Moratorium Bill – Council Member Steve McKay
(Council Information)
- Historic Preservation Tax Credit - Victoria Venable, Director, Government Relations, Office of the County Executive, and Amanda Whitmore, Historic Preservation Principal Planner II, Livable Frederick Planning & Design Office, Division of Planning & Permitting
(Council Information)
- Third Reading Calendar:
- Bill 24-10 - Solar Design Criteria in the Ag Zone – Council Member M.C. Keegan-Ayer
(Council Decision)
BREAK AND RECONVENE AT 7:00 P.M.
- Second Reading Calendar:
- Amended Bill 24-09 - Backyard Chicken Regulations – Council Member Mason Carter
Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
- Public Comments - Members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to provide comments.
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, 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.
- Council Member Comments
- Upcoming Meetings
- Tuesday, July 23, 2024 – Workshop
- Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Workshop
- Adjourn