Montgomery County Council to Hold Public Hearings on July 11 and 25, 2023
MARYLAND, June 23 - The County Council will hold public hearings to receive testimony on new items introduced to the Council as follows:
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Bill 28-23, Taxation - Fuel Energy Tax - Green Bank, would restrict the use of fuel energy tax funds by the Montgomery County’s Green Bank to only support activities that promote the investment in clean energy technologies and to provide financing for clean energy technologies, including renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and not resiliency activities, and generally amend the law related to taxation, the fuel-energy tax and environmental sustainability.
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Expedited Bill 29-23, Administration - Non-merit Positions - Department of Environmental Protection - Department of Transportation, with accompanying Resolutions to adopt Executive Regulation 5-23 and Executive Regulation 6-23, would make the position of Deputy Director in the Department of Environmental Protection a non-merit position, and make the position of General Manager, Transit Services a non-merit position.
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Bill 30-23, Rustic Roads Program - Rustic Roads Advisory Committee, would amend Chapter 49 to revise the composition of the Rustic Roads Advisory Committee, specify additional duties of the Rustic Roads Advisory Committee; and generally amend Chapter 49 regarding the Rustic Roads Advisory Committee.
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Expedited Bill 31-23, Technical Corrections, would correct technical, typographical, grammatical, reference, and codification errors in, and make stylistic, clarifying, and conforming amendments to, various provisions of County law.
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Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program: Nonprofit Preservation Fund
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Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program: Preservation of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing
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Resolution to adopt Executive Regulation 5-23, Non-merit Position – Deputy Director, Department of Environmental Protection
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Resolution to adopt Executive Regulation 6-23, Non-merit Position - General Manager of Transit Services, Department of Transportation
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Police Statistical Data as required by Bill 45-20
A full list of upcoming public hearings is available at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html.
Additional documents are available at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council.
Residents have the opportunity to testify remotely for public hearings or provide in-person testimony at the Council Office Building in Rockville.
Residents can register to speak in person or virtually at a public hearing, provide written testimony, prerecorded audio or video testimony using the online form at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/PHSignUp.html; or sent by mail to County Council, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850; or residents may sign up to testify remotely by phone (call 240-777-7803 for information). To express an opinion call 240-777-7900.
Residents who would like to call in or testify at a Council public hearing need to preregister on the Council's web page at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html. Once the public hearing sign up request form is submitted and the public hearing list is created, individuals will receive separate confirmation notifications that include the appropriate link to use or phone number to call for the public hearing.
Comments and suggestions are welcome online at http://tinyurl.com/zrbwh5v or by sending regular mail to County Council, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850. For information or to express an opinion call 240-777-7900. Councilmembers continue to hold meetings in their offices by appointment.
The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM) on Xfinity channels 6 and 996, RCN channels 6 and 1056; and FiOS channel 30. Also available live via streaming through the Council website at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8, Facebook Live (@MontgomeryCountyMdCouncil or @ConcejodelCondadodeMontgomery), or YouTube (@MoCoCouncilMD).
The Council meeting schedule may change from time to time. The current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review can be viewed at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html.
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