Council Resolution 31-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Aide Abdallah to the Public Works Board (No expiration)

Council Resolution 32-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Randy M Bell to the Public Works Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 33-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kimberly T. Davis to the Environmental Sustainability Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 34-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kimberlee Drake to the Environmental Sustainability Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 35-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Melisha Harris to the Adult Public Guardianship Review Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 36-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Trent Williams to the Advisory Board on Consumer Protection. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 37-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of David Grabowski to the Recreation and Parks Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 38-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mike Mitchell to the Howard County Local Children’s Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 39-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jerome Rollerson to the Advisory Board on Consumer Protection. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 40-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Melissa Rosenberg to the Howard County Local Children’s Board. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 41-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Gabriel Terrasa, Esquire, to the Human Rights Commission. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 42-2022 - A RESOLUTION adopting Howard County’s Annual Action Plan for housing and community services to qualify for the receipt of federal Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnership Program funds. (No expiration)

Council Resolution 43-2022 - A RESOLUTION endorsing and authorizing the Howard County Executive to file an application with the Maryland Transit Administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation for grants under the Federal Transit Act and certain State transportation grants; indicating certain endorsement by the County Executive; and requiring certain copies be sent to the Maryland Department of Transportation. (No expiration)

Council Bill 28-2022 - AN ACT pursuant to Section 612 of the Howard County Charter, approving a multi-year Agreement between Howard County, Maryland and ePlus Technology, Inc. for certain Voice Over IP (VOIP) and Webex services used by the County, authorizing the County Executive to make changes to the Agreement, under certain conditions; authorizing the County Executive to execute the Agreement; and generally relating to the Agreement. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 20-2022 - AN ACT pursuant to Section 612 of the Howard County Charter, approving a multi-year Agreement between Howard County, Maryland and ePlus Technology, Inc. for certain network architecture services used by the County, authorizing the County Executive to make changes to the Agreement, under certain conditions; authorizing the County Executive to execute the Agreement; and generally relating to the Agreement. (No expiration)

Council Bill 21-2022 - AN ACT pursuant to Section 612 of the Howard County Charter, approving a multi-year Agreement between Howard County, Maryland and ePlus Technology, Inc. for certain security used by the County, authorizing the County Executive to make changes to the Agreement, under certain conditions; authorizing the County Executive to execute the Agreement; and generally relating to the Agreement. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 22-2022 - AN ACT pursuant to Section 612 of the Howard County Charter, approving a multi-year Global Master Services Agreement between Howard County, Maryland and Automatic Data Processing, Inc. to process the County’s payroll for a term of three years with seven one-year renewal terms; authorizing the Executive to make changes to the Agreement, under certain conditions; authorizing the County Executive to execute the Agreement; and generally relating to the Agreement. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

SAO4-FY2022 - AN ACT transferring $700,000 from the General Fund, Contingency Reserve to the Department of Public Works for unanticipated expenses related to snow removal. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 24-2022 - AN ACT changing references to the “Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact” to be the “Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact” in accordance with recent changes in State law; removing the Compact from the County Code in order to reference State law; and generally related to emergency management. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 25-2022 - AN ACT amending the designee of certain Ex Officio members of the Local Behavioral Health Advisory Board; and generally related to the Local Behavioral Health Advisory Board. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 26-2022 – Introduced by Liz Walsh - AN ACT amending the Howard County Code to include building development or other development in the process for reserving land for public facilities; and generally relating to reserving land for public facilities. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Bill 27-2022 ZRA200 – Introduced by David Yungmann - AN ACT amending the Howard County Zoning Regulations to permit Age-Restricted Adult Housing conditional uses in the B-1 (Business: Local) District in certain circumstances; and generally relating to Age-Restricted Adult Housings. (Expires 6/13/22; 7/18/2022 if extended; or 8/22/22 if extended twice)

Council Resolution 23-2022 – A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Barbara L. Allen to the Local Behavioral Health Advisory Board. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Resolution 24-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Nina Basu to the Human Rights Commission. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Resolution 25-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Paloma Isabel León to the Board of Health. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Resolution 26-2022 – Introduced by the Chairperson - A RESOLUTION appointing Felita Phillips to the Board of Appeals of Howard County, Maryland, to fill a term ending on December 31, 2025. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Resolution 27-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Daniel Thomas Nairn to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Resolution 28-2022 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jean Xu to the Public Ethics Commission. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Approved

Council Bill 16-2022 - AN ACT establishing an Opioid Abatement Special Revenue Fund as a special, nonlapsing revenue fund, also known as a Local Abatement Fund, as provided in the State-Subdivision Agreement between the State of Maryland and Local Governments on Proceeds relating to the Settlement of Opioids Litigation; specifying the purposes, permitted uses, and nature of the fund; and generally related to finance, taxation, and budget. (Expires 5/16/22; 6/20/2022 if extended; or 7/25/22 if extended twice)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Passed as Amended

Council Bill 17-2022 - AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of up to $75,000,000 consolidated public improvement bonds, pursuant to a bond enabling law; providing that such bonds shall be general obligations of the County; authorizing the County Executive to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for or approve the final principal amounts, maturity schedules, interest rates and redemption provisions for such bonds, and other matters, details, forms, documents or procedures and to determine the method of sale of such bonds; providing for the disbursement of the proceeds of such bonds and for the levying of taxes to pay debt service on such bonds; and providing for and determining various matters in connection therewith. (Expires 5/16/22; 6/20/2022 if extended; or 7/25/22 if extended twice)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Passed as Amended

Council Bill 18-2022 - AN ACT amending the time in which any person may file a complaint claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful act in violation of provisions related to unfair employment practices; and generally related to filing complaints alleging violations of the Human Rights provisions of the County Code. (Expires 5/16/22; 6/20/2022 if extended; or 7/25/22 if extended twice)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Passed

Council Resolution 29-2022 - A RESOLUTION approving the terms and conditions of a Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement by and between Howard County, Maryland and Patuxent LLC for property located at 6441 Freetown Road, 6333 Cedar Lane, and 6367 Cedar Lane in Columbia, Maryland, for purposes of Section 16.1103(e) of the Howard County Code. (No expiration)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Passed as Amended

Council Bill 19-2022 – Introduced by Christiana Rigby - AN ACT amending the Howard County Code to require that certain notice be given when residential infill construction occurs; and generally relating to notice of residential construction. (Expires 5/16/22; 6/20/2022 if extended; or 7/25/22 if extended twice)

My Vote: Yes

Status: Passed as Amended

SAO3-FY2022 - AN ACT transferring $6,560,000 from the General Fund, Contingency Reserve to the Department of Housing and Community Development in order to move priority affordable housing communities forward and to further affordable housing initiatives. (Expires 4/18/22; 5/23/22 if extended; or 6/27/22 if extended twice.) TABLED 3/7/22

My Vote: Yes

Status: Removed from the Table and Passed as Amended

Council Bill 7-2022 (ZRA199) – Introduced by Liz Walsh - AN ACT amending the Howard County Zoning Regulations to require that Moderate Income Housing Units (MIHUs) be developed in the Planned Golf Course Community (PGCC) zoning district; and generally relating to Moderate Income Housing Units. (Expires 3/14/22; 4/18/22 if extended; or 5/23/22 if extended twice.) TABLED 2/7/22 / EXTENDED 3/7/22 / TABLED 3/7/22

My Vote: Yes

Status: Removed from the Table and Passed as Amended

Council Bill 8-2022 – Introduced by Liz Walsh - AN ACT amending the Howard County Code to require that Moderate Income Housing Units (MIHUs) be developed in the Planned Golf Course Community (PGCC) zoning district; and generally relating to Moderate Income Housing Units.  (Expires 3/14/22; 4/18/22 if extended; or 5/23/22 if extended twice.) TABLED 2/7/22 / EXTENDED 3/7/22 / TABLED 3/7/22

My Vote: Yes

Status: Removed from the Table and Passed

Council Bill 9-2022 – Introduced by Deb Jung - AN ACT to alter a duty of the Department of Planning and Zoning related to the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance; requiring certain developers to meet with the School System about school capacity solutions; and generally relating to the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. TABLED 2/7/22 / EXTENDED 3/7/22 /TABLED 3/7/22

My Vote: Yes

Status: Removed from the Table and Passed as Amended

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