Mayor and City Council Meeting (Revised 05/12/2025) Monday, May 12, 2025 06:00 PM Virtual Meeting

VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING

Watch the meeting on Laurel TV streaming live in your web browser at https://laureltv.org/watch-live or locally Laurel TV can be found on Comcast Channel 996 (HD), 71 (SD) or Verizon FiOS Channel 12.

Contact the Clerk for Zoom information at clerk@laurel.md.us no later than 2:00 pm the day of the meeting.

• 1.Call to Order - Council President Kyla M. Clark

• 2.Roll Call - Sara A. Green, CPM, CMC, Clerk

• 3.Approval of Minutes

  April 28, 2025- Special Work Session Minutes

  May 1, 2025- Budget Work Session Minutes

  May 7, 2025- Work Session Minutes

• 4.Report of the Mayor and City Council

• 5.The Honorable Michael R. Leszcz    Board of Pension Trustees          05/12/25-05/12/29

• 6.General Public Hearing

• 7.Bid Recommendation- LA25-008- Independence Day Fireworks- 2025- Laurel 4th of July Committee

• 8.Bid Recommendation- Replacement of Granville Gude Park Lake Fountains- Department of Parks and Recreation

• 9.Bid Recommendation- Van Dusen Road Improvement Project- Phase 1 Engineering Services- Department of Public Works

• 10.Bid Recommendation- Van Dusen Road Improvement Project- Phase 2 Engineering Services- Department of Public Works

• 11.Fleet Acquisition- Grapple Truck- Department of Public Works

• 12.Second Public Hearing with Possible Action on Charter Resolution No. 181- A Charter Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland Amending, Rearranging and Renumbering Article 600 “Registrations and Elections”, Section 601- “Voters and Registration”; Section 602- “Election of Mayor and Councilmembers”; Section 603 “Ward Boundaries”; Section 604- “Polling Places”; Section 605- “Voting Procedures”; Section 606- “Same Day Registration”; Section 607 “Vote-By-Mail-Ballots”; Section 608- “Electioneering”; Section 609 “Election Equipment and Sample Ballots”; Section 610- Compliance With Eligibility Requirements, Attendance, Recall, Disqualification and Suspension of Elected Officials”; Section 611- “Recall of Elected Official”; Section 612- “Grounds for Recall of Elected Official”; Section 613- “Suspension of Elected Officials”; Section 614- “Referenda”; Section 615- “Advisory Referenda”; Section 616- Adoption and Incorporation of State Law Provisions”; Section 617- Extraordinary Powers- Civil Emergency.”

• 13.Introduction and First Public Hearing on Ordinance No. 2041- An Ordinance Adopting the General Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland, for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 and to Levy Property Taxes; and to Authorize the Collection of Such Taxes

14.Adjournment