Dear Ward 3: Happy MLK Day. Hope you all are well and taking care of each other and our fair City.
Below are: 1) Selected takeaways from last week’s Council Meetings and 2) Agenda for next Council Meeting Jan. 18.
1) Last week’s Council Meetings: Selected Takeaways:
- Presentations by Dept. heads provided an impressive range of activities, and in several cases amidst position vacancies.
- Council acknowledgement of many Dept’s doing so much with relatively slim staffs
- Questions raised about the recently announced hiring freeze by City Mgr. and Council request for the vacancy specifics
- Concerns raised on budget implications and interest in comparison with other cities and tax duplication (recreation in particular).
- I personally raised concerns about: need for holistic environmental goals and assessment, code enforcement review, over-dependence on property taxes, and budget implications of suggested removal of hiring freeze (Police).
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2) CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2022
(RG Note: The focus on fiscal health of the City will be of interest to many)
City Council meetings take place in the Community Center Auditorium. The public may attend the meeting or view the meeting as always: on City TV (RCN – 13, HD 1060; Comcast/xfinity – 13, HD 997; Verizon Fios – 28), on the City Council Video Page of the City Website; on YouTube, or on Facebook. Meetings may also be viewed on Zoom.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA / AGENDA SCHEDULING UPDATE
FOR THE RECORD
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
PUBLIC COMMENTS (Sign up for public comments over Zoom will be open until 5:00 PM on the day of the meeting. Registration is not required to comment in person.) Link to sign up for public comments over Zoom.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
ADOPTION OF MINUTES – 12/7
PRESENTATION
1. Fiscal Health of the City
ADJOURN
Randy Gibson: Takoma Park Council Member Ward 3 