Mayor And Council Meeting 2-14-2011 [UPDATED]
Feb 15, 2011 11:30 - 0 Comments
Last night, the Mayor and Council of Our Fair City met, and, as always, Rockville Central listened in to give you a rundown of some of the highlights.
It was a very light meeting last night, and was over early!
Bear in mind these are just from notes. If you have corrections or suggestions, please make them in the comments.
City Manager’s Report
City Manager Scott Ullery kicked off with his report:
- Gave an update from last week’s Montgomery County Public Schools agreement. Had an encouraging conference call, interacted with Mr. Song at MCPS. Were given a good indication that if they show good progress, there “would be no reason to legislate in this matter.”
- Passed 1,000 work orders from residents and business generated just as a result of the January 26 snowstorm.
Rockville Economic Development, Inc.
REDI gave a quick update on recent activities, including this tidbit: Sally Sternbach reported that Rockville’s annual Business Appreciation week is fast approaching, March 7 through 11. Currently scheduling visits to Rockville companies.
Zoning Text Amendment
The Mayor and Council approved beginning the public process to consider an omnibus zoning text amendment that would make mostly technical changes to the zoning ordinance, including questions of what consitutes a “dwelling unit.”
The approval is not for the text amendment per se, but for the public process to begin. The next step is a Planning Commission hearing on the proposal on April 13. Go here for more information.
Finance And Budget Task Force Worksession
This from the agenda item:
In response to community concerns, the Mayor and Council established a Finance and Budget Task Force on December 14, 2009, to be chaired by Councilmember Mark Pierzchala. The purpose of the Finance and Budget Task Force is to assist with defining tools and procedures for Mayor and Council and the City’s Staff to formulate the City’s annual budget of approximately $100M. The Task Force was charged with three technical goals: (1) review Rockville’s Financial Management Policies; (2) review Rockville’s budget process, and (3) review the budget book, especially the presentation of budget data. The Task Force would make positive recommendations to City Staff and Mayor and Council. . . . The Finance and Budget Task Force Report was presented to the Mayor and Council on September 20, 2010. The City Manager was directed to respond to the report with the “level of effort” required to address each Task Force recommendation.
The full report of the Task Force is here. City staff were asked to respond to the 58 recommendations, and wrote a memo available here.
The recommendations represent, in Councilmember Pierzchala’s words, “evolutionary change.” He developed a very helpful slide presentation to step his colleagues through the key elements of the recommendations. This worksession was highly technical and I was astounded (and impressed) at the dedication of our Mayor and Councilmembers in sticking with it so intently. The best way to get a sense of the worksession is probably to look at Councilmember Pierzchala’s slide deck and I have asked him for a copy. As soon as I get it I will post it here. [UPDATE: Here it is.]
The next meeting of the Mayor and Council is set for February 28.
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