Legislation Details

File #: O-9-26    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/7/2026 In control: Rules and City Government Committee
On agenda: 5/11/2026 Final action:
Title: Updating the Standing Committees Section of the City Code For the purpose of expanding the oversight authority of the Environmental Matters Committee to include certain environmentally-related provisions of Title 17 (Buildings and Construction) and Title 21 (Planning and Zoning); requiring that proposed amendments to those provisions be referred to the Environmental Matters Committee; clarifying the matters to be considered by the Rules and City Government Committee; updating the scope of the Economic Matters Committee to reflect current technology and workforce matters; establishing a procedure for automatic and discretionary committee referrals; and generally reformatting and updating the Standing Committees section of the City Code.
Sponsors: Rob Savidge, Keanuú Smith-Brown, Brooks Schandelmeier
Indexes: Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-9-26 First Reader, 2. O-9-26 Legislative Summary, 3. O-9-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report, 4. O-9-26 Fiscal Impact Report, 5. O-9-26 Amendment 1 - Huntley
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Updating the Standing Committees Section of the City Code
For the purpose of expanding the oversight authority of the Environmental Matters Committee to include certain environmentally-related provisions of Title 17 (Buildings and Construction) and Title 21 (Planning and Zoning); requiring that proposed amendments to those provisions be referred to the Environmental Matters Committee; clarifying the matters to be considered by the Rules and City Government Committee; updating the scope of the Economic Matters Committee to reflect current technology and workforce matters; establishing a procedure for automatic and discretionary committee referrals; and generally reformatting and updating the Standing Committees section of the City Code.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 9-26
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by: Alderman Smith-Brown, Alderman Schandelmeier

Referred to: Rules and City Government Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Updating the Standing Committees Section of the City Code
FOR the purpose of expanding the oversight authority of the Environmental Matters Committee to include certain environmentally-related provisions of Title 17 (Buildings and Construction) and Title 21 (Planning and Zoning); requiring that proposed amendments to those provisions be referred to the Environmental Matters Committee; clarifying the matters to be considered by the Rules and City Government Committee; updating the scope of the Economic Matters Committee to reflect current technology and workforce matters; establishing a procedure for automatic and discretionary committee referrals; and generally reformatting and updating the Standing Committees section of the City Code.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition: Section 2.16.190
WHEREAS, The City of Annapolis has established a system of standing committees of the City Council to provide focused oversight and...

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