160 Duke Of Gloucester  
Street  
City of Annapolis  
Annapolis, MD 21401  
Regular Meeting Agenda - Final  
City Council  
Mayor John T. Chambers, Jr.  
City Council Chambers  
Monday, April 13, 2026  
7:00 PM  
Regular Meeting  
Call To Order  
Mayor Littmann  
Moment of Silence  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Roll Call  
City Clerk Watkins-Eldridge  
STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS  
Mayor Littmann  
Approval of Agenda  
PETITIONS, REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS  
Reports by Committees  
Comments by the General Public  
A person speaking before the City Council with a petition, report, or communication shall  
be limited to not more than three minutes.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Charter Amendment  
CA-1-26  
Updating Requirements for Publication of the Charter and Code of the City  
of Annapolis  
For the purpose of removing outdated provisions of the City’s Charter; rewriting  
requirements for compiling and publishing the Charter and Code of the City of  
Annapolis; allowing for publishing paper or electronic versions of the Charter and  
Code of the City of Annapolis; and generally related to the codification of charter  
amendments and ordinances.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Attachments:  
CA-1-26 First Reader  
CA-1-26 Legislative Summary  
CA-1-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report  
CA-1-26 Fiscal Impact Report  
CA-1-26 Capital Gazette Ad Notice Affidavit  
Legislative History  
3/9/26  
3/9/26  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Rules and City Government  
Committee  
Ordinances  
O-6-26  
Oversight of the City’s Firing Range  
For the purpose of allowing the Police Chief, along with the Mayor, to approve  
who uses the City’s police firing range located within the Annapolis Police  
Department.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Attachments:  
O-6-26 First Reader  
O-6-26 Legislative Summary  
O-6-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report  
O-6-26 Fiscal Impact Report  
Legislative History  
3/23/26  
3/23/26  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Rules and City Government  
Committee  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
Journals of Proceedings  
Regular Meeting Minutes  
CCM 3.9.26  
Attachments:  
DRAFT- Regular Meeting Minutes 3.9.26  
Special Meeting Minutes  
CCM 3.23.26  
Attachments:  
DRAFT- Special Meeting Minutes 3.23.26  
Fund Transfers  
FT-7-26  
Transfer - Enterprise Funds  
Transferring $25,000 from Stormwater, Sewer, and Water Funds to the Standard  
Specs and Construction Detail project.  
Attachments:  
FT-7-26  
Legislative History  
4/1/26  
Finance Committee  
recommend favorably  
FT-10-26  
Debt Services - Nonallocated/Mayor - Salaries and Benefits $36,300: This budget  
revision transfers $36,300 of appropriations from the Nonallocated Debt Service  
account to the Mayor’s Office Salaries and Benefits account.  
Attachments:  
FT-10-26  
Council Acceptance  
ID-70-26  
Fiscal Year 2026 City of Annapolis Audit  
Auditor’s report on reviews of the city's financial statements to ensure they follow  
laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements.  
Attachments:  
ID-70-26 City of Annapolis Single Audit 2025 Report FINAL  
ID-70-26 FY2025 City of Annapolis Annual Comprehensive Financial Report  
End of Consent Calendar  
LEGISLATIVE ACTION  
FIRST READERS  
FY 2027 Budget  
O-8-26  
Annual Budget and Appropriation and Property Tax Levy  
For the purpose of adopting the City Budget, comprising the Annual Operating  
Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the Capital Budget for the fiscal  
year ending June 30, 2027, the Capital Improvement Program for the fiscal years  
ending June 30, 2028, June 30, 2029, June 30, 2030, June 30, 2031, and June 30,  
2032; appropriating funds for all expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1,  
2026, and ending June 30, 2027; levying and imposing a property tax for the use of  
the City of Annapolis for the taxable year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June  
30, 2027; and fixing the rate of the City property tax for the taxable year.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
R-10-26  
FY 2027 Annual Fees Schedule  
For the purpose of specifying fees that will be charged for the use of City services  
for Fiscal Year 2027; and providing an effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
R-11-26  
FY 2027 Annual Fines Schedule  
For the purpose of specifying fines that will be charged for Fiscal Year 2027; and  
providing an effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
R-12-26  
FY 2027 Position Classification and Pay Plan  
For the purpose of approving the Fiscal Year 2027 annual position classification  
and pay plan, and specifying an effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Resolutions  
R-8-26  
Fee Waivers for City Supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2027  
For the purpose of identifying City Supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2027  
and waiving certain related City fees for those events.  
Sponsors:  
Huntley  
Attachments:  
R-8-26 First Reader  
R-8-26 Staff Report  
R-8-26 Staffing Impact Report  
R-8-26 Fiscal Impact Report  
R-9-26  
Filing of Grant Application with the Transit Administration  
For the purpose of authorizing to file an application with the Maryland Transit  
Administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation for a Section 5303,  
5304, 5307, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316 and/or 5317 grant(s) under the Federal  
Transit Act for a total amount of $3,025,613, consisting of $2,010,825 for fixed  
route transit operations; $269,958 for ADA complementary paratransit services;  
and $744,830 capital grant for transit vehicle maintenance.  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
Littmann  
R-9-26 First Reader  
R-9-27 Staff Report & Fiscal Impact Note  
R-9-26 Staffing Impact Report  
R-13-26  
Compensation of Acting City Manager Victoria Buckland  
For the purpose of expressly consenting to compensate an acting city manager  
when the position remains vacant for six months, and setting an effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Attachments:  
R-13-26 First Reader  
R-13-26 Fiscal Impact Report  
R-13-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report  
R-14-26  
Confirmation of Anthony Kupersmith as City Attorney  
For the purpose of expressly confirming the appointment of Anthony Kupersmith  
as City Attorney; consenting to compensate the City Attorney; and setting an  
effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Attachments:  
R-14-26 First Reader  
R-15-26  
Confirmation of Yolanda L. Lewis as City Manager  
For the purpose of expressly confirming the appointment of Yolanda L. Lewis as  
City Manager; consenting to compensate the City Manager; and setting an effective  
date.  
Sponsors:  
Littmann  
Attachments:  
R-15-26 First Reader  
SECOND READERS  
Ordinances  
O-1-26  
Property Tax - Child Care Centers, Family Child Care Homes, and Large  
Family Child Care Homes  
For the purpose of creating real property tax credits for child care providers who  
own the property where they operate a state-licensed or registered child care  
center, family child care home, or large family child care home; allowing businesses  
of a certain size that own their property and have on-site child care facilities to  
participate in the tax credit program; setting the real property tax credit at a  
maximum of $10,000; and generally related to tax credits for child care providers.  
Sponsors:  
Schandelmeier and O'Neill  
Attachments:  
O-1-26 First Reader  
O-1-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report  
O-1-26 Fiscal Impact Report UPDATED , incl. Amemdment 1  
O-1-26 Amendment 1 - Schandelmeier  
O-1-26 Amendment 2 - Thorp  
O-1-26 Legislative Summary (updated April 10, 2026)  
Legislative History  
1/12/26  
1/12/26  
1/12/26  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Finance Committee  
refer to the Rules and City Government  
Committee  
1/12/26  
2/2/26  
2/4/26  
2/5/26  
City Council  
Cosponsor added  
City Council  
declare the public hearing closed  
recommend favorably  
postpone  
Finance Committee  
Rules and City Government  
Committee  
3/5/26  
4/2/26  
Rules and City Government  
Committee  
postpone  
Rules and City Government  
Committee  
Recommend Favorably-Amendment  
O-3-26  
Annapolis Harbor Lines at Hawkins Cove  
For the purpose of changing the City of Annapolis harbor line at Hawkins Cove to  
allow for the implementation of the Hawkins Cove Restoration project; and matters  
generally related to harbor lines.  
Sponsors:  
Thorp, Littmann, Savidge, Contee and Smith-Brown  
O-3-26 First Reader  
Attachments:  
O-3-26 Exhibit A - Harbor Line Proposed  
O-3-26 Exhibit B - Harbor Line Existing  
O-3-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report & Fiscal Impact Note  
O-3-26 Maritime Advisory Board Report to Council  
O-3-26 Board of Port Warden Report to Council  
O-3-26 Amendment 1 - Thorp  
Legislative History  
2/23/26  
2/23/26  
2/23/26  
2/23/26  
2/23/26  
3/9/26  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Board of Port Wardens  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
declare the public hearing closed  
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