and may the road rise to meet you!
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Also that night we switch back to Daylight Savings Time, giving us a little more
daylight in the evening.
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We are aware that some of our residents are affected or will be potentially
affected by changes within the federal government, including government
cutbacks.
I would like to thank Governor Moore and his team who are coordinating with
local jurisdictions across the state to gather data and share information. They have
set up a resources page on the website “Maryland.gov.” which includes resources
for unemployment, job search and career support, health insurance, legal
resources and links to important employment rules and regulations. To find the
page online, use the keywords “Resources for Impacted Workers.”
As a community with close ties to our federal agencies and operations, we are
going to have to support one another and help our neighbors and friends who
may be impacted.
In addition to those resources, Anne Arundel County’s Immigrant Affairs
Commission has put together an eight-page resource guide, in English and in
Spanish, to help families who may be new to our community to be prepared.
This includes resources for interacting with federal agencies, preparing for
emergencies, avoiding scams, seeking legal assistance, and reporting hate crimes.
To learn more, visit the Office of Multicultural Affairs at aacounty.org.
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During tonight’s meeting, we will introduce R-8-25, “Mayor Alderperson and City
Manager Compensation.”
This resolution accepts into the record, the report of the 2025 Salary Review
commission as required by City Code.
To help the public to better understand the process, I want to make clear that this
legislation does not impact the current Mayor or Council -- it will only apply to the
next Mayor and Council who will be elected in November.
I also want to be clear that tonight’s resolution does not enact any of the
recommendations of the report. Tonight we simply are accepting the report into
the record and then later, under separate legislation, we will debate and vote on
what that future compensation for the Mayor and Council should be. Of course,
we can follow their recommendations - or, we can come up with something on our
own.
I want to thank the members of the commission for their quick, but thorough,
work on the report. Under the requirements of the City Code, they had a very
short timeline and they met their deadline by working very hard and with utmost
professionalism. Thank you all!
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Lastly tonight, I want to thank Mayor Kristopher Bolam of Frankston, Australia,
who visited Annapolis earlier this month while he was in Washington DC on a
diplomatic mission. Frankston and Annapolis are alike in that we are coastal
communities about 25 miles - give or take - from major metropolitan areas. We
both have military connections in that we have the Naval Academy and Frankston
has a dynamic veteran population. We have challenges in affordable housing,
declining biodiversity in our waterways, and like most coastal communities around
the globe, challenges with flooding and sea level rise.
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We had a productive conversation followed by a meeting with officials from the
US Naval Academy.
As we continue to earn notice from governments around the globe for our work
on resilience and our unique approach to funding the work at City Dock through
the P3, we expect to see more leaders reaching out. These mutual exchanges help
