City of Annapolis  
160 Duke Of Gloucester Street  
Annapolis, MD 21401  
Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, April 23, 2026  
8:30 AM  
Special Meeting - Budget Hearing  
Mayor John T. Chambers, Jr.  
City Council Chambers  
Finance Committee  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Alderman Huntley called the Special Meeting to order at 8:46 am.  
3 - Alderman Huntley, Alderwoman O'Neill and Alderman Thorp  
Present:  
Approval of Agenda (any changes to the agenda should be made here)  
Alderman Thorp moved to approve the Special Meeting agenda. Seconded.  
CARRIED on voice vote.  
Business and Miscellaneous  
Approval of Minutes  
Special Meeting Minutes  
Attachments: FC 4.22.26  
Alderwoman O'Neill moved to approve FC 4.22.26. Seconded. CARRIED on  
voice vote.  
General Discussion  
Department of Finance  
Acting City Manager Buckland, Acting Finance Director Pallikal, Senior Budget  
Analyst Johnson, and Budget Analyst Turner were present to answer questions  
from the committee.  
Alderman Huntley requested City Manager Buckland to confirm whether the  
expectations for the FY27 debt service number to be significantly lower than  
what the city budgeted for FY26.  
Alderman Huntley requested a follow up on "What will be the impact on having  
funds be transferred to "Off-Street Parking" fund instead of the"Transportation"  
fund this year. (Why is it different this year?)  
Alderman Huntley requested the Budget team to report the "Self-Insurance Fund"  
and answer the questions "why doesn't it very more?" to the Finance Committee  
members.  
Meeting went into Recess at 9:40 am.  
Office of Emergency Management (OEM)  
Meeting Reconvened at 9:48 am.  
Alderwoman Contee, Acting City Manager Buckland, Office of Emergency  
Management Director Simmons, Office of Emergency Management Deputy  
Director Mandell, Acting Finance Director Pallikal and Budget Analyst Turner  
were present to answer questions from the committee.  
Alderman Huntley requested the accumulative amount of money across  
departments on how much is spent on radios and (look at video for the rest).  
Alderman Thorp requested tracking of the what resources Office of Emergency  
Management is using the grants for.  
Alderman Thorp requested a closed session to address Office of Emergency  
Management's concerns correctly.  
Adjournment  
Upon motion duly made, seconded and adopted, the Regular Meeting was  
adjourned at 10:44 am.  
Kalyn Jackson  
City Council Associate  
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