City of Annapolis  
160 Duke Of Gloucester Street  
Annapolis, MD 21401  
Special Meeting Agenda - Final  
Monday, January 27, 2025  
7:00 PM  
Special Meeting  
Mayor John T. Chambers, Jr.  
City Council Chambers  
City Council  
Call To Order  
Invocation  
Mayor Buckley  
Alderman Savidge  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Mayor Buckley  
Roll Call  
City Clerk Watkins-Eldridge  
Approval of Agenda  
Citations  
Citation: Annapolis Santa Run  
Attachments:  
PETITIONS, REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS  
Update from Mayor  
Mayor Buckley  
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.  
BUSINESS & MISCELLANEOUS  
Appointments  
Re-Appointment - Mr. Robert Hruby - Building Board of Appeals  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
9/18/24  
Economic Matters Committee  
City Council  
recommend favorably  
postpone  
10/14/24  
Re-Appointment - Mr. John Jay Schwarz - Building Board of Appeals  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
9/18/24  
Economic Matters Committee  
recommend favorably  
10/14/24  
City Council  
postpone  
Supplemental Appropriations $50,000 & Above  
Reforestation Fund - Planning & Zoning - FY2024 Reforestation Fund  
Balance/Contractual Services  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
1/22/25  
Finance Committee  
recommend favorably  
Fund Transfers  
General - Department of Recreation and Parks (Pool) - Contractual Services -  
Supplies & Other  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
1/22/25  
Finance Committee  
recommend favorably  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Ordinances  
WRNR Radio Tower Lease With the City - For the purpose of entering a  
ground lease of the City-owned radio tower located at 25 Silopanna Road with  
Cortona Media LLC dba WRNR Radio, a Maryland limited liability company; and  
all matters relating to said lease.  
Sponsors:  
Buckley  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Finance Committee  
LEGISLATIVE ACTION  
SECOND READERS  
Ordinances  
Mobile Food Service Vendors' Signage - For the purpose of establishing  
sign requirements for Mobile Food Service Vendors, known as food trucks; and  
generally dealing with Peddlers, Hawkers and Itinerant Merchants operating  
restrictions.  
Sponsors:  
Savidge  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
11/12/24  
11/12/24  
11/25/24  
12/12/24  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Economic Matters Committee  
declare the public hearing closed  
postpone  
Environmental Matters  
Committee  
12/18/24  
1/9/25  
Economic Matters Committee  
Recommend Favorably-Amendment  
Recommend Favorably-Amendment  
Environmental Matters  
Committee  
Fair Cannabis Employment Practices- For the purpose of updating the  
City of Annapolis employment policy as a result of the State legalizing cannabis use  
and possession on July 1, 2023, and generally related to city employment policy.  
Sponsors:  
Savidge, Gay, Huntley, O'Neill and Arnett  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
11/25/24  
11/25/24  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
refer to the Housing and Human Welfare  
Committee  
11/25/24  
1/3/25  
City Council  
refer to the Rules & City Government  
Committee  
Rules & City Government  
Committee  
recommend favorably  
1/9/25  
Housing and Human Welfare  
Committee  
recommend favorably  
Resolutions  
City Dock Resiliency Project - For the purpose of demonstrating Annapolis  
City Council support for the City Dock Resiliency Project and the urgency of  
protecting Historic Downtown Annapolis along with the public safety of its  
residents and businesses from the constant and the growing threat of higher rising  
tides, as well as increasing frequent and more intense storms that cause extreme  
flooding and severe impacts to residents, businesses, public safety and the historic  
fabric of the City itself.  
Sponsors:  
Buckley, Schandelmeier, Pindell Charles, Gay, Savidge and Arnett  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
1/13/25  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
adopt on first reader  
free form  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
Cosponsor added  
ADJOURNMENT  
Anyone needing reasonable accommodation to be able to participate in a public meeting held by the  
City of Annapolis should contact Regina Watkins-Eldridge at 410.263.7942, by MD Relay (711), or by  
email at cityclerk@annapolis.gov at least five days prior to the meeting date to request assistance.  
We encourage citizens to attend and participate in City Council Meetings.  
If you are unable to attend, the meetings can be viewed live on Channel 99/100 for all Comcast  
subscribers and on Channel 34 for Verizon customers. The meeting can also be viewed on computer  
All City Council Meetings, Work Sessions and Standing Committee Meetings are broadcast on City of  
Annapolis TV on Channel 99/100 for all Comcast subscribers and on Channel 34 for Verizon customers  
as well as Facebook Live and YouTube Live, including virtual meetings during the State of Emergency  
for COVID-19.  
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