City of Annapolis  
160 Duke Of Gloucester Street  
Annapolis, MD 21401  
Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final  
Tuesday, April 22, 2025  
9:30 AM  
Special Meeting  
Mayor John T. Chambers, Jr.  
City Council Chambers  
Finance Committee  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Alderman Huntley called the Special Meeting to order at 9:31 am.  
3 - Alderwoman Finlayson, Alderwoman O'Neill and Alderman Huntley  
Present:  
Approval of Agenda (any changes to the agenda should be made here)  
Alderwoman Finlayson moved to approve the Spcial Meeting agenda. Seconded.  
CARRIED on voice vote.  
Business and Miscellaneous  
Approval of Minutes  
Special Meeting Minutes  
FC 4.21.25  
Attachments: FC 4.21.25  
Alderwoman Finlayson moved to approve FC 4.21.25 . Seconded. CARRIED  
on voice vote.  
General Discussion  
Office of Law/Election Office  
ID-71-25  
Attachments: LAWFY26-BudgetPresentation  
HR pg 57  
Fire pg 82  
Transportation pg 117  
Budget Manager Trudeau distributed corrected pages for the Budget binder:  
pg. 57 - Human Resource Measure  
pg. 82 - Description (Fire Department)  
pg. 117 - Transportation Performance Measure  
Alderman Savidge, Alderman Arnett, City Attorney Lyles, City Clerk  
Watkins-Eldridge, and Budget Manager Trudeau were present to answer  
questions from the committee.  
Meeting went into Recess 10:20 am.  
Meeting Reconvened 10:36 am.  
Mayor’s Office  
ID-72-25  
Attachments: Mayors' Office - FY26 Budget Presentation FY26  
Chief of Staff Petit, Hispanic Liaison Rameriez-Smith, City of Annapolis TV  
Hildebrand and Budget Manager Trudeau were present to answer questions from  
the committee.  
Alderwoman Finlayson requested the Organizational Chart for the Mayor's Office  
& Office of Community Service.  
Meeting went into Recess 11:51 am.  
Meeting Reconvened 12:19 pm.  
Office of Human Resources  
ID-69-25  
Attachments: HR - FY26 Budget Presentation  
Meeting Reconvened 12:19 pm.  
Director of Human Resources Hopkins, Finance Director Moran, and Budget  
Manager Trudeau were present to answer questions from my committee.  
Alderwoman Finlayson requested the final copy of the City Council Associate job  
description from the Class and Compensation Study.  
Alderwoman Finlayson requested the Summer Internship job announcement be  
sent to the council when it goes out.  
Alderman Huntley requested a performance metric that shows percentage of city  
employees that use Artificial Intelligence(AI) tools on a weekly basis.  
Adjournment  
Upon motion duly made, seconded and adopted, the Regular Meeting was  
adjourned at 1:14 pm.  
Kalyn Jackson  
City Council Associate  
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