Monday, January 28, 2013
The Montgomery County Council meets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rockville.
The Montgomery County Council will introduce an amendment to the 2013-18 Capital Improvements Program budget seeking $13.895 million for the purchase of 32 new buses for Ride On. Recommended by County Executive Ike Leggett, the project will "fund the replacement of 32 Champion buses which have had fire safety problems." A public hearing and action on the funding is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Background information can be viewed on the Montgomery County website. The county will also receive its first winter update from the state's Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Topics of discussion for the 12:30 p.m. meeting include: Related story: Faster Sewage Leak Cleanup, More Water Testing On State Agenda (Jan. 7, 2013) The …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Montgomery County Council meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Rockville.
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on its proposal to ban smoking on any property owned or leased by county government. The proposed ban, introduced in November by Councilwoman Nancy M. Floreen, would apply to the land around recreation centers and county buildings, for example, but not bus shelters and sidewalks, The Washington Examiner reported. The full information packet for the public hearing is available online and the hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. The council will also vote on President Nancy Navarro's resolution urging the governor and state lawmakers to tighten restrictions on gun and ammunition sales. Other agenda items of note include: The County Council meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Montgomery County Council will meet today at 9:30 a.m. in Rockville.
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing regarding an amendment to FY 13-18 Capital Improvements Program and supplemental appropriation to the FY13 Capital Budget that will provide an additional $1 million to development of the Rapid Transit System. "The funds would provide for additional studies as precursors to full-fledged project planning studies for certain bus rapid transit (BRT) lines identified by the County Executive's Transit Task Force to be built in a first phase," according to County documents. The studies, according to the County, will include: The full information packet for the public hearing is available online and the hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Other agenda items of note include: The …
jnrentz1
12:44 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I wish Ms. Navarro would introduce a resolution to urge our State lawmakers to pass: 1) A law that would make Bail Jumping a separate and distinct offense with its own criminal penalties, and 2) A Chronic Offender law, to address those who continually offend. more ›