Session Details for Legislative Session - September - Day 11
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- Session Title: Legislative Session - September - Day 11
- Session Type: Legislative Session
- Session Description: Legislative Session - September
- Session Date: 09/08/2026 07:00 PM
- Session Location: George Howard Building
- Registration Start: 8/12/2026 12:00:00 AM
- Registration End: 8/12/2026 12:00:00 AM
| Legislation Number | Legislation Title |
|---|---|
| CR108-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kelsey E. Ritter to the Environmental Sustainability Board |
| CR109-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Levita Y. Lowe, MPA, PMP to the Human Rights Commission |
| CR110-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Faith Matranga to the Human Rights Commission |
| CR111-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Brent K. Jones to the Commission on Disabilities |
| CR112-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Omar J. Jones IV to the Howard County Commission for Veterans and Military Families |
| CR113-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Katharine T. Hemady to the Board of Social Services |
| CR114-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Antonia B. Watts to the Board of Library Trustees |
| CR115-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mason Godsey to the Planning Board |
| CR116-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of M. Shafeeq Ahmed, MD, MBA to the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Authority |
| CR117-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Roberta Kelly to the Cemetery Preservation Advisory Board |
| CR118-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of James Bell to the Advisory Board on Consumer Protection |
| CR119-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of William Phillip Webster to the Environmental Sustainability Board |
| CR124-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Larry Daniel Bratt to the Opioid Restitution Fund Commission. |
| CR125-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kim M. Lightfoot, SHRM-SCP to the Board of Social Services. |
| CR126-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Arinze Ifekauche to the Howard County Local Children’s Board. |
| CR127-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the Appointment of Erica Davis to the Housing Commission. |
| CR128-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mustafa Mahir Akpinar to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR129-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Rabbi Craig Axler to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR130-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Rabbi Yanky Baron to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR131-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mary O. Barton to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR132-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Yolanda R. Bethea to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR133-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Erika Cole to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR134-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Rev. Ian C. Collier to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR135-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Naresh Chandra Das to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR136-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Kalpana Panigrahi to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR137-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Emily Eyring Robertson to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR138-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Alexander Ross to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR139-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jodi Grossblatt Saunders to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR140-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Hamza E. Zgidou to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR141-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Rev. Hyiwot Teshome to the Interfaith Advisory Commission. |
| CR142-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Teresa T. Murbach to the Commission on Disabilities. |
| CR143-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Josiah D. Wheeler to the Human Rights Commission. |
| CR144-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Jennifer Jones to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as an appointee for the County Executive. |
| CR145-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Hye Yeong Kwon to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as an appointee for the County Executive. |
| CR146-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing David Norfolk, Jr., to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as an appointee for the County Executive. |
| CR147-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Jack Morris Powell to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as an appointee for the County Executive. |
| CR148-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Greg Zudock to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as an appointee for the County Executive. |
| CR149-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Meg Boyd to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as the appointee for the First Councilmanic District. |
| CR150-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Aftab Ahmed to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as the appointee for the Second Councilmanic District. |
| CR151-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Hussnain Yaser to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as the appointee for the Third Councilmanic District. |
| CR152-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Doug Siglin to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as the appointee for the Fourth Councilmanic District. |
| CR153-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Daniel Sweeney to the SMART (Strategic Moratorium for Assessing Responsible Technology) Data Center Task Force as the appointee for the Fifth Councilmanic District. |
| CR154-2026 | A RESOLUTION appointing Liman (Julia) Zhu to the Inspector General Advisory Board to fill a term ending on April 7, 2030. |
| CR155-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Antoine RJ Wright to the Multimodal Transportation Board. |
| CR156-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Joseph Dymek to the Howard County Agricultural Preservation Board. |
| CR157-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Chris Rhodes to the Howard County Agricultural Preservation Board. |
| CR158-2026 | A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Leslie Bauer to the Howard County Agricultural Preservation Board. |
| CR159-2026 | A RESOLUTION supporting the Howard County Arts & Culture Plan; providing for the publication of the Plan; providing that the County Executive’s signature indicates support for the Plan. |
| CR160-2026 | A RESOLUTION approving BikeHoward 2026, the Howard County Bicycle Master Plan Update and indicating support for the County’s application to be designated a bicycle-friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists. |
| CR161-2026 | A RESOLUTION establishing a Surplus School Use Committee to study the disposition of property located at the Howard County Public School System Central Office, located along Md. Route 108; providing for a certain public meeting; providing for the Committee’s membership, duties, and lifespan; setting certain deadlines; and generally relating to a Surplus School Use Committee. |
| CR162-2026 | A RESOLUTION changing a legislative session date for the County Council of Howard County, Maryland. |
| CB48-2026 | AN ACT amending certain definitions; modifying certain establishments from exceptions to the prohibition on smoking in public places; making certain technical corrections; and generally relating to smoking in public places in Howard County |
| CB49-2026 | AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of up to $670,397 bonds, pursuant to a bond enabling law; providing that such bonds shall be general obligations of the County; authorizing the County Executive to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for or approve the final principal amounts, maturity schedules, interest rates and redemption provisions for such bonds, and other matters, details, forms, documents or procedures and to determine the method of sale of such bonds; providing |
| CB50-2026 | AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of up to $150,000,000 consolidated public improvement bonds and up to $50,000,000 metropolitan district bonds, pursuant to various bond enabling laws; providing that such bonds shall be general obligations of the County; authorizing the County Executive to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for or approve the final principal amounts, maturity schedules, interest rates and redemption provisions for such bonds, and other matters, details |
| CB51-2026 | AN ORDINANCE authorizing and providing for the issuance of Howard County, Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Refunding Bonds and Howard County, Maryland Metropolitan District Refunding Bonds; providing that such bonds shall be general obligations of the County; providing for the disbursement of the proceeds of such bonds and the levying of taxes to pay debt service on such bonds; providing for the private (negotiated) sale of such bonds; providing for an escrow deposit agreement and a con |
| CB52-2026 | AN ACT for the purpose of repealing the current credit for day care provider, family day-care homes and group care centers and replacing the repealed credit with separate credits for certain day care providers and day care credits for large child care centers consistent with State law authority; and generally relating to property tax credits for real property owned by certain day care providers. |
| CB53-2026 | AN ACT for the purpose of expanding the Property Tax Credit for real property owned by certain Public Safety Officers who have retired from a public safety agency in Howard County; amending the definition of Public Safety Officer; and generally relating to the Property tax credit for real property owned by certain Public Safety Officers. |
| CB54-2026 | AN ACT amending County Code provisions related to the repeal and reenact of the Classification Plan for Howard County and amendments to the Pay Plan for Howard County; updating position titles and experience requirements for certain County positions; clarifying certain Human Resource processes such as promotions and reclassifications; providing for an Administrator of the Local Children’s Board; changing references to the Animal Control Division to be the Office of Animal Control; removing certa |
| CB55-2026 | AN ACT repealing, in its entirety, the Classification Plan for Howard County and adopting a revised Classification Plan to establish the occupational groups, class families, and the qualifications, duties, and general requirements for each position classification contained in the plan; amending the Pay Plan for Howard County to amend certain salary schedules and provisions related to performance evaluations and to provide revised pay codes for all employees; to amend the Employee Manual related |
| CB56-2026 | AN ACT pursuant to Section 1.111(e) of the Howard County Code, approving an amendment to a multiyear collective bargaining agreement between Howard County and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Howard County Local 1810, AFSCME Maryland Council 3 (formerly, Council 67, AFL-CIO),; and generally relating to the collective bargaining agreement between Howard County and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Howard County Local 1810, AFSCME Ma |
| CB57-2026 | AN ACT pursuant to Section 1.111(e) of the Howard County Code, approving an amendment to a multiyear collective bargaining agreement between Howard County and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Howard County Local 3888, AFSCME Maryland Council 3 (formerly, Council 67, AFL-CIO; and generally relating to the collective bargaining agreement between Howard County and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Howard County Local 3888, AFSCME Mary |
| CB58-2026 | AN ACT renaming certain sections of the County Code; amending the County’s authority to award grants; adding conditions for the application and awarding of grants; establishing requirements for the application and awarding of grants for the purchase, construction, development, or redevelopment of real property; establishing a centralized grants application platform and database; and generally relating to grants. |
| CB59-2026 | AN ACT temporarily prohibiting issuance of certain approvals of development plans or building permits for solar energy facilities; require a public meeting with various agencies to discuss the new rules introduced by the Renewable Energy Certainty Act (HB1036) and the implications on Howard County government processes for reviewing solar energy facilities; provide a report to the County Council and County Executive explaining what County authority is preempted in HB1036 and what the County is pe |
Related Documents
Coming soon – in the meantime, please contact Council Administrator Michelle Harrod at [email protected] , or (410) 313-2001.