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Public Hearing on Special Appropriation and Expedited Bill

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 14, 2021

The Montgomery County Council will conduct a public hearing on the following special appropriation on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. The deadline to sign-up is July 19 at 5 p.m.:

Special Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, Office of the County Attorney - $700,000 for Minority, Female, and Disabled-Owned (MFD) Business Program - Disparity Study, would allow the Office of the County Attorney to facilitate the completion of a disparity study to evaluate the continued need of the MFD Business Program as a remedy against the effects of discrimination on MFD-owned businesses in the awarding of County contracts and awards. Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves.

The Montgomery County Council will also conduct a public hearing on the following expedited bill on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. The deadline to sign-up is July 19 at 5 p.m.:

Expedited Bill 29-21, Contracts and Procurement - Minority Owned Businesses - Sunset Date - Amendments, would extend the sunset date for the County’s minority owned business purchasing program; and generally amend the County’s minority owned business purchasing program.

Documents and information are available at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council.

NOTE: During the COVID-19 state of emergency, the public is not able to be physically present in the Council Hearing Room. Residents who would like to call in to testify at a Council public hearing need to preregister on the Council's web page at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html. Once the public hearing sign up request form is submitted and the public hearing list is created, individuals will receive separate confirmation notifications that include the appropriate phone number to call for the public hearing.

Community members also have the option to provide audio, video and written testimony to the Council using a recently developed online testimony form on the Council's web page which can be found at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/PHSignUp.html. The testimony provided with the online option carries the same weight as testimony given at a public hearing. Councilmembers consider all comments as part of their deliberations.

Comments and suggestions are welcome online at http://tinyurl.com/zrbwh5v; via email at [email protected]; by sending regular mail to County Council, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850. For information or to express an opinion call 240-777-7900.

The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM) on Xfinity channels 6 and 996, RCN channels 6 and 1056; and FiOS channel 30. Also available live via streaming through the Council website at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8, Facebook Live (@MontgomeryCountyMdCouncil or @ConcejodelCondadodeMontgomery), or YouTube (@MoCoCouncilMD).

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Release ID: 21-292
Media Contact: Anne Brown