Montgomery County Council to Hold Public Hearings on March 8 and March 15, 2022

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 3, 2022

The County Council will hold public hearings to receive testimony on new items introduced to the Council as follows:

March 8, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Deadline to sign up to speak is March 7 at 5 p.m.

1. Special Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - $7,821,000 for FEMA Emergency Protective Measures Grant (Source of Funds: State Funds)
2. Special Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, DHHS - $224,956 for Newcomers Enhancements and Assistance (Source of Funds: General Fund: Undesignated Reserves) 
3. Special Appropriation to the FY22 Operating Budget, Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) Non-Departmental Account (NDA) - $3,000,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Undesignated Reserves)

March 15, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Deadline to sign up to speak is March 14 at 5 p.m.

1. Supplemental Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, DHHS - $69,691,000 for COVID-19 Emergency Response (Source of Funds: County General Reserves)
2. Supplemental Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) - $13,900,000 for General Personnel and Operating Costs (Source of Funds: Undesignated Reserves Fire Fund Reserves)
3. Supplemental Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Capital Budget and Amendment to the FY21-26 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) - $602,651 for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Planned Life Cycle Asset Replacement (Source of Funds: Aging Schools Program)
4. Supplemental Appropriation to the County Government’s FY22 Operating Budget, Office of the County Executive - $45,528 to support the establishment of the Office of Grants Management (Source of Funds: General Fund Undesignated Reserves)

A full list of upcoming public hearings is available at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html.

Additional documents are available at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council.

The Council and committees are currently meeting via Zoom because of ongoing construction and technology upgrades in the Council's Hearing Room and the inability to conduct meetings in a socially distant way in other areas of the Council Office Building with television broadcast capacity. 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 link to use or phone number to call for the public hearing.

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. Councilmembers continue to hold meetings in their offices by appointment.

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).

The Council meeting schedule may change from time to time. The current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review can be viewed at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html.

Release ID: 22-092
Media Contact: Sara Tenenbaum