The Taneytown City Council on Oct. 8 adopted Resolution 2025-16, a city organization chart that outlines departmental structure and reporting lines, after several council members asked for more time to review the draft.

One council member said they had not had time to study the document and objected to receiving substantial agenda materials on short notice: "We get these last minute additions to the agenda the day or the day before the meeting ... it's just not fair," the member said. Another motion to table the two resolutions on the agenda failed for lack of a second.

Staff and the city manager said the chart is a public-facing organizational summary (a separate internal version includes names and contact information) and noted it had been part of prior packets. The manager said the dotted lines on the chart indicate where the council as a body may make direct requests to certain officials and reiterated that individual council members cannot give orders to staff.

Following discussion, a council member moved to adopt the resolution; it received a second and passed by voice vote. The mayor announced the motion carried.

Ending: The organizational chart will be published as the public-facing structure document; staff said internal name-and-contact versions will remain for administrative uses and that council can propose edits during the stated post-introduction period if needed.