Prince George's County Council members on Oct. 14 voted unanimously or by clear majorities on a series of procedural and substantive items: they suspended rules to advance multiple bills to committee, approved an amendment limiting residential conversions in a commercial zone, accepted late additions to the agenda, authorized a joint letter to the Maryland Department of Planning to amend a priority funding area, and adopted two resolutions that appropriate outside funds and adjust pay for fire officials.

Council members repeatedly used a rule-suspension procedure to move several bills forward for committee review. The council voted 9-0 to suspend the rules for CB 99 (Critical Worker Housing Assistance Program), CB 120 (procurement/accounting enhancements), CB 101 (Homeownership Equity Program), CB 102 (sick leave for legal proceedings), and CB 103 (real property surplus declaration). Each suspension was made by a motion and recorded with a roll call; the floor votes on those suspensions carried 9-0.

On land-use legislation, the Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee sent CB 43 (amendments to permitted uses in the CGO zone) forward with changes. Council members approved Amendment 1 to CB 43—requiring at least 50% nonresidential uses on the ground floor of conversions and exempting certain projects with prior approvals—by roll call, 8-1. The amendment was moved by Council Member DeNoga and seconded by Council Member Hawkins.

The council accepted additions to the agenda (motions to add multiple resolutions and items) and the motion to accept those additions passed 8-0. The body also approved the consent agenda by roll call, 9-0.

On fiscal matters, the council approved CR 95, a supplementary-appropriations resolution to appropriate federal, state and other outside funds for multiple county agencies. The council substituted Draft 2 and then voted to adopt CR 95; both votes were 9-0 on the record. Separately, the council adopted CR 103, which amends the county salary plan for fire officials to reflect cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases and other incentives; that resolution passed on a roll call with a recorded outcome of 8-0 (one member had an excused absence).

The council also authorized the chair to sign a joint letter to the Maryland Department of Planning asking that a parcel adjacent to an existing priority funding area be included so a proposed affordable senior housing project can access designated funding. That motion passed 9-0.

The meeting record shows the council regularly used unanimous roll-call votes on procedural items and committee referrals and used a single recorded 8-1 vote for the zoning amendment to CB 43. No recorded votes in this session were divided beyond that amendment.

Votes at a glance (selected):
- CB 99: Motion to suspend the rules to present CB 99 (Critical Worker Housing Assistance Program) — Moved by Council Member Harrison; seconded by Council Member Watson. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- CB 120: Motion to suspend the rules (procurement/accounting changes) — Moved by Council Member Watson; seconded by Council Member Olson. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- CB 101: Motion to suspend the rules (Homeownership Equity Program) — Moved by Council Member Watson; seconded by Council Member Olson. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- CB 102: Motion to suspend the rules (sick leave/legal proceedings) — Moved by Council Member Watson; seconded by Council Member Fisher. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- CB 103: Motion to suspend the rules (real property surplus declaration) — Moved by Council Member Fisher; seconded by Council Member Watson. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- CB 43 amendment 1: Amendment (require 50% nonresidential ground floor; timeline exemptions) — Moved by Council Member DeNoga; seconded by Council Member Hawkins. Vote: 8 Aye, 1 No (Council Member Harrison). Outcome: Amendment adopted.
- Acceptance of additions to the agenda: Moved by Vice Chair Oriada; seconded by Council Member DeNoga. Vote: 8 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Motion carried.
- Consent agenda adoption: Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Adopted.
- Authorization of chair signature on joint letter to Maryland Department of Planning (priority funding area amendment for proposed senior affordable housing): Moved by Council Member Hawkins; seconded by Council Members Watson and Vice Chair Oriada. Vote: 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Approved.
- CR 95 (supplementary appropriations of federal, state and other funds): Substitute Draft 2 adopted (9-0). Final adoption of CR 95: Vote 9 Aye, 0 No. Outcome: Adopted.
- CR 103 (compensation and benefits, fire officials salary schedule): Motion to adopt final resolution — Vote recorded 8 Aye, 0 No (one excused absence). Outcome: Adopted.

Council statements during the session indicated committee referrals and public hearings will be scheduled where required. Several bills were introduced and referred to committee; those introductions do not show final votes in the Oct. 14 record. The council did not take any roll-call votes that day overturning prior committee recommendations other than the CB 43 amendment.