Votes at a glance: Finance committee actions on grants, CIP transfers, leases and fees
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Summary
The committee voted on multiple items including closed-session authorization, grant recognitions, several small grant appropriations, a parking fund correction, a fire-boat grant match, the Fourth Street CIP (amended), an amended Market House lease, and a change to capital facilities payment timing for small developments.
The Annapolis Finance Committee considered and voted on a slate of items at its Oct. 15 special meeting. Below are concise outcomes and essential details for each item the committee formally acted on.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to go into closed session: The committee moved to go into closed session pursuant to the Annotated Code of Maryland, General Provisions Article §3-305(b)(10) and (7) to discuss a public-safety appropriation. The roll-call returned ayes and the motion passed.
- FT326: Approval (routine committee approval). The committee approved FT326 by voice vote.
- FT226 / item referenced in transcript as “5226” (APD: State Aid for Police Protection / SAP): Committee accepted the staff recommendation after discussion and moved a favorable recommendation. Committee members discussed that the state SAP grant traditionally covers roughly $70,000 and that the grant was not awarded for FY 2026; the city will temporarily absorb that cost in the general fund salary lines. Staff noted vacancy savings were built into the FY26 budget and said they would provide an update on remaining salary-line balances.
- SA1226 (Anne Arundel County 911 funds): The committee gave a favorable recommendation to recognize additional 911-related revenue and appropriate it for allowable phone-related 911 expenses (salaries and phone-related supplies); staff said the grant revenue exceeded the budgeted estimate and the action corrects the revenue/expenditure appropriation.
- SA8 26 (a multi-year grant recognized): Committee gave a favorable recommendation to recognize a 4-year grant and appropriate revenue for the two years that were not originally included in the budget.
- SA9 26 (OEM returned funds): The committee gave a favorable recommendation to accept returned funds from the Maryland Department of Emergency Management totaling about $3,940. The committee agreed to use approximately $2,900 for OEM equipment (to sustain the city’s PrepareMe/notification app) and $1,040 for training and education.
- SA10 26 (Off-street parking project reopening): The committee approved reopening a completed parking capital project to record an expense that had not been posted; funding will come from parking fund reserves.
- SA11 26 (Waterway Improvement Grant / Fire boat match): The committee gave a favorable recommendation to accept a Maryland Department of Natural Resources Waterway Improvement Grant. The grant is a 50/50 match for equipment for a new fire boat; the city had budgeted its match. Staff said the vessel is expected to be delivered next summer.
- FT526 (Fourth Street oil tank removal CIP): The committee approved creating a new CIP and transferring funds after staff found multiple buried oil tanks during emergency roadwork. The committee adopted an amendment to fund $330,000 from General Roadways and $300,000 from the capital reserve (total $630,000) and gave the amended transfer a favorable recommendation. Staff noted the MDE Oil Control Program has opened a case and that additional environmental testing and possible remediation may be required.
- O33-25 (Market House lease): The committee gave a favorable recommendation as amended. The amendment clarifies that the $100,000 tenant investment required to qualify for the first renewal cannot be deducted from performance rent unless the deduction is tied to a city‑agreed capital expenditure that benefits the city and is memorialized in a written amendment.
- O37-25 (Capital facilities charges payment timing): The committee gave a favorable recommendation to allow the director to permit small projects (six or fewer dwelling units) to pay certain capital facilities charges after construction but before occupancy, intended to reduce borrowing costs for small developers.
Most motions were adopted by unanimous voice vote; where staff or committee members raised clarifying questions the committee generally adopted the staff recommendation, sometimes with the amendment noted above.
