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Carroll County fiscal court reviews ordinance codification, online searchable code option
Summary
At its March 11 meeting, the Carroll County Fiscal Court discussed contracting with American Legal to update and codify county ordinances and add a searchable online option; officials cited a roughly year-long project and initial and annual fees but recorded no final vote in the transcript.
Carroll County Fiscal Court members discussed a project to update the countycode and add an online searchable version during the March 11, 2025 meeting.
Court staff described hiring American Legal to consolidate and reorganize ordinances into a formal code book and to provide an optional searchable online subscription. Staff gave a base cost of $8,520 for printed materials (six books) and described the overall effort as about a year-long project. Staff said the online searchable feature carries a setup fee of $1,195 for the first year and $595 annually thereafter, and that the county would submit yearly updates and supplements to keep the online code current.
Court members discussed how the service would replace the countyPDF approach with a hosted, searchable database like those used by some neighboring counties. Staff said the vendor would take the countyordinances as passed and reformat them into the codified volume while preserving the ordinances themselves.
A court member said, "I see the motion to progress and complete the online searchable address," indicating a motion to proceed was on the table; the meeting transcript does not record a roll-call vote or an adopted outcome.
Next steps described in the discussion included sending the countyordinances to the vendor for formatting, deciding whether to purchase the printed volumes, and enrolling in the vendorsearchable database. No contract signature or formal approval is recorded in the portion of the transcript provided.
