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Hagerstown council approves multiple ordinances, contracts and grant agreements; votes at a glance
Summary
The Hagerstown Mayor and City Council on April 22 introduced and approved a package of ordinances, resolutions and contracts covering nuisance vehicles, right‑of‑way quitclaims, a land‑management update, parking MOU, speed‑camera contract piggybacking, and several city service contracts and grants.
The Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown on April 22 approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract actions covering public‑safety, land use, municipal services and grant awards.
Among the actions, the council adopted a new ordinance adding Chapter 186 to the city code to establish an abandoned‑vehicle removal program; approved quitclaims of alleys and underdeveloped right‑of‑way adjoining local institutions to allow property expansion; introduced amendments to the Land Management Code including a text amendment for commercial uses in the Palm zoning district and separate amendments to regulate locations of cannabis enterprises; and approved contracts and resolutions for parking, speed cameras, on‑call plumbing services, a Main Street startup subrecipient grant program, and other routine city operations.
The council also approved a three‑year memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide 30 parking passes at the Hough City Garage for the Washington County Circuit Court. The agreement runs July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, and the transcript records the total payment to the city as $97,200. Council approved an extension/piggyback arrangement tied to Calvert County’s RFP for the citywide speed camera program; the per‑camera monthly price was announced in the meeting as increasing from $2,800 to $3,499, with staff noting the program remains cost‑neutral because the city will not pay more than monthly citation revenue.
The council authorized a subrecipient grant agreement for the Main Street startup program using Project Restore funds from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; authorized the city to consent to a tenant sublease and colocation at a property listed in staff materials (address as read in the meeting); and approved an on‑call plumbing services contract awarded via the city’s bid process for services at multiple city departments. The council approved a nondisclosure agreement with Columbia Gas of Maryland that will allow the city to receive CCTV footage gathered by Columbia Gas as part of its cross‑border investigation program, with a restriction that the footage not be shared without the utility’s consent.
Other approved items included: city sponsorship funding of $10,000 (reimbursement basis) for the Dolan Black Heritage Museum’s Juneteenth celebration; approval of a wastewater deduct meter request for Maryland Cultivation and Processing LLC at 560 Western Maryland Parkway under city code provisions for sewer deduct meters; an increase to the Potterfield Pool management contract for the 2025 season (amount recorded in the staff motion text was unclear in the transcript); and the creation of one full‑time water department position (meter salesperson) funded through the water/wastewater operating fund. Routine procedural items — approval of minutes and the consent agenda — were also approved.
Votes were taken by voice for the motions on the record; where the transcript records only “Aye” and no individual roll‑call, the article notes the recorded voice vote. Where actions were introduced rather than adopted (ordinance introductions), the meeting record shows the council moved and seconded to introduce the ordinance.
