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Votes at a glance: Salisbury council approves multiple ordinances on first reading and consent items
Summary
Council adopted a consent agenda and approved multiple ordinances on first reading covering towing procedures, tree grant acceptance, water projects, PFAS study funding, elevated tank maintenance, false-alarm counting, and several fire-department budget items.
At the legislative session, the Salisbury City Council adopted the consent agenda and approved several ordinances and one resolution on first reading. Below are the items recorded in the meeting and their outcomes as stated on the record.
Resolution - Resolution 3381: Declaration of official intent regarding reimbursement from future borrowing for the Lehi service line replacement Phase 1 project. Outcome: adopted.
Ordinances (first-reading approvals on record) - Ordinance 2918: Amend Chapter 5.64 (Towing Companies) to update dispatch and police-directed tow procedures and penalties. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2919: Accept Chesapeake Bay Trust grant of $148,267 to plant 834 trees. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2920: Authorize mayor to appropriate funds for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund projects (Naylor Mill water main extension, PFAS study at the wastewater plant, and lead service line replacement). Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2921: Budget amendment authorizing funds for PFAS study and treatment. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2922: Budget amendment to appropriate funds for completion of elevated water tank maintenance. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2923: Amend Section 8.04.0.05 to edit method for counting false alarms. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2924: FY2025 general fund budget amendment to appropriate $1,000 insurance proceeds to Fire Department operating budget (reimbursement of deductible). Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2925: Authorize mayor to enter contract with Maryland Department of Health and appropriate $29,625 for cancer screening (Fire Department). Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2926: FY2025 general fund budget amendment to appropriate $47,000 from surplus for Station 1 paving. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Ordinance 2927: Amend Chapter 2.16.0.02 of city code to grant the fire chief authority to designate career deputies' order of succession. Outcome: approved on first reading.
Consent agenda highlights - Meeting minutes (August and September 2024), appointments to Parks and Rec Committee (Resolutions 3379 and 3380 appointing Michael Pierunsky and Eugene Hernick through Feb. 2028), and several manufacturing tax exemptions were adopted as part of the consent agenda.
Voting notes - Several items were adopted by voice vote with the chair recording aye; detailed roll-call tallies were not read into the record for each ordinance in the transcript excerpt. For items where council recorded “consensus to proceed,” staff were directed to carry out implementation steps described in presentations.
For all items above, the meeting record shows council approval (voice votes recorded as “aye” and chair votes aye). Where implementation requires procurement or further reporting, staff were directed to follow up and report results to council.
