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Votes at a glance: council approves bargaining agreements, bonds, leases and appointments
Summary
Councilmembers approved a package of labor agreements, capital and bond measures, an arts-council lease, and numerous appointments in the October legislative session.
The Howard County Council completed a number of relatively non-controversial actions during the October legislative session alongside longer debates on the Gateway master plan and senior tax credits.
Key votes and outcomes (selected): - CB 61 20 25 (collective bargaining agreement): Approved. The county adopted the labor agreement with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Howard County Local 3080 (AFL-CIO). - CB 62 20 25 (pay plan amendment for Local 3080 and corrections management): Approved. - CB 63 20 25 (Board of Education Capital Improvement Program amendment, FY 2026): Approved pursuant to Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article (as read into the record) for submission to the Interagency Commission on School Construction. - CB 64 20 25 (lease agreement, Howard County Arts Council, ~22,940 rentable sq ft at 8360 Court Avenue): Approved. - CB 65 20 25 (issuance/sale of up to $150 million in consolidated public improvement bonds and up to $50 million in Metropolitan District bonds): Approved. - CR 166 20 25 (investment policy): Approved. - CR 168 20 25 (conveyance of reclaimed water easement parcels): Approved.
Appointments and confirmations: The council introduced and approved multiple appointment resolutions for boards and commissions (examples read into the record and approved together): confirmations and reappointments to the Board of Appeals, Commission for Veterans and Military Families, Commission on Disabilities, Board of Library Trustees, Police Accountability Board, and others were moved and approved in grouped votes.
Tabled or withdrawn items: - CR 167 20 25 (payment in lieu of taxes for 55-acre solar facility, 3855 Manor Lane): The council voted to table the resolution. - CR 169 20 25 (easement for BGE at Elkridge Library): tabled to allow additional community input on proposed EV parking locations. - CR 126 20 25 (appointment): withdrawn by motion.
How the votes were recorded: Most of these bills were moved, seconded and called by the council administrator with roll-call votes; the transcript records the item introductions and the calls for votes (Chair Walsh and other members recorded as Yes/No; in nearly all the listed items the motion carried).
