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Taneytown council introduces, adopts ordinances and approves routine business at March meeting
Summary
At its March meeting the Taneytown Mayor and City Council introduced multiple ordinances, adopted budget and fee changes, approved water allocation and routine finance items, and moved into closed session to obtain legal advice on a developer agreement.
The Taneytown Mayor and City Council on the evening of its March meeting introduced several ordinances, adopted budget and fee changes, approved the month’s water allocation and routine finance items, and adjourned into a closed session to obtain legal advice on a developer agreement.
The council unanimously approved routine procedural items including the February 10 combined meeting minutes, the monthly financial report and the accounts payable report. It introduced ordinances and resolutions and adopted several measures that were on the agenda for action.
Key actions taken by the council during the meeting included: the introduction of Ordinance 04-2025 (stormwater management); the introduction of Ordinance 05-2025 (speed monitoring systems); the introduction of Resolution 04A-2025 (Stavos addition annexation); adoption of Ordinance O1-2025 (listed on the agenda as an "order recharge" ordinance); adoption of Ordinance O2-2025 (amendment to Chapter 82, building construction fees); adoption of Ordinance 3-2025 (fiscal year 2025 budget amendment No. 2); and acceptance of Resolution 2025-03 (water allocation for March).
Council members moved and seconded the listed motions as recorded on the meeting audio. Where the record shows a vote it was recorded as "Aye" or carried; the transcript did not include a roll-call tally of yes/no votes for each adopted item. Councilwoman Chaney was absent for the meeting; no roll-call tallies with member-by-member votes were provided in the public transcript.
The council then voted to adjourn the public meeting and convene a closed session under the Maryland Open Meetings Act Title 10, §3-305(b)(7) to obtain legal advice regarding a developer rights and responsibilities agreement.
More routine departmental reports and council updates followed earlier on the agenda, including planning, public works and parks reports, which the council heard before moving to closed session.
The council made two appointments matters part of the meeting record: Amanda Rankin was nominated for the Ethics Commission but the nomination failed for lack of a second; a nomination for Bill Kennedy to the Board of Elections was withdrawn by the nominator and will be revisited at a future meeting.
