Environmental committee gives favorable recommendation to amendments for R54-24, including correction to OEM deputy classification

The Annapolis Environmental Matters Committee on Feb. 19 recommended a favorable action on amendments 1, 2, 3 and 7 to legislation R54-24, the fiscal year 2025 changes to position classifications and the pay plan.

Committee members said amendments 1–3 had been discussed at a prior meeting and that amendment 7 corrects the pay-grade placement of a deputy position in the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). According to committee discussion, the deputy had been moved to pay grade 17 in an earlier draft but should be on grade 18; the amendment corrects that classification.

Committee members debated whether to consider additional amendments in the committee, with several members saying many of the remaining amendments were not germane to environmental matters and should be referred to other committees. After agreeing to take up amendment 7 in committee, a member moved and the committee later moved to give a favorable recommendation for the package of amendments 1, 2, 3 and 7.

The committee recorded the motion as carried unanimously. The meeting transcript does not record named roll-call votes on the motion in the committee; the committee chair noted all members were present earlier in the meeting.

No further formal actions on the underlying ordinance (R54-24) were taken at the Environmental Matters Committee level that night; the committee’s recommendation will move with the bill to the next stage as determined by city procedures.