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Votes at a glance: Anne Arundel County Council actions, Nov. 3, 2025
Summary
The council passed multiple measures on Nov. 3, including bond refunding authorization and personnel and code ordinances. Several bills were passed unanimously; others drew divided votes. This roundup lists each formal action and vote tally.
The Anne Arundel County Council took the following formal actions during the Nov. 3, 2025 legislative session. Items are listed with the final recorded outcome and the vote tallies reported at the meeting.
- Bill 83-25 (special taxing district refunding bonds, up to $12,360,000 for Arundel Gateway special taxing district): Passed 7–0.
- Bill 86-25 (emergency ordinance permitting police captains to collectively bargain): Passed 7–0.
- Bill 79-25 as amended (construction and property maintenance codes; air conditioning in multiple dwellings): Passed 7–0.
- Bill 84-25 (master plan for water supply and sewage systems; Crownsville sanitary changes): Passed 7–0.
- Bill 85-25 (codify county transition to zero-emission leaf blowers for county equipment): Passed 4–3 (Ayes: Smith, Pickard, Radbien, Hummer; Noes: Volke, Fiedler, Ledbetter).
- Resolution 31-25 (support for Board of Education FY27 public school construction CIP submission to the Interagency Commission on School Construction): Adopted 7–0.
- Resolution 32-25 (urge establishment of study group to review electrical-grid impacts from new development): Adopted 7–0.
In addition, the council adopted multiple amendments to Bill 76-25 (sidewalk snow-and-ice rules) and scheduled the full bill as amended for the Nov. 17, 2025 hearing. Amendment votes recorded during the Nov. 3 meeting included amendment 10 (adopted 7–0), amendment 11 (adopted 4–3), and amendment 13 (adopted 7–0).
Amendment 1 to Bill 81-25 (transportation APF), which adds concept-plan applications to grandfathering and extends the grandfathering deadline to March 1, 2026, was adopted 4–3. The bill as amended will be scheduled for the Nov. 17 hearing.
