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College Park council delays early-lease ordinance, schedules work session after student pushback
Summary
Council moved the early-lease ordinance off tonight’s action calendar to Feb. 3 and added a work session after students urged immediate action; councilmembers and the city attorney debated timing, a 15‑day lease-return window and whether to retain 'good‑cause' language.
College Park’s mayor and council voted on Tuesday to remove a proposed early-lease ordinance from the night’s action calendar and to schedule a dedicated work session to continue revisions, after a heated public comment period led primarily by students.
The motion to postpone the ordinance — introduced by Councilmember Denise Mitchell — won on a 5–3 roll call. Council members Hill, Jordan, Simmons, Mackey and Mitchell voted to move the ordinance to the Feb. 3 meeting; Councilmembers Hernandez, Oates and Ranker opposed the tabling. The council then voted to add a topical work session to discuss the ordinance in greater detail.
The ordinance under discussion would set a timeline for when…
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