Baltimore Village elects Rick Foreman as council president; keeps committee schedule

Rick Foreman was chosen council president at Baltimore Village’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 12, 2026, after council members nominated two candidates and proceeded to a vote. The council also voted to adopt the existing council rules and to keep the current meeting schedule with committee meetings at 6 p.m. and council meetings at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays.

The reorganization included nominations and confirmations for committee membership and leadership. Council members discussed a standing rule that chairs of the service and safety committees must also sit on the finance committee; committee chairs will be selected by the committees themselves from among the appointed members. The slate of internal and external committee appointments — including planning and zoning, the tree commission and the fire board — was presented by the mayor and approved by council vote.

Council recorded routine roll-call votes for the rules adoption, committee acceptance and the election of the council president. The mayor’s slate assigned Brandy to planning and to the tree commission and Jamie to the fire board; the council accepted those external appointments. The council also confirmed the schedule and instructed committees to hold their regular meetings and to cancel council meetings only when there is no pending business.

The meeting moved directly into standing committee work (finance then rules) after formal reorganization business concluded. The council announced follow-up actions for committee chairs and asked staff to circulate committee documents in advance so new members can prepare.