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Council extends minority-owned procurement program, reenacts development-impact tax changes and introduces parking-permit bill
Summary
At its final 2024 session the Council enacted a five-year extension of the minority-owned business purchasing program, unanimously reenacted development-impact tax amendments after overriding a veto, and introduced an expedited bill to create discounted parking permits for Silver Spring service providers.
Montgomery County’s Council closed out its 2024 calendar with several legislative actions: a five-year reauthorization of the county’s minority-, female- and disabled-owned business purchasing program; a successful veto override to reenact amendments to development impact taxes; and the introduction of an expedited bill to create a specialized parking permit for unhoused service providers and childcare workers in downtown Silver Spring.
Minority-owned procurement: Councilmembers moved to extend the purchasing program’s sunset from Dec. 31, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2029 and to require a disparity study and aspirational goals from the Office of…
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