City Council Responds to State Transportation Plan, Parking Lot
At a relatively short meeting on November 22, the Greenbelt City Council approved comments on the state’s draft Consolidated Transportation Plan (CTP), cleared the way for awarding a contract for the reconstruction of Buddy Attick Park’s parking lot at the next meeting, and accepted several citizen petitions and requests. The published agenda indicated that council […]
Election 2021 Candidates Discuss Discord And Reparations at Forum
In the final public event for city council candidates, hosted by Greenbelt Homes, Inc., on Tuesday, October 19, nine of the 10 candidates were present: incumbents Colin Byrd, Emmett Jordan, Judith Davis, Rodney Roberts and Silke Pope and challengers Brandon “Ric” Gordon, Kristen Weaver, Bill Orleans and Matthew Inzeo. Newcomer Alex Zajac did not participate, […]
Council Deals with Election Costs, Eviction Notices, a Hybrid SUV
The Greenbelt City Council continued to offer entertainment for insomniacs as its September 27 meeting again stretched to almost 1 a.m. During that meeting, council approved an election services contract, introduced an ordinance related to evictions, approved the purchase of a hybrid SUV for Animal Control and discussed the poor quality of the closed captioning […]
Food Trucks and Financial Policies Occupy City Council
In another marathon session lasting until nearly 1 a.m., the Greenbelt City Council at its September 13 regular meeting approved a staff recommendation for a one-time food truck event, adopted a set of financial policies aimed to strengthen its potential credit rating and approved a list of public sites for the posting of campaign signs. […]
Council Tackles Park Issues, Approves Lakeside Drive Study
Parkland was a subplot at the September 13 Greenbelt City Council meeting as council added Greenbriar Park to the Forest Preserve, supported the Forest Preserve Advisory Board’s (FPAB) proposed trail maintenance plans and rejected a proposed referendum that would require purchase of land adjacent to Greenbelt Station. In addition, council directed staff to conduct a […]
First Rescue Fund Spending Plan Approved by Council
At its September 13 meeting, the Greenbelt City Council unanimously approved an initial set of relief measures to fund using federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. These include $500,000 for rental and utility assistance, $500,000 for business assistance, $500,000 for mortgage/fee assistance and $100,000 for assistance to nonprofits, including food banks, and for two contract […]
Voters to Weigh In on City Reparations Referendum
At its August 9 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council agreed to place a referendum on the November 2 ballot. The referendum question will read as follows: Do you vote yes or no to the following Referendum question: The City Council of Greenbelt should establish a twenty-one (21) member Commission to review, discuss, and make […]
Is There a Food Truck Hub Coming Soon to Greenbelt?
On Wednesday, August 18 the Greenbelt City Council met in a worksession to discuss the possibility of hosting food trucks in Greenbelt. Economic Development Coordinator Charise Liggins has suggested the city determine the viability of a food truck program as part of a city economic business recovery program. County Regulations Director of Planning and Community […]
Fireworks Real and Figurative As Council Seeks Normality
At its June 7 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council moved toward normality on a couple of fronts – adopting the county’s policies on Covid-19 precautions and hoping to be able to host the July 4 fireworks once again – and generated its own fireworks over hiring a parliamentarian. Council also met the new assistant […]
City Council Adopts Budget After Procedural Standoff
In the wee hours of Tuesday, June 8, the Greenbelt City Council finally passed the budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which starts July 1. Council came very close to not passing a budget, which the city charter requires to be approved no later than June 10, until Councilmember Rodney Roberts relented on a procedural issue […]