COUNCIL CONVENES LEGISLATIVE SESSION
The County Council met Tuesday to
consider legislation, including CB-29-2018, which proposes the establishment of a Commercial
Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (C-PACE). The measure was referred to the
Committee of the Whole and will be placed on the Council agenda for a vote in
July. The Council also presented several
bond measures to be placed on the General Election ballot, including bonds supporting
Public Works & Transportation, library facilities, public safety
facilities, County buildings, and Prince George’s Community College capital
projects. The bond measures were referred to the Committee of the Whole. If
approved by the Council, these bond measures will be placed before voters on
the General Election ballot. In other
Council action Tuesday, a letter was approved supporting the Certificate of
Need filed by Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern Maryland,
LLC to build a free-standing inpatient rehabilitation hospital at Melford, in
Bowie.
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REVIEWS APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTY
COMMISSIONS
Meeting as the Committee of the
Whole, the Council reviewed appointments to the Historic Preservation
Commission for Prince George’s County and appointments to the Enterprise Road
Corridor Development Review District Commission. The Council is grateful to our
residents for their commitment and dedication to the County through their service
on these important commissions.
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COUNCIL CONVENES DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING
The County Council, sitting as the District Council, is granted authority to act on zoning matters by the State of Maryland Regional District Act, now known as Article 28 of the Maryland Annotated Code. The County Council sat as the District Council on Tuesday, June 19.
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The County Council will not meet
on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, Primary Election Day. County residents are encouraged to exercise
your right to vote. Polls are open Tuesday,
June 26, from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for all registered voters. For more information, visit the Prince
George’s County Board of Elections online.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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 COUNCIL CONGRATULATES PRINCE GEORGE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON RE-OPENING LANHAM HALL
Council Vice Chair Todd Turner joined Thursday’s celebration re-opening Lanham Hall on the Largo campus of the Prince George’s Community College. Lanham Hall is the among the college’s oldest buildings. Vice Chair Turner offered remarks during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-renovated building, which supports the growth of the Community College; houses one-stop student support services; serves as the hub of Workforce Development and Continuing Education offices; and is the new home for Maryland’s first middle college, the Academy of Health Sciences.
COUNCIL CELEBRATES RETIRING STATE SENATOR ULYSSES CURRIE AND MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Council Chair Dannielle Glaros
and Council Member Derrick Davis presented a proclamation to Senator Ulysses
Currie on Saturday, in recognition of his retirement following more than three
decades of public service in the Maryland General Assembly. The Honorable Ulysses Currie was
elected to the Maryland Senate in 1994 after serving eight years in the General
Assembly as a member of the House of Delegates.
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