County Council
Council Hearing Room
Agenda — 48 items
- 1 RULES OF COURTESY (In-Person) You are now participating in the process of representative government. We welcome your interest and hope you will attend Prince George's County Council meetings often. Good government depends on the interest and involvement of you and your fellow citizens. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS The Prince George's County Council meets at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday in the Council Hearing Room in the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building, Largo, Maryland. Legislative sessions are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month and business meetings are scheduled on the alternate weeks. All County Council Sessions are public meetings, however, a part of the meeting may be conducted in closed session. In addition to its normal function as the County Council, the Council will frequently sit as the District Council for zoning matters or as the Board of Health. The capacity in which the Council acts on agenda items will be recorded in the minutes for each meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS The County Council is proud to announce its return to in-person meetings. To encourage civic engagement, the Council has established an eComment portal to serve as an alternative method of public participation in the Council's virtual meetings. The portal allows citizens to register to speak on agenda items that are scheduled for public hearing and/or submit a comment or letter into the official public record, in lieu of verbal testimony. To register to speak or submit comments or written testimony please use the Council’s eComment portal at: https://pgccouncil.us/Speak. For those unable to use the portal, comments/written correspondence may be emailed to: clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or faxed to (301) 952-5178. Written comments must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on the day BEFORE the meeting. Testimony and comments will not be accepted via social media or by telephone/voice mail message. Register to speak, in advance, by 3:00 p.m. on the day BEFORE the meeting. Additionally, on-site registration for live testimony is now available; however, advance registration to testify is strongly encouraged. In accordance with ADA requirements, accommodations for hearing impaired, disabled persons, and visually impaired persons can be provided upon reasonable notice to the Clerk of the Council. Sign language and interpreters for non-english speakers are available with reasonable advance notice by emailing clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or calling 301-952-3600. VIEW USING THE LINK PROVIDED AT: https://pgccouncil.us/LIVE PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELLULAR PHONES DURING COUNCIL SESSIONS
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- 3 VIEW USING THE LINK PROVIDED AT: https://pgccouncil.us/LIVE
- 4 10:00 A.M. - CALL TO ORDER - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM)
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- 6 INVOCATION:
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- 7 Rev. Dr. Timothy West, Pastor, Westphalia United Methodist Christian Community Church, Upper Marlboro, MD
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- 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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- 11 REQUESTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL
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- 13 LEGISLATIVE DAY NO. 20
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- 15 1. CONSENT AGENDA
- 16 (a) Approval of County Council Minutes
- 17 County Council Minutes dated May 19, 2026
- 18 County Council Minutes dated May 26, 2026
- 19 County Council Minutes dated May 27, 2026
- 20 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
- 21 (b) First Reading of Bills (Presentation)
- 22 AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS IN THE APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET for the purpose of providing supplementary appropriations to the Clean Water Partnership NPDES/MS4 (5.54.0018), Community Recreation Facility Renovations (4.31.0005), and North County Animal Shelter (3.54.0002) projects.
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- 24 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
- 25 AN ACT CONCERNING PROCUREMENT REFINEMENTS ACT for the purpose of refining business certification requirements, centralizing waiver authority and reducing redundant reporting requirements.
- 26 AN ACT CONCERNING COUNTY REAL PROPERTY AS SURPLUS PROPERTY for the purpose of amending provisions of the Code regulating the procedure to declare County Real Property as Surplus Property; removing the Redevelopment Authority and adding the Office of Central Services for final disposition of all properties approved as surplus.
- 27 AN ACT CONCERNING PREVAILING HOURS AND WAGE RATES ON PUBLIC WORKS - EMPLOYMENT - APPRENTICEABLE TRADES for the purpose of generally requiring contractors and subcontractors on certain public works to employ workers from apprenticeable trades who are either apprentices participating in an apprenticeship program registered with the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council or who have completed a registered apprenticeship program; adding a certain definition; increasing the amount of damages for violations of the law; and generally relating to prevailing hours and wage rates on public works.
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- 28 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
- 29 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
- 30 (c) Introduction of Resolutions
- 31 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING FISCAL YEAR (“FY”) 2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for the purpose of amending the Prince George’s County Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2026 Annual Action Plan for Housing and Community Development and approving the reprogramming and reallocation of one million, one hundred seventy thousand dollars ($1,170,000) in Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funds, from Annual Action Plans approved in prior fiscal years, to the Prince George’s County Housing Rehabilitation Fund (the “Fund”), for use by an existing eligible activity, the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program (the “Program”) and the reprogramming of one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) in Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funds, from Annual Action Plans approved in prior fiscal years, to the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program Administration (the “HRAP Administration”), an existing eligible activity, to support the Program.
- 33 2. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
- 34 3. PROPOSED CORRESPONDENCE/ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
- 35 Proposed joint letter to Rebecca L. Flora, Secretary, Maryland Department of Planning, regarding amendments to Priority Funding Areas (PFA).
- 36 4. SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION)
- 37 AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPRENTICESHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the purpose of requiring Employ Prince George’s and other relevant County agencies to work to strategically provide a package of incentives to increase the prevalence of apprenticeships across Prince George’s County, and particularly in industries including technology, construction, building trades, and healthcare.
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- 38 AN ACT CONCERNING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP ACT for the purpose of providing for a certain recordkeeping requirement; providing for a certain licensing ban; providing for certain licensing restrictions; and generally regarding responsible pet ownership.
- 39 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR THIRD READING – (ENACTMENT)
- 40 AN ACT CONCERNING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP ACT for the purpose of providing for a certain recordkeeping requirement; providing for a certain licensing ban; providing for certain licensing restrictions; and generally regarding responsible pet ownership.
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- 42 6. PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING (ADOPTION)
- 43 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2018 WATER AND SEWER PLAN (DECEMBER 2025 CYCLE OF AMENDMENTS) for the purpose of changing the water and sewer category designations of properties within the 2018 Water and Sewer Plan.
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- 44 Prepared by: ___________________________________ Edgar L. Reese, III, Legislative Reference Aide Submitted by: _________________________________ Donna J. Brown, Clerk of the Council
- 46 REMINDERS Thurs., June 4, 2026 10:00 a.m. - PHED Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m. -PSHHS Committee Meeting Mon.,June 8, 2026 1:30 p.m. - EWD Committee Meeting (CANCELLED) 6:00 p.m. - Joint Public Hearing (Minor Amendment to Subregion 1 Master Plan and SMA) Tues., June 9, 2026 1:00 p.m. - Proclamations 1:30 p.m. - County Council Meeting 2:00 p.m. - Committee of the Whole Meeting 2:30 p.m. - District Council Meeting 6:00 p.m. - Council Public Hearing (Minor Amendment to Subregion 5 Master Plan and SMA)