Mayor and Council
WebEx
Agenda — 39 items
- 2 Agenda item times are estimates only. Items may be considered at times other than those indicated.
- 3 Ways to Participate
- 4 If you require a reasonable accommodation, for community forum or a public hearing and need reasonable accommodations, please contact the City Clerk's Office by the Wednesday before the Monday meeting at 240-314-8280 or cityclerk@rockvillemd.gov or by filling this form: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/City-Manager-2/Request-a-Reasonable-Accommodation-50
- 5 Translation Assistance
- 6 If you wish to participate in person at a Mayor and Council meeting during community forum or a public hearing and may need translation assistance in a language other than English, please contact the City Clerk’s Office by the Wednesday before the Monday meeting at 240-314-8280, or cityclerk@rockvillemd.gov, or by using this form: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/City-Clerk-11/Sign-Up-for-Translation-Assistance-at-Co-368
- 7 In-Person Attendance
- 8 Community members attending in-person who wish to speak during Community Forum, or a Public Hearing, should sign up using the form at the entrance to the Mayor and Council Chamber. In-person speakers will be called upon in the order they are signed to speak and before virtual speakers.
- 9 Note: In-Person Speakers will be called upon to speak before those who have signed up to speak virtually for Community Forum and Public Hearings.
- 10 Viewing Mayor and Council Meetings
- 11 The Mayor and Council are conducting hybrid meetings. The virtual meetings can be viewed on Rockville 11, Comcast, Verizon cable channel 11, livestreamed at www.rockvillemd.gov/rockville11, and available a day after each meeting at www.rockvillemd.gov/videoondemand.
- 12 Participating in Community Forum & Public Hearings:
- 13 If you wish to submit comments in writing for Community Forum or Public Hearings: • Please email the comments to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the date of the meeting. If you wish to participate in-person or virtually in Community Forum or Public Hearings during the live Mayor and Council meeting: 1. Send your Name, Phone number, For Community Forum and Expected Method of Joining the Meeting (computer or phone) to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. Each speaker will receive 3 minutes. 2. Send your Name, Phone number, the Public Hearing Topic and Expected Method of Joining the Meeting (computer or phone) to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. 3. On the day of the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with further details, and two Webex invitations: 1) Optional Webex Orientation Question and Answer Session and 2) Mayor & Council Meeting Invitation. 4. Plan to join the meeting no later than approximately 20 minutes before the actual meeting start time. 5. Read for https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/38725/Public-Meetings-on-Webex meeting tips and instructions on joining a Webex meeting (either by computer or phone). 6. If joining by computer, Conduct a WebEx test: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html prior to signing up to join the meeting to ensure your equipment will work as expected.
- 14 Participating in Mayor and Council Drop-In (Mayor Ashton and Councilmember Shaw)
- 15 The next scheduled Drop-In Session will be held by phone or in-person on Monday, December 8 from 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm with Mayor Ashton and Councilmember Shaw. Please sign up by 10 am on the meeting day using the form at: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/formcenter/city-clerk-11/sign-up-for-dropin-meetings-227
- 1. Convene - 5:30 PM
- 2. Pledge of Allegiance
- 3. Proclamation and Recognition - 5:35 PM
- A. Proclamation Declaring December 10, 2025, as Human Rights Day in Rockville, Maryland
- B. Proclamation Declaring December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026, as Kwanzaa in Rockville, Maryland
- 4. Agenda Review - 6:30 - PM
- 5. City Manager's Report - 6:35 PM
- 6. Boards and Commissions Appointments and Reappointments - NONE
- 7. Community Forum - 6:40 PM
- 8. Special Presentations - NONE
- 9. Consent Agenda - 7:00 PM
- A. Award and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Rider Agreement with Environmental Quality Resources, LLC., a Maryland limited liability corporation, in the amount of up to $125,000 for the initial term ending September 19, 2026, and up to an additional $125,000 per year with annual optional renewals through September 19, 2029. The pricing is consistent with the City of Baltimore Contract RFQ-000348 for Integrated Vegetation Management Services.
- B. Award a procurement contract in the amount of $103,500.00 through July 1, 2026, and an additional amount of up to $414,000 for up to four 1-year contract renewal options, to Kuehne Chemical Company, of Kearny, New Jersey. The procurement contract, in the form of a purchase order, is being awarded in response to IFB #04-26 for Supply and Delivery of 15% Sodium Hypochlorite to the Water Treatment Plant.
- C. Authorization for the City Manager to Approve Amendment 3 with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) for the Enhanced Mobility Grant to Extend the Period of Performance
- D. Award and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Rider Agreement with Empire Landscape, LLC., a Maryland limited liability corporation, in the amount not-to-exceed $125,000 for the initial term, with terms, including annual optional renewals for an amount not-to-exceed $125,000, through June 30, 2030, and pricing consistent with Queen Anne’s County Contract SCON-003321 - RFQ-000348 for Integrated Vegetation Management Services.
- E. Approval of Minutes
- 10. Public Hearing - NONE
- 11. Action Items - 7:05 PM
- A. Authorization to File Zoning Text Amendment to Revise and Replace Chapter 25 of the City Code, also Known as the Zoning Ordinance
- B. Authorization to File a Comprehensive Map Amendment Application to Implement the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite (ZOR), Including Zoning Recommendations in the Rockville 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Town Center Master Plan
- 12. Worksession- NONE
- 13. Mock Agenda - 8:20 PM
- A. Mock Agenda
- 14. Old / New Business - 8:25 PM
- 15. Adjournment - 8:45 PM
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