Tuesday, September 11, 2012
As trash collection in Annapolis is turned over to Bates, the city took a moment to honor its former sanitation workers at Monday night's council meeting.
Twenty of Annapolis' former solid waste employees were honored with a community leadership award at Monday night's City Council meeting. "It's really one of the most thankless jobs we have in the city," said David Jarrell, the director of Public Works. The Martha Wood Leadership Award is a monthly honor from the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, and it's conferred upon citizens who work to make "our Housing Authority communities better." City Council unanimously voted to privatize city trash and recycling services this June as part of its 2013 budget. City sanitation employees worked their last day on Friday, and Bates Trucking and Trash Removal started its new, once-a-week collection service on Monday. "Over this last year when …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
City Council voted 8-1 to create a Hillman Garage advisory committee that would offer recommendations on how to close and renovate the downtown parking facility.
Annapolis City Council voted to create a nine-member advisory committee of area businesses, churches and residents that would offer suggestions on how best to renovate Noah Hillman Garage. "Hillman is coming up against its life expectancy," Alderman Ian Pfeiffer (D-7th Ward) said. "The question is: Do you take it down to its base and build a whole new garage? Or do you try to fix it without having to take it down?" Mayor Josh Cohen said he wants recommendations from the community on how best to handle the traffic woes that would be created by partially or completely closing Hillman for an extended period of time. The garage provides about 400 parking spaces downtown. But Alderman Fred Paone (R-2nd Ward) disagreed with the creation of a …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Council voted 7-2 in favor of moving the start time for regular council meetings from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Both of Annapolis City Council's monthly meetings will now start at the same time thanks to a 7-2 vote Monday night. Regular meetings, which are held on the second Monday of each month, have traditionally started at 7:30 p.m. While special meetings held on the fourth Monday have started at 7 p.m. Mayor Josh Cohen co-sponsored legislation to unify the meeting times. He said having one start time for all city council meetings would provide consistency and predictability for Annapolis residents. Alderman Fred Paone (R-2nd Ward) said it also would hopefully allow council to take important votes a little earlier in the evening. But Alderman Kenneth Kirby (D-6th Ward) and Alderwoman Classie Hoyle (D-3rd Ward) disagreed. Kirby said 7:30 p.m. …
