Public Hearing Notices

Notice of Hearing (Nov. 20, 2023)

Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Council of Rockville will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Council Chambers, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, in connection with the preparation and development of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

The Mayor and Council is seeking public input for the development and creation of the FY 2025 Operating and Capital Improvements Program budget.

Virtual Speakers

Virtual Speakers should follow the instructions in the Agenda Center at www.rockvillemd.gov/AgendaCenter as written on page 1 of the Agenda Packet.

In-Person Attendance

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 before virtual speakers.

Viewing Mayor and Council Meetings

The virtual meetings can be viewed on Rockville 11, channel 11 on county cable, livestreamed at www.rockvillemd.gov/rockville11, and available a day after each meeting at www.rockvillemd.gov/videoondemand.

How to Participate in the Public Hearing

Persons wishing to testify at the hearing are asked to call 240-314-8280 before 10:00 a.m. on the date of the hearing to have their names placed on the speakers’ list.

If you wish to submit comments in writing for the Public Hearing, please email the comments to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov by no later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of the meeting. Persons submitting testimony are requested to provide their name and address.

If you wish to participate virtually in the Public Hearing during the live Mayor and Council meeting, please send your name, address, and phone number to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. You will be contacted on the day of the meeting via email by the City’s Information Technology Department to receive all the information you need to join the meeting by audio to share your comments.

Written comments may also be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, or forwarded by email to cityclerk@rockvillemd.gov. Comments received after 10:00 a.m. on the date of the public hearing will not be available to the Mayor and Council at the public hearing and will be provided to the Mayor and Council at a later date.

Mayor and Council of Rockville
By: Sara Taylor-Ferrell, City Clerk/Director of Council Operations

Notice to the Public

Notice of Adoption of Charter Amendment Resolution No. 11-23

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Article XI-E of the Constitution of Maryland, Sections 4-303 and 304 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and the Charter of the City of Rockville, the Mayor and Council of Rockville, Maryland, on September 18, 2023, duly adopted Resolution No. 11-23 (Charter Amendment No. CA2023-00065, to amend Section 2 of Article II, “The Mayor and Council,” of the Charter of the City of Rockville so as to modify the procedure for adopting ordinance by increasing the number of Councilmembers needed to request a public hearing on an ordinance when it is introduced and increasing the number of Councilmembers needed to affirmatively vote to waive the layover and agenda requirements to adopt an ordinance.

This amendment shall become effective and be considered a part of the Charter of the City of Rockville on November 7, 2023, unless on or before September 28, 2023, there shall be presented to the Mayor and Council of Rockville, or mailed to it by registered mail, a petition meeting the requirements of Article V, Section 2 of the City Charter.