The Montgomery County Council will meet Tuesday, June 9, beginning at 9 a.m., with proclamations recognizing Caribbean American Heritage Month, National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Immigrant Heritage Month.
The agenda includes votes on more than $4.8 million for the Capital Crescent Trail, over $1 million for behavioral health crisis services, and several supplemental appropriations totaling more than $5.3 million for MCPS facility, sustainability and technology projects, along with public hearings on ghost gun restrictions, accessory dwelling units, solar energy standards and other legislation. Full agenda below courtesy Montgomery County:
“The Montgomery County Council will meet on Tuesday, June 9 at 9 a.m. and the meeting will begin with two proclamation presentations. The first, presented by Councilmember Laurie-Anne Sayles, will recognize Caribbean American Heritage Month. The second, presented by the Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee and Public Safety (PS) Committee, will recognize National Gun Violence Awareness Day. At 1:15 p.m., there will an additional proclamation, presented by Councilmember Will Jawando, recognizing Immigrant Heritage Month.
More detail on each agenda item is provided below.
Vote expected: The Council is expected to vote on a resolution to approve a more than $4.8 million supplemental appropriation to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Capital Budget and amendment to the FY25-30 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the Capital Crescent Trail project. The Capital Crescent Trail CIP project provides for the construction of the hard surface trail alongside the Purple Line project.
Consent Calendar
Each item on the Council’s Consent Calendar can be found on the Council agenda for Tuesday, June 9, which is available on the Council website.
Public Hearings
Unless otherwise noted, the Council will hold the following hybrid public hearings at 1:30 p.m. Residents can visit the Council website to learn about the multiple ways to provide testimony.
- Bill 18-26, Police – Powers and Duties of Director – DHS Law Enforcement Agency Hiring
- Bill 20-26, Fire and Rescue Services – Length of Service Awards Program for Volunteers – Amendments
- Bill 21-26, Employee Retirement System – Savings and Benefits – Amendments
- Bill 22-26, Finance – Economic Development Fund – Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Grant Program – Repeal of Sunset Date
- Expedited Bill 23-26, Weapons – Restrictions on Ghost Guns Near Minors and Carrying of Firearms in or Near Places of Public Assembly
- Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-05, Expedited Approval Plan – Job Creation Project
- Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-06, Accessory Residential Uses – Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-07, Solar Collection System – Use Standards
- Subdivision Regulation Amendment (SRA) 26-01, Subdivision of Land – Continuation of Roads
Vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and is expected to vote on a resolution to approve a more than $1 million supplemental appropriation to the FY26 Operating Budget for a Mobile Crisis Team and Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Center Grant. The supplemental appropriation is needed to add new state grant funds for crisis services. The funds will be used to assist the County’s Department of Health and Human Services in achieving the standards necessary to enter the state’s fee-for-service system and hire necessary contractual staff.
Vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and is expected to vote on a resolution to approve a $602,651 supplemental appropriation to the FY26 Capital Budget for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Planned Life Cycle Asset Replacement project to spend funds received from the state’s Aging Schools Program. The funds are needed to support capital improvements of aging infrastructure, including school building facilities and site components that have reached the end of their useful life to enhance student safety or the condition of the building.
Vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and is expected to vote on a resolution to approve a more than $3.2 million supplemental appropriation to the FY26 Capital Budget and Amendment to the FY25-30 CIP for sustainability initiatives at MCPS. The funds were received from the state’s EmPOWER Maryland Program, the Maryland Energy Administration and the Pepco EV Smart Fleet Program. These funds will be used to support MCPS’ planned lease purchase repayments for energy savings projects that are underway at various facilities and to finance fleet electrification infrastructure.
Vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and is expected to vote on a resolution to approve a more than $1.5 million supplemental appropriation to the FY26 Capital Budget for the MCPS Technology Modernization Project. This increase is needed to cover technology costs that are eligible under the federal program for E-Rate rebates. As a result of the federal E-Rate funding, local funds can be used to address other technological needs within the scope of the Technology Modernization Project, such as purchasing Chromebooks, teacher laptops, computer lab technology, printers, interactive panels and network infrastructure.”
