For Immediate Release: Monday, July 7, 2025
Also on July 8: Council will hold 10 public hearings on legislative measures including day care and child care property tax credits, forest conservation, labor peace agreements, payments in lieu of taxes for public affordable housing authorities, Master Plan of Highways and Transitways 2025 Technical Update and more
The Montgomery County Council will meet on Tuesday, July 8 at 1:30 p.m. More detail on each agenda item is provided below.
Consent Calendar
Each item on the Council’s Consent Calendar can be found on the Council agenda for Tuesday, July 8, which is available on the Council website .
Resolution in Support of Fourteen Early Voting Centers in Montgomery County
Introduction: The Council is expected to introduce a resolution in support of 14 early voting centers in Montgomery County. In June, the Montgomery County Board of Elections transmitted a letter to the County Executive and Montgomery County Council requesting support to maintain continuity of services and to designate 14 early voting centers for the 2026 gubernatorial primary and general election. The Council resolution would support this request. Under Maryland law, each local board of elections must submit an election plan to the state Board of Elections, including a plan for early voting centers, for the state board’s approval. The local board must submit its plan to the state board at least seven months prior to each statewide primary election.
A vote is tentatively scheduled for July 15.
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 21-25, Taxation – Day Care and Child Care Property Tax Credit
- Master Plan of Highways and Transitways (MPOHT) 2025 Technical Update
- Expedited Bill 16-25, Personnel – Employees’ Retirements System – Membership Requirements and Membership Group
- Bill 17-25, Contracts and Procurement – General Provisions Exemptions – Internet Access Service
- Bill 18-25, Forest Conservation – Trees
- Expedited Bill 20-25, Economic Development Corporation – Economic Development Strategic Plan – Deadlines
- Bill 22-25, Labor Peace Agreements – Hotel Development Projects
- Bill 25-25, Taxation – Payments in Lieu of Taxes – Public Housing Authorities
- Bill 24-25, Transportation Demand Management – Repeal
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Public hearing and vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and vote on a resolution to approve the creation of a development district and tax increment financing district in White Oak. The district would consist of approximately 294 acres located in the eastern portion of the County, near the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters and Adventist Hospital. According to the County Executive, the County has attracted a development team with an interest in building a proposed mixed-use residential, retail, and other commercial and life science facility within the district area. The creation of a tax increment financing district would allow the County to borrow against the future increased value of the property to make public infrastructure improvements. The cost of the improvement is then financed by taxes generated from the increased property value of the new development within the district.
The Council meeting schedule may change from time to time. View the current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review on the Council website .
Council and committee meetings are streamed live on the Council’s web page via YouTube and on Facebook Live and can be watched on County Cable Montgomery on Xfinity/RCN 6 HD 996/1056, Fios 30, and on the CCM live stream .
Release ID: 25-236
Media Contact: Sonya Healy 240-777-7926, Benjamin Sky Brandt 240-777-7884
For updates and link to press release, see here: http://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=47326