City Council

Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SEAT PLEASANT PUBLIC SESSION MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025 7:00P.M. 1. OPENING 1.1.1 Call to Order Council President Higgs called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. 1.2. Roll Call Present: Council President Monica Higgs, Councilmember Garry A. Jones, Councilmember Ashley Kearney, Councilmember Hope Love (Late Arrival @7:45pm), Council Vice President Shireka McCarthy, Mayor Kelly Porter, Councilmember Gerald Raynor, Sr., and Councilmember Kizzie Scott Staff: Dashaun N. Ball, City Clerk, Ashley Drakeford, Public Engagement Manager, Demetrious Harris, Interim City Manager, and Cedric Heyward, Acting Chief of Police, James Pennington, NCC Supervisor. 1.3. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance- Councilmember Jones gave the invocation. 1.4 Approval of Agenda. Motion by Shireka McCarthy, second by Gerald Raynor, Sr. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones, Kizzie Scott 1.5 Approval of Regular Work Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, April 7, 2025 Motion to Approve Regular Work Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, April 7, 2025 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A Jones. Page 1 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Kizzie Scott 1.6 Approval of Public Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, April 14, 2025 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 1.7 Approval of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Hearing Meeting Minutes for Monday, April 14, 2025 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A. Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 1.8 Approval of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Hearing Meeting Minutes for Saturday, April 19, 2025 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr., second by Garry A. Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Kizzie Scott 1.9 Approval of Special Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, April 28, 2025 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A. Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Page 2 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 2. CITIZEN COMMENTS o Katrina Robinson, special thanks to Councilmember Love for the invitation to the Ward Community and the Mother’s Day concert. 3. PRESENTATION 3.1. None 4. LEGISLATION 4.1. Ordinance O-25-11 Amendment of Chapter 112-Noise 1st Reading o Ordinance O-25-11 Amendment of Chapter 112-Noise was introduced by the City Council and read by the City Clerk on Monday, May 12, 2025. 4.2 Ordinance O-25-13 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget 2nd Reading o Ordinance O-25-13 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget was introduced by the City Council and read by the City Clerk on Monday May 5, 2025. The second reading was conducted by the City Clerk on Monday, May 12, 2025. o Motion to remove the COLA for salaries over $50,000. Motion by Ashley Kearney, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Failed No: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy o Motion to remove COLA across the Board Motion by Ashley Kearney, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Page 3 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney No: Gerald Raynor Sr, Garry A Jones o Motion to decrease Events for Public Engagement to $75,000 and move the $5,000 to reserve. Motion by Ashley Kearney, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney No: Garry A Jones Abstain: Gerald Raynor Sr o Motion to Adjust Council Professional Development Budget to $10,000 from $15,000 each and Economic Development Professional Development Budget to $10,000 from $11,500. Motion by Ashley Kearney, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones o Motion to proposed salaries for the Deputy Clerk and Outreach Coordinator be capped at $50,000 and move the funds to the city’s reserve account. Motion by Ashley Kearney, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney No: Garry A Jones o Motion to eliminate the Deputy Clerk position. Motion by Hope Love, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Failed Yes: Hope Love No: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Kizzie Scott Page 4 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 o Motion to Approve Ordinance O-25-13 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Shireka McCarthy. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott Abstain: Hope Love 5. REPORTS 5.1 Kelly Porter, Mayor Report: o Mayor Porter stated that the report can be viewed in BoardDocs and read the report for April 2025. 5.2 Council President Report- Council President Monica Higgs, Councilmember Ward I o Council President Higgs stated that the monthly and attendance reports can viewed in BoardDocs for April 2025. 5.3 Demetrious Harris, Interim City Manager o Mr. Harris stated that the report can be viewed in BoardDocs along with the departmental reports. 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1. 6607 Greig St Variance Request V-24-25 o Mr. Pennington read the memorandum for the record and provided the reason for denial of the variance report request V- 24-25. o Motion to table the variance request for 6607 Greig St. indefinitely. Page 5 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 Motion by Shireka McCarthy, second by Kizzie Scott. Final Resolution: Motion Failed Yes: Shireka McCarthy No: Monica Higgs, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Kizzie Scott o Motion to approve the recommendation to deny the variance request. Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Hope Love. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Hope Love 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7.1. None 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 8.1 20743 Coalition Ceremonial Event, Saturday, May 17, 2025, 6100 Jost St., Fairmount Heights, MD 20743 at 10:00am 8.2 Regular Work Session, Monday, June 2, 2025, Seat Pleasant City Hall-Council Chambers, 6301 Addison Rd., Seat Pleasant, MD at 6:00p.m. Hybrid and by Zoom Video at 6:00pm. Meeting Link details will be on the city's website. 8.3. Seat Pleasant's First Friday, Friday, June 6, 2025, Fun & Fit Park, 6200 Seat Pleasant Dr., Seat Pleasant, Md 20743 from 5:00pm-7:00pm 8.4 Public Session, Monday, June 9, 2025, Hybrid, Seat Pleasant City Hall, 6301 Addison Rd., Seat Pleasant, MD, at 7:00p.m., Meeting link details can be found on the city's website. 8.5 MML Summer Conference, Sunday, June 22nd-Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Ocean City, MD 9. ADJOURN: 9.1 The meeting adjourned at 9:48pm Page 6 of 7 Docusign Envelope ID: 6C7331C8-801C-45E4-918A-B035F332B690 Submitted by, Dashaun N. Ball, CPM, MMC City Clerk Page 7 of 7