The Prince George’s County Council continues to operate under the Governor’s “Proclamation and Declaration of State of Emergency and Existence of Catastrophic Health Emergency – COVID-19”, effective March 5, 2020, and amended May 13, 2020, and the Prince George’s County State of Emergency Declaration, effective March 16, 2020, and extended by the Governing Body of Prince George’s County with the adoption of CR-64-2020 on July 7, 2020. The Council’s Emergency Operations Procedures became effective pursuant to CR-10-2020, adopted on March 17, 2020, and amended pursuant to CR-35-2020, adopted on May 18, 2020.
Update on Council Meetings
As of August 10, 2020
Here are links to the proclamations and orders issued by Governor Larry Hogan related to COVID-19, along with interpretive guidance from the Governor’s Office of Legal Counsel.
As of April 28, 2020
The Prince George’s County Council Committee of the Whole (COW), aided by the use of technology, will convene virtually, Wednesday, April 29, at 10:00 a.m. for scheduled budget work sessions. The COW meeting will be available for public viewing. Residents are encouraged to view the session meeting live and on demand HERE. Read More
As of April 16, 2020
In an abundance of caution given the current state of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) In an abundance of caution given the current state of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and under the Governor’s “Proclamation and Declaration of State of Emergency and Existence of Catastrophic Health Emergency – COVID-19”, effective March 5, 2020, and the Prince George’s County State of Emergency Declaration, effective March 16, 2020, as well as guidance from the Office of the County Executive, dated March 13, 2020 and updated on April 13, 2020, including the closing of County buildings to the public; and in consultation with the County Department of Health, the County Council is operating under the following emergency procedures. These procedures became effective pursuant to CR-10-2020, which was adopted by the Council on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Read More
As of March 30, 2020
UPDATE: COUNTY COUNCIL TO CONVENE VIRTUAL SESSION MARCH 31st
The Prince George’s County Council, aided by the use of technology, and in alignment with social distancing guidelines provided by the State of Maryland, will convene virtually on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., for a scheduled Council session. The County Council, sitting as the Board of Health, will also convene on March 31, 2020, immediately following the scheduled Council session at 1:15 p.m. Read More
As of March 20, 2020
All scheduled public meetings of the Prince George’s County Council, the County Council sitting as the District Council, Zoning Hearing Examiner, Board of Appeals or the County Council’s Standing Committees, including Council Task Forces and Work Groups, are hereby postponed pursuant to CR-10-2020 until at least March 27, 2020. The County Council continues to operate remotely pursuant to the current County government operating status and under CR-10-2020 and will provide additional public notice of all future meetings.
All timelines and/or deadlines associated with ongoing cases for the District Council, Zoning Hearing Examiner and Board of Appeals are hereby tolled for a period of sixty (60) days or until such time as the statewide state of emergency is lifted and in light of the current County government operating status.
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