The Prince George’s County Council Committee on Public Safety and Fiscal Management (PSFM) will convene on Thursday, July 13, 1:30 p.m. in the County Administration Building, Council Committee Room 2027, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

July 13th PSFM Committee meeting agenda items include the following proposed legislation and briefings:

LEGISLATION

CR-056-2017 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING PUBLIC SAFETY SURCHARGE for the purpose of adjusting the public safety surcharge for Fiscal Year 2018, beginning July 1, 2017, as required by State law.

CR-057-2017 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SCHOOL FACILITIES SURCHARGE for the purpose of adjusting the school facilities surcharge for Fiscal Year 2018, beginning July 1, 2017, as required by State law.

CB-003-2017 AN ACT CONCERNING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS for the purpose of amending the Code to provide for a medical presumption of occupational disease for Volunteer Firefighters.

BRIEFINGS

Prince George's County Financial Challenges

Dave Van Dyke, County Auditor

John Taboiri, Blue Ribbon Commission on Addressing the County’s Structural Deficit Member

Public Financing of Elections

David Sanchez, Coordinator, Democracy Initiative

Bob Drummer, Esq., Senior Legislative Attorney, Montgomery County

Jared Demarinis, Maryland State Board of Elections

Brent Ferguson Esq., Brennan Center for Justice

Jennifer Bevan-Dangle, Maryland Director, Common Cause

WHAT:

County Council Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee Meeting

WHO:

Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee Members

WHEN:

Thursday, July 13, 2017, 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:

County Administration Building

Council Committee Meeting Room 2027

14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive

Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

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All legislative powers of Prince George’s County are vested in the County Council. The County Council sits as the District Council on zoning and land use policy, and as the Board of Health to govern and guide health policy. The County Council meets as a legislative body on Tuesdays in the Council Hearing Room on the first floor of the County Administration Building in Upper Marlboro. For more information on the Prince George’s County Council, please visit www.princegeorgescountymd.gov