At a combative work session, Mayor Gavin Buckley and city alderman debated 44 budget amendments, including one that would fund a youth boxing program. An all-day budget hearing is scheduled for Monday.
Members of the Annapolis City Council have created their own piece of “Friends” fan fiction by posing in a photo that mirrors the sitcom’s iconic opening scene featuring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and other stars dressed in black and white, crowding onto a couch and frolicking in a giant stone fountain.
To keep up with the costs of maintaining current systems, paying for infrastructure projects and paying down debt of prior projects, charges for water service would increase by about 4%, fees for watershed restoration would jump 7% and trash pickup costs would rise 8% increase, under Mayor Gavin Buckley’s proposed fiscal 2023 budget.
The Annapolis City Council unanimously approved $21,000 that will go toward a contract with the Colorado-based National Center for Economic Gardening to offer consulting, market research and other services to help the businesses grow their sales and hire more workers.