At its Jan. 28, 2025 meeting, the Prince George's County Council adopted the consent agenda by voice and roll-call votes and separately authorized the chair’s signature on a letter supporting the county’s application for recertification under the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program.

Council member Wenneca Fisher moved to adopt the consent agenda and council member Ingrid Watson seconded; the clerk recorded a roll-call vote with nine ayes and no nays. The transcript records the roll call in the following order: Chair Ivy (aye), Miss Leggain (aye), Vice Chair Burrows (aye), Mr. De Nogue (aye), Miss Fisher (aye), Mister Hawkins (aye), Mister Olson (aye), Miss Orietta (aye) and Miss Watson (aye). The clerk announced “Motion carries 9-0.”

Items listed on the consent agenda included approval of county council minutes dated Jan. 21, 2025 and the presentation/introduction of several council bills and resolutions. The introduced bills and referrals announced on Jan. 28 were:

- CB 003-2025: An act concerning the Office of Permitting Ombudsman; purpose: establish an Office of Permitting Ombudsman in the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement to address barriers for small business owners and other stakeholders. Presentation by Council member Olson; referral to TIE (Transportation, Infrastructure & Environment Committee). Details not specified in the transcript.

- CB 004-2025: An act concerning utility trailer parking restrictions; purpose: define utility trailers, establish parking restrictions requiring owner identification display, set penalties and limited exemptions. Presentation by Council member Olson; referral to TIE. Details not specified in the transcript.

- CB 005-2025: An act concerning minimum-wage indexing; purpose: index Prince George's County minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index and address impacts on direct-support professionals. Presented by council members (transcript names provided); referral to GOFP (Government Operations & Fiscal Policy Committee). Details not specified in the transcript.

- CB 006-2025: An act concerning permanent rent stabilization for senior housing; purpose: establish rent-stabilization protection for age-restricted senior rental units. Presented by council members (transcript names provided); referral to PHED (Planning, Housing & Economic Development Committee). Details not specified in the transcript.

- CB 007-2025: An act concerning county employee access to in vitro fertilization and egg-freezing coverage; purpose: require insurers contracting with the county to include IVF and egg-freezing coverage as an offered plan feature for county employees. Presented by Council member Fisher; referral to HHSPS (Health, Human Services & Public Safety Committee). Details not specified in the transcript.

Introduced resolutions included:

- CR 003-2025: A resolution concerning alcoholic-beverage licenses for retail grocery establishments requesting local legislation to allow the Board of License Commissioners to issue Class A beer and wine licenses to qualifying establishments. Introduced by Council members Fisher and Blige; referral to GOFP. Additional sponsors added during the meeting.

- CR 005-2025: A resolution concerning the local impact grant fund multiyear plan; proposed by the chair at the request of the county executive and referred to the committee of the whole; additional sponsors were added during the meeting.

After the consent agenda vote, the council considered proposed correspondence: a draft letter to Rebecca L. Flora, Secretary of Planning, Maryland Department of Planning, supporting Prince George’s County’s application for recertification in the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program. Rayna Hightower (planning department staff) summarized that recertification would allow the county to retain an additional percentage of the county’s agricultural transfer tax to protect agricultural land, open space and other natural resources. Council member Dronoga moved to authorize the chair’s signature on the letter; Council member Watson seconded. The clerk again recorded nine ayes and no nays; the clerk announced “Motion carries 9-0.”

The meeting transcript does not record substantive debate on the introduced bills or the agricultural-land letter beyond the staff overview and the roll-call votes; where the transcript did not provide additional details, the article states that those details were not specified.