Legislation Details

Reference No. CB-042-2026    Draft No.
Type: Council Bill Status: Enacted
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 7/21/2026
Introduced Date 6/29/2026 Public Hearing Date 07/21/2026 @ 10:00 AM
Effective date: 2/22/2027    
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CLEAN COMMUNITIES TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of requiring the Office of Community Relations to create a Clean Communities Transparency Dashboard to inform residents of the County’s illegal dumping and litter clean-up efforts; identifying data to be made available on the Dashboard; requiring regular updating of the contents of the Dashboard; and generally relating to open data.
Proposers/Sponsors: Krystal Oriadha, Eric C. Olson, Thomas E. Dernoga, Shayla Adams-Stafford, Danielle I. Hunter, Jolene Ivey
Attachments: 1. B2026042, 2. CB-042-2026 Summary, 3. CB-042-2026 Report, 4. CB-042-2026 OOL Comment
Contact: Josh Hamlin, Legislative Officer
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
8/27/20262 County Executive signed  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/21/20262 County Council public hearing held  Action details Meeting details Video Video
7/21/20262 County Council enactedPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
6/29/20262 County Council introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/2/20261 Sitting as the Committee of the Whole amended (1)Pass Action details Meeting details Video Video
6/2/20261 Sitting as the Committee of the Whole Favorably recommended with amendmentsPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
5/26/20261 Sitting as the Committee of the Whole Held in CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
5/12/20261 County Council presented and referred  Action details Meeting details Video Video

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING CLEAN COMMUNITIES TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of requiring the Office of Community Relations to create a Clean Communities Transparency Dashboard to inform residents of the County’s illegal dumping and litter clean-up efforts; identifying data to be made available on the Dashboard; requiring regular updating of the contents of the Dashboard; and generally relating to open data.

 

Background

This bill will require the Office of Community Relations to create and maintain an online dashboard by which residents can track the County's work cleaning up litter and illegal dumping. The bill requires certain information to be available on the dashboard, and requires that it be updated regularly.