In the week since all five members of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Planning Board abruptly resigned, the county council is working to “move forward,” according to council president Gabe Albornoz.
Albornoz told reporters at his weekly briefing that “dozens” of applicants are interested in filling the vacancies on the board, whose duties include voting on planning and zoning decisions that can shape Maryland’s largest county.
“Our hope, and our intent is that by Thursday, October 27th, we will have five new members of the board that will be able to begin their work right away,” he said.
“I can only confirm that we accepted those letters of resignation,” Albornoz said, referring to the departures of Board Chair Casey Anderson, Vice Chair Partap Verma, and commissioners Gerald Cichy, Tina Patterson and Carol Rubin.
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