Greenbelt City Council to hold second reading on Ordinance 1410 Labor Code July 13

Greenbelt’s next City Council meeting includes a second reading of Ordinance No. 1410, which would amend the City Code’s Chapter 13 (Personnel) by adding a City Labor Code framework as Article VIII.

Council is scheduled to consider the ordinance on Monday, July 13, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room at the Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Road.

What Ordinance 1410 would do (framework, not a one-off agreement)

As a framework measure, Ordinance 1410 would spell out the rules and procedures for covered, non-managerial City employees to participate in labor relations—particularly through a defined “meet and confer” process and steps for handling breakdowns in bargaining.

In plain terms, the ordinance sets up:

• Who is eligible to be part of bargaining under the City Labor Code framework (through specific bargaining units).
• How employees can organize and move toward a recognized collective-bargaining representative.
• How “meet and confer” works and how the City and a certified representative negotiate to enter written agreements on bargaining subjects.
• A dispute/impasse pathway that can bring unresolved issues back to City Council for hearing and resolution.

Who is covered under Ordinance 1410?

Ordinance 1410 creates three bargaining units, which are the starting point for who falls under the labor-relations framework:

• Police Bargaining Unit: non-managerial sworn police officers assigned to the Greenbelt Police Department (with certain exclusions described in the ordinance).
• Department of Public Works Bargaining Unit: full-time and regular part-time non-exempt, non-managerial, non-confidential employees assigned to the Department of Public Works.
• General Non-Managerial Employee (Residual) Bargaining Unit: other eligible non-managerial, non-exempt, non-confidential employees not included in the Police or Department of Public Works bargaining units.

What to watch during the July 13 council vote

Because this is a procedural framework, the most practical “day-to-day” impact residents and employees should watch for is how the ordinance would formalize labor-management structure—especially:

• How a bargaining representative can be selected for the applicable bargaining unit.
• How negotiations proceed through the meet-and-confer process and how written agreements are handled.
• What happens if talks reach impasse—including the ordinance’s pathway that can route disputes to City Council hearings and decisions.

Where to follow the meeting

The City’s posted notice and the July 13 council meeting calendar entry both confirm the date, time, and address (25 Crescent Road) for the session.

You can follow along by reviewing the City’s posted ordinance materials tied to the meeting agenda.

Sources

• City of Greenbelt “News Flash” (Labor Code amendment scheduled for July 13)
• Greenbelt News Review (July 9, 2026) council meeting listing/agenda packet