Village Council
The Village of Friendship Heights has a council-manager form of government where the elected Council sets policies and the council-appointed city manager administers them. The Village Council includes seven volunteer members elected by registered voters in the Village to serve two-year terms. The Council selects its own officers: Mayor, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, and Parliamentarian. Elections are held every odd-numbered year on the second Monday of May.
Village Council Meetings
Upcoming Council Meetings
The next Village Council meeting will be held at the Village Center on
Monday, February 9, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Agenda to be provided.
Watch the livestream here.
Upcoming Council Committee Meetings
The Finance Committee will meet at the Village Center on
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.
Click here to view the public notice.
The Friendship Heights Village Council Advisory Committee on Development
will meet at the Village Center every Thursday unless otherwise noted.
Click here to view the public notice.
Village Council Members: 2025-2027
Village Council and Citizens’ Committees
Roy Schaeffer | Martha Solt | Francine Klein |
Victor Basile | John Conlow | Allyson Alt |
Alfred Muller |
Village Council Meeting Archives and Documents
If you should require to view any documents older than the ones listed below, please submit a request to the Village Manager, Julian Mansfield, at [email protected]. Please be advised that we can only meet requests for documents based upon their availability, and consistent with the Village’s Public Information Act policy.
Meeting Agendas
Transcripts / Recorded Votes / Mins.
General Info.
The Village has been advised by its attorney that, according to Maryland Code, Gen. Prov. Art. Sec. 3-306(e), recordings of Village Council meetings may act in lieu of minutes.
Therefore, beginning with the May 19, 2025, Council meeting, and going forward, please visit the Village’s recorded live streams. Recorded votes of meetings will begin to be posted on said date as well.
Click here to view the recordings.
Also, the Village Council agreed at its June 9, 2025, meeting to begin posting the transcripts from the Council’s recorded meetings.
Transcripts
Recorded Votes
Minutes (1.8.24 – 4.14.25)
Recorded Meetings
Recordings of regular Council meetings held on and after May 15, 2023 can be viewed by clicking here,
or by visiting our YouTube page at www.youtube.com/@villageoffriendshipheights.
January 2026 Council meeting during Comcast Outage (1.12.26)
Monthly Accounting and Audit Reports
2025
Council Parks and Grounds Committee
Parks and Grounds Information
Special Council Meeting via Zoom regarding Page Park (5.8.25)
Parks and Grounds Committee Charter
Page Park Building Permit Issued by DPS (8.20.24):
Public Notice of Building Permit Issued
Building Permit (#1047420) Issued
Council Finance Committee
Finance Information
2025
Council Public Safety Committee
Public Safety Information
Montgomery County Police Department: Autism, Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities, Alzheimer’s, Dementia Unit –
Providing a “Layered Approach” to Safety, Awareness and Action Through Education, Outreach, Empowerment, Follow Up, and Response
Public Safety Committee Report on MCPD Off-duty Officers
Councilmember Solt’s Comments to Public Safety Committee Report
Council Policies and Procedures Committee
Policies and Procedures Information
At its meeting on June 9, 2025, the Village Council dissolved its Personnel and Communications
Committees and created a new Policies and Procedures Committee.
2025
Advisory Committee on Development
Development Information
Village Council sent the Planning Department a letter regarding Parcel 6
Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda (10.23.25)
Village Council letter to Planning Board in Opposition to GEICO Plan Amendment
Montgomery County Planning Staff Report re: GEICO development
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Online Visioning Activity
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Questionnaire: Community Amenities and Housing
Friendship Heights Sector Plan updates
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Scope of Work
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Engagement Summary
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Virtual Kickoff Event (12.3.24)
Friendship Heights Sector Plan Update (October 2024)
Village of Friendship Heights Infrastructure Assessment (8.2.22)
Donohoe Presentation: Latest on 5500 Wisconsin Avenue Project (9.10.24)
Montgomery County Planning Board: Attainable Housing Strategies Recommendations Report
Montgomery County Council: Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative Listening Sessions
Attainable Housing Strategies Listening Session Presentation
Friendship Heights Market Report
Montgomery County Planning’s Master Plan Process
Maryland Department of Planning’s State Land Use Code
1998 Friendship Heights Sector Plan
(FY25-FY26 Proposed Calendar to Develop New Master Sector Plan)
(Master Sector Plan Process)
MD 190 (River Road) Corridor Safety Study
(Village Comments)
Approved and Adopted Pedestrian Master Plan
(Village Comments)
Wisconsin Avenue Development Framework
Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights
2020 Montgomery County Planning Board Recommendations: Attainable Housing Strategies
Malls, Trader Joe’s and The 1,400 Units Coming to Friendship Heights
Shuttle Bus Advisory Committee
2025
To be determined.
Community Advisory Committee
2025
2024
Minutes of December 10, 2024 meeting
Minutes of November 12, 2024 meeting
Minutes of October 1, 2024 meeting
Minutes of September 9, 2024 meeting
Minutes of August 13, 2024 meeting
Minutes of July 10, 2024 meeting
Minutes of June 4, 2024 meeting
Minutes of May 7, 2024 meeting
Minutes of April 2, 2024 meeting
Minutes of March 5, 2024 meeting