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A RESOLUTION
25-639
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
September 17, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to confirm the appointment of
Sharon Kershbaum as the Director of the District Department of Transportation.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Director of the District Department of Transportation Sharon
Kershbaum Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) By law, the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) must be led by a
Director that is appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council. After the departure of
former DDOT Director Everett Lott in October 2023, Sharon Kershbaum served as the agency’s
Interim, and now Acting, Director.
(b) On April 10, 2024, Chairman Mendelson introduced PR25-0723, the Director of the
District Department of Transportation Sharon Kershbaum Confirmation Resolution of 2024, at
the request of the Mayor. PR25-0723 would confirm Acting Director Kershbaum’s appointment
as the permanent Director for the District Department of Transportation. PR25-0723 will be
deemed approved on September 22, 2024.
(c) PR25-0723 was referred to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment on
April 23, 2024 and the Committee held a public roundtable on the measure on June 20, 2024.
Although the Committee voted to approve PR25-0723 at its September 16, 2024 additional
meeting, the Committee will not have filed its report in time for the Council to consider the
measure at the September 17, 2024 legislative meeting.
(d) If the Council does not vote on Acting Director Kershbaum’s nomination at the
September 17, 2024 legislative meeting, PR25-0723 will be deemed approved without the
Council affirmatively acting on her nomination. Given the important role that the Director of
DDOT plays in overseeing the design and construction of transportation projects, building safer
streets, and transforming public spaces for the community to enjoy, the full Council should have
an opportunity to consider and vote on Ms. Kershbaum’s nomination.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Director of the District Department of ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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Transportation Sharon Kershbaum Confirmation Emergency Approval Resolution of 2024 be
adopted on an emergency basis.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.