ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-202
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 11, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the multiyear
employment contract of Dr. Maurice D. Edington for a period beginning August 1, 2023.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Employment Contract of Dr. Maurice D. Edington, President of
the University of the District of Columbia Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve the employment contract of Dr.
Maurice D. Edington, who will succeed President Ronald Mason Jr., who will step down as the
University’s longest serving president since his arrival in July 2015, because the start date of the
contract is projected to be August 1, 2023, and to ensure continuity as the University moves
forward with responsible governance and educational excellence.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Employment Contract of Dr. Maurice D.
Edington, President of the University of the District of Columbia Emergency Approval
Resolution of 2023 be adopted on an emergency basis.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.