►
A
B
C
Let
us
pray
God
of
life
and
love.
You
gave
us
the
greatest
example
in
coming
not
to
be
served
but
to
serve
others
in
Mark,
10,
45,
As,
We
Gather,
here
in
gratitude
for
those
who
serve
the
people
of
Calvert
County,
as
well
as
those
who
are
served.
We
give
you
thanks
for
life,
liberty
and
love
for
these
County
Commissioners
this
morning,
Lord.
C
Divine
creator,
give
wisdom
to
those
who
discuss,
make
decisions
and
offer
help
to
all
who
live
and
travel
here
and
help
us
to
remember
all
of
your
people
as
best
we
can
working
within
the
limits
of
our
human
frailties
and
faults,
but
help
us
to
give
our
best
effort
when
serving
others
in
your
holy
name.
We
pray
in
the
name
of
the
one
who
was
crucified,
died
and
rose
again,
amen.
A
A
F
F
This
year.
Our
Fair
has
some
great
entertainment,
which
is
a
daredevil
aerial.
Acrobatic
acrobatic
thrill
show
a
transforming,
robotic
car
called
The
Big
B,
and
we
have
chainsaw
carvings
by
Joe
stebbing
Jr
and
we'll
have
the
Maryland
agricultural
showcase
trailer,
as
well
as
a
natural
play
place
for
children
to
come
and
play
for
free.
A
If
you
don't
know
what
to
do
sit
here,
I'll
tell
you
what
to
do,
but
we
do
want
to
thank
all
the
volunteers
most.
Maybe
people
may
not
know
that
the
fair
is
run
by
a
group
of
volunteers.
It's
quite
a
test
to
put
on
an
affair,
and
we
want
to
thank
them
for
continuing
this
great
tradition
and
want
to
invite
everybody
to
come
out.
Friday's,
Children's,
Day
right
so
usually
that's
a
pretty
exciting
day
and
we're
hoping
for
good
weather
can
rain
on
Tuesday
and
rain
on
Monday,
it's
not
in
between
St.
F
A
D
A
The
other
thing
on
my
list
is
September's
National
Suicide
Prevention
month,
I
think
we're
going
to
do
a
proclamation
a
little
later
and
today
is
also
National
voter
registration
day.
You
know
it's
very
important
in
this
country,
so
many
of
our
citizens
have
given
of
their
lives
and
our
history
to
make
sure
you
have
the
right
to
vote
and
it's
it's
very
sad
when
we
see
some
of
the
turnout
at
elections.
So
today
is
just
a
day
to
highlight.
A
A
A
B
C
B
H
B
Yeah
so
we'll
we
thank
you
so
much
and
all
of
you
folks,
coming
here
today
like
I,
say
I,
don't
know
why
I
haven't
retired,
yet
I
did
say
they
were
sizing
up
a
box
for
me.
So
I
didn't
know.
If
that's
one
of
my
retirement
date
was
or
not,
I
don't
know
so.
But
we
were
very
happy
and
thankful
that
you
have
spent
your
career
here
with
us
and
in
appreciation
want
to
read
you
this
Proclamation.
B
It
says,
whereas
Randall
Randy,
gray,
buildings
and
grounds
maintenance,
worker
2
for
the
Department
of
Public
Works
and
buildings
and
grounds
division,
retired
on
August,
25th
2023.
After
dedicating
35
years
of
faithful
and
loyal
service
to
the
citizens
of
Calvert
County
and
the
state
of
Maryland,
and
whereas
Randy's
Admiral
career
began
on
November
30
1987.
As
a
correctional
officer
for
the
Calvert
County
Detention
Center,
he
was
promoted
to
correctional
officer
two
on
December
19
1988,
then
to
correctional
officer
first
class
on
July
12
1993.
B
Randy
started
his
position
with
buildings
and
grounds
division
on
November
30
1998
as
a
building
and
grounds
worker
one
and
was
promoted
to
buildings
in
grounds
maintenance.
Worker
2
on
June
25
2018.
throughout
his
career,
Randy
has
provided
reliable
and
excellent
service,
thereby
gaining
tremendous
respect,
trust
admiration
from
Calvert
County
Citizens
and
fellow
constituents
who
have
had
the
pleasure
to
work
with
them
and
we're
as
Reigns
commendable
distinguished
service
has
been
demonstrated
with
the
spirit
of
Pride
and
commitment
to
his
exemplary
career.
B
The
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
presents
this
Proclamation
as
a
tribute
to
Randy's
outstanding
accomplishments
during
his
distinguished
career,
thereby
recognizing
this
amazing
man
who
strives
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
Calvert
County
Citizens
now,
therefore
be
a
proclaimed
by
the
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
County.
That
appreciation
of
all
Calvert
County
Citizens
is
hereby
extended
to
Randall
Randy
gray,
on
his
retirement
after
35
years
of
reliable
and
commendable
Public
Service.
B
Be
it
further
proclaimed
that
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
County
joined
the
community
as
co-workers,
family
and
friends
for
conveying
the
best
wishes
for
a
long,
healthy
and
happy
retirement
with
continued
success
and
all
future
endeavors
given
under
our
hands
and
seal
this
19th
day
of
December
23rd?
It's
not
about
all
five
categories.
B
You
know
I
said
this
to
Steve
Williams.
We
grew
up
together.
You
know,
I
said
who's,
this
guy,
that
checks
on
us
all
the
time
he
says
that's
rage
and
every
Tuesday
peek,
his
head
indoor,
make
sure
everything
was
okay
and
it's
really
cool
it's
old
school
kind
of
stuff.
You
know
and
thank
you
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
The.
E
D
M
M
What
a
beautiful
beautiful
and
you
too,
sir,
what
a
beautiful,
what
a
beautiful
family
you
are
so
blessed!
I
can
see
now
why
you
retire.
What
took
you
so
long,
35
years
Randy,
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
I'm
pleased
to
be
able
to
say,
I,
consider
you
to
be
a
friend
and
that's
the
highest
honor
I
think
we
can
bestow
on
each
other.
So
thanks
again
for
everything
you've
done.
Congratulations.
K
Thank
you,
Tom
Jones,
deputy
director
for
DPW
of
General,
Services,
Randy
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
working
together
for
the
last
six
years.
As
Mr
Harvard
just
stated
he's
an
outstanding
gentleman
can
work
every
day
he
did.
His
job
was
a
great
guy,
great
employee,
on
behalf
of
the
past
leaders
and
supervisors
of
General
services
and
the
ones
that
are
here
today.
Congratulations
on
your
your
retirement.
In
your
35
years,
yep
foreign.
G
My
name
is
Mark
Chanley
I'm,
the
Circuit
Court
administrative
judge
here
for
the
for
Calvert
County
I
just
want
to
thank
Randy.
So
10
years
ago,
I
got
on
the
bench.
Randy
was
probably
one
of
the
first
people.
I
saw
he
greeted
me
and
ever
since
then,
we've
become
fast
friends.
He
is
probably
the
epitome
of
Culver
County.
He
wants
to
help
people,
he
likes
to
get
things
done
and
we've
on
behalf
of
the
courthouse.
G
N
Mark
Willis
County
Administrator
I
was
thinking
that
the
chief
judge
was
going
to
tell
a
little
bit
more
about
that
story.
When
Tom
Jones
took
over
billions
of
grounds,
he
like
every
other
department
head
or
deputy
director,
they
look
at
the
Staffing
and
they
say
well,
let
me
move
it
around
so
that
it
benefits
the
entire
County
and
he
told
me
that
Randy
was
going
to
be
reassigned
somewhere
and
I
got
a
call
from
a
particular
judge,
no
particular
not
mentioned
he
said
Mark.
Can
we
work
this
out
and
I
said?
Sir?
N
What's
the
problem
he
said?
Well,
you
know,
Randy
does
such
a
good
job
for
us
and
and
Randy's
like
a
constant
in
our
lives
right,
so
he
said
I
would
rather
that
Randy
be
able
to
just
finish
out.
You
know
here
at
the
courthouse
and
I
called
Tom
Jones
and
says:
Tom
I
got
a
call
and
from
the
judge
and.
N
L
L
B
A
E
It
may
Dave
decided
he
was
going
to
retire
from
the
sheriff's
office.
I
worked
with
Dave
for
26
27
years
at
the
Sheriff's
Office
he
and
I
that
promotion
time
would
always
study
together.
We
spent
hours
and
hours
and
hours
by
I,
guess
firing
thousands
and
thousands
of
questions
at
each
other
to
prepare
for
promotional
exams.
D
E
E
We
continue
to
like
I,
said
progress
through
the
ranks
together.
Sheriff's
Office
I
stopped
the
captain.
They
went
on
to
be
major
in
Lieutenant
Colonel.
He
was
the
assistant
sheriff
for,
however
many
years,
I'm
short
spelled
out
here
in
a
proclamation.
I'm
gonna
read
to
you
with
all
the
other
facts,
but
I
consider
Dave
to
be
a
good
friend.
Like
I
said
we
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
together
and
Dave
had
quite
an
accomplished
career.
You
want
to
introduce
yourself.
S
My
name
is
Dave
McDowell
and
I
am
honored
to
be
here
for
this
for
this
Proclamation
this
morning
and
I
want
to
thank
the
Florida
County
Commissioners
for
doing
that.
I
want
to
thank
my
Public
Safety
family
for
being
here,
my
brother's
in
the
back
of
the
room
from
the
sheriff's
office.
For
being
here
and
man.
Time
flies.
That's
all
I
can
tell
you.
S
E
Why
don't
we
read
the
proclamation
whereas
Patrick
day,
McDowell,
former
assistant,
Sheriff,
Calvert,
County
retired,
on
May,
5th
2023
after
honorably
serving
Calvert
County
with
27
years
of
dedicated
service
and
whereas
on
April
29
1996?
They
begin
as
Admiral
careers,
deputy
sheriff
to
Calvert
County
Sheriff's
Office
Dave
was
promoted
to
the
supervisory
rank
of
Corporal
in
2001.
It
has
held
every
rank,
including
that
Lieutenant
Colonel
and
the
Sheriff's
Office
chain
of
command
in
2013
Dave
was
sworn
in.
E
The
assistant
Sheriff
position
for
nearly
10
years
before
stepping
down
as
assistant
sheriff
and
retiring
in
2023
and
whereas
Dave's
dedicated
service
and
contributions
have
been
demonstrated
with
pride
throughout
his
commendable
career
with
the
Sheriff's
Office,
he
served
in
the
patrol
Bureau
as
a
patrol
Deputy
later
becoming
the
patrol
Bureau
Commander.
He
then
served
in
the
criminal
investigation
barrier
as
a
general
assignment
investigator
sex
crimes,
investigator
hostage
negotiator
and
child
abuse.
Investigator
Dave
was
the
Sheriff's
Office
first
dedicated
criminal
intelligence
investigator
responded
to
the
County's,
then
emergency,
then
emerging
presence
of
Outlaw
motorcycle
gangs.
E
Dave
is
particularly
proud
of
his
time
as
sergeant
assigned
to
the
K-9
unit.
He
and
a
group
of
deputies
built
the
foundation
for
what
is
now
one
of
the
most
respected
units
in
the
state
of
Maryland,
drawing
and
surrounding
departments
to
train
their
canine
units
in
Calvert
County
and
whereas
Dave's
service
extended
Beyond.
His
law
enforcement
role.
He's
a
founding
member
of
the
prescription
drug
abusement
abatement,
Council,
a
multi-disciplinary
board
assembled
to
address
prescription
drug
abuse
in
Calvert
County
and
served
as
a
member
of
Calvary
alliance
against
substance
abuse
board
of
directors.
E
Dave
also
takes
great
pride
in
participating
in
numerous
Eagle
Scout
and
Girl
Scout
Gold
Award
ceremonies
and
meeting
with
high
school
criminal
justice
students
to
set
a
positive
example
for
future
Generations
and
whereas
it
is
without
question
that
David
served
citizens
of
Calvert
County
with
the
utmost
care,
understanding
and
integrity.
His
dedication
to
public
service
has
left
a
long
lasting
mark
on
Calvert
County
we're
forever
grateful
for
her
service
now,
therefore
be
proclaimed
by
the
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
County.
K
S
B
P
Yes,
Jennifer
Moorland,
director
of
Community
Resources
and
joining
me
today
is
our
substance,
abuse
clinical
supervisor,
Pam
Pierce
who's,
going
to
talk
about
suicide
prevention
awareness
a
month
and
share
some
statistics
and
some
important
steps
that
we
can
take
as
family
members
and
as
individuals
to
prevent
suicide.
Great.
J
J
J
It's
big
and
1.7
million
adults
attempted
suicide.
In
2021
we
had
48
183
people
die
by
Suicide.
That's
tough!
That's
a
tough
one
to
swallow
now
now.
Let
me
let
me
break
it
down
even
more
a
little
bit
for
you.
I
have
to
use
my
paper
because
I'm
not
just
talking
about
children
today,
which
is
my
kind
of
gig,
usually
so,
if
we
think
about
some
violent
and
non-violent
deaths.
Okay
in
Calvert
County
Maryland
from
2011
to
2020,
all
non-violent
suicide
deaths
occurred
in
females.
J
J
Now,
when
we
think
about
our
traditional
veterans-
and
this
is
not
to
knock
women
who
are
veterans
because
they
too
fall
in
this
category,
when
we
think
traditionally
about
the
men
in
our
County
Hunters
right,
we
have
a
lot
of
guns.
It's
important
gun
ownership
is
important
to
a
lot
of
people
in
this
County.
We
have
First
Responders
guns,
they
have
very
high
awareness,
they
have
safety
about
guns.
J
We
talk
about
veterans,
awareness
of
guns,
possession
of
guns
right,
so
it's
a
very
I
feel
really
passionate
about
learning
about
Mental
Health,
guiding
the
way
for
people
to
talk
about
it.
More
there's
no
magic
about
suicide
prevention,
I
was
looking
at
the
CDC
plan
and
and
I
really
liked
it
and
I'm
just
going
to
read
these
seven
kind
of
major
areas
for
prevention
and
I
think
that
this
goes
across
the
board.
J
J
What
those
call
what
that
culture
brings,
promote
healthy
connections
connecting
people
don't
be
afraid
to
talk
about
suicide.
We
still
hold
stigma.
Many
many
people
hold
stigma.
You
know
my
friend
who
died.
He
was
a
first
responder
and
a
police
officer
and
unfortunately,
in
the
county,
where
he
was
the
sheriff
said
we
don't
honor
people
who
die
by
Suicide.
J
How
Antiquated
is
that
if
he
hadn't
been
a
sheriff
on
the
sheriff's
team,
he
never
would
have
had
PTSD
right.
So
we
have
so
much
more
education
to
do
teaching
coping
and
problem
solving,
and
that
goes
from
parenting.
So
we
know
how
to
teach
our
little
ones
so
that
when
they
become
people
in
places
like
this
communities,
where
you
know
we
do
have
violence,
unfortunately,
that
they
know
how
to
problem
solve,
they
know
resiliency.
They
know
what
to
do
and
who
to
turn
identifying
and
supporting
people
at
risk.
J
J
The
last
one
that
we
had
that
I
was
pertinent
on
was
a
guy
who
was
at
the
bridge
and
he
was
a
veteran
and
he
had
some
serious
PTSD
and
was
very
delusional
that
day
and
fortunately
for
him,
we
were
able
to
dispatch
some
of
our
officers
in
St,
Mary's
County
that
were
able
to
get
him,
and
you
know,
take
him
to
the
hospital.
Those
were
scary
moments
very
scary
moments
and
then
lessening
the
harms
and
future
preventing
future
risk
reporting
and
messaging.
J
It's
a
simple
thing
where
we
put
messages
out
to
all
populations,
not
just
kids,
youth
female.
We
do
it
across
the
board
and
we
include
sort
of
those
Niche
Niche
little
populations
in
small
counties,
like
our
veterans
are
homeless.
Our
First
Responders
I
mean
these
are
important.
People
they've
served
our
time,
so
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
home
a
little
bit.
Today
we
do
have
services
in
Calvert
County.
J
We
have
Calvert
County
Behavioral
Health,
where
we
try
to
meet
with
anybody
who
is
struggling
with
anything
and
if
it's
not
appropriate
for
somebody
to
get
therapy.
Okay,
we
can
I,
can
call
Jen,
Moreland
and
say
what's
the
best.
What's
the
best
resource
for
this
person
right
come
on,
come
all.
You
know
any
kind
of
issue,
that's
happening.
We
have
988.
Now
that's
our
suicide
hotline.
J
24
7.
somebody's
going
to
answer
the
phone
and
be
able
to
talk
and
try
to
dispatch,
so
we're
we're
building
out
Services
more
and
more
we're
trying
to
come
to
people.
We
have
people
going
into
the
woods
on
electric
bikes.
Now
you
know
it's
it's
kind
of
like
what
we're
trying
to
get
as
Innovative
and
and
effective
as
we
can
be
population
is
here
we're
not
invulnerable
to
anything.
X
As
Pam
said,
it's
a
tough
conversation
for
for
all.
You
know
we're
talking
about
suicide,
we're
talking
about
mental
health,
but
there
is
Pathways
forward
and
I
think
we
all
need
to
engage
in
the
conversation
because,
like
I
said
it's
it,
it's
a
population
of
everybody.
That's
and
like
I,
said
conversations
that
we
do
need
to
have.
X
So
thank
you
for
all
your
work
and
all
you
do
Jennifer
YouTube,
so
I
do
have
a
proclamation
today
and
it
reads
as
this:
whereas
suicide
is
the
leading
cause
of
death
among
all
age
groups
and
is
the
third
leading
cause
of
death
among
individuals,
ages,
10
through
34
in
Maryland,
and
whereas
it's
estimated
that
from
2020
to
2022
suicide
deaths,
Rose
by
7.6
percent
in
the
United
States,
and
whereas
a
senator
for
the
Disease
Control
has
reported.
620
people
died
from
suicide
in
Maryland
in
2021.
X
Now,
therefore,
it
be
proclaimed
by
the
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
County
that
the
month
of
September
2023,
be
it
known
as
Suicide
Prevention
month
in
Calvert
County,
and
urge
all
residents
to
recognize
the
suicide
is
a
public
health
issue
which
everybody
has
a
responsibility
to
acknowledge
and
prevent
via
further
proclaimed,
but
that
by
this
action,
the
board
Commissioners
commence
all
organizations
for
providing
Superior
initiative,
leadership,
support
and
commitment
in
their
daily
valuable
contributions
to
certified
prevention.
Given
us
under
our
hands
and
sea
of
this
19th
day
of
September
2023
signal
Five,
County
Commissioners.
X
Y
That's
a
tough
one
to
follow
and
I
do
believe
that
we
owe
it
to
our
fellow
mankind
to
look
out
for
each
other,
because
I
don't
think
anybody
escapes
knowing
loving
someone
who
has
depression
and
has
Suicidal
Thoughts.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
that.
You
do.
Okay,
Constitution
of
the
United
States
greatest
document
ever
written.
Do
we
have
Carol
Rucker.
Z
Lori
mcbriarty
the
region
of
the
John
handsome
chapter
of
the
DAR,
and
we
wanted
to
thank
the
Commissioners
in
Calvert
County
for
recognize
this
important
week.
As
you
said,
the
Constitution
is
the
most
important
document
in
the
United
States
and
we
think
it
demonstrates
the
tenacity
of
Americans
to
really
focus
on
their
freedoms,
Liberties
and
innately,
inalienable
rights.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
Both
do.
Y
D
Y
Y
Through.
Participation
in
citizenship
and
patriotic
events
now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
board
of
County
commissioners
of
Calvert
County
that
the
week
of
September
17th
through
the
23rd
2023
be
known
as
Constitution
week.
Be
it
further
proclaimed
that
by
this
action
we
urge
all
citizens
to
study
the
U.S
Constitution
and
reflect
on
the
privilege
of
being
an
American
with
all
the
rights
and
responsibility
that
privilege
involves
given
under
our
hands
and
sealed
this
19th
day
of
September
2023,
signed
by
all
five
County
Commissioners.
T
T
The
cost
of
the
project
has
gradually
increased
each
year
as
the
design
was
developed
and
finalized.
The
project
was
bid
in
March
of
2022.
The
lowest
bid
was
10
million
299
thousand
dollars,
and
the
FY
2022
CIP
budget
allowed
for
an
additional
364
400
in
ad
alternates,
bringing
the
total
contract
to
10
million
six
hundred
and
sixty
three
thousand
four
hundred
dollars.
T
Calvert
Library
Foundation
is
conducting
a
campaign
to
raise
additional
funds
to
pay
for
the
finishing
touches
that
are
outside
the
scope
of
the
projected
budget
discussion.
The
project
has
been
awarded
a
total
of
four
million
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
State
Library
Capital
grant
funding
over
the
period
of
FY
2020
FY
2022
and
FY
2023.
T
The
most
recent
FY
2024
Grant
of
212
500,
was
increased
by
641
500,
due
to
cost
escalations
projected
by
the
state
department
of
budget
management.
This
brings
the
total
grant
funding
for
the
project
to
5
654
thousand
dollars
fiscal
impact.
The
fiscal
impact
is
an
increase
in
grant
funding
of
six
hundred
and
forty
one
thousand
dollars.
Five
hundred
six
hundred
and
forty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
the
twin
beaches.
T
So
we'll
move
to
the
hearing.
Today's
hearing
is
for
the
purpose
of
opening
the
public
record
for
public
comment
on
budget
amendment,
for
the
increased
State
grant
funding
to
support
the
twin
beaches.
Branch
Library,
the
county
has
adopted
guidelines
for
conducting
public
hearings
as
detailed
in
resolutions
6-89.
T
AB
AC
Good
morning
Commissioners,
my
name
is
Joseph
Cormier
and
I'll,
be
speaking
on
behalf
of
myself
this
morning,
I
want
to
speak
out
in
support
of
this
Adventure
this
morning.
Funding
our
libraries
is
so
important
for
our
community
and
the
twin
beaches.
Account
is
my
home
library
and
I've
received
books,
movies,
video
games
movies
on
the
beach
workshops,
so
many
wonderful
things
that
our
library
system
puts
in.
AC
X
T
E
A
D
AD
Commissioners
Amalia
police
Tam
here
with
the
employee
recognition
committee
here
to
introduce
the
August
employee
of
the
month.
Employee
of
the
Month
acknowledges
Superior
job
performance
in
effective
public
contact,
respect
for
fellow
employees,
quality
and
or
quantity
of
work
contributions
toward
organizational
morale
or
actions
that
improve
the
County's
Public
Image.
Anyone
other
than
an
ERC
member
can
nominate
a
co-worker.
Then
the
forms
are
on
our
web
page
and
we
appreciate
your
continued
support
of
the
ERC.
AD
For
folks
who
don't
know
our
local
care
team
takes
care
of
children
with
intensive
needs,
they
work
to
to
ensure
that
they
are
preventing
out
of
home
placements
Aryan.
You
are
such
a
strong
candidate
that
you
received
four
additional
letters
of
support
from
your
counterport
counterparts,
both
within
the
county
and
at
the
state
level,
which
made
my
job
much
easier
because
I'm
just
going
to
read
the
exact
words.
AD
She
is
an
extraordinary
woman
who
has
consistently
and
diligently
worked
for
families
of
Calvert.
County
Aryan
has
created
a
cohesive
LCT
and
her
leadership
has
doubled
the
number
of
families
in
a
relatively
short
time.
Her
professionalism
is
above
reproach.
Her
meetings
are
the
most
professionally
run.
Meetings
I
attend.
She
always
lifts
others
up
with
a
positive
attitude
or
word
of
encouragement.
She
encourages
each
team
member
to
use
their
best
skills
to
find
services
and
leads
the
team
toward
educating
and
offering
meaningful
resources
and
services
to
Calvert
County
families.
AD
She
also
enables
local
and
state
agencies
to
better
work
with
those
resources
and
builds
rapport
with
those
members.
Her
interactions
with
families
are
compassionate
and
empathetic.
She
has
a
vibrant
energy
and
sees
each
child
and
their
family
as
a
unique
system
with
their
own
needs.
She
doesn't
compare
or
minimalize
Aaron
keeps
the
LCT
focus
on
assisting
families
who
feel
ready
to
give
up.
She
is
able
to
hold
the
space
to
allow
families
time
to
reflect
on
their
own
needs.
The
care
and
connection
Ms
Odom
demonstrates
what
the
LCT
families
is
without
question.
AD
It
is
a
master
class
in
caring
for
others.
It
is
clear
that
you
positively
impact
the
families
in
Calvert
County
and
your
co-workers,
and
you
make
this
world
a
better
place.
It
is
an
honor
for
the
ERC
to
present
you,
the
August
employee
of
the
month
award
and
I
think
there
are
other
people
who
would
like
to
say
some
words
on
your
behalf.
O
P
Aryan
we
struggled
like
when
you
have
a
great
hire
I'm
telling
you
there's
nothing
like
that.
We
we
did
good
she's
worked
in
so
many
settings
from
Youth
Development
mental
health,
criminal
justice,
you
name
it
and
because
she
has
that
history,
she
navigates
these
challenges,
families
experience
with
such
expertise,
but
also
empathy,
which
is
really
important.
She
knows
how
to
lead
people
to
a
place
where
they
make
the
right
connections
and
they
become
better
problem.
Solvers
themselves,
Aaron
started
right
before
covet
19.
and
with
covid-19.
P
We
saw
an
increase
in
mental
health
issues,
as
we've
we've
talked
many
times
about
she
quickly,
adapted
that
local
care
team
to
work
even
better
in
a
virtual
setting,
and
that
was
safer
and
more
flexible
for
families
and
providers.
Aryan
also
coordinates
the
like
175
member
plus
interagency
Council
for
our
County.
These
are
all
these
non-profit
and
government
serving
agencies
that
meet
monthly,
and
so
she
had
facilitates
this
network
and
resource
sharing
on
a
monthly
basis
and
in
our
office
Aryan
takes
care
of
our
staff.
J
AE
D
D
D
AE
T
Y
I
AD
AD
This
team,
exemplifies
co-workers,
who
can
be
given
the
ball
and
carry
it
right
across
the
finish
line
and
that's
a
fabulous
quality
to
have
among
co-workers.
They
work
together
to
add
a
new
recreational
amenity
at
the
southern
Community
Center
and
performed
it
all
in-house.
This
collaborative
effort
encompassed
the
planning,
design,
procurement
of
materials,
site,
prep,
erosion,
control
and
construction
of
the
swing
set,
replete
with
an
accessible
pathway
for
children
of
all
abilities
to
access
this
new
amenity.
AD
This
team
demonstrated
skilled
craftsmanship
working
with
custom
cut
Timbers
during
the
hottest
part
of
the
year
and
Beyond
technical
skills.
They
truly
demonstrated
teamwork
by
identifying
and
using
each
member's
strengths
and
embracing
strong
communication
skills.
This
paid
off.
They
got
the
whole
project
done
within
two
months
and
they
saved
the
county
between
twelve
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
because
they
didn't
have
to
hire
a
contractor.
So
these
men
exemplify
teamwork.
AD
AF
Commissioners
Bob
Branham,
deputy
director
with
Parks
and
Recreation
director
and
us
all
had
to
step
away
and
division.
Chief
stillwagon
is
at
home,
as
you
guys
know,
recovering
from
surgery.
So
you're
stuck
with
me
this
morning.
That
being
said,
I
spoke
with
both
Shannon
and
Amanda
and
we
share
the
same
sentiment.
So
we
truly
appreciate-
and
we
want
to
express
our
sincere
gratitude
for
what
you
do
not
only
in
building
this
playground,
but
for
what
you
do
each
and
every
day
to
keep
our
products
beautiful
and
playable.
So
this
is
a
very
well
deserved
award.
AF
AG
D
AG
Really
is
an
important
thing:
I.
Thank
you,
as
Bob
said,
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
day.
They
support
our
programs
at
Cove,
Point
par
Solomon's,
Town,
Center,
Park,
dollhouse,
so
privilege
to
work
with
you
all
of
Parks
and
Recreation
divisions
are
represented
today.
So
we
really
think
that
you
represent
all
of
us
and
do
it
very
very
well.
So
thank
you,
foreign.
AD
AD
AD
AD
This
team
really
performs
essential
work.
They
care
for
our
community
members
as
they
age
these
dedicated
and
compassionate
colleagues
visit
clients
in
their
homes
or
in
the
case
of
someone
who
is
without
a
home
at
that
moment,
wherever
that
person
is
currently
located,
they
also
support
persons
with
disabilities
from
birth
to
death.
Each
case
manager
assesses
their
clients
needs
links
them
to
available
resources
and
provides
help
in
a
multitude
of
ways.
Many
of
these
cases
involve
complex
issues,
hoarding
situations,
substance,
abuse,
mental
health
issues,
homelessness
and
family
dysfunction
through
patients,
understanding
and
experience.
AD
This
team
manages
each
case
to
promote
the
best
possible
outcome
for
the
individual.
These
dedicated
workers
often
go
unnoticed
and
unappreciated
as
they
work
behind
the
scenes.
They
are
sure
that
our
most
vulnerable
citizens
receive
services
and
care
that
they
need
and
deserve
they're
not
doing
easy
work,
yet
they
do
it
with
patience
and
kindness.
Simply
while
scheduling
this
award,
it
was
clear
to
me
how
passionate
this
team
is
about
their
work.
It's
clear
that
they
feel
honored
to
provide
these
services
for
the
community
and
it's
important
work,
and
it
really
is
appreciated.
O
Good
morning,
Commissioners
Ed
Sullivan
division,
chief
of
the
Calvert
County
Office
on
Aging
Community
Resources.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
of
this
thank
the
ERC
for
acknowledging
our
wonderful
staff
in
front
of
you,
angelise
Kim,
Gene,
Amanda,
Terry
and
Rochelle.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
couple
of
homeless
case
managers
who
work
with
the
elderly,
who
are
unfortunately
homeless,
and
we
have
found
housing
for
some
of
our
homeless.
We
have
helped
individuals,
the
wonderful
folks
in
front
of
you
to
stay
on
their
homes
longer
to
provide
in-home
health
care.
O
These
staff
members
do
a
wonderful
job
each
and
every
day.
Well,
certainly
we
don't
do
it
in
a
vacuum.
We
understand
that
we
serve
alongside
many
other
individuals
in
the
community,
many
partnering
agencies.
We
want
to
thank
them,
but
Commissioners.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support,
because
without
your
support,
we
cannot
do
what
we
do,
and
we
understand
that
very
much.
So
we
appreciate
your
support
and
thanks
to
our
director,
Jennifer
Moreland,
for
leading
the
way.
Thank
you
for
recognizing
our
team.
We
appreciate
it
very
much
have
a
good
day.
AH
AH
Good
morning,
Commissioners
I
just
want
to
say,
I
feel
honored
to
lead
this
team
of
wonderful
case
managers.
They
do
say
that
a
good
case
manager
is
empathetic
caring
and
has
strong
relationship
building
skills
and
I
can
say
without
hesitation
that
each
of
these
wonderful,
ladies,
have
all
of
those
skills.
So
thank
you.
Thank
all
of
you.
AH
AH
AE
A
AB
Furthermore,
we
found
that
certain
components
of
the
payments
to
bus
contractors
did
not
reflect
actual
costs
or
could
not
be
supported.
Our
audit
also
disclosed
that
ccps
needs
to
improve
internal
controls
and
accountability
in
certain
areas,
including
payroll
processing,
information
systems,
Health
Care
claims
and
fee
processing.
AB
Finally,
based
on
our
current
audit
assessment
of
significance
and
risk
to
our
audit
objectives,
our
audit
included
review
to
determine
the
status
of
eight
of
the
12
findings
contained
in
our
preceding
audit
report.
Ccps
Calvert
County
Public
Schools
satisfactory
satisfactorily
addressed
two
of
the
eight
prior
findings.
We've
reviewed,
the
remaining
six
findings
are
repeated
in
this
report.
AB
A
request
was
made
for
the
Board
of
Ed
to
a
greater
performance
audit
on
March
28
2023
The
Joint
meeting
was
then
held
at
the
request
of
the
board
of
education
on
July
31
2023
and
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
transmitted
its
proposed
scope
of
work
for
such
an
audit
on
August,
8th
2023,
as
requested
by
the
board
of
education
at
the
July
meeting.
The
Board
of
Ed
has
not
yet
agreed
discussion.
AB
Additional
concerns
have
Arisen
regarding
transparency
in
the
procurement
practices
of
the
Board
of
Education,
the
public
information
act,
compliance
board
found
by
decision
dated
September
6
2023
that
the
Board
of
Education
improperly
denied
review
of
its
budget
request.
Then
the
article
some
Maryland
school
expenses,
big
and
small,
remain
a
mystery
reported
quote
in
Calvert
County
School
District
officials
haven't
been
just
buying
school
supplies,
textbooks
and
computers
they've
been
buying
wrist,
watches
too.
AB
The
substantial
delays
incurred
thus
far
severely
impact
the
ability
for
the
performance
audit
to
inform
your
consideration.
The
board
of
County
Commissioner's
consideration
of
the
board
of
education's
fiscal
year.
2025
budget
request,
which
we
anticipate
in
March
of
2024
direction,
is
sought
continuing
to
lay
his
experience
and
seeking
concurrence
fiscal
impact.
Cost
of
an
audit
would
be
shared
equally
between
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
and
the
Board
of
Education,
as
prescribed
by
Maryland
annotated
code
education,
article
5-110d
conclusion
recommendation.
AB
To
that
end,
we've
also
prepared
a
resolution
for
the
board
to
consider
that
says,
sets
forth
the
scope
of
work
and
to
budget
scope
of
work
includes
comparative
analysis
of
the
findings
of
the
financial
management
practices.
Audit
report,
January
25
2022
to
a
current
practice
at
the
board
at
the
Calvert
County
Public,
Schools,
B,
peer
jurisdictions
and
C
to
Industry
standards
and
best
practices
is
recommended
and
Rec
make
recommendations
for
corrective
action
recommended
enhancements
or
improvements
and
item
number
two
identification
of
potential
efficiencies
or
procedures
that
would
lead
to
cost
Savings
in
all
Direct
procurements.
AB
X
So
this
performance
article
started
way
back
when
and
I
just
want
to
reiterate
it,
it's
not
to
point
fingers.
You
know
it's
not
to
point.
Wrongdoing
is
to
bring
experts
in
to
identify
how
we
can
use
money
more
efficient.
You
know
as
board
member
Lisa
grenis
said
if
we
can
just
say
one
or
two
percent,
that's
millions
in
the
bank
that
we
can
spend
on
other
resources
for
our
kids.
But
then,
when
I
hear,
we
must
limit
the
scope
of
work.
We
must
you
know,
do
this
do
this?
B
All
I
was
going
to
say
basically
is
some
going
on
year.
Nine
I,
don't
know
why.
This
is
always
the
appearance
of
an
adversarial
relationship.
I've
been
part
of
hey,
we
need
to
meet,
and
do
this
we
need
to.
You
know,
have
no
adversarial
bone
in
my
body
about
any
of
this
I
graduated
from
here.
My
daughter,
graduated
from
here
my
son,
is
in
a
school
system.
B
All
I
want
sincerely
want
from
us
from
the
school
system
from
anything
is
to
be
the
best.
We
can
be.
That's
really
it.
My
ego
stays
at
the
door.
There's
nothing
ego.
If
I
make
a
mistake,
I
think
it's
been
documented
many
times,
I'll
be
the
first
to
apologize,
I.
Think
to
commissioner
Cox's
point
you
just
want
to
what
can
we
do
to
be
better
I?
Don't
know
why
and
I'm
telling
you
after
it
comes
from
here.
The
Facebook
stuff
will
start.
Also.
My
20
is
commissioner
Williams
used
to
say
this
is
not
adversarial.
B
I,
don't
think
I
know
more
than
anybody
else.
I'm,
a
business
guy,
the
smartest
business
people
I,
know
recognize
what
they
don't
do
well
and
they
get
people
that
do
know
how
to
do
them.
In
my
business
there's
a
lot
I,
don't
know
how
to
do,
but
I
have
professional
people
that
do
them
and
I
I
am
smart
enough
to
recognize
what
I
don't
do
well,
so
so
for
my
20
percent
and
we
did
a
transportation
study
before
it
was
Stone
in
the
trash.
B
None
of
the
advice
was
taken
from
it.
It
was
pretty
disheartening
because
I
thought
they
did
a
pretty
thorough
thing.
I
would
least
like
to
have
a
discussion.
I
have
the
privilege
of
growing
up
here
and
know
a
lot
of
people
in
the
transportation
system
that
still
aren't
happy
today,
whether
they
say
it
publicly
or
not.
I
don't
know,
but
they
say
it
to
me.
I
think
all
of
us
can
do
better
can
be
better
and
the
way
things
change
as
fast
as
they
do
trickling
down.
Sometimes
you
need
help.
Y
We
also
have
to
take
into
consideration
the
blueprint.
The
blueprint
is
has
a
very
expensive
number
behind
it,
and
if
we
can
save
costs
to
help
with
that
and
to
help
improve
what
we
do
for
our
children
in
the
Calvert
County
School
System
I'm,
all
for
it
all
of
us
can
improve.
All
of
us
can
do
better.
E
Okay,
I
want
to
say
these
are
taxpayer
dollars
that
we
approve
annually
for
that
budget
we
need
to
be
fiscally
responsible
without
a
doubt.
That's
what
we're
here
for
a
school
board
budget
is
by
far
the
largest
part
of
our
budget
annually,
and
if
the
return
on
investment
from
this
performance
audit
is
significant,
this
is
merely
the
tip
of
the
iceberg.
We
work
down
from
there.
That's
all
I
have
to
say.
A
And
I
think
the
last
Board
of
Education
meeting
there
was
discussion
about
you
know
us
auditing,
ourselves
and
I.
Think
we're
going
to
do
that.
You
know
I'm,
not
scared
of
an
audit.
You
know
I
think.
As
commissioner
Owen
said,
we
have
a
fiscal
responsibility
to
the
citizens
of
Calvert
County
and
how
well,
if,
if
we
do
it
for
when
we
do
an
audit
of
ourselves,
if
it
finds
that
there
are
issues,
then
we're
going
to
address
those
I
mean
I,
don't
you
know
I
just
think
it's
a
physically
responsible
thing
to
do.
A
Hadn't
been
done
that
I
know
of
in
a
long
long
time,
and
just
something
that
you
know
this
board
feels
like
needs
to
be
done
to
make
sure
that,
because
you
know
our
budget
is
the
largest,
it's
ever
been
School
Board
budget
is
the
largest
it's
ever
been,
and
it's
not
it's
not
small
numbers
anymore.
It's
big
numbers
and
as
board
member
Granite
said,
if
you
can
save
one
percent,
it's
a
lot
of
it's
millions
of
dollars.
When
you
look
at
the
county
budget,
it's
all
you
know
it's
approaching
400
million
dollars.
A
Y
Y
I
B
A
AI
Good
morning,
Commissioners
Mary,
Beth
cook,
director
of
planning
and
Sony
with
me,
is
Jen
David.
Our
role
planner
we're
here
today
to
set
the
price
for
the
County's
purchase
of
transferable
development
rights
or
tdrs
through
either
our
par
fund,
which
is
purchase
and
retirement
where
the
tdrs
are
reserved
or
our
Reserve
program,
where
we
purchase
tdrs
and
then
resell
them
at
the
price
that
they're
purchased.
AJ
Morning,
Commissioners
good
morning
background
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
established
the
purchase
and
retirement
fund
in
1992
to
purchase,
retire
and
permanently
remove
transferable
development
rights
tdrs
from
the
development
rights
Market,
thereby
protecting
additional
Farmland
Acres
from
development
in
2021.
The
board
of
County
Commissioners
directed
staff
to
establish
a
TDR
Bank
pilot
program
now
known
as
the
TDR
Reserve.
AJ
AJ
AJ
There
is
a
need
to
fairly
compensate
participants
for
the
value
of
the
land
they
have
protected,
while
also
seeking
to
reach
as
many
applicants
as
possible
and
utilize.
The
available
funding
to
its
maximum
potential,
a
Maximum
Impact
to
the
fiscal
year
2024
budget
shall
be
determined
by
the
forthcoming
budget
adjustment.
AJ
AJ
AJ
The
Commissioners
consider
recommendations
from
the
agricultural
preservation,
Advisory
Board,
apab
and
review
recent
market
sales,
but
they
are
free
to
set
the
price
at
any
amount.
They
choose.
The
apab
requests
Commissioners.
Consider
setting
the
price
in
advance
of
soliciting
applications
to
allow
potential
applicants
to
make
informed
decisions
when
applying
for
the
program
the
APA
be
assessed,
TDR
and
land
values
when
establishing
their
recommended
par
price.
AJ
The
apab
recommends
that
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
purchase
development
rights
from
each
applicant,
starting
with
the
highest
ranked
application
and
proceeding
down
the
list
as
funding
allows.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
land
preservation
signed
by
myself,
Jennifer
David
on
behalf
of
Wilson
V
Freeland,
chairman
of
the
AG
preservation,
Advisory
Board,.
AI
I
think
we
did
really
well
last
year,
it
I'm
sure
Jen
has
the
numbers,
but
the
price
that
we
purchased
was
five
thousand
dollars
for
the
par
program,
as
well
as
the
reserve
and
the
reserve's
been
working
very
well
in
the
short
time
that
it's
been
a
program
we've
been
buying
and
selling
through
that
program.
As.
AJ
B
A
big,
no,
no
and
it's
a
big
apple.
You
cannot
eat
that
apple
in
one
bite.
It's
big,
it's
got
history
and
it
is
a
lot
lot
to
learn,
but
what
I
have
learned?
Sometimes
the
hard
way?
Sometimes
you
know
it
is
one
of
the
best
programs
we've
got
on
the
street
and
I
have
had
countless
countless,
countless
countless
talks
with
Budget
Finance,
all
the
discussions
we
have
about
water
and
sewer
and
traffic
and
everything
par
addresses.
B
B
AJ
The
TDR
program
is
the
is
the
name
of
the
local
County
program,
as
opposed
to
one
of
the
other
easement
programs
of
state
or
federal
easement
programs.
This
is
our
local
program.
It's
been
the
most
popular
it's
one
of
the
most
flexible
of
the
three
Pro
three
main
programs,
which
would
be
malfuneral
Legacy,
and
so
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
that
we
do
have
a
hype
or
have
had
a
high
participation
rate
in
the
past.
AI
AI
AJ
AJ
B
So
do
we
have
someone
that
that
is
because
a
lot
of
times
with
things
like
this
paperwork,
everything
else-
these
are
Independent
Business,
folks,
a
lot
of
times
or
maybe
doing
other
things,
but
but
time
is,
is
crucial.
Do
we
have
somebody
that
works
with
them
walks
them
through
the
process
or
even
somebody
that
goes
out
to
a
lot
of
the
Agricultural
events
and
is
there
as
a
informational
Source,
because
I
want
to
do
everything
we
can
to
make
this
successful
I
mean?
Is
there
anybody
right
now
that
goes
hey?
B
AI
I
mean
if
anybody
calls
she
walks
them
through.
She
explains
all
the
different
programs
certainly
encourages
and
then
she's
the
one
who
takes
it
to
the
agricultural
preservation
Advisory
Board,
to
have
for
them
to
consider
so
yeah.
She
is
our
our
voice
to
the
the
farmers
and
letters
go
out
to
every
single
TDR
owner,
letting
them
know
what
their
Sears
price
is,
and
you
know
to
plea
the
application
process
or
to
call
Jennifer
to
ask
her.
You
know
what
for
help
through
the
process
so.
B
AJ
Year
so
you
know,
as
I
said,
it
was
196
ttrs
this
year,
I
think
it
was
in
the
neighborhood
of
148
150
last
year
in
some
of
the
presentations
I've
looked
through
in
the
past
and
preparing
materials
for
this
board
and
other
things
I
think
that
a
number
of
about
200
would
be
ideal,
probably
the
maximum
you
would
be
able
to
get
in
any
given
year,
based
on
the
conditions.
What
previous
folks
of
my
position
have
estimated
so.
B
B
That
I
was
driving
a
certain
Road
and
there
was
this
big
piece
of
farm
equipment
right
and
I'm,
going
slow
behind
it
and
all
I
could
think
of
is
how
cool
this
is
because,
50
years
ago
there
was
somebody
doing
the
same
exact
thing
and
I
hope
that
50
years
from
now
that's
the
same
thing
you
know
we're
seeing
as
as
our
way
of
life
keeps
shrinking.
You
know,
you
see
it
in
all
these
other
jurisdictions.
B
You
know
they
try
to
to
Glory
it
up
and
make
it
sound,
so
cool,
and
it's
so
good
for
everybody.
But
you
don't
see
any
you,
you
don't
see
anybody
going.
God
I
just
really
want
to
go
somewhere
where
it's
congested.
I
just
want
to
go
somewhere
where
there's
high
crime.
You
know
if
I
could
just
go
somewhere
where
it's
not
safe
to
walk
outside.
You
don't
see
that
you
know,
and
you
know
why
folks
want
to
come
here,
but
preserving
it
is
more
important
than
all
of
it.
AJ
AJ
B
AJ
B
We
should
change
that
we
should
make
it
to
whenever
it's
convenient,
because
you
know
they're
the
customer,
so
we
should
make
it
to
whenever
it's
convenient
for
them
doing
everything
we
can.
You
know
to
secure
that
and
if
it's
a
sit
down
and
talk,
I
mean
it's
it's
just
it
alleviates
so
many
future
problems
so.
A
Commissioner,
Hart
almost
gave
staff
a
heart
attack,
you
know,
staff
is
trying
to
process
applications
and
I
guess
their
challenges.
If
they're
coming
in
all
year,
long
there's
no
cut
off
to
get
the
process
completed.
I
think
that
you
know
what
we
try
to
do
is
advertise,
make
sure
everybody
knows
and
we're
on
a
routine.
Now
most
people
know
you
know
every
this
time
of
year
every
year
there's
going
to
be
a
par
offering
and
that's
what
you
do.
AJ
So,
just
to
further
talk
about
the
TDR
Reserve
program
and
and
I
know
that
Mary,
Beth
and
I
have
been
here
before
the
TDR
Reserve
program
was
set
up
as
a
bank,
but
within
the
resolution
that
created
that
program
there
are
Provisions
for,
if
the
that
it's
possible
for
this
body
to
retire
tdrs
out
of
that
program.
So
that
is
another.
AJ
B
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
Then
the
offers
go
back
out
to
the
individuals
and
they
work
with
their
representative,
their
lawyer,
their
firm
to
to
prepare
the
title
work
that
needs
to
come
in
so
that
we're
assured
that
they
own
the
tdrs
and
then
because
of
that
work,
there's
back
and
forth
by
the
time
the
packages
are
approved.
It's
usually
a
few
months
later.
All
of
the
tdrs
the
cycle
wraps
up
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
June
30th.
AJ
A
few
months
it's
been
longer
or
shorter
over
the
various
years,
depending
on
a
lot
when
the
budget
comes
out
and
once
the
budget
we
would
prefer
to
have
come
to
you
in
August,
but
with
the
budget
as
it
is
we're
coming
to
you
now.
This
is
about
the
same
time
as
last
year,
we're
anticipating
a
closing
date
of
right
before
Thanksgiving.
AJ
AI
A
So
I
think,
last
year,
after
this
hearing,
we
had
a
public
comment
from
an
individual
didn't
know
what
the
TDR
program
was
and
why
we
were
spending
a
million
dollars.
But
commissioner
Hart
alluded
to
the
fact
that
it's
even
I
can
do
the
math
that,
in
the
long
run,
County
government
is
way
ahead
of
the
game
to
buy
these
tbrs
and
retire
them.
As
far
as
County
government
cost,
we
save
money,
we
don't
really
spend
money.
You
know
it's
a
short
term.
You.
A
B
AJ
B
I
D
E
I
A
B
E
E
A
I
A
AJ
AI
A
A
V
Morning,
good
morning,
good
morning,
commissioner,
Veronica
Atkinson
capital
projects
analyst
background.
The
state
of
Maryland
interagency
Commission
on
school
construction
required
a
construction
cost
estimate
that
was
prepared
as
part
of
the
feasibility
study
process
for
northern
middle
school
project.
The
construction
cost
estimate
will
require
project
phasing
with
the
current
Maryland
Public
School
construction
costs,
as
well
as.
V
V
V
Additionally,
Boe
staff
has
identified
a
capital
Improvement
project,
that
is
a
systemic
renovation
project
that
can
be
deferred
and
could
allocate
some
of
the
projects
County
funds
toward
the
northern
middle
school
replacement
project.
So
basically
they've
identified
a
systemic
project
that
they'd
like
to
defer
and
use
that
money
towards
the
northern
middle
school
replacement
project.
V
The
Boe
and
Department
of
Finance
and
budget
are
requesting
that
the
Patuxent
Elementary
School
HVAC
projects
for
FY
2024
adopted
CIP
of
Sixteen
thousand
two
hundred
and
forty
dollars,
as
well
as
the
FY
2025
CIP
of
one
million
two
hundred
and
five
dollars,
300
1
million
two
hundred
five
thousand
three
hundred
sixty
dollars
projected
for
Patuxent
Elementary,
School
HVAC
project
be
reallocated
to
the
northern
middle
school
replacement
project
in
FY,
2025
CIP
budget
cycle
fiscal
impact.
The
current
fiscal
impact
is
zero.
V
U
No
we're
asking
to
actually
defer
that
project.
Why?
Because
we
worked
with
maintenance
to
really
look
at
which
projects
we
could
potentially
try
to
defer
in
order
to
try
to
allocate
some
funds
towards
northern
middle,
and
we
honestly,
during
the
time
frame
when
we're
asking
for
funding
for
the
northern
middle
replacement.
We
have
very
small
projects
that
are
in
the
CIP,
so
that's
one
of
the
few
that
could
be
deferred
and
based
on
the
equipment
and
the
the
condition
of
the
equipment.
B
O
U
B
Has
been
a
lot
sooner
than
then
in
fact,
I
remember.
I
didn't
go
to
my
own
child's
opening
day
of
school,
because
I
had
so
many
teachers
upset
and
asked
me
to
walk
through
there
on
there,
and
it
was
very
hot.
It
was
an
opening
day,
and
some
of
that
is
a
baseboard
unit.
It
is
extremely
Antiquated
in
there
as
much
as
I
hate,
AC
stuff.
That
unit
needs
to
be
replaced,
and
obviously
somebody
thought
so
to
have
it
on
the
CIP
then
so
to
pull
that
out.
To
put
it
into.
U
B
B
I
didn't
but
but
the
problem
was
is
in
some
ones,
it
didn't
work
and
some
of
it
worked,
but
but
the
way,
the
way
that
the
circulation
is
set
up,
it's
so
Antiquated
it
doesn't
go
through.
I
mean
before
this
has
moved
over
there
I
mean
I
would
think
that
that
I
mean
we've
had
an
extremely
hot
summer
here
and
going
into
it
that
somebody
would
go
through
there
and
make
sure
that
that
it's
working
properly,
because,
if
you're
deferring
this,
how
far
you're
going
to
defer
that
project
to
we.
U
U
So
there
are
other
avenues
that
we
are
exploring
so
right
now,
this
project
might
be
deferred
in
the
CIP
till
a
later
year,
but
we
are
really
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
leverage
some
other
operation
operation
savings
to
be
able
to
replace
HVAC
equipment.
So
I
can
certainly
come
back
and
provide
you
with
an
update
on
that
when
we
have
a
better
plan
of
action
just
in
terms
of
our
HVAC
projects
in
total.
U
U
U
B
U
U
Northern
middle
was
in
the
plan
in
the
CIP
for
planning
before
this
project
in
terms
of
priority.
It's
a
it's
a
higher
priority
project
that
is
not
to
say
that
we
are
not
planning
on
upkeeping
our
HVAC
as
much
as
possible.
That
is
something
that
we
always
have
to
do
for
our
students
and
staff,
and
so.
B
A
Metal
and
Mrs
Warner
I
think
that
we
greatly
appreciate
your
efforts
to
you,
know:
transfer
money
between
projects
to
save
you
from
coming
to
us
and
asking
for
more
money.
I
think
that
what
what
this
the
issue
that
this
raises
is
that
I
can
probably
go
back
and
pull
the
tape
from
the
meeting
where
you
came
in
and
asked
for
this
money
to
replace
that
hva
system,
and
you
argued
that
it
was
old,
could
not
be
repaired
any
longer
and
had
to
be
replaced.
A
A
U
So
yes,
so
as
far
as
Patuxent
Elementary
and
me
coming
before,
you
of
course
the
see
a
lot
of
the
CIP
projects
when
we
put
in
within
our
CIP
as
a
long-range
plan.
They
are
plan
on
based
on
end
of
useful
life,
of
course,
so
we
start
seeing
issues
and
those
projects
then
become
a
higher
priority
or
a
lower
priority,
so
things
ebb
and
flow
based
on
the
age,
but
then
also
the
performance
of
the
equipment
and
the
issues
that
we
are
having.
U
So
those
are
discussions
that
we
have
with
maintenance
all
the
time
and
the
essentially
from
about
spring
of
last
year,
Well
actually
spring
of
this
year.
To
now,
we've
been
in
discussions
with
maintenance,
and
there
have
been
a
number
of
units
where
the
fan
motors
have
been
replaced.
There
has
been
been
a
lot
of
corrective
work
to
be
able
to
get
that
equipment
operating
sufficiently
and,
as
I
said,
we
are
looking
at
other
avenues
of
trying
to
capture
some
other
funding,
so
the
project
wouldn't
necessarily
have
to
be
deferred
out
beyond
our.
U
B
You
defer
this
out
six
years.
That's
not
we're
starting
in
six
years
doesn't
mean
it's
completed
in
six
years.
That
means
we
start
the
process
again.
So
six
years
doesn't
mean
it's
done.
That
means
now
it's
going
to
get
funding
got
to
get
designed,
got
to
get
everything
else
like
that
you're
talking
even
more
here,
so
six
years
could
be
10
years.
B
Yet
this
is,
this
is
a
one
of
the
largest
elementary
schools.
It
combined
two
schools.
It
kept
one
principle
instead
of
two
who
was
given
a
golf
cart
to
drive
back
and
forth,
I
mean
when
you
hear
all
this
push
back,
and
you
heard
me
screaming
years
ago
about
Patuxent
High
School,
it's
the
oldest
high
school
and
it
was
the
last
one
to
get
AC
in
the
gym,
and
you
want
to
know
why.
B
Folks
down
there
beat
on
me
and
tell
me
I'm
not
doing
my
job,
it's
because
of
stuff
like
that
and
that's
where
I
earn
it
and
deserve
it
because
stuff
like
that,
goes
on
all
the
time
for
me
to
sit
here
and
hear.
We
need
to
defer
it
to
another
school
when
this
is
the
original
equipment.
I
had
to
walk
through
it
years
ago,
which
is
not
my
job
to
do.
Okay,
because
it
was
inadequate.
Then
it's
inadequate.
B
U
D
B
In
eight
years
from
now,
it's
still
going
to
be
PR.
We
go
in
there,
that's
going
to
be
just
as
efficient
I,
don't
know
how
a
wall
unit,
if
you
haven't
changed
it
out,
if
that
unit's
right
there
I,
don't
know
how
it
it
cools
the
air
on
the
other
side,
they
all
told
me
hey
if
you're
standing
on
top
of
it,
it's
cool,
but
as
you
get
back
there,
it's
not
and
those
teachers
work
and
all
that
heat
and
everything
else
like
that.
B
X
So
so
I
do
have
another
question.
So
even
if
we
do
these
two
transfers
we're
still
going
to
be
8
million
in
the
hole.
So
will
northern
middle
school
project
be
pushed
out
in
the
CIP
or
I
know
you
said
you
had
different
Avenues
of
finding
more
resources,
or
are
you
going
to
be
cutting
the
current
CIP
to
find
money?
Well.
U
This
is
why
Patuxent
Elementary
specifically
was
identified
because
maintenance
felt
confident
that
they
could,
as
in
years
past,
when
we
were
asked
by
the
Commissioners
to
be
able
to
defer
northern
middle
school,
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation
about
how
our
maintenance
staff
could
keep
the
equipment
at
Northern
Middle
School,
moving
along
in
operational.
That
is
something
that
similar
to
that
that
they
are
committing
themselves
to
do
so.
U
That's
the
best
that
I
can
give
you
right
now
and,
like
I
said,
we
are
looking
at
other
avenues
where
we
would
be
able
to
do
the
project
earlier.
So
that's
certainly
something
that
we
have
very
much
in
our
radar,
but
in
terms
of
the
CIP
right
now.
That
is
our
own.
Only
Avenue
that
we
show,
but
we're
certainly
looking
at
others.
B
So
so,
back
in
movies
at
the
80s
who
said
we
were
building
a
school
about
every
year
or
so,
and
it's
been
brought
to
me
painfully
many
times
Mike
now.
That's
why
all
the
equipment's
failing
at
the
same
time,
but
we'll
build
a
new
school
wherever
it
is,
doesn't
matter
wherever
it
is,
spend
millions
of
millions
of
dollars.
Yet
all
this
other
stuff's
falling
apart
at
all
these
other
schools,
why
not
fix
what
we
have?
First?
B
Why
is
there
a
tennis
court
at
Patuxent,
High
School,
that's
been
that's
been
unusable
for
four
years:
it's
not
my
side
of
the
street
I,
don't
even
think
about
it.
Till
I
get
a
mad
parent
from
Great
Mills
or
whatever
it
was.
That
said,
how
come
they
got
to
go
to
a
parks
and
recs
facility
to
play?
Why
don't
we
take
care
of
everything
we
have
now
get
it
right
and
then
do
future
projects
I
mean
when
it's
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
I
mean.
B
U
Believe
that
during
covid
that
Court
sat
for
a
while
and
the
water
was
disintegrated,
the
the
surface,
because
nobody
was
there,
it
wasn't
being
played.
So
the
bird
baths
developed
and
the
surface
disintegrated
I
know
that
since
then
there
have
been
moves
to
try
to
get
that
court
resurfaced.
So
I
believe
that
that
work
is
happening
soon
and.
U
U
B
Mean
you
could
you
go?
One
school
has
to
have
it's
combined
and
one
principle
in
between
that
and
appeal.
You
know
it.
This
Patuxent
High
School
was
great
for
everybody
when
we
were
building
schools
and
we
had
to
put
trailers
out
back
and
everything
like
that.
But
then
we
didn't
need
any
more
I
mean
I
can
go
all
day
long
about
students
bust
all
over
the
place
and
all
this
and
it's
a
frustration
point
of
now
I
got
to
sit
here
and
hear.
B
Well,
we
needed
it
then,
but
we
don't
need
it
now
and
I'm
going
to
shut
up
and
let
this
thing
move
on,
but
I'm
telling
you
I'm
doing
my
homework
because
I
go
from
school
to
school,
to
school,
I'm
doing
my
homework.
Although
there's
people
think
I,
don't
ever
go
anywhere.
I'm
telling
you
I
sit
at
these
fields,
I
go
from
school
to
school
and
I.
Hear
it
all
the
time,
hey,
commissioner,
why
that
and
I
don't
have
an
answer
and
I
jump
up
and
down
and
scream
and
look
like
an
idiot
and
I.
B
Y
U
So,
to
kind
of
respond
back
to
what
you
both
were
saying.
Certainly,
commissioner
Hart,
you
were
talking
about.
Why
don't
we
fix
what
we
have
instead
of
building
new
I?
Think
you
know,
the
CIP
ends
up
being
a
combination
of
systemic
components
that
you
have
to
replace
because
you
design
a
building.
You
build
a
building
to
be
there
at
least
60
70
years,
but
then
certain
components
like
your
HVAC
system.
You
end
up
replacing
you
know
at
the
25th
year
or
the
25
to
30
years,
so
that
you
can
replace
those
components.
U
One
time
before
you
end
up
demolishing
the
building,
so
it
it
ends
up
being
a
combination
similar
to.
Of
course,
you
know
the
commissioner
CIP
with
the
county
service,
building
and
other
priorities.
So
it's
similar
with
us
where
we
are
replacing
certain
buildings,
because
the
life
cycle
is
due
or
it's
overdue
and
then
other
priorities
also
have
to
compete
and
we
have
to
be
able
to
fund
all
of
those
priorities.
So
it's
always
a
difficult,
odd
decision
to
make
and
we
understand
and
we
empathize
with
the
fact
that
we
have
limited
funding.
B
B
Blueprint's
not
even
due
until
next
June
by
law,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
funded
until
next
year.
Not
a
dollar
has
to
be
funded
today,
and
these
are
old
existing
problems.
You
know
they
made
fun
of
us.
You
know
one
of
the
schools
out
here:
I
ain't,
gonna
name,
the
name.
The
kids
even
did
a
video
making
fun
of
how
there
was
mold
in
the
schools
and
all
this
stuff,
all
I'm
asking
is
fix
what
we
have
now
fix
it.
You
know
I
mean
this
County,
our
kids,
the
level
of
whooping
I.
B
Take
of
what
Saint
Mary's
County's
Fields
look
like.
Do
you
know
what
it's
like
to
have
a
kid,
plays
two
sports
and
hear
about
Fields
all
around
the
place
hear
about
conditions
of
tracks
this
that
and
the
other
okay
I
hear
it
constantly,
and
here
we
can't
even
do
AC
in
our
schools.
That's
unacceptable,
unacceptable!
No
parent
would
accept.
B
A
A
U
You
I
I
appreciate
that
so
I
do
appreciate
being
able
to
be
here
for
the
work
session,
because
I
wanted
to
try
to
provide
some
level
of
insight
as
to
the
project,
the
northern
middle
project
and
before
coming
before
you
for
the
CIP
I,
wanted
to
provide
you
with
a
little
bit
of
of
an
overview
of
where
we're
at
with
northern
middle
and
where
the
path
moving
forward.
What
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
strategies,
so
that
is
the
purpose
of
today,
so
I
appreciate
that
okay.
U
So
the
purpose
of
the
work
session
today
is
to
really
recap:
the
project
schedule,
scope,
budget
and
the
state
funding.
I
wanted
to
try
to
provide
an
overview
of
that.
The
recent
construction
cost
estimate
that
was
part
of
the
feasibility
study
and
the
associated
factors
with
it.
The
requested
reallocation
of
funds
from
a
ciphvi,
HVAC,
systemic
project
towards
northern
middle,
and
then
lastly,
highlight
strategies
for
how
we
plan
on
trying
to
align
the
project,
scope
and
the
budget
for
the
for
the
project.
U
So
the
schedule
for
the
project,
the
Ed
specs,
were
developed.
The
programmatic
requirements
in
July
of
2022..
We
finished
the
feasibility
study
in
March
of
2023..
We've
commenced
design
we're
in
design
early
design.
At
this
point
we
started
that
in
August
of
2023
bidding
is
anticipated,
late,
November,
late
2024,
so
November
2024
and
construction
completion,
December
of
2027,
so
about
a
three-year
time
frame.
U
So
the
northern
middle
enrollment
and
project
scope
are
as
follows,
and
I
wanted
to
kind
of
highlight
the
enrollment
and
then
provide
a
little
bit
of
an
overview
of
how
the
state
participates
in
the
project.
So
the
2022-2023
enrollment
at
Northern
Middle,
was
636
students
the
at
the
time
the
projected
enrollment
was
669.
That
was
based
largely
on
what
we
had
been
seeing
in
years
past
in
terms
of
returning
students
and
those
enrollments
being
a
little
bit
low
post
covid.
But
in
fact,
as
of
August
31.
U
A
We
have
seen
instances
where
a
little
re-allocation
of
school
districts
could
have
help
with
capacity
and
that
we
don't
have
to
build
a
school.
That's
sure
at
a
certain
number,
when
we
have
other
schools
that
are
at
70
percent,
correct,
correct
and
you've
done
that
analysis
that,
in
this
case,
we've.
U
Done
the
analysis
for
the
three
adjacent
schools
for
a
northern
middle
Plum,
Point
middle
and
Windy
Hill
Middle,
when
you
start
looking
at
the
district
as
a
whole,
because
Calvert
is
long
and
wide.
There
are
other
aspects
that
we
need
to
think
about
and
the
board
would
have
to
look
at
that,
such
as
Transportation
length
of
time
for
busing.
So
all
of
those
aspects
have
to
be
considered.
U
So
the
state
is
interested
in
the
seventh
year
enrollment
projection
and
for
the
state's
purposes
for
funding
that
projection
right
now
is
866,
but
I'm
going
to
go
into
a
little
bit
as
to
exactly
how
the
state
looks
at
in
a
future.
Slide.
The
planned
capacity
for
northern
middle
is
775
State
rate
of
capacity
and
I'll
I'll
talk
about
what
that
translates
to
as
far
as
square
footage
in
a
minute.
So
how
does
the
state
determine
its
funding
calculation?
U
So
the
issues
of
course
with
the
state
funding
methodology,
is
that
it
assumes
that
the
county
will
build
an
addition.
If
the
school
is
over
enrolled
after
seven
years
or
add
portable
classrooms,
it
does
not
account
for
other
competing
local
funding
priorities,
as
commissioner
Hart
just
talked
about
that
might
be
required
not
only
for
the
Board
of
Ed,
but
also
for
the
board
of
County
Commissioners.
U
You
have
other
funding
priorities
that
you
have,
and
the
state
isn't
really
looking
at
that
they're
just
looking
at
that
seven
year
mark,
and
that
is
it
also
as
we
can
all
appreciate,
costs
have
really
only
gone
up.
They
have
not
gone
down,
so
a
future
Edition
will
of
course,
cost
more
money
versus
building
it
now.
So
this
pictorial
right
here
kind
of
shows
you
in
this
bar
graph
before
you
in
FY
2022,
you
can
see
the
yellow
color
is
the
capacity
it's.
U
The
combined
capacity
at
Northern,
Middle,
Windy,
Hill,
Middle
and
Palm
Point
middle
and
the
blue
bar
is
the
combined
enrollment
at
Northern,
Middle,
Windy,
Hill,
Middle
and
Plum
Point
middle.
So
as
of
last
year,
the
capacity
across
the
three
schools
was
2200.
The
combined
enrollment
was
1990,
which
means
that
there
were
210
open
seats
the
seventh
year,
which
is
where
that
star
is
that's
the
year
that
the
state
is
interested
in.
They
based
on
our
combined
enrollment
projections
across
the
three
schools.
That
capacity
is
2202.,
so
the
state
is
essentially
saying.
U
That
is
yes,
but
that
equates
to
specific
square
footage
which
I'll
talk
about
in
a
little
bit
as
well.
So,
if
you'll
allow
me
I'll
talk
about
what
that
means,
the
680
State
rated
capacity
from
1976
is
completely
different
than
what
students
need
now.
So
there's
a
pretty
big
difference.
So
we'll
talk
about
that.
In
a
moment,
but
in
2031
after
the
state
has
participated,
our
capacity
needs
are
going
over,
so
we're
74
seats
over
capacity
the
next
year,
135
seats
over
capacity
as
commissioner
hand
said.
B
Across
all
happening,
I've
taken
a
beat
in
that
room
many
times
never
never
happening
and
I
asked
the
question
six
years
ago.
What
do
I
tell
Mom
and
Dad
and
I
was
told.
That's
not
your
job
and
I
said
when
Mom
and
Dad
say
Well
Mr,
commissioner
you're.
My
representative,
you
tell
me
I,
said
I'm
being
told
it's
our
decision
and
we'll
make
it
when
we
want
to
Town.
U
B
B
Take
that
same
kid
and
shoot
him
to
Calvert
and
it
pumps
up
that
number
there
and
it
keeps
that
number
low
down
there,
because
the
teachers
is
an
equation,
how
many
teachers
get
as
how
many
students
you
have
and
that's
how
that
goes
and
that's
why
years
ago,
when
Patuxent
lost
teachers
and
had
couldn't
have
classes,
they
said
well,
you
know
we
might
could
do
some
online
stuff.
Well,
we
could
boss
them.
It's
political,
just
call
what
it
is
not
complicated.
It's
political!
When
there
wasn't
those
other
schools
they
went
to
Patuxent
wasn't
complicated.
B
Then
they
put
trailers
out
back
then,
when
they
opened
up
it
became
political
and
that's
why
Builders
come
and
beat
on
us
and
go?
Can
you
take
and
raise
it
from
over
a
hundred
percent?
Because
we
want
to
build
these
big
developments
and
stuff
up
here
and
put
the
kids
in
there-
that's
what
it
is
not
complicated.
It's
political.
U
Okay,
so
I
wanted
to
go
over
the
slide,
because
I
wanted
to
just
show
that
the
planned
northern
middle
school
is
not
an
anomaly
compared
to
the
other
schools
around
it,
and
that
also
includes
caliber
middle,
which
is
also
in
that
same
range
as
far
as
the
proposed
capacity,
so
Windy,
Hill,
Middle
and
Plum
Point
middle
are
a
hundred
and
one
thousand
square
feet
each
northern
middle.
The
existing
of
state-rated
capacity,
commissioner
Hart,
as
we
were
just
talking
about,
is
680.
However,
the
square
footage
is
only
88
780
square
feet.
U
B
U
D
B
U
U
We
would
need
that
funding.
So
yes,
so
if
I
could
tell
you
about
northern
middle,
so
essentially
the
new
northern
middle,
what
we're
proposing
is
775
with
a
square
footage
of
104
914,
but
that
includes
3
000
square
feet
of
community
use,
space
for
parks
and
rec,
and
that
is
funded
by
the
state
they
participate
in
that
at
their
at
their
rate.
So
essentially
it's
the
similar
square
footage
as
the
other
middle
schools.
So
what
is.
A
I
B
U
Sorry
continue:
that's,
okay,
so
okay,
so
the
the
current
budget
right
now
is
essentially
bottom
line.
Anticipated
State
share,
33
million
728
000
current
local
share
27
million
one
hundred.
Seventy
five
thousand
for
a
total
budget
of
60.9
million
I
have
broken
down
the
design
and
the
furniture
fixtures
and
equipment
that
it
leaves
you
with
the
highlighted
construction.
U
U
So
the
cost
estimate
factors
associated
with
the
feasibility
study,
of
course,
have
to
do
with
the
fact
that
it's
a
constrained
site.
We
share
a
campus
with
the
high
school
shared
resources,
shared
Bus,
Loop,
shared
Water,
Tower
and
wastewater
treatment
plant.
But
then,
of
course,
when
you
do
that,
you're
going
to
have
a
constrained
site
and
a
lot
of
complicated
phasing,
because
this
project
isn't
bidding
out
till
next
year,
next
fall
winter.
U
The
state
has
different
requirements
for
energy
code
and
HVAC,
and
so
is
essentially
what
that
means
is
our
systems
do
become
more
complex
and
expensive
become
larger,
which
forces
the
building
to
become
larger.
We
have
blueprint
requirements
so
that
we
have
additional
planning
spaces
that
are
needed
for
teachers
and
staff,
and
then
the
existing
building
demolition
is
included
in
this
number,
which
includes
asbestos
abatement
at
the
existing
building.
So
those
are
some
of
the
factors
so
recent
Marilyn
K-12
bids
I
was
able
to
get
this
information
through
the
interagency
commission
on
school
construction.
U
So
this
is
specific.
Maryland
public,
K-12,
Middle
School
costs
per
square
foot
in
2020,
345
dollars
a
square
foot
that
cost
went
up
to
427
dollars
a
square
foot
which
was
a
23.7
percent
increase
in
2022,
the
middle
schools.
That
bid
came
in
at
467
dollars,
a
square
foot
which
is
a
35.3
percent
increase
from
the
2020
Baseline.
Unfortunately,
in
2023
we
have
not
had
any
bids
yet
and
Northern
Middle
is
going
to
be
bidding
late
2024..
U
One
thing
that
we've
done
already
in
design
is:
we've
reduced
the
number
of
phases
compared
to
the
feasibility
study,
so
the
construction
can
be
done
in
terms
of
the
new
building.
In
one
phase
that
is
already
garnering
us
some
estimated
savings,
so
that
is
good.
We're
also
going
to
look
at
potential
square
footage
that
may
we
may
need
to
look
at
as
a
a
future
corn
shell,
we're
going
to
identify
out
alternates
to
try
to
maximize
the
budget,
we're
also
going
to
similar
to
what
we
did
with
Northern
High
School.
U
We're
going
to
look
to
reduce
some
program
square
footage.
However,
we
have
to
be
careful.
We
don't
want
to
go
below
the
line
that
the
state
will
participate
in
or
they
will
participate
in
less
of
a
project.
So
that's
a
very
complex
dance
that
we
have
to
do,
and
then
there
are
some
other
potential
project,
local
allocation
savings
that
we
could
put
towards
northern
middle.
U
A
A
So
I
think
we're
going
to
make
an
adjustment
to
the
agenda.
Yes,
yes
in
room,
and
we
can
do
that.
Okay,
okay!
So
at
this
time
we're
going
to
defer
the
presentation
by
the
Veterans,
Affairs
commission
and
take
our
guests
who
are
on
a
schedule
good
morning,
Mr
County
Executive,
welcome
to
Calvert
County,
so
much
I'm,
almost
afraid
to
sit
in
this
chair.
Welcome
just
don't
talk
about
school,
no.
B
B
AK
We
want
to
continue,
as
commissioner
Hart
said,
to
be
an
advocate
and
to
be
a
partner
in
ensuring
that
the
local
perspective
is
heard
and
respected
in
the
state
and
that
we
continue
to
collaborate
all
of
our
counties
and
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Michael
Sanderson,
our
executive
director
to
briefly
give
a
report
and
then
we'll
have
some
questions.
I
know
you
have
a
robust
rest
of
your
day
agenda.
R
Thank
you
all
Commissioners,
thanks
very
much
for
your
time.
I'm
Michael
Sanderson
director
at
Mako
and
our
group
serves
to
try
and
be
a
voice
on
behalf
of
County
governments
and
all
the
services
that
you
provide
to
Maryland
residents
everywhere.
As
is
our
want.
We
brought
a
nice
thick
packet
with
a
whole
bunch
of
information
about
different
policy
issues
and
topics
and
so
forth,
and
then
I
get
to
deliver
no
I'm
not
going
to
walk
through
the
packet
in
a
whole
lot
of
detail,
and
that's
always
a
nice
little
release
valve.
R
But
it's
there
for
you
and
and
for
for
folks
who
have
have
the
information
for
the
meeting.
I
want
to
take
just
a
few
minutes
to
do
quickly
through
a
few
policy
issues
that
are
not
so
much
Looking
Backward
at
what
happened
last
year
and
last
budget,
but
things
that
are
still
alive
and
ahead.
I
think
that's
probably
where
we
are
on
the
calendar,
so
I'll
try
and
do
that
briskly
and
if
I
give
short
shrift
to
something
or
miss
a
topic.
R
It's
just
a
matter
of
economies
and
we
can
talk
about
anything
else.
That's
on
your
mind
as
well.
So
let
me
let
me
dance
through
a
few
things:
I'll
start
with
the
state's
overall
fiscal
circumstance,
that's
my
background
and
it's
a
big
deal
when
the
state
has
a
budget
problem
or
a
surplus
that
that
tends
to
affect
what
you
all
can
can
accomplish
back
home
I
think
we're
in
that
kind
of
circumstance.
R
The
middle
of
this
last
session,
General
Assembly,
always
they
balance
to
a
certain
number
and
they
refined
it
in
the
month
of
March
before
they
pass
a
budget
in
April
and
they
wrote
down
revenues
by
about
350
million
dollars
in
March,
and
that
was
that
was
sort
of
time
to
take
the
punch
ball
away.
This
party's
getting
a
little
too
raucous
right,
so
that
sent
a
little
bit
of
a
message
around
around
Annapolis
that
maybe
don't
make
those
big
multi-year
funding
commitments,
maybe
we're
not
in
in
a
super
white
hot
economy.
R
After
all,
Nobody
Knows,
the
nature
of
the
economy
like
unemployment
is
super
low
right
now,
but
this
doesn't
feel
like
a
rip
roaring
economy.
In
most
conventional
ways,
the
state
is
going
to
come
back
at
the
end
of
this
month
and
their
their
Board
of
Revenue.
Estimates
will
meet
again
and
reset
numbers
and
I
think
the
smart
wagering
is
that
they
will
write
down
their
estimates
for
the
current
year
and
for
next
year
as
well.
So
if
they
do
that
to
the
tune
of
few
hundred
million
dollars
three
or
four
hundred
million
dollars.
R
That
sounds
like
an
absolutely
enormous
amount
of
money.
In
almost
any
context,
it
is
for
a
65
billion
dollar
state
budget.
400
million
dollars
isn't
an
enormous
number,
but
it
probably
moves
us
from
like
Defcon
3
to
Defcon,
2
and
thinking
about
you
know
how.
How
are
we
going
to
think
about
long-term
spending
commitments?
What's
the
spending
affordability
commitment
committee
that
guides
these
sort
of
things,
what
are
going
to
be
their
limitations
and
so
forth?
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
reserved
sort
of
year.
R
Sometimes
that
puts
County
governments
on
a
little
bit
of
on
our
heels,
we'll
be
we'll
be
ready
for
nip
and
Tuck
suggestions
in
the
budget
cost
shift
here
and
cut
some
program
there.
It's
pretty
common,
that's
actually
more
common
than
not
so
the
last
few
years
of
having
relatively
easy
budgets
may
be
behind
us.
What
does
that
mean
for
the
state's
commitment
to
Public
Schools
we're
three
years
or
so
into
the
10-year
plan?
The
the
blueprint
for
Maryland,
the
Kerwin
commission's
recommendation?
Call
it
whichever
you
like.
R
R
So
I,
don't
know
what
that
portends
for
the
state,
the
state's
in
something
of
a
different
position.
The
the
voters
several
years
ago
refined
the
workings
of
an
education
trust
fund.
Casino
money
goes
into
an
education
trust
fund
and
needs
to
be
used
for
just
new
spending
on
education
stuff.
Some
of
it
has
gone
into
construction
projects,
but
a
lot
of
it
has
been
basically
sitting
in
that
trust
fund
waiting
to
pay
for
the
state's
cost
of
the
blueprint.
R
So
basically,
they've
got
money
in
the
sock
for
24
25
26
and
they
start
feeling
that
pinch
in
27.
so
they're
not
quite
feeling
the
pressure.
The
same
way
County
governments
are
but
Baltimore
city
and
Prince,
George's
County
and
a
number
of
smaller
jurisdictions
are
already
feeling
that
pressure
locally
and
we
serve
the
same
residents.
We
read
the
same
newspapers.
It's
in
the
air,
I,
don't
know
what
that's
going
to
mean
for
refinement
or
more
attention.
R
R
I'll
be
brief.
On
a
couple
other
topics:
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
the
state
legislature
passed
and
then
refined
a
law
to
have
employers
offer
paid
leave
paid
family
leave
for
their
employees.
That's
a
big
broad
policy.
It's
going
to
work
more
or
less
like
unemployment
insurance,
where
you
pay
a
premium
into
a
state
program,
and
then
the
state
pays.
R
The
pays
the
benefits
last
year,
we
smoothed
the
path
for
employers
like
most
counties,
who
already
are
in
the
strong
benefits
business
to
basically
opt
out
of
that
state
system
and
run
your
own
thing.
We
are
in
the
midst
of
working
with
the
our
sister
Association
made
the
association
of
boards
of
Education,
the
municipal
League.
It
looks
like
we'll
have
community
colleges
and
libraries
and
others
pull
together,
and
do
this
as
a
co-op.
R
We
want
that
to
be
a
plug
and
play
option
for
for
counties
to
probably
bring
down
costs,
and
if
we
all
go
to
bid
together,
we
probably
can
bring
down
the
cost
of
the
of
the
actual
service
providers.
On
behalf
of
this
might
turn
into
30
40
50
entities.
So
I
think
that's
that's
in
the
offing.
You're,
probably
in
the
midst
of
trying
to
decide
where
to
position
the
county
on
those
things.
B
B
R
AB
R
Larger
universe,
who
doesn't
opt
out
the
benefits,
don't
start
rolling
until
the
beginning
of
2025..
So
so,
there's
a
window
of
time
before
this
before
this
really
gets
up
and
running
so
anyhow,
we're
in
the
implementation
phase,
but
mako's
trying
to
deliver
a
product
to
make
it
easier
for
towns,
counties,
libraries
and
so
forth.
To
do
this
together
that,
rather
than
everybody
on
their
own
I'll
mention
adult
use
cannabis
the
voters
weighed
in
and
said
they
wanted
that
to
be
no
longer
no
longer
illegal
under
Maryland
law.
R
The
easy
part
of
the
rollout
was
this
past
July
1,
where
the
sellers
who
were
already
licensed
and
cited
for
for
medical
use
could
expand
into
commercial
use.
You
got
more
coming,
there's
more
licensees.
Coming
it'll
come
to
you
all
for
citing
decisions
and
so
forth.
They
have.
The
state
has
not
given
us
a
particularly
good
game
plan
for
local
zoning
and
for
site
approval
and
so
forth.
They
use
the
term
in
the
legislation
of
reasonable
zoning,
which
it
doesn't
exist
anywhere
in
Maryland
law.
R
We've
got
case
laws
stacked
up
to
here,
for
what
is
and
is
not.
Okay
in
the
zoning
process,
reasonable
zoning
sounds
like
more
opportunities
for
folks
to
sue
their
County.
If
they're
not
happy
about
their
location
choices,
I
don't
know
where
this
is
going
to
end
up.
Some
of
it
may
be
in
court.
Some
of
it
may
be
back
in
legislation.
Maryland
went
with
a
relatively
low
tax
tax
rate
strategy.
R
You
want
them
back
at
a
licensed,
supervised,
regulated
seller,
so
lower
tax
seems
like
a
reasonable
direction
to
go.
They
did
leave
local
government
government
virtually
out
of
that
process.
We
we
got
a
smaller
piece
of
a
smaller
pie
than
any
other
state
that
has
local
governments,
basically
doing
the
sighting
and
Community
efforts
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff.
So
that's
unfortunate,
maybe
another
bite
at
that
Apple,
Ira.
I,
honestly,
don't
know
it's
recreational
tax
proposed
ad.
It's
it's
going
to
mirror
it's
going
to
mirror
the
nine
percent
tax
for
alcoholic
beverage.
R
B
They
take
that
nine
percent,
so
you
know
originally
when
that
was
sold
in
that
was
sold
in.
Obviously
it's
always
under
education
for
kids
didn't
go
there,
but
there
there
was
a
talk
that
what
would
come
back
to
local
jurisdictions
and
it
it's
so
minuscule.
Was
there
going
to
be
any
provisions
put
in
that
nine
percent
that
what's
sold
in
that
jurisdiction
will
stay
up
portion
in
that
or
all
goes
back
to.
R
General
fund
back
to
the
state
general
fund,
although
there
is
a
big
chunk
of
that
money,
that's
that's
back
to
I'm
gonna
blank
on
the
name
of
the
fund,
but
there's
nominally
they
want
to
see
some
social
reinvestment
come
from
this,
as
opposed
to
all
of
it
being
state
general
fund
money
and
it
sounds
like
there
will
be
a
role
for
County
governing
bodies
to
help
help
identify
non-profits
in
the
community
and
so
forth.
That
might
be
recipients
of
those
grants.
R
O
R
That
that'll
be
run
through
the
state
and
there's
going
to
be
a
state
cannabis
commission
that
manages
all
those
whether
you
get
a
license
and
whether
you
get
it
suspended
and
revoked,
and
so
we're
not
going
to
create
the
entire
farm
team
down
at
local
governments
like
we
have
for
for
liquor
and
alcoholic
beverages.
But
on
the
tax
side
they
had
an
opportunity
to
follow
a
model
and
just
didn't
do
it.
We
may
or
may
not
get
a
second
bite
at
that.
R
I
want
to
be
I,
don't
want
to
be
over
optimistic
some
and
let
me
close
with
one
more
thing
and
and
I'll
be
skipping
other
stuff,
but
happy
to
get
into
whatever
else
you'd
like
to
talk
about
as
we've
been
visiting
lots
of
jurisdictions.
Your
counterparts
from
across
the
state,
both
large
and
small
counties,
are
really
concerned
about
being
able
to
bring
in
the
next
wave
of
firefighters.
R
Ems
is
its
own
problem
with
a
bunch
of
challenges,
but
whether
it's
volunteer
year
or
career,
or
a
mix
of
both
getting
new
folks
to
walk
in
the
door.
The
training
burden
is
substantial.
The
time
commitment
is
substantial
and
we're
up
against
some
demographic,
Trends
I
think
as
well.
You
come
put
all
that
stuff.
Together,
we
got
an
awful
lot
of
68
year
old
veterans.
You
know
who
are
who
have
been
on
the
you
know:
volunteer
company
for
45
years
still
running
rides
because
there's
no
28
year
old
to
back
them
up.
R
We
did
a
blue
ribbon
commission
Annapolis
kind
of
likes
that
bring
everybody
together
and
give
us
some
specific
suggestions.
That
was
last
year's
Bill.
Our
hope
is
to
try
and
pursue
something
this
year.
It'll
probably
take
some
resources
from
the
state
to
you
know,
enhance
your
low
sap
or
give
them
some
help
with
the
training
or
educational
opportunities.
For
folks
who
give
time,
we
already
have
a
few
tax
related
tools
in
the
toolbox,
but
I
think
we
need
more
and
we
need
some
help
from
the
state
on
that
front.
R
So
we're
in
the
actively
working
on
that
towards
some
recommendations
come
to
come
December
and
a
bill
come
January,
so
top
priority
for
an
awful
lot
of
our
county
is
really
worried
about
it.
With
that
I've,
given
short
Thrift
to
an
awful
lot
of
different
topics,
we
take
up,
you
know
seven
or
eight
hundred
bills
in
a
typical
legislative
session.
We
take
positions
on
200
or
more
I
could
be
here
for
four
hours.
You
don't
want
that.
They
don't
want
that.
A
So
we
greatly
appreciate
the
support
and
that
you
all
provide
to
a
small
County
like
us.
You
know
we
couldn't
do
it
without
you,
and
you
know
you
raised
all
the
issues
that
we
talk
about.
You
know.
Unfunded
mandates
are
not
funded
enough.
Mandates
recently
had
a
conversation
with
the
governor
and
told
him.
You
know
blueprint
what
what
it's
doing
to
us
is
all
the
money
we
give
them
now
is
going
to
go
to
salaries
and
they
can't
improve
programs.
A
Add
new
programs,
you
know
meet
needs
of
students
because
we
can
barely
afford
to
give
them
the
money
for
the
salaries
and
it's
just
gonna
in
the
end,
I
think
it's
going
to
harm
the
school
systems
and
not
benefit
the
school
systems
but
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir.
You
know,
but
we
we
really
enjoy
and
appreciate
the
membership
of
Mako
and
partnering
up
with
all
of
our
other
rural
counties.
They
don't
know
where
we
are
most
of
the
time,
and
so
we
appreciate
the
efforts
and.
O
A
Want
to
say
my
time
at
Mako,
you
know
it
was
never
big
counties
against
small
counties
or
rurals
against
you
know.
We
all
work
together
and
we'd
have
issues
with
differing
opinions,
but
we
always
worked
it
out
and
came
to
consensus
so
that
you
don't
see
that
often
in
every
organization,
but
just
I
mean
unless
my
fellowship.
D
B
E
Yeah
I
think
blueprints
would
be
to
focus.
I
mean,
let's,
let's
put
a
significant
strain
on.
Probably
every
county
in
the
state
of
Maryland
something's
got
to
be
done
at
state
level
to
correct
that
it
has
to
be
and
I'm
sure
you
guys
hear
it
every
day,
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
and.
Y
Maker
we
heard
from,
as
you
know,
heard
from
a
couple
of
small
counties
who
said
they
absolutely
cannot
afford
it
and
they're
going
to
let
the
chips
fall
where
they
may.
Another
thing,
I'm
our
Mako
representative
and
last
year
was
all
new
for
me
and
I
appreciate
all
that
you
do
and
sometimes
I
felt
like
a
fish
out
of
water,
but
you
know
I
was
reeled
right
back
in
and
very
impressed
with
the
work
that
you
all
do.
Thank.
AK
AK
We
talked
to
the
governor,
the
presiding
officers,
we're
hopeful
that
they're
going
to
take
another
look
at
blueprint
because
we
all
want
the
best
teaching
and
learning
environment
for
all
of
our
kids.
How
do
we
get
there
in
a
affordable,
sustainable
way?
That'll
actually
help
our
kids
and
our
Educators
and
I
think
we
need
to
take
another
look
and
I.
Think
everyone
recognizes
that
and
so
now
together
maybe
we
can
create
a
path
forward.
D
A
D
O
B
A
Yeah
and
people
what
people
a
lot
of
people
don't
understand.
That
was
just
the
first
part
they're
going
to
need
another
13
million
or
more
next
year,
just
to
meet
blueprint
and
then
the
year
after
that,
there's
going
to
be
more
just
to
me
and
it
grows
as
you
know,
and
for
us
that's
a
big
bite.
You
know
we're
forever.
B
A
A
R
December
December
6th
to
8th,
Dorchester
County,
the
usual.
You
know
deep
engagement,
that's
the
roll
up.
The
sleeves
December
right
now,
not
like
August
I
will
say
that
it's
it's
close
confines
and
it's
right
before
the
start
of
the
legislative
session.
So
we
take
full
advantage
of
that.
We
go
out
of
our
way
to
try
and
bring
legislators
to
that
event
like
what
I
like
is
a
panel
talking
about
a
challenge
we're
facing
at
the
county
level,
and
we
have
the
chair
of
the
committee.
A
P
So
Jennifer
Moreland,
director
of
Community,
Resources
and
I,
have
with
me
Dr
Brandon,
Temple
who's,
our
veterans,
affairs,
chair
and
Patricia
McCoy
who's,
our
veterans
affairs
Vice,
chair
I,
will
say.
This
is
the
second
year
that
the
that
we've
been
before
you
and
our
department
really
stands
behind.
Supporting
this
and
I
want
to
give
special
credit
to
Lorraine
Joyner
who's,
not
with
us
my
assistant
executive
assistant,
because
she
is
committed
to
this.
H
AL
S
G
AL
Here
we
are
created
by
a
resolution
by
this
board
in
March
of
2021,
and
we
had
our
first
meeting
in
August
of
2021,
and
here
we
are
two
years
later.
Let's
move
very
quickly
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
good
work
in
that
time
period
and,
in
a
short
time
period
having
to
come
together.
You
know
the
the
foreman
Storming
Norman,
all
those
things
you
have
to
do
within
a
group
to
get
going.
We've
done
that
pretty
quickly
and
it's
it's
been
great.
AL
AL
AL
We
also
have
two
statutory
ex-officio
members,
so
we
have
one
from
the
board
of
from
your
board.
We
have
a
member
that
is
our
exhibition.
Member,
that's
Melanie,
Woodson
from
Human
Resources
is
in
the
back
and
we
also
have
a
statutory
relationship
with
the
College
of
Southern
Maryland.
This
last
year,
we've
expanded
that
membership
to
University
of
Maryland
Global
Campus,
who
does
tremendous
work
around
the
world
with
our
military
service,
members
and
veterans?
AL
In
fact,
my
first
college
course
I
ever
took
was
through
University
of
Maryland
Global
Campus,
while
I
was
stationed
in
Korea
at
20
years
old.
So
when
they
came
to
talk
to
us,
I
had
a
story
to
tell
them
like
you
got
me
started
in
my
education
Journey,
which
ended
up
in
a
PhD
so
like
they
got
me
started
and
it's
great
to
have
that
relationship
and
then
also
ex-officio
member
with
the
Calvert
Library
who's,
probably
been
our
most
important
partnership
in
this
last
year
and
I'm
glad
Kerry's.
Here,
oh.
AL
All
right.
This
is
our
vision
and
mission
statement
that
we
created
in
the
first
few
months
that
we're
together
as
a
group-
and
you
see
in
the
vision
it's
really
focused
on
on
receiving
our
benefits
and
services
that
our
veterans
are
entitled
to,
and
that's
not
just
veterans,
but
also
military
personnel
living
in
the
county.
But
the
mission
statement
really
I
think
bring
home
what
we're
really
trying
to
do
here.
It's
not
just
about
entitlements
and
benefits.
AL
It's
about
creating
a
community,
it's
about
creating
some
fellowship
between
our
veterans
to
support
one
another
here
in
the
county
and
to
be
there
for
one
another.
Like
you
talked
about
today
in
the
suicide
awareness
month.
It's
that
peer-to-peer
support
that
oftentimes
Saves
a
Life,
because
we
can
speak
the
same
language
as
one
another.
So
we
want
to
really
create
that
fellowship
and
then
also
bring
awareness
to
the
county
of
those
who
don't
who've,
never
served
or
don't
know
anybody
who
served
to
kind
of
close
that
gap
between
those
two
groups.
AL
All
right,
and
as
commissioner
Hart,
who
left
told
us
earlier
yeah,
he
runs
a
business
and
he
doesn't
have
all
the
answers
to
everything
and
in
all
of
your
lives,
you've
been
in
business
and
work,
and
you
know
that
you
have
to
rely
on
folks
to
come
in
experts
to
give
you
the
information.
You
need
to
be
successful
and
we
do
this
every
month,
Pat's.
Actually
our
coordinator
for
our
community
connections
and
we
have
at
our
monthly
meetings.
AL
We
have
somebody
come
in
to
talk
to
us
about
an
issue,
that's
important
to
to
veterans
in
the
local
community.
So
you
can
see
the
list
here,
everything
from
the
housing
to
education,
to
caregiver,
support
which
has
been
a
huge
identified
issue
in
the
county
and
all
the
way
to
end
of
life
care
for
our
veterans
from
the
hospice
of
the
Chesapeake.
So
we
need
that
input
to
inform
our
decision
making
to
inform
our
objectives
and
how
we
think
we
need
to
best
help
the
county
and
the
veterans
in
it.
AL
All
right,
we
also
have
a
certificate
of
appreciation
program
that
we've
instituted
to
recognize
the
businesses
around
this
County
that
bend
over
backwards
to
support
our
veterans,
and
you
see
there
bull,
Rush's,
Cafe
up
top,
providing
you
know:
periodic
free
breakfasts
to
Veterans
on
Tuesdays,
and
these
breakfasts
are
made
possible
for
businesses
like
CJ
Johnson,
who
supports
and
funsies
and
they've,
also
just
extended
that
to
First
Responders
as
well
on
different
days,
so
they're
they're
expanding
that
out
to
Beyond
just
veterans
like
I,
said
the
Calvert
Library.
That's
the
picture
you
see
there.
AL
Calvert
Library
has
been
a
huge
partner
in
our
work
and
we
want
to
increase
this
out
into
the
community.
So
if
anybody
on
the
board
or
anybody
in
this
room
knows
somebody
who's
out
there
helping
veterans
and
thinks
they
need
recognition,
we're
happy
to
take
those
inputs
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
get
recognized
by
the
community.
AL
Some
of
the
feedback
we've
gotten
this
year
and
a
lot
of
our
different
meetings
and
public
events
that
we've
had
is
always
access
to
information.
The
VA
is
a
both
Maryland
and
the
the
federal
it's
a
very
complex
system,
and
what
we've
seen
is
that
you
know
especially
the
older
veterans
and
their
families.
They
have
a
harder
time,
navigating
the
systems
because
they're
not
used
to
working
on
a
computer.
We
hear
this
over
and
over
and
over
again
like
we
don't
know
how
to
use
a
computer.
So
that's
another
great
relationship.
AL
We
have
at
Calvert
Library.
They
offer
those
types
of
services.
We
like
to
walk
you
through
the
internet
and
they
have
a
veterans
team
over
there
that
can
kind
of
work
them
through
some
of
that
stuff,
Mental
Health
and
Medical
Care.
This
is
not
just
unique
to
Calvert
County.
This
is
everywhere.
This
is
Nationwide.
We're
hearing
a
lot
about
that
transportation
to
VA
facilities.
Main
facilities
are
in
Baltimore
and
DC.
You
know,
thankfully,
we
have
some
new
computer
community-based,
outpatient
clinics
that
are
in
Lexington,
Park
and
and
in
Charlotte,
Hall
and
I
know.
H
Said
it
was
fantastic
that
death
C
Buck
is
absolutely
phenomenal.
One
of
the
issues
that
they're
having
not
just
the
sea
box
here
in
southern
Maryland,
but
all
over
is
Staffing
they're,
not
taking
any
new
patients
at
the
cboc
and
Charlotte
Hall,
because
they're
short
doctors,
and
so
that's
things
that
they're
working
on
but
I
mean
it's
a
facility.
If
you've
got
ever
get
a
chance
to
go
down
there,
it
is
phenomenal.
AL
And
you
talked
about
the
commissioner
heart
just
the
feeling,
some
of
these
key
jobs
and
nursing
and
other
Specialties
is
just
so
tough
across
the
country
and
even
tougher
when
you're
working
with
smaller
counties
like,
however,
St
Mary's
also
caregiver
support
resources.
This
is
when
we
keep
hearing
over
and
over
again,
because
what
happens
is
a
lot
of
these
veterans
are
older
and
they're
no
longer
mobile
or
they
they
no
longer.
AL
You
know,
speak
in
some
cases
and
what's
left
is
a
spouse
who
did
not
serve
but
is
now
trying
to
figure
out
this
complex
system,
that
is
the
VA
and
with
all
that,
all
the
problems
that
come
with
it
of
having
a
power
of
attorney
to
do
certain
decisions
on
part
of
a
veteran
or
just
to
file
paperwork.
It's
just
this
huge.
AL
It's
a
huge
issue
and
we
heard
that
we
had
a
caregiver
support
from
the
dcva
come
down
and
talk
to
us,
and
then
we
had
an
event
at
the
Calvert
Library,
where
we
actually
brought
in
the
DC
VA
to
do
caregiver,
support
briefings
to
the
the
county
and
also
be
there
to
sign
people
up
for
different
programs
that
they
have
available
for
them.
That's
everything
from
respite.
If
they
needed
to
go,
you
know,
go
shopping
and
have
somebody
stay
with
the
veteran
when
they're
in
care
or
many
of
the
other
programs
out
there.
H
Coming
up
at
the
County
Fair,
the
Veterans
Affairs
commission
will
have
our
attempt
there
and
we
will
have
several
representatives
from
the
dcba
that
will
be
coming
down
to
talk
to
us
concerning
the
caregiver
support.
So
and
we've
got
several
other
people
from
different
areas
like
the
Millennials.
She
calls
it
Millennial
podcast
for
the
younger
veterans
to
get
information
out
to
them.
There's
things
we're
working
in
progress
and
working
on
every
day
and.
AL
That's
the
hard
part
about
veterans,
is
you
have
some
24
year
olds
that
are
veterans,
and
then
you
have
World
War
II
I
think
we
have
two
World
War
II
veterans
in
the
county,
so
you
imagine
that
span
75
years
of
people
and
and
how
each
of
those
different
demographics
communicates
their
different
needs,
and
it
is
the
full
gamut
of
things
you
can.
You
can
think
of,
and
it's
a
difficult
problem
and
in
many
ways
the
VA
has
an
impossible
task
to
to
do
that.
AL
Y
To
be
doing
well,
it's
so
smart
to
have
that
tent
at
the
fair
and
to
bring
those
representatives
in
because,
as
you're
going
through
this
I'm
thinking,
how
do
they
get
these
people?
How
does
the
public
find
out
you
know,
and
sometimes
people
are
have
mental
health
issues.
They
have
PTSD,
they
don't
know
where
to
turn
they
go
within
themselves
and
we're
dealing
now
with
caregiver
for
my
dad
and
it
wears
a
caregiver
out.
It
definitely
does
so.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
AL
Absolutely
and
you're
right
then,
we'll
I'll
cover
this
a
little
bit
later
or
maybe
discover
now,
but
since
you
mentioned
it,
but
the
communications
piece
is
something:
we've
really
been
working
on,
because
you
know
the
now
in
this
day
and
age,
we
automatically
think
about
we'll
put
it
on
Facebook
or
we'll
put
it
out
in
an
email.
What
we're
hearing
from
a
lot
of
these
caregivers,
these
senior
caregivers,
is
they
still
read
the
you
know
the
local
paper?
That's
where
they
get
their
information?
AL
They
don't
know
how
to
use
email
or
social
media,
and
if
they
did,
they
don't
want
to
use
it.
You
know,
that's
that's
we're
getting
that
feedback.
So
that's.
That's
part
of
the
problem,
we're
having
is
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
can
reach
the
most
people
possible
using
all
the
means
possible,
but
you
know
you
can't
put
out
radio
ads
and
it
that
has
the
cost
associated
with
it.
So
it's
really
trying
to
figure
out.
AL
What's
the
best
way
to
reach
people-
and
that's
part
of
you
know-
here's
another
example
that
we
have
hard
copy.
We
have
internet
links,
but
our
veteran
resource
guide.
We
have
you
know
those
business
cards
that
we
hand
out
that
have
a
QR
code
and
a
lot
of
folks
don't
know
how
to
use
a
QR
code,
so
we're
happy
to
teach
them
on
the
spot.
AL
That's
right
and
that's
the
other.
You
know
a
lot
of
folks
feel
like
they
don't
want
any
benefits,
so
they
don't
deserve
any
benefits.
That's
another
big
issue
out.
There
is
hey,
my
buddy
didn't
come
back
or
my
buddy
came
back
with
no
legs,
and
you
know
I'm
just
sitting
here
with
my
own
mental
problems.
It's
no
one
else's
business.
You
know
who
am
I
to
complain,
that's
just
one
scenario,
but
that
happens
over
and
over.
It's
that
comparative.
You
compare
yourself
to
others
who
you
served
with
and
you
feel
like.
AL
You
don't
need
anything,
and
then
it
comes
time
to
when
you
do
and
you
hadn't
paid
attention
or
sought
it
out
before
and
you
don't
know
where
to
start,
and
it
is
a
complex
system
to
to
navigate
and
figure
out.
Where
do
I
start
to
get
the
benefit
that
I
need,
and
this
is
one
of
the
resources
we
have.
It
says
it's
living
documents,
so
we're
constantly
updating
this
and
anytime.
It's
updated.
AL
It's
updated
in
real
time,
and
if
you
go
to
that
QR
code
like
the
County
Administrator
just
did
and
I
updated
something
in
10
minutes.
He
went
back,
it
would
show
the
new
information
on
there,
so
we
try
to
keep
that
up
as
much
as
possible.
We
have
that
ready.
Every
time
we
have
the
tent
set
up
at
a
local
event,.
E
AL
H
H
To
get
a
doctor
and
I
went
down
there
one
day
and
got
it
and
they
laughed
at
me,
I
said:
well,
maybe
one
of
the
doctors
I
need
to
see
the
psychiatrist,
but
it
was
it's
a
very
simple
process
and
you've
got
but
you've
got
to
be
registered
in
the
VA
system
before
you
can
get
one
of
those
cards
so
that
something,
if
you're
a
veteran
you're
not
registered,
you
need
to
get
registered
into
the
DCB.
The
VA
system.
AL
Some
of
the
events
we've
had
this
year,
we
were
at
the
Calvert
County
Fair.
Last
year
we
did
a
joint
Booth
with
the
American
Legion
this
year,
we're
going
to
be
back
in
2023,
but
we're
going
to
have
our
own
separate
Booth.
We
use
some
of
the
the
funds
that
were
made
available
on
the
commission
last
year
to
purchase
that
and
give
us
some.
You
know,
infrastructure
to
participate
in
these
events.
National
veterans,
Zone
business
week,
is
coming
up
as
well.
AL
That's
something
we
work
with
the
Department
of
the
economic
department
on,
and
they
really
have
the
ball
in
that
and
we
support
them
any
way
they.
They
need
to
community
resource
day
again
with
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
here
with
the
gold
star
families
and
the
monthly
military
child
back
in
April.
We
want
to
continue
those
types
of
proclamations
each
year
to
keep
awareness
up
and
to
keep
people
involved.
AL
The
Memorial
Day
ceremonies,
which
I
see
many
of
you
add
as
well,
both
here
at
the
courthouse
and
over
at
stars
and
stripes
in
Chesapeake
Beach.
We
want
to
keep
doing
that
and
then
the
library
meet
and
greet
events
and
the
caregiver
event.
So
in
January
we
had
a
Veterans
Affairs
commission
meet
and
greet
at
the
Calvert
Library.
We
had
about
20
folks
show
up
from
the
county
to
ask
us
questions
and
introduce
themselves
and
from
that
we've
seen
increased
participation
in
our
monthly
meetings.
AL
People
showing
up
online
people
showing
up
in
person
to
to
be
there
and
actually
add
input
and
add
value
to
what
we're
doing
there,
which
we
we're
open
to
encourage
our
social
media
reach.
And
you
know,
as
we
talked
about
in
improving
our
Communications
we've
gone
out
and
worked
with
CMR
here
in
the
county,
to
to
do
those
posts
and
then
work
within
our
informal
networks
to
share
these
posts.
And,
as
you
can
see,
you
know
over
a
hundred
thousand
hundred,
fifty
thousand
Impressions
on
our
posts
and
some
shares.
AL
But
that's
just
one
way
to
get
at
communication
and
we
got
to
figure
out
better
ways
to
get
at
in,
particularly
the
the
older
communities,
and
we
have
talked
to
the
Office
of
Aging
and
some
other
entities
in
the
county.
To
kick
around
some
ideas
of
what
we
can
do
there
like
just
even
putting
up
something
on
their
bulletin
board
at
the
office
of
HR,
the
community
centers
Etc,
that
type
of
thing
and
there's
a
you
know:
here's
just
kind
of
a
list
of
the
accomplish
accomplishments.
AL
We've
done
this
last
year,
we
just
recognizing
those
who
support
veterans,
enhancing
and
expanding
our
ex-officio
membership,
we're
very
active
at
the
state
level,
with
their
Veterans
Affairs
commissions
and
their
Veterans
Affairs
events
that
they
have,
and
also
here
in
southern
Maryland,
with
the
four
County
Council
Etc.
So
we're
involved
in
all
those
things.
The
veterans
court
initiative
is
something
we've
worked
with
the
state's
attorney
Harvey
on
it's
we're
not
quite
sure.
Yet.
AL
If
Calvert
County
has
the
the
numbers
for
a
veterans
court,
but
what
we
have
done
through
Mr
Harvey
has
worked
in
southern
Maryland.
To
get
veteran,
are
you
a
veteran
on
the
intake
form
for
any
of
those
criminals
that
are
coming
in
or
those
who
are
accused
of
a
crime
and
then
see
if
they
can
be
pushed
into
one
of
the
mental
health
or
drug
courts?
O
AL
Know
and
here's
our
goals
for
the
next
year
we're
coming
into
our
third
year,
and
we
want
to
build
that
Communications
plan
and
we
want
to
have
that
claims
clinic
in
the
county
and
that
what
that
would
do
was
allow
folks
to
come
in
with
their
paperwork
at
an
appointment
and
actually
file
their
claim
here
in
the
county.
We
had
it
set
up
for
August
of
this
year
and
there's
been
some
churn
at
the
state
level
as
they
transitioned
administrations
and
long
story
short.
They
got
busy
and
they
couldn't
do
it.
AL
So
we
had
to
push
it
to
April,
so
in
April,
2024,
we're
hoping
to
have
that
claims
clinic
at
the
Calvert
Library,
where
they're
gonna
have
40
slots
for
individuals
to
come
in
with
their
paperwork
sign
up
for
that
slot
talk
to
somebody
what
they
need
to
bring
and
actually
file
the
paperwork
that
day.
So
the
VA
will
be
here
to
push
that
button
and
enter
into
the
system,
and
that's
something
we
don't
have
here
in
the
county
and
most
times
folks
have
to
go.
You
know
elsewhere
to
do
that.
AL
So
we
we
had
the
hospice
of
Chesapeake
come
out,
I've
been
doing
honor
salutes
for
them
for
the
last
couple
months
and
it's
a
fantastic
volunteer
experience
very
sobering,
but
very
rewarding
for
the
families
as
they're.
You
know,
seeing
their
loved
ones,
often
to
the
next
life,
and
it
gave
us
kind
of
the
idea
that
we
want
to
increase,
volunteer
opportunities
for
veterans
and
Military
folks
in
the
county
and
other
means
as
well.
W
H
I
A
AL
A
AB
Does
the
board
adopted
a
resolution
in
1989
intending
to
maintain
the
order
and
decorum
of
the
governmental
process
a
copy
is
found
here
to
my
right,
along
with
resolution.
51-20
persons
are
welcome
to
address
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
on
any
matter
Germaine
to
the
business
of
County
government
persons
addressing
the
board
shall
refrain
from
statements,
remarks
or
conduct.
That
is
uncivil,
rude,
vulgar,
profane
or
otherwise,
disruptive
to
the
conducting
of
the
board's
business.
AB
All
speakers
must
identify
themselves
on
whether
speaking
as
an
individual
would
be
allocated
two
minutes
or
as
a
authorized
representative
of
a
group.
Will
you
be
allocated
five
for
those
attending
virtually
a
few
brisks
to
speak?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
meeting
room
who
wishes
to
provide
public
comment.
Q
My
name
is
Katie
Blevins
and
I'm.
Speaking
for
myself,
I
want
to
address
the
proposed
and
long
overdue
performance
audit
of
the
school
system,
which
the
Boe
doesn't
have
to
agree
to
by
law.
You
have
the
power
to
order
it
at
your
joint
meeting
with
the
Boe
in
July,
you
had
the
opportunity
to
review
nine
categories
which
comprise
a
full
performance
audit.
Unsurprisingly,
that
list
was
narrowed
down
considerably
to
three
items.
Q
I
brought
your
attention,
serious
crimes
committed
in
ccps
like
procurement,
fraud
and
bid
rigging,
and
the
district
funding
extra
prescription
Insurance
to
supply
former
Sheriff
Mike
Evans
drug
ring
and
health
insurance
to
pay
the
many
local
medical
providers
who
are
prescribed
for
it,
which
was
a
payoff
Evans
extorted
from
the
last
superintendent
to
look
the
other
way
on
crimes
committed
against
children
in
the
system.
There's
also
the
big
problem
with
ccps,
not
knowing
where
a
large
chunk
of
their
24
million
dollar
fund
balance
came
from,
meaning
the
money
can't
be
spent
in
case
it's
restricted.
Q
If
you
care
so
much
about
transparency,
why
did
you
narrowed
the
proposed
audit
down
to
only
three
categories,
especially
those
least
likely
to
uncover
proof
of
crimes?
A
full
performance
audit
will
cost
more
than
the
limited
audit
you
chose,
but
who
cares?
You
have
complained
for
so
long.
You
have
no
power
over
ccps,
but
could
have
ordered
not
years
ago
and
are
now
finally
exercising
that
power.
You
should
exercise
it
to
the
fullest
extent.
Q
It
seems
like
you
only
want
to
figure
out
how
to
provide
less
funding
to
ccps,
but
are
concerned
with
the
people
who
have
been
hurt
or
crimes
committed,
which
is
anything
but
transparent.
You
need
to
order
a
full
performance
audit,
which
is
still
nowhere
near
as
thorough
as
a
forensic
and
comprehensive
audit.
There
are
a
lot
bigger
worries
than
125
retirement.
Watches
to
cover
terrible
crimes
have
been
committed.
A
lot
of
people
have
been
hurt
and
heart
enhanced.
You
know
about
it.
When
people
find
out
what
you've
known
they're
going
to
be
appalled.
Q
AA
Good
good
afternoon,
Commissioners
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
concerned
citizens
of
Calvert
County,
why
we
need
an
audit,
take
a
tour
of
the
Northern
High
School
campus
and
look
at
the
inequities
between
the
girls
and
boys
sports
facilities
and
to
figure
out
what
happened
to
the
290
thousand
dollars
that
was
originally
appropriated
for
eight
tennis
courts
for
Northern
High,
School,
tennis
team,
half
of
which
were
never
built.
The
original
Ed
Speck
stated
eight
tennis
courts
for
the
girls
and
boys
tennis
team.
AA
Only
four
were
built,
putting
Northern
High
School
at
a
major
disadvantage
when
playing
Huntingtown
a
school
with
eight
tennis
courts
built
19
years
ago.
Where
did
the
money
go?
We
need
to
know
how
the
decisions
and
money
is
being
allocated.
Why
did
the
Board
of
Ed
approve
124
360
dollars
for
the
purchase
of
two
new
2020
Ford
Rangers
and
two
new
2019
Ford
F3
350
pickup
trucks
for
Northern,
High
School?
Why
does
Northern
High
School
need
four
new
trucks?
Where
are
these
pick
up?
Trucks
housed?
AA
How
did
Northern
High
School
recruit
or
entice
the
former
head
football
coach
for
my
successful
program
at
Patuxent,
High
School
to
Northern,
with
a
struggling
football
program
penalized
with
sanctions?
The
former
head
coach
stated:
four
of
the
new
coaches
will
be
former
head
football
coaches.
What
was
the
budget
for
the
former
head
coach
and
the
four
new
coaches?
After
three
years
the
coach
stepped
down
and
left
for
DeMatha
High
School,
which
has
a
top
nationally
ranked
football
program.
AA
Northern
northern's
present
head
football
coach
hails
from
Mount
St
Joseph
High
School
in
Baltimore,
where
he
coached
the
team
to
their
first
state
championship.
I
was
Northern
able
to
recruit
a
top
coach.
What
was
the
enticement?
It's
analogous
to
coach,
Nick
Saban,
leaving
Alabama
to
coach
a
Towson
University
or
former
Duke
basketball
coach
gay
to
coach
at
Rutgers.
How
much
did
that
cost?
What
is
the
budget
for
the
new
head
coach
and
his
coaching
staff
in
2018
Northern,
combined
Varsity
in
JB
football
ball
teams
at
a
130
player
roster.
AA
Their
practice
field
is
twice
as
large
as
a
football
field,
and
home
games
are
played
in
the
football
stadium,
while
100
yards
away.
The
combined
varsity
and
JV
field
hockey
team
share
a
practice
field
with
the
girls
varsity
soccer
team
and
the
boys
varsity
soccer
team.
Let
me
reiterate
that
is
four
teams
practicing
on
one
field,
this
inept
field
creates
this
inept
field.
Split,
creates
a
chaotic
and
inefficient
atmosphere
for
the
members
of
all
teams
to
acquire
the
time
and
space
needed
to
facilitate
constructive
practices.
Home
games
for
the
varsity
field.
AA
Hockey
teams
is
played
on
the
practice
field,
not
in
the
football
stadium.
There
has
been
an
upgrade
to
the
football
stadium
since
the
new
Northern
was
built,
new
home
team
bleachers,
another
section
of
new
bleachers
new
Press
Box,
new
PA
system,
new
lights
and
flagpoles
temporary
locker
room
with
new
locker
room
projected.
There
always
seems
to
be
money
for
the
football
program
and
not
any
money
for
the
other
team
teams.
AA
AA
The
baseball
team
got
a
new
base,
got
a
new,
beautiful,
Baseball
Facility,
there's
a
brand
new
six
foot,
privacy
fence
surrounding
the
baseball
field,
New
side
which
gets
watered
daily
by
the
new
irrigation
system,
a
new
Dugout
rail
padding
with
northern's
logo
displayed
on
the
front
and
a
new
custom
seat
bench
and
a
Dugout
for
the
visiting
team.
Then
there
is
a
concession
stand
with
bathrooms,
large
scoreboard
and
two
batting
cages.
There
are
two
sections
of
bleachers
one
for
the
home
team
and
one
for
the
visiting
team,
which
is
next
to
the
baseball
storage
shed.
AA
Several
red
and
blue
tables
with
seats
sit
along
the
fence.
It
is
truly
a
spectacular
facility.
One
would
think
the
baseball
team
had
won
eight
state
championships,
but
wait
that
would
be
the
girls
softball
team.
The
baseball
team
has
never
won
a
state
champ
Championship,
let
alone
eight.
The
girls
softball
team
with
eight
state
championships
got
nothing.
The
softball
team
has
two
dugouts
which
are
outdated
and
unable
to
protect
the
players
from
the
Sun
or
rain.
AA
A
section
of
bleachers
to
share
with
the
visiting
team
two
batting
cages,
a
blade
of
grass,
with
no
irrigation
system
no
shed
and
a
scoreboard,
which
is
insufficient
to
Showcase
their
eight
state
championships.
There
needs
to
be
some
accountability
for
how
the
money
is
being
spent
and
distributed.
That
could
be
done
with
an
audit
I'm
inviting
all
the
Commissioners
to
tour
Northern,
High
School
with
me
at
your
earliest
convenience.
Thank
you.
AB
AM
AM
That's
what's
most
important
here
that
our
kids
are
getting
the
benefit
of
the
dollars
that
we're
spending
with
the
with
a
way
of
how
we're
we're
going
to
pay
for
it.
I
think
it's
important
to
know.
You
know.
Citizens
concerned
citizens
of
Calvary
county
found
the
24
million
dollars
that
money
can
be
used
any
way
we
would
see
fit.
Really.
Please
make
sure
that
that
is
taxpayer
money.
It's
not
Board
of
Ed
money.
It's
not
bocc
money.
It's
it's
all
of
our
money,
including
your
money.
AM
AM
AC
Good
afternoon
Commissioners,
my
name
is
Joe
Cormier
and
I'll,
be
speaking
on
behalf
of
myself
today.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
recognizing
the
team
at
Southern
Community
for
that
swing.
Set
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
recognizing
the
team
who
was
working
with
the
older
adults
and
persons
with
disabilities,
who
have
so
many
things
going
on
in
their
lives
that
you
know
that
could
be
homeless
could
be
addiction
that
they
really
need.
Our
support.
AC
AC
I
would
hope
that
this
it's
unfortunate
that
you
and
the
school
board
couldn't
come
to
an
agreement
on
this
audit,
and
my
concern
would
be
now
that
it's
an
msde's
hands
that
we're
not
going
to
have
any
control
over
what's
going
on
or
being
able
to
put
brakes
on
it.
So
so,
let's
follow
it
where
it
goes
and
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
if
it
comes
out
and
says
that
they
need
more
money,
let's
have
more
money
available
to
them.
Thank
you.
I
X
You
Mr
President
I,
think
fundraising.
Season
is
in
full
swing,
attended
a
fundraiser
for
Senator
Jack
Bailey,
and
he
had
a
special
guest
former
commissioner
and
former
delegate
Jerry
Clark
that
was
honored.
That
night
Saturday
went
to
Prince
Frederick,
volunteer,
Firehouse,
fundraiser
Sunday
went
to
Ducks,
Unlimited
fundraiser
and
then
on
Monday,
attended,
23rd
annual
golf
outing
with
the
Cavs
County
Lions
Club,
and
all
they
do
with
the
eyeglasses
and
hearing
aid
throughout
the
community.
Definitely
Edition
great
addition
to
our
community.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Ireland.
E
E
They
had
an
anchor
in
Bowie
toss
where
in
excess
of
50
Children
participated,
the
bleachers
were
full.
The
dock
was
full
people
were
actually
sitting
on
the
rocks
in
front
of
the
bleachers.
It
was
very,
very
well
attended.
Waterman
Association
did
a
great
job,
putting
it
together
and
Danny.
Baker
did
a
great
job
as
EMC
I
heard
he's
saying
earlier
and
I
missed
that
I'm
sorry,
I
missed.
E
I'd
like
to
thank
Jennifer
David,
as
I
did
earlier
for
her
customer
service
and
dealing
with
a
constituents,
the
tdrs
and
this
Thursday
September
21st,
culinary
students
from
CTA
will
be
preparing
chicken
and
waffles
from
8
20
to
1
20..
It's
a
10
cash.
It
only
carry-out
event.
Anybody
who
wants
to
attend.
Please
do
so.
Y
That
was
some
constituents
there
over
the
remnants
of
a
massive
fire
and
our
our
County
staff
has
been
really
very
receptive
in
helping
us
as
Commissioners
get
some
resolution
for
the
community
on
the
14th
I
attended
the
state
of
the
county
breakfast
at
Broad
and
Rail,
and
that
was
that
was
nice.
I
really
enjoyed
that
later
on.
In
the
day
the
Cali's
hosted
a
hospice
of
the
Chesapeake
event
and
I
too
attended
the
Waterman's
boat
docking
Festival
sat
on
the
Rocks
Danny
Baker
did
a
very
good
job.
Y
It
was
like,
like
commissioner
Ireland
said,
it
was
very
well
attended.
Much
I
thought
last
year
was
great,
and
this
year
was
even
a
bigger
attendance
and
last
night
I
attended
a
DACA
meeting.
Dunkirk
area
concerned
citizens
association
meeting,
and
that
was
that
was
very
informative.
So
we'll
talk
we'll
talk
about
that
later.
Okay,
thank.
A
Think
I'm
good,
so
this
was
mentioned.
I
attended
the
senator
Bailey's
function
and
recognize
Jerry
Clark
for
his
public
service.
For
many
many
years
of
Public
Service
two
went
to
the
state
of
the
county
breakfast
with
sponsored
by
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
the
rod
and
reel.
If
you
hadn't
been
to
the
beach,
you
should
see
the
construction
project.
That's
going
on,
you
know,
I,
don't
think
those
of
us
that
grew
up
in
Calvert
County
ever
would
have
thought
there'd
been
that
kind
of
construction
going
on
there
at
that
property.
A
It's
just
one
of
those
things
that
I
just
can't
I
just
don't
know
how
someone
can
have
that
thought
that
their
life
is
not
worth
living.
But
we
have
too
many
out
here
that
have
those
thoughts
and
we
certainly
want
to
provide
all
the
support
and
help
we
can
when
they
get
in
that
situation
and
last
Monday
we
did
interviews
to
replace
the
deputy,
County,
Administrator
and
I
just
want
to
say
publicly.