Carroll County, MD Board of County Commissioners Open Sessions, 1 Sep 2022

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It's very dramatic okay good morning, I'm uh commissioner ed rothstein. Can you believe.

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It's september and I think we only have a few more days till school and so which.

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Means buses will be out there. So that's my my number one uh comment for this morning, but as.

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We do before all sessions, let's stand for the pledge in a moment of silence,.

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I do know, uh commissioner wentz will not be joining us this morning. Commissioner,.

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Weaver will be hopefully in just a little bit. We will have a morning session recess.

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And reconvene at 1 pm this afternoon for a work session on ag and conservation. Zoning.

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I think it'll be our fourth or fifth work session somewhere around there. As long as.

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It's the last one. That's all it's important. I don't know if this can be last, but we work.

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To to quality, not necessarily at the time, we should know that by now, but anyway,.

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Let's go through our priority carol amongst the three of us and I do know we have a handful of.

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Proclamations and we'll go from there, so commissioner frazier, what's on your mind,.

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Well, I I, and I think mr boucher was here as well at the the tour of east middle school. I have to.

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Say uh looking from over here, you can't see how much it's actually getting done. The structure.

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The outside, and all I mean it, looks like a lot's being done in a lot. Is it's moving forward? It's.

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uh The good news is that they do plan to open it for students at the beginning of the next school.

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Year and as things are going right now, it will be open for students at the beginning, mexico, year of.

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Course we don't know, what's going to happen, supply chain and all that stuff, so maybe I'm jinxing them.

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By saying that, but it is moving ahead, that the basic large you know, structure is here, it's just.

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Well, look yeah when you get there and you actually see it. It's like there's a lot. There's a lot done.

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Over there, because from here it doesn't look like that much so so that was a good tour. We had and.

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Yesterday was overdose awareness day, um something overdose and, of course, drug addiction. I think.

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Touches every single family some way or another, if not directly indirectly, you know someone or.

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Something of that sort, so it's good to have the overdose awareness day. Yesterday mental health.

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Is such a, I mean the more I'm I'm the older I get and the more I'm in this type of position. The more.

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Metal you get yeah. That goes without saying, see this this kind of thing, it's just mental health.

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It's so it just seems to be like the root cause of most of the the ills we have in society really.

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Does most people that are or start on some some type of drug or alcohol is to relieve some type of.

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Feeling or pain that they have on their own and they're, trying to self-medicate it's just.

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It's not the best way to do it, but it is a way that people try to do and cope with that.

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And so just the overdose awareness day is very important, and it's just we as a board have put.

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In have put quite a bit of resources into mental health and helping people out and so forth, I think.

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It's just the right way to go, because if, if it's, we could ever get that under control, other things.

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Will fall into place as well, and that's all I have thank you. Okay, thanks and I know we're going to.

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Address a couple of those uh in proclamations in just a bit, commissioner boucher. Thank you. I want.

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To applaud commissioner frazier for his advocacy and leadership on the issue of mental health and.

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Recovery it, he is absolutely right, it touches so many of our lives and together collectively.

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With their awareness, we can help put a dent in this and bring the numbers down, and I also want.

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On the east middle tour with commissioner frasier, I want to thank the board of education, especially.

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Kenny kyler for putting his tour together because it means so much for us as a board allocating the.

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Resources to these projects and to see them come together for the public is very important. That's.

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So good to go out to these sites and update the public and, what's happening so be very exciting.

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I believe that it might be the oldest school in the county still in use. I don't know if it's so.

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It's an old school, it is old, but what's neat too is some of the facade of the old school they're.

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They've pulled out and they're relocating it and incorporate it into the new building and that's.

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Really good to have that connection from one school to the next, especially of all the citizens.

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I've attended, I believe, tara bartaglia said that her father went to that school. She went to that.

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School, so it's very deep and ingrained in her community, so I applaud everything they're doing.

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Another thing I did, I went to a business up here at k b, restoration down in mount airy.

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And I want to give a special thanks to mike mcmillan, the president of chamber of commerce.

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Locally for coming out to gigantic scissors that don't cut so we have that real scissors to make.

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Sure it cuts what a wonderful bunch of people and a wonderful small businessman there. He say.

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Started out believing is born and has grown, to have a commercial facility out there in mount.

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Airy, so it's a success story of small business in our community growing and people are determined to.

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Keep being persistent and make their businesses grow, and I like that mike there has his orioles.

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Hat on, for those don't know, the oils are in the postseason wild card hunt so go o's. I'm very much.

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Happy about that another thing is the walking apart. There's what's left of our schedule, we're.

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Coming down to the wire, this has been a wonderful thing to do when I pulled lifebridge partnership.

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For putting this together and creating public awareness and how important physical activity.

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And walking is for all of us to get there and enjoy it and the massive amount of resources we.

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Have in our wrecking park system with absolutely gorgeous and beautiful trails, you can go to the.

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Website you can look at the different trails that are available. They have a walking passport. You can.

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Go on there's chewie he's the rock star of all this. He comes out to a lot of the events and we.

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Also have walking to park halloween. This is new. I love this. This is exciting. This helps introduce.

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Walking to our children, and so often the habits we have as adults are instilled into us as children.

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With their parents so take advantage of this and get out there enjoy walking the park and have fun.

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And I think one lesson I want to cover is that on september 11th, the historical society of carroll.

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County will be holding a bluegrass concert up at the emails homestead. So if you're in.

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The history and you're into bluegrass, like I, am go to their website and check it out. Hopefully,.

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There's still some tickets available. If you want to attend it's a good thing to support, preserving.

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Our history and heritage at carroll, county and the historical society is vital in doing.

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That to help them raise some money, so thank you very much. Okay, thank you and a man who.

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Does not need any costumes, commissioner weaver, what's in your mind, well, uh first of all, I'm a.

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Little late, I attending the ag breakfast out here this morning at bonkers with the ag committee, but.

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um If our young lady ashlyn, did a great job here as guest speaker this morning, a young 4-h lady.

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From edge district here, that is just phenomenal that young lady's going far, I think, she's in the.

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Biomedical program in carroll county uh looking at the tech center, but really outstanding young.

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Lady, so I'm going to go out and support them. I was at piped aside, brewing ribbon cutting here.

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Another small business in hampstead they do a tremendous amount to the for the community. That.

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Whole they always support high schools, elementary schools, everybody in the community plus veterans.

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And they uh one of the few, when we did the veteran celebration this year, they were the first one on.

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Board and tremendous support from that group, mr, you guys stand in front of those pictures.

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He was blocking you need to stand in the front when you get those pictures. Oh okay, you better.

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Watch that because oh there it's like where's what oh there's weavers where's weaver, hey those guys.

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Are the ones who make it happen, we're just support, so we stand in the back, let them let them get the.

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Credit they deserve okay. It may help this week and next week maryland state fair. uh If you have.

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A chance to attend it's up and running and uh uh goes through an extra weekend this year and.

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uh Also coming up the maryland wine festival is september 18th. uh It's here held here in carroll.

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County at the farm museum, so anybody who uh can get out and support the wine festival. uh Please.

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Do so uh whether you drink wine or not, let's still come out and support the activities that they they.

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Have food trucks and everything else uh on that days, those days lots of very little vendors and oh.

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Vendors there's all kinds of things to do other than the wine, so um that's it. I think comments.

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From the cheap seat over there, I don't know. Okay, everybody on that side is making comments.

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Yeah, well, I'm not sure. What's going on sorry, I appreciate it. Please help us out on this side. Okay,.

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He wants no parts of it. Okay, uh he's taking notes he's taking a couple things one. I attended the.

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Work session uh yesterday with the board of education on redistricting, I applaud.

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All of those that uh participate in the work session leading up to yesterday's discussion.

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The community members, the administration, our own team, also participated there'll be more.

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um In preparation before it goes to the entire community, you can see what was discussed and.

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Also, uh you know you can see. The discussion then also see the uh the documentation of what.

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Was discussed as well next week we're having a second work session uh with well the board of.

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Education is having it, I will be attending um as well, and then it'll go out to the community.

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uh I believe late november his wings can go to the community down in century high school and.

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We'll get you more specifics on that, I had the opportunity I was invited this past weekend to.

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The freedom optimist club, who holds a summer uh program for special needs, kids and thanks chris.

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It's really cool, there's about 40 50 special needs, kids and what they do is they bring.

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In high school soccer players from around the county and community to coach and volunteer.

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I mean to think all these guys were out there that night and um it's so much fun. You got you.

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Had a couple kids that were non-ambulatory, you had kids that would take you know. Maybe three minutes.

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Of uh excitement and said, okay, I'm done for the evening, uh then you had others that just were.

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Running around high-fiving everybody- and it was taking about four or five volunteers- to keep up.

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With any one of those, young special needs soccer players, uh but it really was very special.

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To attend- um and I shared that also with the superintendent as well- miss mccabe and she.

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Was very appreciative, the community does such a good job in outreach for our special needs.

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uh Kids and and programs uh commissioner boucher you mentioned september 11th, another event of.

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Course is happening is in recognition of the 21st anniversary of uh the horrific days of september.

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11Th it'll be at the training center again, um where we will remember, and the challenge is.

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People think that it's off years, you know if it's not a zero or a five, if it's not an anniversary.

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Then it's not nearly as important, and we just gotta continue to remind ourselves that every.

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Year and every moment should be important to us in recognizing 9 11 and those that.

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Do not remember it's incumbent on us that do to share with those that don't uh the importance of.

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What happened and the hurricane activities, at least in in my views,.

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um And I think in many of ours we have a handful of proclamations and um the first couple are going.

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To be on suicide month proclamation and recovery month, so those who want to talk about it, you can.

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Come up to the table and I'm going to read the first deal with suicide prevention as soon as.

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I have prevention before I read the proclamation very important to me, especially as a veteran the.

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Rates of suicide with our veteran community still outnumbers the communities at large.

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um I was uh dealing with this when I commanded the installation for mead. I had a handful of.

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Suicides to deal with, we built a program to uh work with those that are in need, and uh you know.

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It's it's again as much as we we can do. We owe it to our our community. So I'll read the proclamation.

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And we'll go from there with who wants to speak suicide prevention month september, 2022.

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September is known globally as suicide prevention month. The goal is to start the conversation about.

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Mental health and the impact of suicide to help dest de-stigmatize the conserv conversation and.

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Help connect people with the appropriate support services and whereas suicide has a widespread.

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Impact on our community, according to the american foundation for suicide prevention, suicide was.

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The 16th leading cause of death in our state in 2020 we lost 585 fellow marylanders in 2020 and.

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Exponentially more were impacted by each loss and we encourage all residents to understand.

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The importance of mental health education and recognize the mental health care is health care.

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And if you or a loved one are at risk of a suicide, please know that you're, not alone.

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We urge residents to learn about the signs of those who are struggling to check with.

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Our your friends, family and neighbors, and seek resources available locally to help.

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Now, therefore, we, the board of carroll county commissioners, to hereby proclaim september 2022.

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As suicide prevention month and signed by all of us on this day, the first day of september 2022.

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um Yeah, it's difficult because it's the individual, it's the family, it's the friends! It's the.

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Community that are impacted- and uh I, like the word destigmatize we've got to destigmatize the.

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Concerns and issues with mental health to continue uh to lessen suicide in our community 585 is 585.

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Too many in maryland uh comments yeah, I do want to mention this leads right into 988, which just.

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Launched a few months ago, if you're feeling about doing harm to yourself or to other people, 988 is.

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What you would you'd dial on your phone you'll, be connected with a mental health, professional.

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A local mental health professional that can help you right then, and there also they could also line.

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Up some some future counseling and stuff for you, as whatever the need is 988., everyone always calls.

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9-1-1 but let's face it, why the police number one they're kind of overwhelmed, there's so many things.

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They have to do they've had some courses and this kind of stuff, but it's not the same as getting a.

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Full mental health professional there talking to you on the phone. So if you, if you think about if.

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You have any feelings at all, don't be afraid to call 988 for yourself, maybe for a family.

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Member that you know is struggling right now it it's and it's the reason I went from to the.

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Suicide prevention hotline, which was a 10 digit number, it's a 988, because it's so much easier.

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To remember, and it's also nationwide anywhere, you are having any feelings, any mental health issues.

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Or crisis dial 988 get the help that you need, so we don't have to have another number added to that.

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Proclamation, thank you and just uh the 988 number is associated with the area code. You're calling.

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From so you're going to get local resources within your community from the area code and that's.

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That's important, you know I have a 443 or 434 whatever. I will then get a maryland or virginia.

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Type of uh resource so appreciate that, are there any other comments just in the military? Was it 22.

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A day that yeah participated a year or so ago in the 22 push-ups a day for 22 days, uh it's.

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Just for awareness of the military vets who commit suicide- and I will say we did have people we did.

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Have people contact me said: please don't tag me on this. I don't think I can do that. Many push-ups.

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But they were in support of the program anyway, so we did honor that somewhat. I tagged three times.

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But it's okay and we watched commissioner fisher do him on his knees, but that's a different story.

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um The hardest part about doing it was getting down and getting back up after.

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Okay, some of you might know you know. Suicide has touched my family, I hadn't lost a stepson and.

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I can state from my experiences, haven't gone through depression avoid alcohol, alcohol will.

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Sink you deeper and deeper into depression. I know firsthand and so often people out there.

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Who make that move to commit suicide, do so under the influence of a substance? So please, if you're.

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Suffering from depression do everything you can to get off of alcohol. It will just sink.

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You deeper and deeper into a whole, which is hard to come out of, and I will conclude.

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With that, so thank you for everything all of you do out there to help our community.

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Okay, please hi, I'm tasha bird and re-entry case manager with the carroll county health department,.

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And I co-chair the carroll county suicide prevention coalition with adrian sanders, who is.

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Also here today, we founded this coalition a little over three years ago, right before the pandemic and.

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We really appreciate all of you for your advocacy ongoingly with mental health and for signing this.

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Proclamation I wanted to highlight some upcoming events that we have here in carroll county. We.

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Have a luminary event on friday september 9th and that will be held at the wakefield valley.

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Park from 7 30 to 9 pm various partners in the community and and children in schools and and.

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Other community members have decorated bags that will be on display encouraging hope for those who.

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May be struggling and a memorial for those that we have lost um to suicide then followed the next.

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Day we have out of the darkness, walk and that's going to be in woodbine on september 10th again.

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Another wonderful event through afsp to raise money for awareness and prevention for suicide.

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I wanted to highlight a little bit of the coalition's efforts thus far, one of our.

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Our projects that we're very proud of is caring cards that we have. We send these cards for two.

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Different reasons we have one set of cards that we send to loved ones who have lost a loved one.

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By suicide offers some encouragement after that loss and some family resources here in.

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Our community that they can get connected to the other card that we send out is to recent.

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Attempt survivors again to reach out and make sure they're aware of resources and know that someone.

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Is cheering for them and offering some hope? In addition, we're preparing to launch a website.

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That we have been working effortlessly on and this is going to honor those in our county. That.

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Have lost their lives to suicide, loved ones and family members be able to submit a picture and.

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A bio and destigmatize the face of suicide and those who struggle with mental health so we're.

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Very proud of those efforts that we have done with various partners here in the community.

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We just wanted to end on the note that you already highlighted about 988 so fantastically.

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There's no need to struggle alone, and it's no need to suffer in silence. It's okay, to not be.

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Okay, anyone who's struggling with a mental health crisis or anyone who's witnessing.

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A loved one struggle with a mental health crisis can call 988, as you have mentioned,.

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And be connected to local services in real time, so we appreciate you again.

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For all that, you do year round for advocacy alongside of us. Thank you. Okay, anything else.

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You can't just be potted plants. You got to talk if you're up there a table, we're going to speak.

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To the recovery proclamation, okay, we are okay, you want to uh does anybody else want to talk.

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Or say something on this at this point: why don't we go right into the recovery proclamation then.

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We can do both at the same time. So, okay, thank you, commissioner rothstein. You know last week.

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Got spoke and read a proclamation about the loss of loved ones. Those who didn't overcome.

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Their addiction now we're going to talk about the recovering, so I with great honor. I read this.

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Proclamation recovery month september 2022, whereas national recovery month is a national observance.

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Held every september to promote and support new, evidence-based treatment and recovery practices.

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The emergence of a strong and proud recovery community and a dedication of service providers.

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And community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible and.

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Mental health and substance use disorders affect all communities nationwide, with commitment support.

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And empathy those impacted can and do recover. In september, we celebrate with those individuals the.

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Recovery path, no matter what that path looks like no matter how far they have come or have yet to.

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Come on their unique journey and through recovery month, we strive to spread awareness and reduce the.

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Stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorders. We encourage community members to learn.

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The signs and encourage people in need of recovery service services to seek help now, therefore, we, the.

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Board of carroll county commissioners do hereby proclaim september as recovery month in carroll.

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County and commend this observance to all citizens, adopt that this first day of september 2022, the.

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Board of carroll county commissioners does hereby proclaim and sign by all of us. Thank you very much.

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Yes, we have a few comments. Seek help was in a proclamation if you need help get help, because.

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It's been my experience of, but I have people that I know very close to me that are in recovery. You.

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Can't do it on your own, you can't do it on your own. Most people think oh, I can handle this. You.

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Can't when you think you've got to hand those when it comes up and grabs you and pulls you back down.

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Can't do it on your own, seek the help that you need. It takes a community. It takes, you know, gets.

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Your sponsor go to your meetings. Do all the stuff, that's necessary. It's a it's! A constant day-to-day.

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Thing I've talked to people who say I don't know if I could do this for six months. Okay, you don't.

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Look at it for six months, you look, can I do it today? Then you get up tomorrow and say: can I do.

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It today that's the way to look at it and that's mindset. I try to instill on people cannot do it.

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Today, it's it's, it's you know if you can click that in their mind, one day at a time kind of.

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Thing, I think it really helps, but you know it's it's just so hard to get people to to look at.

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It that way, because everyone, at least they want to looks you know down in the future down here.

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I don't know if I can do with this okay one day at a time, and so it takes. But if something has.

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To be done and like I think I already mentioned most of the people that are start these drugs.

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Alcohol and stuff they're self-medicating for some other mental uh crisis that they're having.

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So it's it's and the stigma attached with that is. I think why people try to keep it quiet, but.

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You got to get it out in the open. You got to talk about it. You got to tell people what's going on.

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And get the help that you need, so it doesn't go down a rabbit, hole I'll, stop right there. If I.

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May you mentioned isolation and what tends to happen. I know from my own personal experience.

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There's a lot of shame that goes into having an addiction and that you don't want the public to.

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Know it and you wind up being isolated because of that, and it's very tough to take that step. But.

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It's important that you take that step because the alzheimer's result, if you don't, is the destruction.

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Of your life, not only the destruction of your own life, but the destruction and damage of the.

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Lives around you, and so often I keep repeating that addiction and the loss of someone's spreads.

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My addiction and depression was a result of losing a loved one to an addiction and that's.

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The heinous aspect to addiction that it spreads itself by damaging the mental health that those.

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Around the loss, so I encourage anyone out there, who's suffering and shame over their addiction.

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Have their courage to step forward and make a difference? Thank you. I do want to mention one.

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Other thing recovery is not a straight line. You don't go from here and keep moving up. It's not.

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The way it works you keep moving, hopefully keep moving forward, but there's going to be instances.

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Where you're going to take a step back and then you have to regroup and move forward again, you.

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Can't take a step back and say: okay. Well I tried and okay, you did. Try now go get some additional.

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Help and try again it's not a straight linear line going forward. You've got to keep moving yourself.

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And and go get help if you're taking a step back and it happens, it happens a lot. People fall back.

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It's not the reason to quit. It's the reason to get some additional help.

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Some additional counseling maybe talk to somebody different and move forward again.

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Carroll county's: we were very fortunate to be in carroll county in the services that are offered.

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Here, there's all kinds of help offered for almost anything and from the health department. All our.

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Non-Profits, it is here all they have to do, is ask for it, and I commend all the agencies in.

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Carroll county for what they do to supply the whatever is needed for the people in need. So.

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Thank you, yeah, just a I can just piggyback a few things is. um It is a network. It's not one.

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Organization or another, but it's a combination, and I do believe we do it really well in this.

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Community, we are very well networked um and you kind of where commissioner frazier was talking.

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About the straight line, the other part, is you don't see it in yourself in so many ways you.

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Know, resiliency is a word I use often and you got to be able to pick yourself up, but it's sometimes.

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Not you that's picking yourself up, it's others that see it and then it develops for me. You know.

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30 years in uniform, I wasn't seeing myself the wear and tear until afterwards and then.

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I started being told, hey, you got issues and uh I had to deal with them so it, but it took an.

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Outside force to come in and say here are things to deal with: we've got to destigmatize the issues.

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When it comes to mental health suicide, all of the struggles that individuals have they have.

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To be brave, I believe, but also as a community, we have to be brave, see something say something.

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You know it's the best thing that we can do: okay off the pulpit. What do you have to say.

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Please you can go first, all right I'll go first ty! My name is debbie finch. I am a prevention.

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Specialist with carolina health department, I manage the opioid prevention program for carroll.

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County and I coordinate the opioid prevention coalition, we have about 100 members of it most.

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Of whom are very active, commissioner frazier is a part of that, and I thank you for your advocacy.

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And support in our work, we also want to thank some hard-working people in not only in our office, but.

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In other agencies- and those are our certified peer recovery specialists, they have one of the toughest.

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Jobs in the world, because they're trying to help folks through the recovery process, while getting.

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Them into it and then and following with them, to help them along that very challenging path.

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And so ron's here and he's going to share his story in a moment. But we have many of them in.

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The health department, some of them working with westminster police department and we have partners.

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With carroll hospital center- and so I just want to recognize them and thank them at this time,.

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The opioid epidemic is still ongoing, as you guys know, and we've lost. I think it's 61 lives just in.

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This past year august, to august and adrian sanders spearheaded overdose awareness day and as a part.

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Of that we put out some purple flags on the lawn at the health department near our sign on center.

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Street acknowledging those folks that we have lost, and so we are continuing to fight against overdose.

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Spot also for recovering, and so our message of this year is: let's make recovery. The epidemic.

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And we're um we're doing some pretty amazing things and I'm very excited about the progress.

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That we are making in that area. I wrote a few notes, so I don't forget what they are.

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um When I came and talked last year in at this moment for the proclamation I had been on the.

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Job for four months- and I was just really meeting people and getting to know them- and I had just.

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Met chief ledwell and he wanted to sit down and do something about the overdose deaths in westminster.

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He said you know I can. I can take care of what I'm my territory and I want to do something, and so we.

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Started meeting and in this past year since then, we have done some absolutely uh amazing things.

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Not unique to the nation but but pretty unique to carroll county, and I just wanted to to show you.

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What we've done so very quickly? We have, through the westminster city, police, implemented the lead.

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Program law enforcement assisted diversion they are seeing and covid got in the way clearly, but.

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It is well underway and they are seeing some great success in assisting people into recovery and what.

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A difference it's making already and they're very proud of those numbers. They are doing a.

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Leaf behind program with naloxone um and in the effort to prevent future overdose deaths, they are.

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Partnering with us and the state's attorney's office to hand out a connection to care card.

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Which is a card that has some numbers on it, but they're doing more than just giving out a card.

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They are actually making the phone call for the person who has overdosed that doesn't want to go.

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To the hospital and saying here you can talk to somebody right now and we have. We have a.

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Special line, in addition to, of course, mobile crisis and others that is answered by someone.

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In recovery overnight, where we don't have mobile crisis covering that, so we're excited about that.

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um We also have an education and training program and we were able to put- I guess.

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About 60 people through that program, 46 of whom were police officers um and other.

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Staff at the westminster police department so very excited about that as well. All of that.

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um Happening right now with the westminster police department, we also started just about a month or.

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Two ago, a quick response team for the first time, I'm going to run talk about that, but they are.

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Already seeing success with that and like other counties that have started it, it can make a huge.

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Difference because of the people that that are working in it and what their background is, we.

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Developed a continuum of a care plan for overdose follow-up with mobile crisis in carroll hospital.

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We're all, on the same page we're working together on a team, and we have a new software program that.

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Is enabling the peer recovery folks? It's all of the agencies that are working to monitor and stay.

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In touch with those folks to try to get them into recovery, if they didn't choose to go already and.

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um The last thing I want to mention is our ongoing partnership with the county, fire and ems. We're.

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About to launch the leave behind program with them, and we've got some training programs that.

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We're putting in the works to be able to train all of those folks in the same training that.

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The police are, which is science of addiction and the process of recovery and understanding.

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That so very excited about all those things, but two events coming up. I just want to mention one.

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Is a special symposium on september 21st, which is a wednesday at carroll, community college in.

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The scott auditorium and we're calling it make recover the epidemic community solutions and we.

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Are showing a nationally acclaimed film, which is fairly new, called tipping the pain scale.

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And it features community stories of of problem solving for the addiction epidemic and we're.

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Pretty excited about that. One of the people in the film is a uh a caseworker in the streets of.

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Philadelphia and she's going to be here and talk afterwards, we're going to have a panel.

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Discussion and it's from nine to two and it's free and that's uh something exciting that we're hoping.

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We're going to get a lot of community leaders and folks in the agencies coming out to see it happen.

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And then we're going to start hitting the ground running with some new programs. The other thing.

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That I I know you know about, but it's coming up on october 1st this year is the say nope to dope walk.

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Which is an annual event, a walk down main street last year. For the first time we had a softball.

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Game which was law enforcement versus recovery, and it was awesome that we're doing it again, the law.

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Enforcement team is going to come back and try to get revenge because uh they suffered greatly.

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However, the sheriff did mention that most of his staff, who were the key ball players, were over at.

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The wine festival working, so he that's an excuse. I know I told him that as well so anyway, they're.

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Gonna come back we're going to start the event at westminster city park this year and walk down.

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There and head back and then at the city park we'll have the ball game. We're also going to.

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Have corn hole we're going to have some free food and we're going to be working on breaking.

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The stigma and that's what it's all about you said food, so I'm interested okay, all right, free.

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Food come on out. Thank you. Thank you, sir good morning my name is daron brody, also known in the.

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Community is ron I'm here at the carroll county health department. I work for and collaboration.

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With the westminster police department for the qrt team, along with my case manager, brook sessions, we.

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Recovery month, for me, is uh just showing the community that here in carroll county.

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Recovery is a big part of the community, we're not it's not all about the substance use. It's.

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About we also recover I'm a person in long-term recovery from substance use myself and as a.

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Person in recovery in order community is a the community. Addiction is a community uh problem.

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um But it also recovery can also be a community of solution. My myself, as I heal my family heals my.

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um My son graduated high school and then he he's in college and he's.

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Wants to join be a part of the opioid coalition, the youth program that they're having there.

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um We we are we're trying to better the community through recovery as a person in recovery, myself.

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It's I have to help people try to find their way into recovery, but also have to focus on my own.

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Recovery myself too, because without that um I'm just going back down the rabbit hole again. I'd.

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Like to thank the commission for all that, you guys everyone does the support here in carroll, county.

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Is tremendous the resources and the support here is um what makes carroll county unique.

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To other other areas in in maryland, we really care about mental health and substance, use which.

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Shows people that are still struggling, that the stigma and the ostracizing is is not here as.

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Much as it is other places um everybody's here to help and that we're that you're all rooting for us.

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um And that that means a lot and until they're ready to help we'll we let them know that we're.

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Here to help, thank you very well said one team, one fight. Let's get a picture all right.

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It's like oz, foreign.

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Two down two to go: let's do a proclamation on preparedness month.

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In carroll county all right carroll county prepared this month september, 2022.

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Whereas emergency preparedness is a shared responsibility of the entire nation, every.

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Jurisdiction, every community, every business, every family and every individual and having.

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The role in planning and preparing for emergencies and disasters of all kinds.

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Carroll county, prepared his month in coordination with the national preparedness month, provides an.

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Opportunity to highlight the important role of individuals as they prepare for emergencies in.

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Their homes, businesses, schools and communities. This nationwide observation encourages all.

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Americans to learn more about ways to prepare for all types of emergencies and the u.s department.

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Of homeland security and the carroll county department of public safety urged all carroll.

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County residents and business owners to take time during september 2022 to create emergency supply.

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Kit to make a family or business emergency plan to remain informed about different threats and the.

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Appropriate response to each and to get involved in preparing the community for emergencies.

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And the board of county commissioners of carroll county recognizes recognizes the importance of.

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Preparing for potential emergencies and is proud to observe september 2022 with.

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Appropriate preparedness activities now, therefore, we, the board of carroll county commissioners, do.

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Hereby proclaim september 2022 prepared this month and call upon all the people of carroll.

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County to join in supporting this observation right, scott, would you like chair or who wants to.

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Who would like to come on up and have a have a talk.

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Thank you, commercial star, cast.

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Thank you, uh I think probably the most uh appropriate thing to do is ask the county's.

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Emergency manager miss hawkins to speak to this, and we're also uh have the pleasure.

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Having matt rodriguez, who is the uh emergency management assistant manager, so these are the.

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Folks that you turn to when things don't go so well and they do a remarkable job.

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Of leading the county through a myriad of different things, from foul weather to.

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Hazard of all nature, some natural and, unfortunately, some man-made, and they.

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Make you look good well, I appreciate you saying that that takes a whole lot of work.

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If I may, commissioner, miss hawkins good morning, commissioner of the proclamation.

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All the preparedness efforts over the years, I believe that, every year since preparedness.

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Month started in the early 2000s carroll county, the commissioners have proclaimed september's.

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Preparedness month- and we know that a community that is better prepared for a disaster before it.

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Ever happens, responds better and recovers faster and more effectively, and that's really where we.

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Want to be right, we want to make sure that our our residents and our community are in a better place.

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To so to speak, we have seen just over the past summer, just about a month and a half ago. How just.

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A quote unquote normal summer storm that turned into something, not quite so normal can disrupt all.

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Of our routines, it can really turn everybody's world upside down, quick, fast and in a hurry. So.

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Just taking some small steps to prepare for those types of situations can make a huge difference.

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When something like that actually hits we're just getting into hurricanes the peak of hurricane.

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Season hurricane season for the atlantic starts in june, but it runs through the end of november.

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The most active months in our area are september and especially october. So as we get into hurricane.

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Season you know we need to continue to think about preparedness for storms of that nature and winter.

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Is coming too, you know I, I know a lot of us don't want to think about the winter, but it is coming.

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um So we certainly I did. I didn't mention the four-letter word, so you know we encourage.

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Everybody you know to make a plan, uh this is actually the start of school school is starting.

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Up so it's a great time to review or develop an emergency family communications plan and an.

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Emergency family plan overall make sure that you know you have a kit and that doesn't have.

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To be complicated, you know some, it depends on your family. It depends on your particular situation as.

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To what's going to make the most sense for your family, but you can start with just getting some.

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Extra water getting some shelf stable food, you know flashlight batteries, a radio and then build.

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Over time you know you can do it a little bit at a time by buy things when they're on sale buy an.

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Extra, if there's a buy one, get one on canned goods get two and put one aside for your kit.

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Don't forget for medical needs and for your pets, because you know we all have a lot of us have pets.

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And they're part of the family stay informed know. What's going on around the community know.

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What can happen in our community? You know what types of storms are we susceptible to.

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uh And some of that you know you learn by living here for a while, but you can also find a lot of.

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Information online about what types of hazards are out there. We have carol alert, which is our mass.

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Notification system, so it's what's traditionally thought of as a reverse 9-1-1 system. That's not.

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Technically, what it is, but that's what we use and matt is our lead for carol alert. That's free! You.

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Can sign up for that? We also have an app prepare me carol. That's our emergency preparedness and.

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Information app that's free for android or apple phones and get trained one of the things that we.

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Do offer and we have offered over the past- we've done two sessions of it, one in the fall last year.

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And one in the spring ready carol we're going to be doing another ready carol session here in the.

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Fall, the dates are going to be announced for that pretty soon and we normally do social media over.

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The the course of september our office puts out a post about every week, so on social media. For.

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Preparedness month, but we're going to be expanding that a little bit this year, we're going to be.

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Doing press releases and coordination with the communications office we're going to do one per.

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Week through september, and we're going to provide information in a little bit more depth about the.

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The make a plan get a kit, stay a form and get trained topics that I just outlined. So everybody.

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All that information is going to be out there to help all of our residents be ready.

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Anything else one uh I'd like to hear from mr.

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Rodriguez you're sitting there all quiet I was, I was waiting for it.

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Now, I'm certainly preparedness overall, um especially emergency events. They start and end.

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Locally, that's that's just the fact of the matter. They always start and end locally. um It's all in.

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It's in all of our fema training. It's we see a day-to-day uh for the first time in one call until.

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The last document is submitted up up to the up to the feds. It's a it's an entire event from start.

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To finish so, that's what we need to be prepared and that's why everybody needs to be prepared.

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You know from the individual person all the way up to the large organizations um you know from just.

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A you know: normal citizen to big businesses, to county government, to state government and federal.

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Government any entity- that's around, definitely needs to be prepared. Overall, that's why we push.

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You know all of these different programs that valerie mentioned between our master vacation.

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Systems our apps are, um you know when we get out in the public for public outreach events come out.

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To those events, come talk to us. Come try to. You know, put together a kit, it's you know, you don't.

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Have to try to make it on your own. We do have tools available that are out there to be able.

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To help people to fully prepare for events overall, thank you. I appreciate the professionalism of your.

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Department and the fact that you bring the magnitude of what you do to the publics that.

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They're fully aware, there's a lot of things that go on behind the scenes that you guys are putting.

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In place that people are completely unaware of- and I just want to thank you for everything you.

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Do because it predominantly goes unrecognized, so it's nice to have this opportunity. So thank you.

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Commission that's greatly appreciated, but, as we shared with your previous presentation, a lot of.

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These things in the county wouldn't happen without your support so to allow us to do some of these.

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Things, um whether they're, apps or notification systems or events etc. Without your support, they.

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Wouldn't happen so it it starts here, grant that these these experts come up with some phenomenal.

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Ideas, but with your approval, they're able to make them come to fruition. So thank you. Thank you for.

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The recognition does that mean you're trying to get more money out of us. Actually, we possibly.

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I think that's a week or two all right. You know it's unfortunate. We've been able to see.

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You in action, sometimes here and at different events and your coordination and the way you.

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Take control of the uh different events that I've seen is unbelievable. So thank you for.

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What you do this is uh your staff is on. On top of it, I know that I've seen seeing them.

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In action and when we compare ourselves to other areas, you guys are on top of things. So thank you.

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Terry, we have this thing called six p's I'll, say: five p's prior preparation prevents poor.

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Performance, it's all about prior preparation. You know, um I do see the sheriff. You know behind.

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You and he'll be talking a little bit, but prior preparation includes being equipped appropriately.

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Being funded and resourced appropriately making the appropriate decisions uh you.

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Know in our schools, appropriately with our resource officers and the work that we do.

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um Understanding the buses that'll, be, you know, on the roads next week and knowing when to stop.

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As buses are going to and fro schools, not just because of a threat of a ticket, but it's one, the.

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Right thing to do, you're sending example and also a kid may be coming one way or the other, and by.

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The way there are cameras on those buses and you will get a ticket but prior preparation prevents.

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Poor performance that prior preparation is understanding the rules and understanding the laws.

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You know, especially as we're getting ready to go into the new school year. So that's my two senses.

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Or anything, let's do a happy snapping and I ask, can I ask one for 30 seconds, commissioner, I have.

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Some very nice, for I'm sure, you're going to 25 seconds to share with you. You heard me and I like.

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To say, whine about our assistance, our firefighter grant application, I'm extremely pleased to share.

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That very early yesterday morning, carroll county received official notification from fema fellow.

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Emergency management agency that our application has been approved outstanding and we are, we stand.

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To receive just under 800 000, which is going to allow us to buy, to accelerate our efforts.

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To transition the uh public safety community to a state-of-the-art communications platform, so this.

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Is hot off the press? The press release accordingly is is literally in the works, but this is such good.

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News if you'll just forgive me for I just thought this was the outstanding that's time to share.

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That so, okay, eight hundred thousand dollars you getting money, is better than asking for money. Okay,.

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To give it it wasn't, it was further away because this moves.

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It wasn't like this.

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Okay, let's uh have our fourth proclamation dealing with the national payroll week.

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This is interesting. Jenny.

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Go ahead, proclamation national payroll week september 5th through september 9th.

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Whereas in 1996, the american payroll association founded national payroll week to coincide with the.

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Celebration of labor day and whereas the american payroll association and its more than twenty.

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Thousand members launched a nationwide public awareness campaign that pays tribute to the nearly.

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150 million people who work in the united states and uh the payroll professionals who support the.

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American system, by paying wages, reporting worker earnings and withholding federal employee taxes.

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And whereas the payroll professionals in carroll county play a key role in maintaining the economic.

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Health of the county, carrying out such diverse tasks as paying for the unemployment paying into.

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The unemployment insurance system, providing information for child support enforcement and.

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Carrying out tax, withholding reporting and depositing, and whereas payroll departments.

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Collectively, spend more than 2.4 trillion annually complying with the federal state.

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And tax laws and where payroll professionals plan an increasingly important role, ensuring that the.

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Economic security of american families by helping to identify non-custodial parents and ensuring.

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Compliance with child support mandates and whereas payroll professionals are increasingly proactive.

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In educating both the business community and the public at large about the payroll tax, withholding.

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Systems and whereas the payroll professionals meet regularly with federal and state tax.

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Officials to discuss both the improvement and compliance with government procedures and how.

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Compliance can be achieved in less with less cost to government and business. Now, therefore, we, the.

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Board of carroll county commissioners support the efforts of payroll professionals, professionals in.

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Dubai hereby proclaim the first week of september. 2022 is payroll week. It's signed by all five.

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Members of the board, thank you. You did that very well. Thank you. Okay, pay! Your taxes. There you go.

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Jenny, what do you have to say about this? Well, we appreciate you recognizing national payroll week.

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um It's been a, I called our unsung heroes behind the scene payroll because you don't hear from.

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Payroll employees and you don't want to hear from them, because usually that means there's a problem.

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If so, um we have a wonderful payroll staff as and I support all business payroll staff because they.

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Are always behind the scene doing making sure that pay pay gets out on time, accurate employees.

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Are paid because happy employees are better than angry employees. um One of the quotes that I like.

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To use from the national payroll association or I'm sorry, the payroll association is that.

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They coincide with labor day week because of payroll, and they say america works because.

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We're working for america- and I really like that quote- you know without the payroll taxes.

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The income tax, we hear ted talk about the income tax, that's what pays for roads and schools and.

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All of this stuff so because we're withholding and properly filing for that so with that said.

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um They work through holidays weather events, emergencies they're behind the scene because.

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Payroll doesn't stop it's always there, so this is cheryl hall, our payroll manager. I let her speak.

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She has a couple fun facts for carroll county; okay, just for carroll county I've been unemployed with.

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Carroll county government and payroll um for 29 years so I've been here a long time and with my.

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Staff, I've had one staff, that's been faithful with me and her name is becky unglesby and she's.

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Been here with county for 26 years, I've seen a lot of progress, a lot of good things. It's grown with.

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The pandemic we've had to accelerate it with the minimal staff. We've always only been to we just.

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Got another person this year, casey joined our team a couple months back and we're glad to have her. We.

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Need all handful and deck usually and seeing a lot of progress through the years as a national.

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Payroll practitioner, like with my fellow payroll people, I can say we definitely work. We're always.

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Changing legislation and we're up on new things we're trying to get new systems with a pandemic.

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A lot of things accelerated to be electronic. Some of it was good and I don't think some people were.

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Prepared you know, like you, said: preparedness means the world. You have to be on tasks that deadlines.

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Are very critical, so it's great fun facts is that we have an average bi-weekly of 1100 people that.

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We pay so we have a real short and staff, but we get it done in its own time and everything we.

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Implemented some really nice virtual time, part system which we love and you know just things.

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Like that, it was a 57 million dollar payroll last year on a calendar year and we're looking with.

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Elections to pay 1500 people this time, so just some fun facts. You know we only hear problems.

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Once they occur right, we never hear anything out of you guys. So that is great. It says we're doing.

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Things correctly, and we don't want that- I want everybody to be happy and cooperative. We love.

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Our employees and you got a really cool boss, so yeah now cheryl. Thank you for the 29 years and.

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Looking forward to the next 29 years of service that you will provide to be around that long, who.

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Knows we do? We do have the rest of the payroll stuff in the back they're hiding in the corner.

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And our beer chief, new beer chief of accounting, is hiding back there too. So just okay as a business.

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Owner, I understand how complex payroll taxes are and there's a lot of moving components, and you.

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Spread that, across all the personality you have to coordinate with, you, have a very complex and.

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Incredibly important job because we can be in a very bad situation if we mess up a small amount.

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Also, I've never heard controller hobbs, someone's state fund and payroll taxes in the same sentence.

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That's unusual, keep it fun in accounting. Well, thanks for all you guys do okay, ready.

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Good morning, ladies.

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Processed food: okay: let's get ourselves right into the agenda.

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That's a lot of good stuff all the way up to item one. That's good fy, 23, child support administration.

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Administration, cooperative reimbursement agreement and acceptance of the award.

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Good morning, commissioners, corey hardinger from the grants office- and this seems like a sort of.

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Natural segue, based on the proclamation, we're going to talk about child support, so I'm here.

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With magistrate kathleen brewer pool from the circuit court of carroll county to talk about.

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The fy 23 child support enforcement cooperative agreement and just to note this grant does have.

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A county contribution which is listed on the briefing paper and those dollars are part of.

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The budget process, so I will turn it over to thank you and the briefing paper that you have.

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In in front of you has a, I just wanted to add a little um extra note, that, from december 29th of.

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2021 through march 6 of 2022, we were not permitted to hear the child support enforcement or contempt.

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Docket, based on the covid-19 order that was passed by um chief judge barbera at that time,.

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In december of 2021 that was december 27th, so we began hearing contempts again the first week.

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Of march, and so obviously that affects some of the number there's, a slight decrease in.

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The numbers that we were hearing monthly from last year, so I wanted to just account for that.

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Anything I can answer for you, but the.

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The uh the the costs are accurate, the 30 135, absolutely eighteen thousand two hundred.

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Ninety eight correct and- and it appears from if you compare with last year's some of that.

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Comes from our the difference in salary from the for the the um the three positions that we have.

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Okay, um foreign.

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Nope, I I again, I I think a lot of key to our success is that we put.

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This already in the budget, we know it's coming out and.

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You know it's not. It should not be a surprise to anyone, so this is good stuff, I'll move the.

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Board of commissioners, we always appreciate it certainly again same thing um as everyone else.

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Has said the support from everyone when it helps us all work together with the sheriff's department.

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With child support administration everyone, so it keeps thank you, I'm going forward to take care of.

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Children and child support that was just mentioned in the proclamation so.

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I've moved the board of commissioners, approve the submission of the fy 23 child support.

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Administration, cooperative reimbursement agreement and accept the award exactly okay, I got a motion. I.

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Think a couple of seconds anything to discuss nothing by me but go ahead. I will add that, as.

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Someone who's been through a divorce in a child support process that this is very good for both.

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Parties, sometimes one party or other, doesn't like this system, but the fact that the court supervises.

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It and maintains the documentation is very critical for both parties, so I appreciate what.

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You do here thank you, okay, all in favor aye. Thank you very much and a good rest of your dad. You too,.

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Let's talk about fy 23 child support enforcement, administrative cooperative, william, wait a second.

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Yeah, what what purdue reimbursement agreement acceptance of the awards? Okay,.

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Let's see the sheriff in the room, I get a little nervous. When do I get a picture with you guys.

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Anytime, you want, no, I don't I'm here for you and those like you, mr burkas. Thank goodness only one.

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Good morning, commissioners, good morning so we're here also on behalf of the fy 2023 child.

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Support enforcement administration's cooperative reimbursement agreement for our office to accept.

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That annual award, so the sheriff's office works with the court and the local department of social.

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Services to provide the enforcement services for child support in carroll county, the sheriff's.

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Office, locates, apps and parents serves them with complaints to establish it or increase child.

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Support and serves warrants rates, body attachments and criminal bench warrants to delinquent parents.

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The agreement for our office funds, salaries and benefits of one full-time, deputy and 75.

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Percent of an administrative position, as well as the office supplies, training, equipment and.

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The other operating expenses, along with those positions, the entire program costs for the year.

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Are 261 236 dollars? The grant actually pays for a portion of that based on formulas that they.

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Set for a hundred and sixty two thousand five hundred and forty seven dollars and the county.

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Cash match, which is budgeted each year, is ninety eight thousand six hundred and eighty nine so.

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We're here to ask your approval for accepting the award for this year and obviously, if you.

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Have any questions that deputy co-locate over dss mark towson since the corporal okay.

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But I mean: is it in that office over at the social services? No, he works with them and he'll go. He.

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Runs all over the county, so he actually works the administrative person there in in the patrol area.

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Okay, working together with all the paperwork that they need to do as well has this been run.

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Smoothly any glitches or it's working for years, he's going for years, yeah good we've always had.

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Someone assigned to that, although mark's been in that position, I think for probably for six years.

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Yeah he was previously the new windsor uh patrol deputy aside assigned a new answer when we moved.

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Him out of there and put him in child support he's outstanding at it. He's no joke! You don't want mark.

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Looking for you, okay, well good thing, I'm done with my child yeah! Thank you. Okay,.

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Well, I'll move the board of commissioners approved the submission of the fy 23 child.

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Support enforcement administration's cooperative reimbursement agreement to the sheriff's office.

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And accept the award second that emotion guy. Second, any discussion seen here: none all in favor.

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Aye aye: let's talk about the purchase of body, worn and in-car cameras for the carroll county.

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Sheriff's office, this is a big one. This is a big one good morning, commissioners, as mentioned, we are.

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Requesting your approval to award the purchase of body, worn and in-car cameras and related.

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Equipment to motorola solutions incorporated at a cost of one million 428 999.53. This purchase.

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Includes the hardware, software licensing, training, insulation and service maintenance for five years.

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Motorola and solutions incorporated was awarded a competitively bid contract by the commonwealth of.

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Virginia and carroll county would be piggybacking. This contract, the carroll county, sheriff's office,.

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Was awarded a federal grant which will cover the funding of this equipment and no additional funds.

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Should be necessary and I will turn it over to sheriff. Louise and vicki y'all vicky, give you a.

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Little bit of the background just to catch up to speed of where we're at so far. And it's not as.

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Easy as just saying, let's go ahead and purchase this equipment or some things that the federal.

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Government is requiring, but she'll explain that so commissioner's just to catch you up.

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um Roughly two to three years ago, we started this project doing the research a year and a half ago.

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We put in there was an opportunity for federal funding through jamie raskin's office. We were able.

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To submit that once the federal government went through and approved all that type of funding back.

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In the spring, we were awarded that non-competitive opportunity me still lots of hurdles, so we came.

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Before you in may, to not only have you approve the application because we still had to apply.

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For that funding, even though it was budgeted in the federal government's budget and then also you.

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Approved accepting the award so since may we have received that official award. If you will working.

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On getting set up in all those systems and the next step, then with getting that award, is being.

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Able to start procuring and moving through our project in addition to coming before you today,.

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To actually award this purchase to motorola, we also have the the same basic paperwork submitted.

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In through the system, the department of justice requires a similar approval, so they look through.

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All the documents that marines department look through does the same thing and basically says yes,.

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We're you're good they're good with doing what's called a single oral soul source because we're.

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Able to piggyback on a contract for the equipment so between your approval and that approval then.

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We'll be able to move forward with purchasing, and this is just the beginning of an over a year-long.

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Project, we're still a good. You know almost year away from being able to roll it out lots of.

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Moving pieces to this entire project, but this is the first step- was starting to get things moving.

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With equipment and if you remember, there's a 2025 mandate on this- that that legislature, enacted and.

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So we're trying to accelerate it based on the grant we came to you during the budget session.

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And explain to you exactly how we were going to develop this program, but this is a tremendous.

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Piece to the to the project: now we are in the process of miss mcdonald and I've identified a.

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Corporal in my organization that will oversee that unit, but we are, there are so many pieces.

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To the project personnel space equipment training, um we have an entire project set.

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Up that's going to take some time. It is not as simple as just buying this stuff, putting it in.

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A car and saying go out and start recording it there's a lot that goes into it. So you have the.

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Personnel kind of lined up or in place to once you get this. We have the pins because if you.

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Remember we were, we were reworking some pins that we have vacant within the organization.

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um The challenge will be like it is, for you all and for me once we start putting it out.

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As hiring the personnel for this particular unit, so um I I believe we put a good program together.

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And we should be able to attract folks, but um but yeah we're that we've got. We've got all the.

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Logistics set it's just um taking the time to to put it all together. I've said this before this.

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Is not anything that you can just piecemeal when the switch is turned on and they start recording.

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You better have all the logistics and personnel in place to start taking in all this information and.

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Doing something with with it when it when it shows up, is there training part of this program yeah, mrs.

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Mcdonalds got an entire project put together. That is a plan that she briefs me on weekly.

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In colonel hart, with with corporal prasinski is, who is the this will be the supervisor to.

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Explain where we're at but there's not just my office, there's a lot of different pieces.

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In county government that will come and play, I think one of the interesting things is the.

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um Kind of the way we're setting up our cars so that um we don't overwhelm the county's server.

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System in order to all this data that would come in this, so we won't be on the county server system.

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Essentially, we I think, are coming to you next week with a grant that we've applied for and got.

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um So that the individual car for lack of better words, is its own server, all the data can't be.

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Happy yeah well, it will be, and it's very much on board with with how we're developing the project.

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But but you got to figure if, if we put all these cameras on the county server, it would crash right.

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The server rather quickly, this is a system where the the car downloads, the data, the data, then goes.

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Up to the cloud and- and it's kind of we manage how how all that goes so and that's all part of the.

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Next couple of grants that we come through and and present to you, mrs mcdonald, was able to to work.

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With grants, management to look for those things and and get somebody else to pay for it initially.

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So what was edward? Okay? Sorry, I was just going to say the tooth detail on this is enormous.

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The tail- and I mean it's from the analysts to all of the other pieces that are going to make this.

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Effective because because I agree with you, you put something in you know: half.

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Baked you know, the expectations should not be that you're going to get a good.

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Product and service out of it, it's got to be ready. You know as soon as you put it in to use and.

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um I think legally, we could get ourselves in more trouble yeah by just throwing cameras on.

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People and recording information and not being able to honor mpias or discovery requests than.

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If we, then, if we're doing it, the way we're doing it, so I think that that we're smart by by taking.

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Our time and working through the mandate, but I believe we'll be up and running before the final.

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Mandate says: you've got to be up and running yeah, I think about a year or two right well sheriff. I.

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Want to publicly commend you for your leadership on this. I remember when this originally came up.

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There's a lot of controversy over one way or other, where we should have it or not, and you recognize.

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The long-term importance of this and how important it is that we get it right, because this can cost.

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Us criminal cases, if it's not set up properly so by being way out in front of this you've, set that.

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Up to actually happen for us in the long term, and also with the inflationary pressures we are faced.

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With in our budget, getting on top, this early is actually going to save us money in the long term.

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So, thank you very much, not only you, but your staff yeah, you can say, because I get all the credit.

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Because I'm the sheriff but really she's the one that puts all this together, I'm the dummy I mean.

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She briefs me on all this and you guys think I know what I'm talking about all the time, but.

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I've got just like you all. I have such a great staff that that is knee deep in this stuff and.

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Keeps me up speed on it, so that I I have at a very high level exactly what's going on, but but you're.

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Right, I mean it's got to happen and the deputies want them. They want them. Yesterday, yeah, it's just.

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That that I've got to hold them back and tell them hey hold on we've got to do this the right way so.

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Yeah but we will be before you several more times and then probably the next board. Several.

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More times, and before this is all said and done when we're moving. Mrs mcdonald thank.

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You very much for keeping him straight. He does a good job, there's no doubt about it. So, okay.

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I make the most important commissioners award to purchase the body worn in card cameras and related.

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Equipment to motorola solutions inc in the amount of one million 428 999.53 second got a motion got.

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A second any discussion seen here, none all in favor, aye. Okay, thank you. Thank you very much.

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Let's talk about face pieces and voice amplifiers.

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Foreign here they come: okay, mike.

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Go ahead mark okay: we are here to request your approval to award the purchase of 130 av 3000.

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Face pieces and 60e pic three voice: amplifiers from municipal emergency services in the amount.

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Of 83 145 dollars, this purchase will be made through a montgomery county contract that was.

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Competitively bid and the amount is within the adoptive budget. No additional funds should be.

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Necessary and I'll turn it over to michael and kevin. If you have any questions, yes and this.

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Is the regular issue self-contained breathing apparatus face piece? It's an osha requirement.

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That we have one face piece for each uh firefighter, so this will include our new career.

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Employees, as well as a traditional replacement for the current volunteer system, the big issue.

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That we have is we've seen a pretty significant price increase like everything else, and.

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With our supply chain issues we're not certain how long it's going to take so within this fiscal.

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Year, we'll be replacing up to 130. one of the advantages that we will have is our personnel.

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Who choose to apply for a job in with carroll county department of fire and ems? Many of them are.

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Already in the volunteer companies as employees, so they'll carry those devices with them, but this.

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Will allow an adequate supply for new volunteer recruitment and for attritional replacement.

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So again, our biggest challenge is going to be the wait times, but we're.

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Going to be able to upgrade whatever new technology's been incorporated in these and.

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Part of this procurement will be what's called a voice meter, which is an electronic device that.

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Works, it's voice activated and allows our fire personnel to talk among each other when they're.

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Within a what's known as an idlh, or immediately dangerous to life and health environment,.

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Thank you, okay, director robinson. Would you please introduce it to public yourself? Yes,.

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This is, uh I thought we had brought him here before. This is kevin fox kevin is our.

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um Training, health and safety officer he works out of the public safety training center. In fact, he's.

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Now responsible for that whole facility and kevin comes to us after a career with frederick county.

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Department of fire and rescue services, where he retired, as a deputy chief and thanks for joining.

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His experience and health and safety and he was responsible for administration of their volunteer.

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System so he brings a whole lot of important competencies to us and he's been here now for.

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What four months five months and has hit the ground running? Well, I appreciate you coming on.

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Board, I know how big of a challenge this has been for director robinson, with no staff initially and.

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As we expand their responsibilities, you're vitally important to serving him, so thank you. Thank you.

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Okay, can I make the motion the board of commissioners award to purchase the face.

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Pieces and amplifiers from mes in the amount of 83 145 dollars. Second got a motion, uh second hand.

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Discussion seen here, none all in favor, aye, okay. Gentlemen. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

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Marine one for one okay mark want to come on up here. Let's talk about phone system replacements.

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Good morning, commissioners, good morning morning, okay, we are here to request your approval to award.

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The phone system replacement to term contractor skyline technology solutions in the amount of 216.

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242.48, this amount is within the adopted, fy 23 budget, and no additional funds should.

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Be needed and I'll turn it over to this extended mark. If you have any questions.

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Okay, commissioners, you know mr 16th dell he'll, give you a little bit of a rundown on. What's.

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Going on with the phone system replacement warning commissioners um so like with most technology, our.

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Existing phone system has reached the end of its life. um Yeah we get about five years out of every.

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uh Everything these days, so uh this proposal is to replace the end of support routers as.

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Well, as the software that runs behind them, so it would replace the server environment.

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The server environment would move to a cloud hosted solution and, and this proposal comes with.

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A would include five years of licensing to carry us through that whole five-year life cycle of.

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The product, so that's where you see that ongoing cost of 63 000 a year for years, two through five.

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Thanks, I have to say, when I was down at mako, went to a tech expo and whatever day it was, and.

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I can't remember who I was talking to, but one of the vendors was talking to me telling me how great.

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Carroll county was- and he mentioned you my name, mr sixth, and thank you how you were on the ball.

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I said who no, I was kidding, mr frazier, I appreciate you mentioning mako and I want to.

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Give thanks to director ripper for the leadership and hard work you put into the technology packages.

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And sessions that were down in mayco, because I think all of us in government now watch the news.

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And we see how vitally important it is that we maintain the latest in technology and I.t.

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To protect us from being held hostage or whatever they call it when they they hack into your system,.

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So, thank you very much for all the hard work you put into that was worthwhile. Thank you. If that'll.

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Make the motion the board of commissioners a word of phone system replacement, the skyline.

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Technology solutions and the amount of 216 242.48 cents, a second got a motion got a second excuse.

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Me any discussion sitting here, not all in favor aye, aye. Okay, let's talk about west law services.

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Your approval to award the support renewal of west law services for the state's attorneys and.

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County attorney's offices to thompson reuters in the amount of 26 000, 13.24 cents, thompson.

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Reuters is the current term contractor. This amount is within the adopted 23 budget, so.

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No additional funds should be necessary and again I'll turn it over to sixton and mark.

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um Westlaw provides research for case laws, rules of law, ordinances that are no longer available.

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In book form, it also gives them the ability to clear investigations to use to look up current.

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Addresses for business, personal property, tax tax bills and um acquire social security numbers and.

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Date or birth for military affidavits needed for complaints filed in the maryland courts.

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This is the one software package that tim uses, and this is the first time we are before you.

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For this, because it's the first time it's been over twenty five thousand dollars for a year.

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I remember uh electronic legal research made premiered about 40 years ago and it was the.

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Equivalent of your remember, your watch line, you know only very special people had this watch.

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Line because you wouldn't get charged for a long distance phone calls now, of course, you pick up.

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The phone you call anybody dating yourself, I am so the hardcover books are now uh are not not uh not.

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The norm, everybody has one of these electronic libraries, but the the nice thing about keeping.

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The hardcover books is, it is a nice backdrop when I need my picture taken very scholarly, so.

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And, as mark said, the other service, it provides information about uh potential defendants that.

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Is not readily available to the public, so we need. I don't ask you for much, but we need this. If not.

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For me, the state's attorney, really the puzzled look, is scholarly. Okay, so, okay, I think eventually.

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Attorneys, just don't get like a poster of books and put it on their wall with you know, with our.

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Attorney's uh endorsement of this I moved the board of commissioners approved the support.

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Renewal for west law services to thompson, router incorporated uh in the amount of 26.

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000 13.24 cents. Second got a motion got a second in a discussion. She didn't hear. None all in favor.

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Aye, okay, thank you very much. I wouldn't have made it without our attorney's endorsement. Mr.

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Davis, one you come on up here and let's talk about piney, run park, playground, repairs and replacements.

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Hey, we are requesting your approval to award game time care of cunningham recreation to.

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Perform repairs and replacements to the playground area at the piney run park in the amount of forty.

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Eight thousand seven hundred eighty four dollars and 36 cents. This work is being performed through.

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An omnia partners contract that was competitively bid. This amount is within the fy 23 budget. So no.

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Additional funds should be necessary and I'll turn it over to jeff. For your questions morning,.

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Commissioners, just for further clarification: this is the playground equipment that is located.

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Closest to the reservoir okay down at the bottom of the hill, what we are looking to do is replace.

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The port in place rubber surfacing that is under that play equipment we've had some issues.

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Related to water that is collected under there, it needs a new under drain additional stone to help.

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With that drainage push the water away from the playground, and that will help extend the life of.

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The surfacing while we do that we're also going to replace a small piece of equipment, a spinner.

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Currently doesn't spin it flops and we can't very well call it a spinner if it's not going.

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To spin it's a flopper, it's a flopper! Yes! So that's about two thousand dollars out of this.

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Total amount, okay, but those things have been incredibly popular at the other sites. So we.

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Look forward to getting that back in and having it functional floppers are spinners spinners, okay,.

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Discouraged flopping just like the nba. How long has the surfaces down here right now been down.

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The playground was installed in 2014, that is the original surfacing. Normally it lasts longer. It's.

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Because of this water issue that we've had issues with it, we have on occasion had situations where.

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We have to replace sections which is usually due to concentrated use or potentially vandalism in.

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Cases like that, we can cut that area out and replace a small area because of the type of.

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Damage here and being related to the water and the drainage, we have to remove the entire surface.

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Well, I I want to commend you for all your leadership over at pawnee iran. I know over a few.

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Months we had a little bit of issue of employment and citizens and all that and if possible, I'd like.

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To go out there and do a tour party run with you or a staff member, give the public an update, put.

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The positive image forward that everything's in place, everything is okay and especially try to.

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Promote some of the fall activities you have there, that's phenomenal what you guys do with the hay.

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Rides and the fires, and all that any publicity I can offer to do please get in touch with kathy. My.

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Assistant and arrange for me to come out there and do a little bit of promotion for you. It's.

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A tremendous resource and half of it's in my district here folks and commissioner rothstein.

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An air constituents center love that park, so any positivity I can put on the park. I will help you.

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With I appreciate it, those hay rides have become very, very popular. We do fall, hay rides. We also.

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Do them with santa towards the end of the year a little chilly, but uh is that santa weaver or okay.

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Yeah that hurt well. I know you like to do the phone calls, I'm not supposed to say that.

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I think things are going very well out there and I appreciate you know.

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um You know getting the uh boathouse open and everything and the the hiries and all the work.

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um I don't know if you saw priority carol, I um shared, I don't know. If I share with you.

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The freedom optimist club how they host the special needs. They do a wonderful job with.

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That it's incredible I mean I was out there and you know just for an hour or two, and I did share.

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With the public school system they had, I think, 40 or 50., and last year they had like 20 special.

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Needs so it continues to increase and they do it all word of mouth and a little bit what you.

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Share you know as well, so they freedom optimist club really appreciates that partnership with.

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You just want to share that with you, so thanks they've been a great organization to work with.

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It's amazing they're they're, huge too. I mean they are just a big big, come big organization, so.

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um Okay, I'll move the board of commissioners approves the repairs and replacement work at.

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The piney run park playground to game time in the amount of 48 784.36. Second got a motion got.

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A second any discussion seen here, none all in favor, aye. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you.

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Thank you, chris. We have anybody on the phone, no one on the line. Okay, any public comment.

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Nope, okay, I have a boy scout here to recognize you. We do have a boy scout here to recognize.

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Sir, what was your first name again bird? Well, okay, so I got the opportunity to speak with, will and.

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He's getting his communications badge by attending this morning and we'll be going to winners mill.

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In a few days right so look forward to to that um will one thing: just let you know we, uh the board.

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At least me, and my colleagues I'll just say- enjoy working with the boy scouts recognizing those that.

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Achieve eagle and providing proclamations and being a part of the community, I think carroll.

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County is on the forefront of so many communities in maryland and our country in promoting boy.

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Scouts and eagle scouts- it's very favorable across the county, so uh you know you know definitely best.

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Of luck for beginning at winners mill, hopefully you were able to learn something this morning.

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Like I shared with you, it's all about money coming in and money that we spend, or you know it's and if.

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You listened, you saw that everything that we spent one of the very important lines was. It was already.

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In a budget, so we put it in the budget and then we spent it just like a checkbook. You know and.

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That your parents would do, um but really thank you so much uh for being here this morning. Okay, if I.

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May add the leadership and character attributes that you will accumulate or have accumulated.

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In your position will prepare you to be a leader in the future for your community, not only.

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Potentially in civic duty, but also in the private sector, so you made a tremendous move of your life.

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Doing what you're doing so? Thank you. I was very impressed. You stayed awake for the whole session.

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That's because you weren't speaking actually I was impressed. You stayed awake. Okay, anything for.

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Open admin- I have one thing: um it's just real briefly for your information as well as, if our.

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Viewing audience we were notified yesterday by the city of westminster that they were just recently.

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Notified that the railroad that goes right from route 227 and main street there in the middle of.

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Westminster will be closing that intersection for for track, repair and replacement from september.

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9Th through the 19th or 18th, we have staff currently westminster city and the railroad.

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And county staff are all meeting as we speak um about that I don't have any more additional.

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Details but that's the plan at the moment and I do know some state signs are up already talking.

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About that closure so, but I appreciate it just continue to get the word out because.

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You know it's gonna, definitely disrupt uh the area down there, there's already a blinking light.

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um On main street, right now by the gas station by carol.

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um So yeah your work center. What's that out of curious arts center is what you're talking about.

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No, no, no, no uh um east! Of that all the way down maine um by the gas station. Oh okay! I know what.

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You're talking about uh that might be a result of last night's power glitches that bge sorry.

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Yesterday, during the day I I don't know but yeah so um but anyway, uh anything else, public, okay,.

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Only when you come on up, let's talk about the agendas, then we will recess.

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Until the afternoon, okay, hopefully all will enjoy a long weekend. The county offices will be closed on september 5th.

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In observance of labor day on tuesday september 6th, I will be participating.

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In south carroll, rotary club breakfast down in eldersburg.

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On wednesday, commissioner, frazier and weaver will be attending the opioid senior policy. I won't be.

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Attending that I okay, commissioner frazier will be attending it'll, be a virtual meeting, we'll be the.

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Same without you, commissioner, weaver on thursday, we will go into open session, starting at nine.

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And currently we'll be talking about the fy 22 operating budget adjustment.

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What acceptance of fy, 23, police, accountability, community and transportation transparency grant.

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Award purchase of lamp posts dpw. I think this will be mr boky's first.

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Opportunity to get in front of us as dpw alone request from tony town volunteer, fired company.

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Loan request from lineborough since tony town's doing lineborough is going to follow.

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Suit volunteer fire company and then there will be a tour of the charles carroll. A tour of charles.

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Carroll, a community center and all of us will be attending that at 2 p.m. On thursday afternoon.

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Scheduled right now, on friday or saturday, commissioner frazier has the podcast on.

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Sunday there'll be a 9 11 ceremony uh over at the public training center it'll be hosted by cc visa.

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And currently, all five of us will be attending that at 8 30 that morning.

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The following week on september wells.

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At 3 pm trans advisory council, commissioner fraser will be attending town of mount airy town meeting.

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Town hall, commissioner boucher will be attending on tuesday, 2010 lions club, 75th anniversary.

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Commissioner, lance will be attending that in keymar at 7 pm. I will be participating in the ag.

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Center board meeting wednesday, we have nothing scheduled thursday. Open session begins at nine.

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Community development block grant from our citizen services it'll be oh prior public hearing was.

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September 5th, 2019; no, that doesn't make sense, no, these community, these block grants last, for I take.

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A long time is this is the end, the wrap-up of a project that started several years ago, so west.

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End place expanded and changed their facility down the end of main street on in westminster and so.

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This is the the wrap up to that, as is, and then the second block grant has to do with covid round one.

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And then we'll be talking about consideration of bond authorized authorizing resolution from.

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Miss hobbes, which does remind us that we will also be working as the staff, is working towards.

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Our bond rating meetings coming up uh later on in late september or later beginning of october,.

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uh Nothing scheduled on friday, 16th nor the 17th and commissioner boucher has.

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The podcast on the 18th, I need a motion to recess until 1pm, so I moved exactly. I got a motion, a.

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Couple of seconds, therefore, there's no discussion all in favor, aye, okay, we're recessed, sorry.