St. Mary's County, MD Commissioners' Time, 5 Jan 2021

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Okay, happy new year, like everybody else, lord knows it's a time to be uh hopeful hopeful of a.

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Better year to come- and lord knows we'll forget about 2020.

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The vaccine information, the information from the health department.

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On the roll out and what we have going on and and dr michaels thank him very much for coming today,.

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But I've heard from many people who are concerned about again the capability of.

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Our hot local hospital health care system and the capacities there so I'll continue to ask for that.

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Transparency again I'll say I'm sorry, if sometimes I I my frustration comes out, but it just seems.

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Like information people should know, if you hear it on the tv every night or if the newspaper is.

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Reporting it and- and it's not accurate information, it's important that people know what is the actual.

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Information and that data is transparent again, I do not want to know personal data. I do not want.

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Gender or any of that kind of business just know how we feel about our community health system.

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Estat, the portion of the county that came up for reassessment this year was the lexington park.

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I'll call it the eighth district area down there in the middle part of the county.

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And uh if you're in that part of the county- and you did receive an assessment notice, pay attention.

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To it, somebody reached out to me recently and said that their assessment went up. 181 percent.

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60 percent uh a year increase over three over the next three years. Obviously they're going.

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To appeal that their neighbor went up 1.3 now, who knows how those things go, but the point.

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Is there's room for error? There's room for mistakes? I don't think people are trying to.

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uh Make it a bad job or they're doing the best they can but again, coved 119 has followed up a.

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Lot of processes excuse me processes, and it's important, though, that you protect yourself. Look.

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At your assessments understand, you probably have an idea what your property is valued at and and.

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Make sure there's no errors been made, but those appeals need to be filed by february 12th of 2021.

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So you got about five six weeks to do it just keep pay attention to those assessments, because those.

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Will impact the property taxes that you pay now tonight we have a public hearing starting at 6 p.m.

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On the ems billing, I've been hearing from people that you know, hey, look it's going to.

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Be the demise of the volunteer system? If we go to ems or it's going to eventually become a county.

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Employees and county run system. I don't believe that's the case.

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I really believe again. This coved has kind of made it hard for our seniors, who are involved with.

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uh Rescue squads first responders to go on calls because, obviously they know they're at higher risk.

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Hopefully, the vaccine, when these people get them, will make them return and do the things that they.

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Have the passion and the services they give to our county, but it's back to the tonight's public.

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Hearing on this or public forum public hearing on this proposal, it's been no secret that our.

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Public forums our public hearings have been lately attended, I'm talking late, very few and.

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To that point, it's it hasn't really been a benefit to the public granted we're checking the box. It's.

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Something we need to do and we are doing it and we're doing it with the protocols out there. But.

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Please take the time to call in take the time to video, if you have that available to you, but make.

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Sure we think it's very important to hear from you, so please, if you can get involved. Thank you.