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CALLS THE ORDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5 CHARTER AMENDMENT NON-INTERFERENCE WITH EXECUTIVE BRANCH, MR. WAGNER.UM, CURRENTLY THE COUNTY CHARTER REQUIRES ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND DISALLOWS THE COUNCIL FROM DIRECTING THE ACTIONS OF A SUBORDINATE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
THIS BILL, IF ADOPTED WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO DIRECTLY CONTACT OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF INQUIRY AND INFORMATION, NOT TO GIVE THEM WORK OR, OR DEMAND THAT THEY DO ANYTHING FOR THE COUNCIL.
IT'S MORE OF A INFORMATION, UH, UH, TYPE SETTING THAT WOULD, I THINK WOULD CREATE A BETTER FLOW OF INFORMATION FOR THE COUNCIL SIDE.
AND THIS COUNCIL, IF, UH, IF IT IS ADOPTED, IT GOES ON THE, UM, THE LANGUAGE WOULD GO ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND IT WOULD BE FOR FUTURE COUNCILS AND FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, WHEN THEY DRAFTED THE CHARTER, TYPICALLY THE CHARTER FOR HARTFORD COUNTY IS NOT WRONG.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS.
I JUST THINK IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT, UH, THIS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, IN, IN MORE RECENT YEARS APPEARS TO ME TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, FOR SURE IN TERMS OF, OF INFORMATION BECAUSE, UH, UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UM, DOESN'T NEED TO GET BOGGED DOWN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR QUICKER ANSWERS THAN WHAT WE MIGHT GET.
UH, THIS ALLOWS US TO GO AROUND AND ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH, UH, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ADMINISTRATION TO GAIN THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A LITTLE QUICKER ADJUSTMENT OR HELP THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
UH, IT'LL BE A CHARTER AMENDMENT IF IT'S PASSED AND THE VOTERS OF HARTFORD COUNTY WILL BE VOTING ON IT.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, UH, COUNSEL, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK TO US? MS. DIXON? DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO THIS EVENING.
JOHN MALLAMO FOLLOWED BY BILL WAYLAND.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUE WITH ONLY TWO SPEAKERS.
DO I GET MORE THAN THREE MINUTES? NO, SIR.
JOHN PIMA LLAMO 24 0 2 EAGLEVIEW DRIVE BEL AIR, MARYLAND.
AS YOU SAID ABOUT TO CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION, I WOULD OFFER THESE THOUGHTS.
YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE UNABLE TO DO YOUR JOB BECAUSE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS BLOCKING ACCESS TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.
PERHAPS YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE MAY HAVE NO COMPETENCE IN THE EMPLOYEES, IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
ALTERNATIVELY, HE MAY BE PARALYZED BY THE THOUGHT THAT THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU WOULD REVEAL SOME PROBLEM OR FAILURE AT THE TOP UNDER ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS, ACCESS WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE AND MOSTLY USELESS.
NEXT, I OBSERVE YOUR ACTIONS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MOSTLY WHAT I HEAR ABOUT THEN IS PIZZA WITH PAT CURRY, WITH CURTIS RIBS, WITH ROBB CHICKEN SALAD WITH CHAD TUNA, WITH TONY JUMBLE, I WITH JOE AND THEN FOR RELIEF, ALKA SELTZER WITH ANDRE GENTLEMEN, I STRUGGLED TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY WHEN YOUR BUSINESS IS ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, NOT THE ISSUES CONFRONTING COUNTY RESIDENTS UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION WOULD BE UNPRODUCTIVE AND WORTHLESS, QUITE BLUNTLY.
I CONSIDER YOUR CLAIMS THAT YOU CANNOT DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT DIRECT ACCESS TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES, TO BE AN EXCUSE FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE.
IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT RECOVERING YOUR POSITION, TURN TO THOSE SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER AND CODE THAT YOU CAN AFFECT VARIANCES, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS, ZONING RECLASSIFICATIONS ACCESS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AS PRESCRIBED IN THE ZONING CODE.
THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HAS AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACTIONS.
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING PROVIDES TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THE COUNCIL IS WELL-SERVED BY THAT SUPPORT.
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE IGNORED YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND GIVEN DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING YOUR AUTHORITY FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES.
I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IF YOU WANT MORE FAVORABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, YOU SHOULD RECLAIM YOUR AUTHORITY AND PROPERLY DISCHARGE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
I OFFER THESE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.
STOP PACKING LIKE A DOORMAT FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UPHOLD THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AND THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE RECOVER YOUR AUTHORITY ON SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
IN ZONING CASES, CHARGE THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING HELD AS DAC REVIEW.
PRIOR TO PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS INCLUDE THE RESULTS OF THE DAC REVIEW IN THE STACK RECOMMENDATION SCHEDULE, ROUTINE REVIEWS OF THE ACTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING AND ZONING CASES, SPECIFY THAT YOU DETERMINE WHETHER THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HERE'S HIS OWN CASE, COMPEL THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING TO RETURNLY ADVISE YOU OF ALL POSSIBLE ZONING CASES.
I'M NOT AS CONCERNED WITH YOUR PERCEPTION THAT YOU CANNOT DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT ACCESS TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AS I AM WITH MY OBSERVATION, THAT YOU DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR JOB WITHIN THE AUTHORITIES, YOU HAVE, PLEASE
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DO NOT ASK ME TO RESTORE YOUR POSITIONS WHEN YOU IGNORE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND GIVE YOUR RISK YOUR AUTHORITY WAY, PLEASE WITHDRAW THIS BILL.TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE AREAS WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITIES AND DO YOUR JOB.
I AM ACTUALLY FOR BILL 2205 AMENDING SECTION TWO 16 OF THE CHARTER.
I BELIEVE ITS PURPOSE IS TO GET THE ANSWERS AND INFORMATION, EXERCISE YOUR POWERS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
MR. WAGNER, YOU ADDRESSED THIS MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2019, YOUR COMMENTS ACTUALLY APPEARED IN THE EACHES WHEN OCTOBER 16, IT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
YOUR COMMENTS ALL GOOD AND THEY WERE PRESENTED IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THAT, BUT I WANT TO REPEAT A FEW OF THEM AND CONNECT YOU WITH US.
AMENDED ONE PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE ALLOWED THE POWER OF THE COUNCIL AND PURPOSE TO SLIP AWAY FROM THEIR CONTROL.
GREE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE CHANGES IN RULES TO PROVIDE FOR MORE CITIZEN FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT AGREE SECTIONS TWO 16 AND THREE OF THE CHARTER IMPLORE A WORKING SHIP, UH, FOR WORKING RELATIONSHIP BY EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH HAS TO COOPERATE AND WORK TOGETHER.
I AGREE THERE ARE TOO MANY BLOCKADES AND POLICIES ARE COUNTER COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, AGREE.
COUNSEL NEEDS TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO ANY COUNCIL EMPLOYEE TO OBTAIN A PITCH OR ANSWER OPINION AGREE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
EVERY TALIATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
YOU STATED WE'RE ALL ELECTRIC THE SAME TO SERVE BODY OF CITIZENS.
A GREAT, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE WORKING RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE BRANCH IN 2019, AND STILL ARE THREE YEARS LATER.
ELSTER BE NO NEED FOR THIS BILL.
SO IF THIS BILL ACHIEVES THAT NEEDED COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, IT IS WORTHWHILE.
HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT, THE ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO COOPERATE OR PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION REQUESTED.
WHAT IS YOUR REMEDY OR RECOURSE FOR THE COUNCIL? WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CIRCUIT COURT TO ENFORCE ACTION? I HOPE NOT FRANKLY, IF THIS BILL WAS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE JUST IGNORED AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE IGNORING THEIR OWN RULES AND LAWS TO THE DETRIMENT OF CITIZENS AND ONLY TO THE BENEFIT OF DEVELOPERS OR OWNERS.
I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HOPEFULLY SINCE THIS BILL COMES AND TO RENEW MINISTRATION AT A NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY EXECUTIVE, SUCH AS SENATOR ROBERT CASTLEY IT'LL ACHIEVE AT GOAL.
THANK YOU, MS. DIXON WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5.
AND WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A TWO MINUTE RECESS.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
CALLS THE ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH ZERO 13.IT'S OUR PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO WELCOME MEMBERS FROM TREE 2 65 IN JARRETTSVILLE.
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, UH, I WOULD ASK ALL OF US TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE FOLLOWED BY THIS OPENING PRAYER, THE SAVING BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BILL.
I HAD A FUN JOB WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
I TO LEAVE THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
THANK GENERAL, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE COME TO YOU TODAY WITH PRAISE AND LORD.
WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ANOTHER DAY TOGETHER.
AND LORD, WE ASK FOR WISDOM LORD, IN THIS MEETING THAT YOU MIGHT BLESS ALL IN ATTENDANCE, LORD AND LORD, THAT ALL WE DO, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, BRING HONOR AND GLORY TO YOU.
LORD, WE ASK A SPECIAL HEDGE OF PROTECTION, LORD OF GET AROUND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR EMS PERSONNEL, LORD, OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, LORD AND LORD BE WITH OUR CHILDREN BELOW IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
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LORD AND LORD, WE JUST ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THE COUNTY, OUR COUNTRY, LORD AND LORD.WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL DO LORD.
COUNCILMAN BEULAH, AGENDA ITEM
[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]
NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022.WE APPROVE THE NOMINATION OF GLADDEN KURTZ AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.
MR. KURTZ WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO JOIN US, BUT HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT HIS PROCLAMATION.
MR. SCHROEDER, IF YOU HAVE STEPPED FORWARD, MR. KURTZ, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, PLEASE, GENTLEMEN, THEY WIN, UM, RIGHT AHEAD, WHEREAS GLAD.
AND CURT'S RECEIVED THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.
AND WHEREAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, MR. KURTZ IS THE FIFTH GENERATION CO-OWNER OF THE EEG, KURTZ AND SUN FUNERAL HOME WITH HIS BROTHER.
HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT DIRECTOR AND TREASURER OF THE JARRETTSVILLE CEMETERY COMPANY.
AND WHEREAS GLADIN HAS BEEN AT JARRETTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MEMBER FOR 56 YEARS.
HE SERVED AS A LINE OFFICER, INCLUDING CHIEF AND A DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN A DELEGATE TO THE HARTFORD CECIL FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS 19TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022 DO HEREBY SALUTE.
GLADIN KURTZ, A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE AND BE FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD, WHICH WILL RECALL THE PAST INFORMED THE PRESENT AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARFORD COUNTY AND HIS MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, ORAL HISTORIAN, AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S A GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF JARRETTSVILLE, YOU THINK OF THE KURTZ FAMILY, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG, LONG TIME, MANY GENERATIONS.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRE COMPANY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE FIRE BANQUETS FOR 16 YEARS NOW SINCE BEING ON THE COUNCIL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE KURT'S NAME MANY, MANY TIMES YOU AND YOUR BROTHER, BEN AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE ASKED THAT, THAT ON TO YOUR SON AND ALL OF YOUR FAMILY.
I SEE THE FUTURE FIREFIGHTER RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR, A GREAT HEART FOR LIVING TREASURE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORLD HISTORY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN AND STORED FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, I JUST WANT TO THANK CHAD AND THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS HONOR TO GAIL I'S KNOCK, WHO'S SITTING BACK THERE.
WHO'VE NOMINATED ME AND TO MY FAMILY HERE.
MY SON, BILL DAUGHTER, ANDREA GRANDSONS, NATHAN AND ROBBIE, MY WIFE, WE'RE NOT, AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S VOWEL MCKAY, UH, AND JEN TERRELL, ARE THESE SITTING BACK THERE OR WHATEVER, BUT I WOULD THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE THIS WITH ME.
ALSO TONIGHT 2022 FAIR HOUSING MONTH FOR RECOGNIZING FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
AND IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MS. ATKINS PRESIDENT OF HARTFORD COUNTY REALTOR ASSOCIATION, UH, DAVE STROMBERG, IF YOU'RE HERE, SIR, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, LEN PARISH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD
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WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR.WHEREAS APRIL 2ND, 2022 MARKS THE 54TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE U S FAIR HOUSING LAW TITLE EIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 AS AMENDED, WHICH ENUNCIATES A NATIONAL POLICY OF FAIR HOUSING WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, OR CREED NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, FAMILIAR STATUS AND HANDICAP AND ENCOURAGES FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE HARTFORD COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS IS COMMITTED TO A HOT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FAIR HOUSING LAW TITLE EIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, BY CONTINUING TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT WILL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RIGHT TO EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO PLAN PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP ASSURE EVERY AMERICAN OF THEIR RIGHT TO FAIR HOUSING.
NOW, THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS 19TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022 DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FAIR HOUSING MONTH, APRIL, 2022, WHICH BEGINS A YEAR LONG COMMEMORATION OF THE US FAIR HOUSING LAW IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOGNIZE THIS CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP US AGENT STRAIGHT NOW, BUT I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB IN HARBOR COUNTY IN MANY WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FAIR HOUSING.
AS I LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTOR FAMOUS OF DAVE STROMBERG, WHO KEEPS US ALL STRAIGHT A'S PERFECT COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU DO A GREAT JOB TEACHING ALL THE CP CLASSES, BUT I DID, UH, FAIR HOUSING FAVORITES.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO KEEP EVERYONE OUT OF TROUBLE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD HEATHER, DAVE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS IT RIGHT OVER TO MR. SEAN MURPHY.
CAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO ENDED UP ON FAIR HOUSING CONTEST THIS YEAR AND HE'S OUR TERROR OF OUR EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU, COUNTY COUNCILS RECOGNIZE THOSE AS WELL.
UH, SO YOU'VE HEARD THAT APRIL'S FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PROTECTED CLASSES.
THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, MARYLAND HARFORD COUNTY HAS THOSE AS WELL.
UM, OUR 1400 MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIR HOUSING IS A PILLAR OF OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS AS WELL.
WITH THAT WE EVERY YEAR HAVE A FAIR HOUSING POSTER CONTEST.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR TOP THREE WINNERS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR IN 2022, THE THEME IS FAIR.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THEM UP FRONT AND THEIR NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
SHE'S OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER AND LASTLY LILY AND OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU DID SAY.
AND LASTLY, ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ART TEACHER FROM FOUNTAIN GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. LOU LOU'S MARIA VIGNOLA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD PARTICIPATION OR A CONTEST THIS YEAR.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER.
SO AROUND OF APPLAUSE, SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT SO LASTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL, CHAD YOU IN PARTICULAR, AND YOU AS AN AUDIENCE FOR RECOGNIZING THE GOOD WORK THAT THESE YOUNG LADIES DID.
[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAACO ANNUAL UPDATE.[00:20:01]
TO WELCOME MS. LAURA PRICE, MAACO PRESIDENT, AND ALSO TALBOT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MICHAEL SANDERSON MAKOS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.THANK YOU FOR COMING TO HARFORD COUNTY.
I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND A TOPIC COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT I WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY BACK IN THE LATE 1990S.
AND I AM SHOWING MY AGE WITH THAT ONE.
UM, WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS LEADER NEXT TO ME, MICHAEL SANDERSON, CAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO GETS IT ALL DONE AND LEADS THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
AND IT'S JUST AN A, A REAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS YEAR WITH HIM, UM, AND LEARNING HOW TO GET THINGS DONE IN A VERY NON-PARTISAN WAY.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I SAY TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WHEN WE MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY OR FOR MOST WEDNESDAYS STORING THE, UH, SESSION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION IS, UM, TO REALLY RECOGNIZE HOW THIS LEGISLATION AFFECTS OUR COUNTIES AND NOT NECESSARILY HOW OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS ARE.
AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
AND IT IS PROBABLY, UH, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE AWAY AS I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 12 YEARS.
THIS IS MY LAST YEAR, UH, TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS LEARNING HOW TO REALLY GET THINGS DONE.
AND I WISH THAT, UH, MAYBE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES DID IT THE WAY WE DO IT BECAUSE IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE.
AND HE'S JUST SAYING FOR THIRD GIGGLING, UM, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, UPDATES FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS JUST ONE WEEK SINCE GOALS, CINDI DIE.
WE HAD SOME, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SHAKE SOME HANDS AND, AND GET SOME WORK DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
AS THINGS OPENED UP IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS BEFORE SESSION, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 2,700 BILLS THIS YEAR, MAACO ANALYZED A THIRD OF THEM, YOU KNOW, 900 OF THEM AND IT IS FAST AND FURIOUS THE WAY IT COMES TO THE STAFF.
AND I'M, I KNOW I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY GET DONE AND THEN OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, UM, AND JOE, THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THAT, UM, EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OR SO, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL THESE BILLS THAT THE STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH AND GIVING OUR INPUT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THE COUNTIES.
AND, UM, ONE THING ABOUT TONIGHT IS I WOULD LIKE TO SET AN EXAMPLE OF HAVING THIS BE MORE OF A DIALOGUE RATHER THAN JUST US GIVING A PRESENTATION.
SO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY, UM, FOR MAACO.
SO AFTER WE GET THIS UPDATE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, UH, WHAT WE DID GOOD, WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON, UM, AND KEEP THE DIALOGUE GOING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INVOLVE ALL OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, I, I DO WANT TO HIT ON THE FIRST TOPIC, UM, AFTER MICHAEL GO THROUGH ALL THE REST, BUT THAT'S THE, THE EMS, THE EMERGENCY TRANSPORT BILL THAT WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLE THIS YEAR.
AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT I'M FAMILIAR THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COMPENSATION FROM JUST A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, TO GOING UP, I BELIEVE IT'S $50, THE FIRST $150 AND, UM, NOT JUST TRANSPORT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM, BUT TO ANOTHER APPROPRIATE FACILITY, WHETHER THAT'S AN URGENT CARE CENTER, WHETHER IT'S A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR EVEN IF WE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE REVIVE YOU AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO GET COMPENSATED AND REIMBURSED FOR THAT IS HUGE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT ON THE, UM, INITIATIVES COMMITTEE, WHERE WE START WITH MAYBE 50 DIFFERENT, UH, POSSIBILITIES, AND WE HAVE TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO NO MORE THAN FOUR, THIS ONE ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST.
WE WERE DOWN TO FIVE AND I REMEMBER MICHAEL SAYING, OH, THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE TO PASS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CYBERSECURITY, WE SHOULD DO THAT.
AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GOING TO CARRY THE WATER ON THE EMS IS US BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS, UM, IN THE FIREFIGHTER AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CARRY THE WATER ON.
AND WE WANT TO THANK HARFORD COUNTY FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND SENATOR GALLEON FOR SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION.
AND I'M GOING TO LET MICHAEL, UM, TAKE OVER THE REST OF IT.
CAUSE WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE SESSION.
WE KILLED SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO DIE AND WE GOT SOME THINGS THROUGH THAT NEEDED TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEN WE GOT THINGS STUDIED THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE GO TO SUMMER STUDY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL SANDERSON, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED A PACKET OF INFORMATION AND I HAVE NO INTENTION TO GO THROUGH THAT IN A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL.
I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR GUESTS AND AGENDA FOR THE EVENING, BUT I'LL TRY AND SORT OF SKIP THROUGH A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE WORTH MENTIONED.
AND IF THAT PROVOKES MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM YOU ALL EITHER TONIGHT OR AFTERWARD, UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE, THAT THIS IS BEST WHEN IT'S A TWO
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WAY DIALOGUE.SO I'LL, I'LL MENTION A FEW THINGS WE'RE LITERALLY JUST A WEEK AFTER THE WRAP UP OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION IN ANNAPOLIS.
UM, I WILL ECHO, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF WORKING WELL WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNITY AND WITH FIRE FIREFIGHTERS ON SUPPORT FOR, FOR THESE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN DELIVER ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH ONE TO LIFT.
IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT, UH, THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BE HEADING.
AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING MEDICAL SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S AT YOUR HOUSE OR WHETHER WE'RE GOING OUT TO A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S UNDERSERVED PEOPLE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THE RIGHT WAY TO BE DOING BUSINESS WITH EMERGENCIES OR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND LEVERAGING THOSE BAGS KIND OF SUPPORT.
SO A REALLY GOOD MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THERE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S A MULTI-YEAR FIGHT WHERE WE MADE GROUND THIS YEAR IS WITH STATE FUNDING FOR YOUR LOCAL ROADS AND BRIDGES THROUGH HIGHWAY USER REVENUES.
WE KNOW WE'VE BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS.
UM, HARFORD COUNTY SETTING ASIDE THE MUNICIPALITIES IN HARTFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN GETTING ABOUT 3.3 MILLION AS YOUR SHARE OF STATE.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S THE GAS TAX AND TAX ON CARS.
AND SO FORTH GOES INTO A BIG POT.
SOME OF IT GOES BACK TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES.
AND WE ALL KNOW IT WITHOUT A BILL PASS.
AND THIS YEAR WE WERE ABOUT TO FALL OFF A CLIFF.
AND THAT 3.3 WAS GOING TO DROP TO ABOUT 2 MILLION, TOTALLY UNREASONABLE, UM, MULTIPLE INITIATIVES ON THE TABLE, INCLUDING A PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR TO MAINTAIN THE 3.3 FOREVER.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH BILLS IN THE HOUSE WITH LOTS OF BILLS IN THE SENATE WITH LOTS OF SPONSORS, A PUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SESSION.
WHAT WE GOT OUT OF IT IS NOT A FULL RESTORATION, BUT IT'S ANOTHER SEVERAL STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THAT 3.3 FOR HARTFORD IS GOING TO TURN INTO 5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, ABOUT HALF AGAIN, WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
IT'S NOT THE FINISH LINE, BUT THE ARROW IS POINTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND WE HAVE THANK YOUS TO OFFER TO AN AWFUL LOT OF LEGISLATORS WHO WENT TO BAT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON THAT FRONT.
AND WHEN WE GOT KEPT MOVING THE BALL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, ANOTHER THING THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH, BUT, UH, THE FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS SITTING ON SURPLUSES AT THE MOMENT, BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW STRONG THE UNDERLYING ECONOMY TRULY IS.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH POLITICAL DECISION-MAKERS IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE WAS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR ANNAPOLIS AND THIS ELECTION YEAR, REDISTRICTING YEAR AND SO FORTH AT THE END OF THE LINE, THE STATE WANTED TO GRANT SOME TAX RELIEF AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PRINCIPLE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SAY THE STATE HAS ITS OWN REVENUE SOURCES.
AND IF IT WANTS TO CREATE INCENTIVES FOR ONE SORT OF THING OR RELIEF FOR SOME CATEGORIES OF TAXPAYERS, THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT THAT LOCAL TAXES AND THOSE DECISIONS IN YOUR BUDGET OUGHT TO BE LOCAL DECISIONS AND NOT MADE IN ANNAPOLIS IN THE GRAND SCALE WITH WHAT ANNAPOLIS DID THIS THROUGH THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A LITTLE BIT OF TAX RELIEF, SOME ONE-TIME SPENDING AND SO FORTH.
THEY'VE LEFT THE KEYS TO THE CAR IN YOUR HANDS, THIS GO ROUND.
YOU'RE NOT ALONG FOR THE RIDE WITH THE KIND OF THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITH INCENTIVES AND SO FORTH.
SO ON PROPERTY TAXES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ON INCOME TAXES, IT'LL BE YOUR CALL.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE RATE RELIEF FOR CLASSES OF YOUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, THAT'LL BE YOUR DECISION LOCALLY.
AND WE THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY EACH COMMUNITY OUGHT TO MAKE THOSE SORTS OF DECISIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT A THRILLING OR SEXY OUTCOME FROM THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT ONE.
AND I THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DESERVE THAT LEVEL OF RESPECT FROM OUR STATE DECISION-MAKERS.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF NUMBERS AND SUMMARIES IN THE PACKET WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALL, UH, BIG PICTURE, LIKE IN MOST LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, WE PLAYED A GOOD DEAL OF DEFENSE, UM, AND TRIED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT A NUMBER OF BILLS AMENDED OR CONSIDERED WITH LOCAL SERVICES IN MIND.
OUR PRIORITY IS WHEN WE COME TO ANNAPOLIS ALONG WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT SOMETIMES JUST TO MAKE OUR STAFF TO TRY AND ARTICULATE, WHAT WOULD THIS PROPOSAL MEAN FOR THE COUNTIES WHO HAVE TO DO THE RECYCLING PROGRAMS, WHO NEED TO PICK UP THE TRASH, WHO NEED TO PAVE THOSE STREETS AND SO FORTH.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN BE EFFECTIVE DELIVERING THOSE SERVICES BACK HOME.
WE HAD A GOOD SESSION ARTICULATING AND BEING EFFECTIVE BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT MAY GO SUPPORT BEHIND A BILL, GIVES IT A BETTER CHANCE TO PASS NICO'S OPPOSITION OR CONCERNS WITH A BILL MEANS IT'S GOT A TOUGH ROW TO HOE AND THAT'S THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE.
THIS OUGHT TO BE A PARTNERSHIP IN POLICY WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT.
SO, UM, LAST PAGE IN THE PACKET IS, UH, IS LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR AUGUST
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CONFERENCE, UM, HAVING A BIG EVENT A MONTH OR SO AFTER JULY PRIMARY SHOULD BE A CAN'T MISS FOR MANY FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND MANY JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS TO SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER.SO THERE'LL BE A LOT, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO THERE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK WE WANT TO, I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME.
AND IF ANYTHING WE SPOKE ABOUT IS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT GREAT, UH, WHETHER IT'S NOW OR SOME OTHER TIME, ALL THAT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE TIME BEFORE THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND EXPLAINING EVERYTHING.
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN A STRANGE, INTERESTING MAACO SESSION.
BOTH OF THEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE 99% WITH HIS ROOM.
SO THAT WAS CHALLENGING IN ITSELF.
AND, UH, BUT TO MAKE A STAFF THAT HAD PHENOMENAL JOB, MAKING SURE PAPERWORK WAS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, UH, WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED ALL THE TIME AND IN FACT, VERY FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES TOO.
IN FACT, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY, SO MAYBE ONE OR TWO, BUT YEAH, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
AND I DO REMEMBER CLEARLY LAST OCEAN CITY TALKING ABOUT THE NINE 11 OR THE EMS BILL IN THE CYBERSECURITY AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM EITHER.
AND WE'RE LIKE, WE GOT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, UH, NOW THIS OBVIOUSLY IS MY LAST GO ROUND WITH MAACO.
SO I'M NOT COMING BACK, SORRY, BUT ACTUALLY I'M NOT SORRY.
WE ALREADY SERVED THE COUNTY AWFULLY WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON MAKOS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, I JUST SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT A GREAT DEAL OF MAKOS CREDIBILITY IN ANNAPOLIS COMES FROM THE FACT THAT IT'S ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND GUIDE OUR POLICY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF SAYING WE LIKED THIS BILL.
WE JUST LIKE THAT ONE IT'S ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE ON THE GROUND THAT GOES SO FAR AND AN OPEN SO MANY DOORS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AT SIR.
AND WHAT MAKES THAT SO SPECIAL IS IT ALLOWS MAACO TO REALLY FIGHT THE, BRING HOME AND KEEP OUR DECISIONS DOWN THEY'RE LOCAL AND OUR ABILITY TO STAY LOCAL AND THE KEEP LOCAL CONTROL AT THE FOREFRONT.
AND THAT'S, I, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT'S MIGOS PRIME OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES THAT WORTH IT AND WHY IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION TO BE A PART OF, BECAUSE IT DOES KEEP OUR LOCAL CONTROL HERE, WHICH WE NEED OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE WILL TAKE EVERY BIT OF LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM US IF WE LET THEM AND GO PREVENTS THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU IN A CONGRATULATIONS ON NOT GOING BACK EITHER.
THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, THE NEW ELSE, MR. SCHROEDER.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING MAKE HER DOES FOR ALL THE COUNTIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF WRAP EVERYBODY UP IN NUMBERS AND YOUR, YOU HAVE AN IMPACT AND EVERYONE DOWN AT ANNAPOLIS RECOGNIZES THAT, THAT YOU'RE FOR ALL OF US.
AND IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE BEHIND US, JUST LIKE YOU SEE A, THE TIO HATS, YOU KNOW, THERE, WE HAVE A FORCE OF NUMBERS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU REPRESENT ALL OF THE COUNTIES.
UM, AND IT IS REFRESHING TO SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH THE HIGHER USER REVENUES.
UM, I SEE THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 3.2 TODAY PERCENT THAT COUNTIES WILL GET.
AND THEN, UM, SB, UM, SENATE BILL 7 26, WE'LL TAKE THAT TO 4.8, UM, AN FYI, UH, 26 AND 27.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS KIND OF PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT $3.3 MILLION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROADS.
AND YOU SAID, IT'S GOING TO GO UP TO 5 MILLION.
IS THAT NEXT YEAR? WAS THAT RIGHT? 26.
SO IF YOU HAVE THREE YEARS OF THAT, IS THAT, SO THAT'S THAT PERCENTAGE THAT, THAT F Y 26.
SO TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE AROUND $15 MILLION BACK IN 2009, 10 BEFORE, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THE FOLKS UP HERE WERE WITH ME AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT I REMEMBER THAT.
AND IT TAKES A LOT FOR OUR LOCALS TOO, TO KEEP UP THE ROADS WHEN WE'RE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 20% THAT WE WERE GETTING BACK IN 2009, 10, AND LOOK AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYTHING, LOOK AT HOW THESE CON GOVERNOR, HOW THESE CONTRACTS ARE HIGHER.
LOOK AT FUEL COSTS, LOOK AT THE MATERIALS WE COULD, IT TAKES EVERYTHING COSTS MORE, BUT WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FACTORED THAT IN YOU'RE, YOU'RE BELOW 20%, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU ROWAN INFLATION YOU'RE WAY BELOW.
SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING US IN HARFORD COUNTY.
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THAT WE HAVE 692 MILES OF ASPHALT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF.AND I DO COMMEND OUR COUNTY FOR DOING MORE WITH LESS, BUT I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND I'M SURE THE ADMINISTRATION DOES AS WELL, THAT THE ROADS JUST ARE, THEY'RE STARTING TO NOT BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
I GOT, UM, TWO CONSTITUENT, UM, REQUESTS FOR, UH, TO LOOK AT THEIR ROADS JUST LAST WEEK.
AND I KNOW IT'S ALL OF US, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO THAT.
WE'RE AT ABOUT 20% THAT WE WERE GETTING 12 YEARS AGO AND THEN FACTOR IN THE COST OF HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TODAY VERSUS THAT NO, BACK THEN WE WERE GETTING A GOOD BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF THE MONEY WE SPENT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING THE BACON BACK THE HARTFORD COUNTY, YOU KNOW, BRING IT HERE.
WE CAN, WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE OUR MONEY.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH LESS, BUT IF WE HAD MORE, WE COULD DO A LOT BETTER JOB.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A WINTER, YOU'RE GOING INTO SPRING.
PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING HER OUTDOORS.
YOU SEE ARE KIND OF LIKE ALLIGATORS IS WHAT I CALL IT.
UM, YOU SEE THAT IN THE PAVEMENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL THING.
AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE REPRESENTATION YOU PROVIDED.
I MEAN, IT WAS THE STATE FORMULA FOR 40 YEARS AND IT WORKED AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, EVERYTHING FELL OFF THE CLIFF IN 2009 ISH, THAT MAYBE THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A PR YOU KNOW, PERMANENT AND LEAVE US, YOU KNOW, WHEN LOSING 90% OF, OF OUR ROADS MONEY, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS, THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S A LOCAL ROAD OR A STATE ROAD, THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEIR ROAD HAS POTHOLES AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHY IS THE STATE PROJECT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LOCAL THAN THE LOCAL PROJECT? UM, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TALBOT COUNTY, THE REVENUES USED TO COVER THE ENTIRE ROADS DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO, WHETHER WE HAVE TO RAISE TAXES OR WE HAVE TO PULL FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT IN OUR COUNTY BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIX THE ROADS.
SO YOU ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
AND I KNOW, AND I'M THE ORIGINAL BILL THAT WAS SENATE, UH, BIPARTISAN SPONSOR, UM, LEAD SPONSOR WAS SENATOR MCCRAE.
UM, DID GET US BACK TO THE 15.3% HAD F YOU KNOW, HAD THE COUNTIES AT 15.3 IN BALTIMORE CITY AT 12 POINT WHATEVER.
AND THE MUNICIPALITIES BACK AT 2.6 AND HAS THE FULL RESTORATION OF 30%.
SOMEHOW THE MUNICIPALITIES ENDED UP ABOVE FULL RESTORATION.
AND WHEN THE COUNTIES GOT LEFT BEHIND, SO NO, THIS FIGHT'S NOT OVER.
AND SO WE'LL TAKE ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET TO CONTINUE.
THE OTHER THING IS, IT SEEMS LIKE ASSESSMENTS ARE OUR BACKUP.
YOU KNOW, THE REAL ESTATE IS REAL ESTATE IS DOING WELL.
UM, OUR INCOME TAX SHOULD BE HIGHER AS WELL.
PEOPLE ARE GOING WHERE OUR ECONOMY IS GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY.
AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE BACK TO TRAVELING A LOT MORE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO THE GAS PUMPS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE GAS PRICES ARE ASTRONOMICAL.
YOU SEE A LOT OF CARS ON THE ROAD, PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE COOPED UP FOR TWO YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY SHOULD BE THERE THAT WE COULD, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET, GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK TO KEEP OUR ROOTS, HOW THEY SHOULD BE.
I MEAN, YOU GOTTA MAINTAIN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, OR IT GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT THAT RATHER THAT YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP UP, YOU GOT TO REDO THE ROAD WHEN YOU REDO IT, IF YOU WAIT TO HOME.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU, MR. TROY, MR. BILL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPAND ON WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN SCHRODE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADS.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT ALL SEEMS TO FLOW TOGETHER SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THERE WAS LEGISLATION PASSED THAT CHANGED THE WAY THE MONIES WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.
AND WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT AND I THINK IT WENT THE TOP PRIORITY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WENT FROM SAFETY TO DENSITY.
IS, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? OR COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT LIKE COUNCIL, WE'RE GETTING LESS THAN EVEN WITH THE 5 MILLION, UH, BUMP UP WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT AT 10% WHAT WE USED TO GET.
BOTH, BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, WE'RE
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IN THE WRONG PLACE WE NEED TO DO BETTER.AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR ARGUMENTS IS EXACTLY CORRECT.
AND IT'S EXACTLY THE REASON WHY FULL RESTORATION MAKES SENSE.
UM, IN THE PROCESS BETWEEN THESE CUTS BACK IN 2009 AND TODAY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ITS WISDOM DECIDED LET'S TAKE THE THREE POTS OF MONEY, AN ALLOCATION TO BALTIMORE CITY WHO IS ONE OF A KIND, THEY DO ALL THE STATE ROADS AND THE BIG HIGHWAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY, BUT THEM IN A POT BY THEMSELVES, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, JUST THE INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS IN THEIR OWN POT.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY ROADS AND THEN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BALANCE AND WOULD TREAT THOSE AS THREE SEPARATE FUNDING STREAMS. IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DECISION AT THE TIME, BUT WHAT IT MADE IT EASIER TO DO WAS TO PLAY FAVORITES.
AND IN ALL CANDOR, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MADE AN ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE THE CONGESTED ROADS WE'RE DOWNTOWN AND WE NEED A BUMP AND THEY GOT A BUMP AT A TIME WHEN THERE WASN'T MONEY FOR THE COUNTIES TO COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
AND THAT'S, WHAT'S LEFT THEM AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE.
SO IT, THEY ALSO HAD A SMALLER, LIKE THE SALVIA ENTIRE MUNICIPAL PROBLEM.
MUNICIPAL PROBLEM WAS 20 OR $30 MILLION A YEAR, 350 FOR THE COUNTIES AND FOR BALTIMORE CITY.
SO YOU CAN, SOMETIMES YOU PATCH OVER THE ONES THAT YOU CAN PATCH OVER.
IT'S LEFT US IN AN UNFAIR CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT NOBODY IN ANNAPOLIS EVER BELIEVED LIKE TAKING CARE OF LOCAL ROADS WAS A BAD IDEA, BUT WE'VE JUST ENDED UP IN THIS DEAD END.
IT'S JUST TOUGH TO MAKE THE HABIT.
AND IT'S PART, IT IS BECAUSE MAINTENANCE IS NOT AS EXCITING AND POPULAR AS NEW PROJECTS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE UP AGAINST THAT.
THE BORING PART OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS PATCHING OVER WHAT YOU HAVE AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING THE RIBBON ON THE NEW SHINY THING, BUT PATCHING OVER WHAT YOU HAVE IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO KEEP AT IT, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE WAS A SHIFT IN PRIORITIES.
AND MR. SHIRTS IS SOME OF THE MONEY GOING TO THINGS LIKE THE HOV LANES, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 95 OR IS THAT A SEPARATE POT? LIKE WHAT, LIKE WHERE IS THE STATE MONEY GOING? LIKE I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING BECAUSE WE MANAGE OUR MONEY REALLY WELL IN THE COUNTY.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LONG EXPANSIVE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION THAT I PROBABLY CAN'T DO FULL JUSTICE TO, UM, THIS POT OF MONEY FROM TAXES.
PEOPLE PAY WHEN YOU BUY IT, THEM ON AN AUTOMOBILE WHEN YOU PAY, WHEN YOU BUY GAS, YOU KNOW, THE MOTOR FUEL TAX AND SO FORTH, AND A FEW OTHER ODDS AND ENDS.
SOME OF THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX GOES INTO THIS POT.
UM, THAT'S THE PIECE THAT USED TO BE SPLIT 70% OF THE STATE AND 30% OF THE LOCALS.
AND THE DEAL FROM THIS YEAR IS THAT LOCAL SHARE GOES FROM 13 AND A HALF UP TO 20%.
WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY BACK TO THAT 30% SHARE THE REMAINDER IS BASICALLY ALL THE 23 COUNTIES.
SO WE'VE GOT WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT FRONT, BUT THE REMAINDER THAT GOES TO THE STATE, THE STATE HAS A CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND.
SO IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THOSE DOLLARS GO FOR JUST THESE PROJECTS, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AND THE AIRPORT AND, UM, HIGHWAYS AND ADD ONS FOR HIGHWAYS AND EXPRESS LANES AND OTHER THINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO TRANSIT PROJECTS AND MASS TRANSIT AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.
SO MARYLAND DOESN'T FUND THEIR INDIVIDUAL MODES PIECE BY PIECE.
IT ALL GOES INTO A TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND THAT'S CONSOLIDATED.
SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO TAG THIS DOLLAR FOR THAT, THAT DOLLAR FOR THIS, BUT IN THE AGGREGATE IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, RIGHT.
THAT'S, WHO'S MADE OUT AT ARC.
I HAVE A REALLY NICE, UH, HARFORD COUNTY PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRAFT AND SHOP ROAD AND ROUTE 23.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LOCAL WELL, AND YOU ALL DO YOUR, THEY DO THEIR CTP TOUR WHERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COME AROUND WITH EITHER JIM PORTS OR SEAN POWELL OR, OR, UH, I THINK IT WAS GREG GREG BEFORE LATER, BEFORE THAT, AND YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER YOUR PRIORITIES.
I KNOW WE JUST DID OUR PRIORITY LIST LAST WEEK IN TOPIC COUNTY.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT FUNDED THAT ARE THE STATE ROADS IN YOUR COUNTY, BUT THEN OF COURSE THEY HAVE ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MR. SANDERSON COMPETITION WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY AND OUR DISTRICT HERE, AND IT'S, WE NEVER, YOU KNOW, STEGO STREET AND HAVE ANY GRADES, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER GET OURS FUNDED.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WE DID OURS LAST WEEK AND THE SAME PROJECTS OR HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST FOR THE 11 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE AND THE STATE MONEY, WE CAN'T GET THE VOCAL MONEY.
THIS IS MY LAST TIME TO, SO THANK YOU, MR. SRES, MR. JAMES.
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR COMING UP.
UM, AND WELCOME BACK TO BEL AIR.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, CONSTANT ATTENTION HAS GROWN SINCE I LEFT HERE.
SO IT HAS GROWN QUESTION, UM, BASED ON A LOT OF THAT STUFF ALSO, HOW DO WE COLLECT MONEY FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING AT A STATE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH OUR TOLLS, IF THERE'S NO MORE TOLL
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BOOTS AND HOW MUCH ARE WE LOSING? UH, YOU KNOW, ARE WE COLLECTING FROM PEOPLE FROM THEIR LICENSE PLATE? AND WE SEND A BILL AND IF WE DON'T COLLECT, WHAT DO WE DO? UM, YOU'RE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TAP BOTTOM ON MY KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA, BUT I WILL PLEDGE TO FOLLOW UP BACK WITH YOU.UM, I KNOW THE STATE HAS MADE SOME CALCULATIONS ON THIS TOO.
WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE YOU GO TO AUTOMATED TOLL COLLECTION, YOU CUT DOWN ON OVERHEAD COSTS.
SO, SO THE NET PROPOSITION OF BRINGING IN EVEN LESS THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF TOLLS VERSUS THE, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR ALL THE VARIOUS PEOPLE AND SO FORTH THAT REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY STOPPING PEOPLE FOR TICKETS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, UM, TENDS TO BE A NET POSITIVE CALCULATION.
IS IT TRUE THAT SOME FOLKS FROM CONNECTICUT PROBABLY DRIVE THROUGH, WE TAKE A PICTURE OF THEIR LICENSE PLATE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO SEND IT.
WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME LEAKAGE.
UM, I THINK THE STATE AND THE STATE, THE TRANS THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT MAKES THOSE JUDGEMENTS, THERE'S A BOARD THAT WORKS THROUGH THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THEY MADE A JUDGMENT THAT IT WAS IN MARYLAND'S BEST, BEST INTEREST TO DO THAT.
I THINK WE'RE RIGHT SIDE UP ON THAT TRANSACTION, BUT I WILL LOOK INTO THE REPORTS ON THAT AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE FULL COUNCIL.
UM, LAURA, YOU WERE VERY PASSIONATE SPEAKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FUNDING.
DOES THAT NEW FUNDING THEN GO DIRECTLY TO OUR VOLUNTEER COMPANIES? NOT NECESSARILY TO THE VOLUNTEER COMPANIES, BUT, UM, I, THE AMBULANCES THAT ARE MOSTLY PAID, I THINK AROUND THE STATE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, EMT, PARAMEDICS, AND NINE 11 CENTER AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT WAS THE AMBULANCE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT WAS ONLY A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT ONLY IF YOU TRANSPORT IT TO AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, IT WASN'T RECOGNIZED.
SO WHAT THIS CHANGES IS THE MEDICAID, MEDICARE, WHERE IF SOMEONE HAD INSURANCE, YOU COULD BILL THEIR INSURANCE AND WE SHOULD, IF THEY HAVE INSURANCE, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY RECOGNIZED AS TRANSPORT TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHERE THIS IS ALSO GOING TO HELP US IS NOW THAT IT'S RECOGNIZED TO TRANSPORT ELSEWHERE OR TO TREAT IN HOME.
AND EVEN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME AND BEING PROACTIVE, WE CALL THEM OUR FREQUENT FLYERS PEOPLE THAT CALL NINE 11 ALL THE TIME.
NOW THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO BUILD THEM.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A STATE EXPENSE TO, TO PAY US MORE FOR THAT TO THE A HUNDRED TO 150, BUT ALSO IT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BILL OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SO I WOULD SAY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS A PROCESS WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT BEING BUILT.
NO, ONE'S GETTING A BILL TO YOUR HOME.
AND SOMEONE SHAKING YOU DOWN SAYING YOU HAVE TO PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THIS IS GOING TO MEDICAID, TO MEDICARE AND PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO COVERED THESE SERVICES, MARYLAND SETS THE STANDARD, WHAT COUNTS AS MEDICAL CARE.
AND WITH THIS YEAR'S BILL, WE'RE JUST RECOGNIZING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
AND WE'RE SERVING YOU IN THE HOME.
WE'RE TAKING YOUR URGENT CARE OR WE'RE COMING TO A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS HELP IN ALL THOSE CASES.
WE'RE DELIVERING MEDICAL CARE JUST AS IF YOU WERE IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
SO CHECK THE BOXES AND REIMBURSE APPROPRIATELY THROUGH THE INSURANCE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT JUST UBER.
WE ARE ACTUALLY, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY RECOGNIZING THE TRUE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE EMPTIES AND PARAMEDICS ARE, I KNOW HOW MUCH WE ALL APPRECIATE.
SO I SEE THE GREAT THING IS THAT YOU MENTIONED A FREQUENT FIRE.
SO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO FREE UP TRUE EMERGENCIES.
THEY CAN GO ELSEWHERE TO GET THEIR SERVICES.
SO WHEN WE ALL HAVE A TRUE EMERGENCY, WE HAVE A SPOT TO GO TO BECAUSE BEFORE I THINK THEY WERE MAKING THAT PHONE CALL SO THEY COULD GET THE FREE RIDE, JUST BE SEEN AT THE HOSPITAL.
NOW THEY CAN GO OTHER PLACES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY ARE, UH, LAW, THAT WAS AS INCOMPLETE AS MARYLAND'S HAS BEEN FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO WITH THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE PROVIDING.
WHEN YOU CAN ONLY REIMBURSE FOR A TINY FRACTION OF THOSE SERVICES, YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG INCENTIVES FOR WHERE TO SPEND YOUR TIME.
SO REIMBURSE EVERYTHING, THE FAIRWAY, AND NOW EVERYBODY CAN DO THEIR JOB APPROPRIATELY.
AND IT'S JUST GOING TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO BE DELIVERING.
IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, COUNSEL ON ANYONE ELSE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF ALL THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE THIS EVENING, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE MEETING.
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ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING APRIL 12TH, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 20 DASH ZERO 12, APRIL 12, 22.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS ADMIN, A STANDARD APPROVED MR. WAGNER,
[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
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REQUEST, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A RESOLUTION TO HAVE LEVY AND IMPOSE A PROPERTY TAX UPON ALL PERSONS FOR REAL, A PERSONAL PROPERTY IN HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, BUT WITH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE STATE, THE CITY OF HABITED GRACE AND THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, ANY INCORPORATED TOWN OF BELAIR IN THE COUNTY THAT IS SUBJECT TO ORDINARY TAXATION AT ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 15 OF THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION, THE TAX PROPERTY ARTICLE SENATE BILL 6, 2 6 CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE 2000 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND AND CHAPTER 1, 2, 3, ARTICLE ONE, SECTIONS 1, 2, 3 DASH 15 1 2 3 DASH 16, AND 1, 2, 3 DASH 27 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING ALL OF THE ESTIMATED COUNTY EXPENSES FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR, BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, 2022, AND ENDING ON THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023.AND TO FIX THE RATE OF COUNTY TAXATION FOR SUCH TAXABLE PROPERTY AND YEAR PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH AT 7:00 PM.
AND THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WILL BE DONE WITH THE BUDGET ORDINANCE RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO 17 DASH 22, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN, CINDY AT THE REQUEST, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023, JUNE TO JUNE 30TH, 2024, JUNE 30TH, 2025, JUNE 30TH, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND JUNE 30TH, 2028.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH AT 7:00 PM.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ IN
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BILL'S 22 DASH 0 0 7 THROUGH 22 DEATHS, ZERO 10.RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 7, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WAGNER INACTIVE PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE TWO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER AS AMENDED BY REPEALING OF REENACTING WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION TWO 10 FORFEITURE OF OFFICE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SECTION 2 0 9 IN PARENTS, A VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO REMOVE A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SPECIFIED REASONS TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR REMOVAL, TO PROVIDE AN APPEAL PROCESS, TO PROVIDE FOR FILLING THE VACANCY CAUSED BY A REMOVAL AND TO REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR THEIR ADOPTION OR REJECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 9 0 5 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER BY THE COUNCIL APRIL 19TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 17TH, 2022 AT 6:45 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 8, INTRODUCED BY COUNSEL PRESENT, BEEN SENDING IT TO REQUEST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL MEMBER G AND GIORDANO AND ACT.
YOU ADD THE DEFINITION OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS CENTER TO SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH FOUR DEFINITIONS OF ARTICLE ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS TO ADD TO NEW SECTION A IN PEREZ, 13 ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS CENTER TO SECTION 2 67 DASH 88 SPECIFIC STANDARDS OF ARTICLE NINE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, THE PERMITTED USE CHART AMUSEMENTS ALL APART, ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2 67 ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A DEFINITION OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS CENTER AND ALLOW THESE USES OF SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IN THE B2.
B3, L I C I G I AND MOS ZONING DISTRICTS, AND TO SET FORTH THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING BY THE COUNCIL APRIL 19TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON MAY 17TH, 2022 AT 6:45 PM.
DUEL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 9, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND BEEN SENDING IT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO ADOPT THE COUNTY BUDGET CONSISTING OF THE CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023 AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
THE SPECIAL PURPOSE BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023, AND THE GRANTS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ALL EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING, JULY 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023, AS HERE IN INDICATED BY THE COUNCIL, APRIL 19TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON MAY 4TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT TWO 12 SOUTH BOND STREET, BEL AIR MARYLAND, 2 1 0 1 4 AND ON MAY 11TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TWO 12 SOUTH BOND STREET, BEL AIR MARYLAND, 2 1 0 1 4, BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 0 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
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VINCENT.HE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY ACT TO REPEAL THE HARTFORD COUNTY PAY PLAN CLASSIFICATION PLAN HARTFORD COUNTY ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 0 0 7.
AND TO ENACT A NEW HARTFORD COUNTY PAY PLAN AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN TO STAND IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REPEALED TO PROVIDE PAY PLAN FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6 0 3 OF THE CHARTER, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT BE CODIFIED IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE BY THE COUNCIL INTRODUCED READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON MAY 17TH, 2022 AT 6:45 PM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL WAGNER, AGENDA ITEM
[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]
NUMBER 10, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT SEVEN TO BUILD 22 DASH 0 0 3.MAY I HAVE A MOTION PRESIDENT MR. BILL, I MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT SEVEN TO BILL 22 0 0 3.
IT'S MOVING IN A SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENT SEVEN TO BILL 22 DEATHS 0 0 3.
MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR.
I MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER MAY HAVE A SECOND SET.
THANK YOU, MR. BUEL SPOON IS SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS EIGHT THROUGH 15 TO BUILD 22 DASH 0 0 3.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, PRESIDENT MR. JOHNSON, UM, FOR, UM, AMENDMENT 13, HOW WE'LL BE VOTING NO ON THAT AMENDMENT, WHICH IS YOUR PREROGATIVE.
UM, AND I WILL SPEAK TO A 13 IS I'M THE ONE WHO PUT IT IN, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, JUST LIKE YOURSELVES, UH, COMING HERE AND SPEAKING TO US, WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY PHONE CALLS, MANY, MANY EMAILS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND THE ONE THING THAT WE, WE SINCERELY BELIEVE IS THAT EVERY PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT RIGHT TO STAND IN FRONT OF ANY PROPERTY OWNER THAT WANTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHETHER, UM, JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO I SUGGESTED TO PUT 13 IN ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT, IT APPEARS AS IF COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON IS ASKING SET 13 TO BE DIVIDED AND ONE INDIVIDUALLY, UH, AND THEN THE REST OF THEM GO TOGETHER AS ONE.
SO IT BE EIGHT THROUGH 12 AND 14 THROUGH 15.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE THE EMOTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, OR MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. VIOLA, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE 13 BY ITSELF? YOU CAN, MAY HAVE SOMEONE HERE.
NO, THEY, THEY THEY'VE ALL BEEN MOVED IN SACRAMENTO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON ON THE ESPORT TO HAVE ANY SEPARATE VET.
SO IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO CALL IT THE SEPARATE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR WERE ALREADY DID THAT MS. DICKSON CALL FOR THE VOTE? 10 OR 13? YES.
THERE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE AMENDMENT 13 TO BILL 22 DEATHS 0 0 3 IS HEREBY APPROVED.
MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ AMENDMENT 16 TO BILL 22 0 0 3.
THE RECORD FOR UNDER ADOPTION LIMIT NUMBER 16 TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3 ON PAGE THREE AND LINE 16 STRIKE DURING THE PERIOD OF THE MORATORIUM AND SUBSTITUTE FOLLOWING THE DATE.
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THANK YOU.AND DUE TO THE TIMING OF THIS AMENDMENT, UH, WE WILL ACT ON IT THIS EVENING.
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENT 16 TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.
OR ANY COMMENTS MR. BILL? YES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UH, AMENDMENT 16 ALLOWS FOR THE COUNCIL TO FORM THE COMMITTEE AFTER THE BILL BECOMES LAW, INSTEAD OF WHEN IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
60 DAYS LATER, THAT'S ALL AMENDMENT 16.
DOES ANYONE ELSE? MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. ANDREW HANNA, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGON.
THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE AMENDMENT 16 TO BUILD 22 DASH 0 0 3 IS HEREBY APPROVED AGENDA ITEM
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11.CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS, BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.
PYRAMID PENINSULA MORATORIUM AS AMENDED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO PRESENT MR. BILL? YES.
I MOVED TO APPROVE BILL 22 0 0 3.
VERY PARAMIN PENINSULA MORATORIUM AS AMENDED.
AND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AS AMENDED? NO COMMENTS, MS. DIXON PRECEDENT PASS MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. BANDRA DANNO.
MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGNER, I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE FIRST.
WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE PARADIGM PENINSULA WITH TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ISSUE, SAFETY ISSUES, WATER RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND I DO VIEW MYSELF AS A PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPONENT, BUT I RESPECT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF BOTH THE COMMERCIAL VENTURES, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE AREA HOMEOWNERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA.
SOME HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND CERTAINLY THE TRAFFIC ISSUE AND SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES HAVE NOTHING BUT GROWN SINCE, SINCE THE 1990S, THERE'VE BEEN MANY CHANGES IN WAREHOUSING AND LOGISTICS INDUSTRY.
SINCE THE DESIGNATION OF THE GIA ZONING FOR THE PYRAMID PENINSULA, THE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT THE SAME TODAY AS THEY WERE IN THE NINETIES.
I BELIEVE THAT WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BOUND TO DO THAT, WHICH WE THINK IS LEGAL.
AND I BELIEVE THE MOST LEGAL THING TONIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY BE TO VOTE AGAINST BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3 AND DISREGARD THE VALLEY CONCERNS.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, THAT'S THE CONFLICT THAT WE'VE ALL I THINK DEALT WITH OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DEALING WITH THE MORATORIUM BILL THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US, THE MORATORIUM USE USED AS A PAUL'S WITH A CLEARLY DEFINED END THAT YIELDS PRODUCTIVE RESOLUTIONS AND DEFINES A CLEAR MEANS TO PAY FORWARD.
THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA IS WHAT I'M SEEKING.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AND NOT DEVELOP A RESOLUTION IN THE END.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO COMPLETE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I HOPE THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT DESIRED GOAL IN THE END.
I TO BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO IN A NEGATIVE BILL, 22 DASH 0 0 3, AS AMENDED IS HERE BY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH 0 0 4.
IS THERE A MOTION MR. WAGNER MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF BILL NUMBER 22 DASH SEARS FOUR MAY HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND, MR. BEULAH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 4.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS SEEING NONE MR. DIXON? ALRIGHT, BYE.
THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 4 IS HEREBY APPROVED
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AGENDA ITEM NUMBER[12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS]
12, ENROLLMENT OF BILLS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.AND BILL A 22 DASH 0 0 4 ARE CERTIFIED AS BEING THE TEXT FILE PAST 23 WAS AS AMENDED.
I KEEP FORGETTING THAT A 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE IS NONE 14
[14. NEW BUSINESS]
NEW COUNSEL BUSINESS COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.MR. WAGNER, I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL RETAINED THE LAW FIRM, RIFKIN WAINER, LIVINGSTON, LLC, TO PROVIDE A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF AN ISSUE, WHICH RELATES TO LEGISLATION.
IT'S MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
ANY COMMENTS MS. DICKSON? YES, SIR.
HI,
THE REQUEST IS HEREBY APPROVED AGENDA ITEM 15
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BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT.UH, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON AGAIN, OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 25TH, TUESDAY, THE 26TH, WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH THURSDAY, THE 28TH ALL WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR WORK SESSIONS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK SESSIONS, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD, EXCUSE ME, SIR.
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK SESSIONS, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD TO FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE.
UH, THE SCHEDULE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON A WEBSITE, UH,
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16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.UH, MR. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT I'LL YIELD MY TIME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. PRESIDENT COUNCIL, THE EMS, EXCUSE ME.
THE EMS BILLING DISCUSSION THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT WITH A MAKEUP TONIGHT WAS A HUGE, REALLY WAS A HUGE WIN FOR US.
IN FACT, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I THINK I'VE BEEN ON SEVEN OR EIGHT AMBULANCE CALLS WITH FALSE AND OUT OF THOSE, WE MIGHT'VE TRANSPORTED THREE MAJORITY OF THEM.
WE TREATED AT THE HOUSE AND LEFT, OKAY.
OR THE PROBLEM AND LEFT, AND WE CAN'T RECOUP ANY OF THAT MONEY.
SOMETIMES WE GAVE MEDICATIONS.
SOMETIMES WE, UH, DID A LOT OF WORK CARDIAC ARREST.
THEN WE HAD NO ABILITY TO COVER ANY OF THAT MONEY.
SO THIS IS A HUGE THING FOR ALL FIRE BUNS AND VOLUNTEERS.
THANK YOU, MR. JAY, ANDREW DANNA WAS THE PRESIDENT.
UH, HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD EASTER WEEKEND AND WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ORTHODOX EACH EASTER IS COMING UP ON SUNDAY AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE THAT ARE STOLEN WAR AND CONFLICT AND DYING OVER THERE.
UM, I KNOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 40 DAYS OR SO, BUT JUST KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR THOUGHTS.
THEY, THEY HAD IT THERE AND IT'S BEING, TRYING TO BE TAKEN AWAY.
SO I, I HOPE EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT.
UM, I CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, I'LL LET CHAD TALK ABOUT THE ONE TO ADVANCING BEYOND THE SPECTRUM.
UM, IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANY, ANY KIDS OR ANYTHING THAT THEY DON'T TALK AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YOUNG AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS A FACILITY THAT OPENED UP IN BELLAIRE, UM, THAT THEY STARTED AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST FACILITY, UM, WONDERFUL PLACE.
UH, I'VE GOT A NEPHEW THAT IS HAVING TROUBLE SPEAKING.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S IN GEORGIA.
IF HE WAS HERE, I'D SEND HIM HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT THANKFULLY THERE'S A PLACE LIKE THIS LOCALLY THAT CAN HELP KIDS.
SO I WISHED THEM ALL THE BEST OF LUCK.
THANK YOU, MR. JANITOR, DAN AND MR. SHREDS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE SCOUTS THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM BEFORE THE MEETING AND WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN FOR THEIR PLEDGE AND WHAT THEY DO.
I KNOW THAT THEY ALL HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURES AHEAD OF THEM.
AND, UM, ALSO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO THE ARBOR DAY THAT WAS HELD UP ON GOOD FRIDAY.
WE PLANTED ABOUT 250 TREES AND, UM, IT WENT REALLY WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ANNUAL, UH, EVENT THAT WE DO IN HARFORD COUNTY.
WE, THIS IS OUR 19TH YEAR AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME.
SO, AND, UM, COUNCILMAN JAN, JORDANNA MENTIONED THAT WE, UH, WE DID IT ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE FOREST HILL WINE AND LIQUOR STORE.
UM, I BELIEVE FRIDAY AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, THE NEW OWNER, UH, KENNY SHAW AND HIS WIFE.
ONE THING THAT ALSO, UM, THE COW CROSSING OF FOND FOND VIEW FARM UP IN, UH, UP IN PAULSVILLE.
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UH, MY FRIENDS ARE GREG AND MARY STEWART, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND ALSO TO THE BELLER AUTO AUCTION.THANK YOU, MR SHOWS, MR. WAGNER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO BEL-AIR AUTO AUCTION AND 75 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY EMPLOY.
UM, JEAN AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND EXTEND OUR PRAYERS TO PETER QUACKENBUSH AND HIS FAMILY ON THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE, AMY QUACKENBUSH, WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND SUDDENLY.
UH, PETER IS THE EMS CHIEF OF THE HEAVY GRACE AMBULANCE COURT.
SO, UM, OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIM AND AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF RESISTING OVER SEVEN YEARS, ACTUALLY, I FINALLY DECIDED TO GET A COUNTY PHONE.
NOW I HAVE TO CARRY TWO PHONES, WHICH I TOTALLY DISLIKED, BUT, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, SO FOR ALL THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, MY NEW PHONE NUMBER, I'LL POST IT ON MY WEBSITE SOMEWHERE WHERE A 1-800-443-FOUR 1 7 4 6 3 9.
AGAIN, THAT'S 4 4 3 4 1 7 4 6 3 9.
AND IF YOU, UH, DON'T GET AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER LIKE YOU DID ON THE OLD NUMBERS.
WELL, I MIGHT NOT HAVE IT WITH ME.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S CHAD'S NUMBER YOU GAVE THAT.
I GAVE UP MINE WHEN THE BLACKBERRY OUT OF SERVICE.
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ITEM, NUMBER 17, COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS.MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP MR. PRESIDENT? THANK YOU.
AS I, UM, AS I HAD TRIED TO, UH, EXPRESS TO EVERYONE, UH, DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, UH, THERE WILL BE NO MENTION OF ANY ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT, NOTHING RELATED TO THE BILL, NOTHING RELATED TO THE AMENDMENTS.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST, I WAS A LITTLE LENIENT IN THAT, BUT NOT TONIGHT.
CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JOSH HOSEL FOLLOWED BY NANCY POST.
INFORMATION IS ON FILE AS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.
I WAS STUNNED TO READ AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY ALEX SMELL OR
HE WRITES IN A PRESENTATION FOR HARPER COUNTY TEACHERS WHEN LGBT INSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS OBTAINED THROUGH A MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, REQUEST THE DISTRICT PAID OUT SEVERAL SCENARIOS FOR TEACHERS REGARDING THE DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION TO PARENTS.
THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO REVEAL A SCENARIO.
STAFF CAN USE WHEN CONVERSING WITH PA WITH THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND ASK THE CHILD.
WHEN I COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN, WHAT NAME OR PRONOUNS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO USE? DECEIVING PARENTS AND INSTRUCTING STAFF TO KEEP INFORMATION ABOUT SOMETHING AS CRITICAL AS A STUDENT'S NEW NAME AND GENDER IDENTITY PREFERENCE HIDDEN IS AN ACTION OF DIRECT VIOLATION OF LEGALLY GUARANTEED PARENTAL RIGHTS.
DID YOU KNOW NUMEROUS LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER SCHOOL POLICIES THAT VIOLATE CONSTITUTIONALLY RECOGNIZED PARENTAL RIGHTS BY ALLOWING STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AND GENDER WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
THESE STATES INCLUDE WISCONSIN, FLORIDA, MASSACHUSETTS, AND YES, MARYLAND WITH A SUIT TO BE HEARD IN FEDERAL COURT FILED BY TWO FAMILIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
PARENTS ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE GETTING MAIL COLLEGE APPLICATION OR COLLEGE ADMISSION INFORMATION CALLS FROM THE NURSE TEACHERS OR OTHER STAFF FOR A CHILD BY A NAME OTHER THAN THEIR CHILD'S NAME OR GENDER AND HTPS SHOULD EXPECT THAT LAWSUITS WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE DISTRICT TO PARENTS, NOT ONLY HAVE THE U S CONSTITUTION IN MARYLAND CONSTITUTION ON THEIR SIDE, THEY HAVE THE PROTECTIONS OF FEDERAL EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT, AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO THE RECENT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SEXUAL AND VIOLENT ASSAULTS IN HTPS SCHOOLS.
IMAGINE BEING A CHILD, JUST RETURNING TO IN-PERSON LEARNING AND HAVING THEIR PRIVACY VIOLATED WHEN AGGRESSIVELY SURVEY
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SURVEYED BY HCPS STAFF, THE WEEK OF SCHOOL OR THE WEEK, THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL BREATHLESS SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND ORIENTATION IN DOING SO.HTPS VIOLATED THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, A FEDERAL LAW, PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
THEN IMAGINE THE BURDEN YOUR CHILD CARRIES BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING ENCOURAGED, AIDED AND ABETTED BY THE SCHOOL STAFF TO LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE BEHIND THEIR BACKS OR BEHIND THE BACKS OF PARENTS.
TEACHERS, STAFF, AND COUNSELORS ARE BEING ARE BECOMING MORE VOCAL AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST BEING INSTRUCTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIG LIE UNTIL THE LAWSUITS WORKED THROUGH THE COURTS.
THIS COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER WITHHOLDING ANY AND ALL FUNDING SUPPORTING THIS ACTIVITY.
SO AS NOT TO BE NAMED IN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
DID HE REMAIN GOOD EVENING? NANCY POSTS MY INFORMATION, SOME FILE PARAMIN PENINSULA HAS A TEMPORARY WIND TONIGHT.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THAT GOES.
ABINGTON WOODS STILL SUFFERS MALIGNANT NEGLECT.
SOME OF US JUST CELEBRATED EASTER OR PASSOVER A TIME OF REFLECTION IN HOPE TONIGHT.
WE HEARD ANOTHER NICE PRAYER READ TO KICK OFF THE HARTFORD COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THE WORDS RING HOLLOW IN THE HALLS OF HARFORD COUNTY, GOVERNMENT WORDS ARE EMPTY UNLESS THEIR MEANING IS TAKEN TO HEART AND PUT INTO ACTION.
NOT SIMPLY READ OFF OF A PIECE OF PAPER TO CREATE A MIRAGE OF MORAL CONDUCT.
IF THOSE WORDS MATTERED, IF THERE WAS TRUE INTENTION BEHIND THEIR MEANING, HARFORD OFFICIALS WOULD SERVE THEIR CITIZENS.
AND NOT THOSE WHO IMPOSE HARM ON THEIR CITIZENS.
HARTFORD OFFICIALS WOULD NOT DISMISS CITIZENS, PLEASE FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER, FRESH AIR TO BREATHE SAFE, NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, TO TRAVEL ON PRESERVATION OF GOD'S CREATION FOR US AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
HARFORD OFFICIALS WOULDN'T LET DEVELOPERS DO THEIR OWN TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL OTHER STUDIES LIKE LETTING A SIX YEAR OLD WRITE THE SHOPPING LISTS FOR A TRIP TO THE CANDY STORE.
SOUTHERN HARTFORD RESIDENTS WOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY RESPECTFULLY AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AS NORTHERN HARTFORD RESIDENTS ARE TREATED, HARTFORD OFFICIALS WOULD NOT HYPOCRITICALLY PRESERVE 15 ACRES BY WAVERLEY DRIVE IN NORTHERN HARFORD, NOT WORRIED ABOUT LAND RIGHTS, LAND WRITER OWNED LAND OWNER RIGHTS AND TURN THEIR BACKS ON PRESERVING 326 ACRES OF CRITICAL HABITAT IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD'S ABINGTON WOODS HOME, WHICH IS HOME TO THE HAHAHA BRANCH STREAM AND SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF HOMES.
HARTFORD OFFICIALS WOULD PUT LEGISLATION AND MEASURES IN PLACE TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND RECOGNIZE IT AS THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR SURVIVAL, THAT IT IS HARTFORD.
OFFICIALS WOULD NOT MEET WITH DEVELOPERS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WOULD JUST UNDER THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE WRITTEN MINUTES, POWERED GREED, EGO, AND SELF PRESERVATION WOULD NOT BE PRIORITIZED ABOVE ALL ELSE.
HARTFORD OFFICIALS WOULD DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
OUR ACTIONS ARE THE VISIBLE DISPLAY OF OUR VALUES, OUR CHARACTER, OUR HEARTS, OUR INTEGRITY GENTLEMEN.
WE INVITE YOU TO WORK WITH US AND NOT AGAINST US SIT BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED.
CITIZENS WHO HAVE THE GREATER GOOD AS OUR GOAL.
WE WANT PEACE, NOT WAR, BUT WE WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO DEFEND THE PRECIOUS FEW NATURAL ACRES REMAINING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND FOR JUSTICE, WE LAID OUT OUR CONCERNS AND WARNINGS REGARDING ABINGDON WOODS.
SINCE 2019, YOU CAN TRAMPLE OVER THEM OR TAKE HEED.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF HARTFORD CITIZENS AND NOT IN SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO DESTROY OUR LAND FOREVER.
IN THIS MOMENT, YOU HAVE A CHOICE WHERE THERE IS WELL, WHERE THERE IS WILL.
THERE IS A WAY LET'S LIVE AS IF WE MEAN WHAT WE PRAY.
MA'AM JUSTIN PICKERING FOLLOWED BY KAYLA MAYOR.
UH, GOOD EVENING, JUSTIN PICKERING.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS ALSO ON FILE TONIGHT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ A POEM.
IT COULDN'T BE DONE BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST.
SOMEBODY SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE DONE, BUT HE
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WITH A CHUCKLE REPLIED THAT MAYBE IT COULDN'T, BUT HE WOULD BE ONE WHO WOULDN'T SAY SO TILL TRIED.SO HE BUCKLED RIGHT IN WITH THE TRACE OF A GRIN ON HIS FACE.
IF HE WORRIED HE HIT IT, HE STARTED TO SING AS HE TACKLED THE THING THAT COULDN'T BE DONE.
SOMEBODY SCOFFED, OH, YOU'LL NEVER DO THAT.
AT LEAST NO ONE EVER HAS DONE IT, BUT HE TOOK OFF HIS COAT AND HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT.
AND THE FIRST THING WE KNEW, HE'D BEGUN IT WITH A LIFT OF HIS CHIN AND A BIT OF A GRIN WITHOUT ANY DOUBTING OR QUIT IT.
HE STARTED TO SING AS HE TACKLED THE THING THAT COULDN'T BE DONE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO TELL YOU IT CANNOT BE DONE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO PROPHECY FAILURE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS TO POINT OUT TO YOU, ONE BY ONE, THE DANGERS THAT WAIT TO A SALE, YOU, BUT JUST BUCKLE IN WITH A BIT OF A GRIN.
JUST TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND GO TO IT.
JUST STARTING TO SING AS YOU TACKLE THE THING THAT CANNOT BE DONE AND YOU'LL DO IT.
I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT FOR MANY PARENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEEN OBSERVING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO PARENTAL RIGHTS OR THE WELLBEING OF ALL STUDENTS.
THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAS CREATED A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
THAT IS A COMPLETE DISTRACTION FROM ACTUAL ACADEMIC CONTENT AND REPRESENTS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM TEACHING THINGS LIKE SCIENCE, MATH, AND READING, THE BOOKS, CURRICULUM ISSUE, AWARENESS AND EVENTS THEY HAVE INTRODUCED ARE NOT ONLY HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, BUT THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
HTPS IS USING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PROMOTE ITS ADMINISTRATORS' WOKE AGENDA.
AND WE, THE PARENTS ARE DEMANDING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE ACTIVISM ISSUES AND OUR SCHOOLS CAN KICK OUR SCHOOLS, CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ARE NOT ONLY DISRESPECTFUL TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ACTUALLY CREATE DIVISION AMONG OUR STUDENTS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL.
I HEAR ALL THE TIME MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY DEMANDING RESPECT.
WELL, YOU CANNOT DEMAND RESPECT FOR ONE CLASS OF STUDENTS.
BELIEFS WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY CRAPPING ALL OVER ANOTHER STUDENT'S BELIEFS.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, BELLER MIDDLE-SCHOOL HELD A DAY OF SILENCE TO PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE TOWARDS THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
RAINBOW MASKS WERE HANDED OUT AND SOME CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE DAY.
THERE WERE ALSO TEACHERS WHO CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BY NOT SPEAKING.
THEY SIMPLY WROTE SILENCE ACROSS THE BOARD AND EXPECTED NO SPEAKING IN THE CLASSROOM.
HOW WAS THIS A NURTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS? FIRST? NO LEARNING ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN SEVERAL CLASSES.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS MADE A DEVOUT CATHOLIC STUDENT FEEL? A STUDENT WHO TREATS EVERY CLASSMATE AND TEACHER WITH RESPECT, BUT WHOSE RELIGION DOES NOT AGREE WITH HOMOSEXUALITY? I WAS APPROACHED BY A MOTHER WHOSE CHILD WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE AT SCHOOL THAT FRIDAY SHE CALLED AND ASKED TO BE PICKED UP.
THIS IS BY FAR NOT AN INVITING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS NOW INSTRUCTING KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS TO TEACH ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY AND SAYS, THE TEACHERS IN THE STATE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO INFORM PARENTS ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S DESIRE TO CHANGE.
DANGERS AND HCPS HAS PROVIDED THIS TRAINING TO THEIR STAFF.
THIS IS AN OUTRIGHT ATTACK ON PARENTAL RIGHTS.
FEDERAL LAW DOES NOT GRANT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE AUTHORITIES CIRCUMVENT PARENTAL CONSENT AND NOTIFICATION.
THESE TOPICS AND LIFE DECISIONS ARE NOT AND WILL NEVER BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL OR ANY OF ITS STAFF MEMBERS.
IT IS THE JOB OF THE PARENTS TO MAKE ALL DETERMINATIONS REGARDING OUR CHILDREN'S MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
IT SPANS ACROSS EVERY RACIAL BACKGROUND, EVERY SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL CLASS AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
THIS IS A MISSION TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY AND INNOCENCE OF CHILDHOOD AND TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM OUR OUT OF CONTROL SCHOOL BOARD.
I IMPLORE YOU TO HOLD THE BOE ACCOUNTABLE DEMAND.
THESE THINGS BE REMOVED FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MAKE A STAND WITH THE PARENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND HELP TO RESTORE OUR SCHOOLS TO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS RESPECT FOR ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FOCUSES ON PROVIDING OUR CHILDREN WITH AN ACTUAL QUALITY EDUCATION.
MA'AM EMMA PELLER FOLLOWED BY JOY CLARK.
I, UH, DON'T HAVE A PLAN HERE TONIGHT CAUSE HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I THINK I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE IN A CLIMATE CRISIS.
OUR ENVIRONMENT IS IN DANGER AND WHILE I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS IT, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
THE OVERDEVELOPMENT IN THIS COUNTY JUST HURTS EVERYONE IN THE END.
MAYBE YOU WON'T FEEL IT IN YOUR LIFETIME.
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MAYBE I WON'T FEEL IT IN MINE, BUT DOWN THE ROAD, OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, THEY WILL, WE JUST NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR ENVIRONMENT, PRIORITIZE KEEPING HARTFORD COUNTY GREEN.SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS COMMENTS EARLIER.
UM, TRANSGENDER CHILDREN AND PEOPLE, 82% HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE AND 40% HAVE ATTEMPTED IT.
THOSE NUMBERS CAN GO WAY, WAY DOWN WITH A SUPPORTIVE ADULT IN THEIR LIVES.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK TO ME, IF ALL IT TAKES FOR A CHILD TO NOT HAVE THOSE FEELINGS IS TO CALL THEM BY A DIFFERENT PRONOUN.
HOW COULD WE NOT DO THAT? I'M NOT A PARENT.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS, BUT AS A PERSON, AS SOMEONE WHO WASN'T HTPS SCHOOLS, I THINK BEING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL ME AND SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING LGBTQ STUDENTS, INCLUDING TRANS STUDENTS, INCLUDING CATHOLIC STUDENTS, EVERYBODY.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK ASKING SOMEONE'S PRONOUN IS THE BARE MINIMUM.
HI, GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S JOY, MARIAH CLARK FOUR 18 CRISFIELD DRIVE.
UM, I'M CALLING I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM A 9 1, 1 DISPATCHER WITH HARFORD COUNTY.
IT IS MY 20TH YEAR IN THAT POSITION.
I'M HERE ON THE BEHALF OF ALL OF THE 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS HERE.
WE HAVE A BILL PASSED FINALLY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALL BROUGHT 9 1, 1 THIEVES ACT TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN THAT WENT FORWARD TO SENATE BILL 2 84.
SO WE HAVE FINALLY BE WITH YOUR HELP, BECOME CLASSIFIED AS PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
WE WERE CLERICAL AND NOW WE ARE PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
SO THAT'S A HUGE STEP IN THAT BILL.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE BILL OFFERS TO US THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTY OR ENACTED ONE OF WHICH IS A BETTER COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND A TAX CREDIT FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE NINE 11 DISPATCHERS.
THIS IS A REALLY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE OVERALL IN THE, YOU KNOW, HARFORD COUNTY, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE'RE VERY SPECIALIZED IN WHAT WE DO.
I PERSONALLY HOLD SEVEN CERTIFICATIONS AND I HAVE TO RECERTIFY EVERY TWO YEARS AND ALL OF THAT.
I CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST BE EASILY REPLACED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY SYSTEM THAT WE GO THROUGH.
WE PUT PEOPLE THROUGH THE ACADEMY, WE TRAIN THEM HIGHLY BEFORE WE RELEASE THEM TO WORK ON THEIR OWN.
SO IT IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE TYPE OF JOB OF ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
I'M ON THE PHONE WITH PEOPLE GIVING CPR INSTRUCTIONS.
I AM COMFORTING A MOTHER WHO HAS FOUND HER CHILD DEAD WHILE I WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO GET THERE OR EMS TO GET THERE ANY GIVEN DAY IS DIFFERENT.
SO OUR CURRENT RETIREMENT IS YOUR AGE.
PLUS YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE TO EQUAL.
MANY OF OUR DISPATCHERS WILL WORK MORE THAN 30 YEARS, SOME UP TO 36 YEARS BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.
BUT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WORK FOR 25 OR 20 YEARS.
SO THAT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO US CONSIDERING THE EMOTIONAL STRESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH OUR WORK, BUT IT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WRITTEN IN THE BILL.
NOW THAT SHOULD BE A BETTER COMPENSATION, RETIREMENT PACKAGE FOR US AND THE TAX CREDIT.
SO I WENT TO HUMAN RESOURCES THINKING, WELL, I'LL ARGUE THIS WITH OUR UNION NEGOTIATIONS THIS YEAR, BUT THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES BOTH SENT ME TO YOU.
THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO HIM TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THAT.
BUT THEN I SPOKE WITH MR. WOODS WHO SO KYLIE INFORMED ME THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS EITHER.
SO NOW I WILL BE GOING UP THE CHAIN OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, PROBABLY.
HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, IF YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO REVIEW SENATE BILL 2 84, AND WHEN THAT COMES ACROSS YOUR DESK, AGAIN, WITH US ASKING FOR THINGS TO PLEASE, I'M APPEALING TO YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT CAREFULLY AND APPROVE IT.
IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT, THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU OFF A LOT.
CHEAP FOLLOWED BY JANINE LIQOUR
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IMO.FRANK LIQOUR FOLLOWED BY BILL WHALEN.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO GREG
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
FROM LAST WEEK, NOT BEING HERE, UM, I HAD AN INJURY AND THE CMS GIVE THEM THE MONEY GIVEN THAT BENEFITS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SOLID AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY GOT ON THE PHONE WITH MY WIFE AND HANDLE IT BEAUTIFULLY.
WHEN SHE EVEN GOT OFF THE NEXT DAY, SHE JUST COMPLIMENTED 9 1 1 ON THE PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT THEY HANDLE ME.
NOW, AS FAR AS MY FRIEND, BRAD BIZONO, I ASKED HIM TO GET ME UP OFF THE STEPS, YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS LAYING DOWN ON.
HE COULDN'T DO IT, THEIR OWN THING.
SO THESE EMS COME IN THREE OF THEM.
AND I JUST ASKED, COULD I GET ANY WORSE THAN THE ONE THAT SAID NO WAY? AND SHE DOES PICK MY BUTT UP AND I'M OKAY TODAY.
BUT HONESTLY, INSTEAD OF THEM, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE EMS IS PART OF OUR LIFE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE MONTHS.
THERE'S A SHOUT OUT THAT I WANT TO GIVE TO, UH, UH, COUNSEL AND, UH, THE CHARTS, PHIL ELEMENTARY, EVERYBODY, NOT EVERYBODY, BUT PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW THAT.
UH, I RUN A FOOD MINISTRY HERE AT BEL AIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, UH, JARRETTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WHAT A GROUP, THESE KIDS CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE DO HERE, THEY COLLECTED OVER 500 BOXES OF CEREAL AND HOW THEY PRESENTED IT TO US.
WHAT'S THAT THEY HAD A DOMINOES WITH 500 BOXES OF CEREAL GOING DOWN THE AISLE.
IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT BEL-AIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
THE FOOD MINISTRY GET A SMILE.
THESE ARE OUR FUTURE, THESE KIDS, UH, THEY NEED TO BE EMPLOYED JUST AS WE RECOGNIZE OTHERS, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO STOP IN A MINUTE AND A HALF AND JUST SAY THANK YOU TO JARRETTSVILLE ELEMENTARY AND EMS. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MR.
MY NAME IS PHIL WHALEN AND MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IR RESPONSIVENESS IGNORANCE AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.
IT INVOLVES A FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND ZONING CASE 59, 22.
IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
THE HEARING EXAMINER WHOM THE COUNCIL EMPLOYEES ROLLED AMONG OTHER THINGS.
ONE I'M PERMITTED USES FOR BEING CONDUCTED AT FIVE HOMES ON OGDEN COURT TO DIRECTOR PLAYING ZONE.
HE MADE AN ERROR AND HIS DETERMINATION THAT THE HOMES WERE BEING USED AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THREE, THE ACTUAL USE REQUIRES A SPECIAL EXCEPTION BY CODE.
THE OWNER'S ATTORNEY DID NOT APPEAL THAT DECISION BEFORE YOU FOLKS AND BECAME FINAL IN APRIL 20TH, 2021, A REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS MADE IN MAY, 2021.
LAW DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN THEM DIRECTION, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
THE ADMINISTRATION REFUSED TO MEET WITH THE CITIZENS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE, FOR THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE'S COUNCIL WHO RUN THEIR COUNCIL STORES DICTION OCTOBER ONE, THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE'S COUNCIL WROTE A COMPLAINT LETTER TO PLAY ANY SONY.
IN THIS LETTER, A REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT IS ZONING CODE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DECISION.
THE HEARING EXAMINER WAS MADE.
ADDITIONALLY, A REQUEST WAS MADE TO START TO IMPOSE FINES UNLESS THE OWNER ATTAINED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR USE OF THE HOMES, SAUTEING SECTION 2 67 DASH NINE L STATES, ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OR CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS ARE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
AND UPON CONVICTION CAN BE FINED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
ONE YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE THE BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION WAS FINAL.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW ENFORCEMENT ACTION REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE NUMEROUS TIMES TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, COMPLETELY DOORED.
THIS IS SHAMEFUL, MORALLY WRONG AND AGAINST THE LAW, MR. VINH CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU ARE THE BOARD APPEALS, THE ADMINISTRATION IGNORING YOUR DECISION.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR PEOPLE'S COUNTS WHEN HIS CITIZENS, THIS LACK OF ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE ZONING CODE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT DENIES THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THESE ENFORCEMENT POWERS, BUT YOU HAVE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO INVESTIGATE THE SPATTER
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PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER SECTION TWO 15 AND 3 0 2 SECTION TWO 15 INVESTIGATION BY THE COUNCIL IS MORE EXPLICIT.THE 3 0 2, LET ME STATE IT TO COUNCIL MAY MAKE OR CAUSE TO BE MADE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY AND THE CONDUCT OF ANY COUNTY AGENCY.
FOR THIS PURPOSE TO COUNSEL, THEY SUBPOENA WITNESSES.
THE BETTER SOROS TAKE TESTIMONY REQUIRED A PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE.
MR. HAD SAID, HE, I WILL BE CONTACTING YOU AND MR. G MYRA, PERCENTED IT BY EMAIL AND LAMAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCHEDULING TO SIT DOWN, MEETING TO REQUEST COUNSEL INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER I'VE READ AT THAT TIME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU DESIRE OR NEEDED FOR THE INVESTIGATION.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT ADORE ME.
SEND THAT INFORMATION TO A COUNSEL ATTORNEY.
WE MADDIX FOLLOWED BY RON STU TANSKY GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL LEE MADDIX.
MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.
I COME HERE TONIGHT, UH, WITH MY HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY WHO STOOD UP ALL THE CITIZENS WHO WROTE LETTERS AND MADE PHONE CALLS AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE ADVOCATES HERE IN THIS ROOM.
AND IN PARTICULAR, THE FOLKS OVER AT SAVE AVENUE WOODS, WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER.
RON, STUCZYNSKI THREE 19 MARINA AVENUE.
I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF PAILIN PENINSULA.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO US OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.
I MEAN, THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH EVERYONE AND, UH, DELIVER POSITIVE RESULTS FOR ALL, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
UM, I AGREE WITH THE EMS TALK THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN MR. VIN SETTING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, FIRSTHAND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER, THANK GOD, RESPONDED TO MY FIANCE'S CALL OR I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WENT OFF OUR FOURTH FLOOR AT SOME POINT.
UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH, UM, SOMETHING THAT JUSTIN PICKERING ACTUALLY READ.
I THINK MAYBE OUR VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.
THANK YOU, HOLLY MCCOMAS FOLLOWED BY GREG SAUNA.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OF INCENTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, EMS IS, IS AS MANY OF US KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE, BUT UNTIL YOU NEED THEM UNTIL YOU NEED THAT PERSON ON THE OTHER PHONE, OTHER END OF THE PHONE, YOU DON'T REALIZE IT.
SO, UM, WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO HELP THEM.
UM, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UM, WE ALSO SUPPORT ABINGTON WOODS.
UM, THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT GET BACK.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT FACTS AND NOT WHAT PEOPLE, UM, TEND TO PUT OUT THERE ARBITRARILY.
UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO SUPPORT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL BUILDING, UM, AND ADDING, ADDING MORE TO, TO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, NOT ADEQUATE AS IT IS.
IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.
I WILL YEAR THE REST OF MY TIME TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING, GLEN GILLIS, ABINGTON JUDY.
HARIMAN THE REASON FOR THAT, UH, TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO THANK I TAKE MY TIME TO PROVIDE SEVERAL THANK YOU'S FIRST.
THANK YOU TO MY OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY FOR THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR PASSION, THEIR WISDOM, THEIR STEWARDSHIP, AND FINALLY THEIR GRACE ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT, OUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS, THE COUNCIL SPEAKERS, THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THE SAVE ABINGTON WOODS COALITION WE ARE WITH YOU.
FINALLY THANK YOU FOR THE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO FREELY
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VOICE OUR CONCERNS AND PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.STACY STONE, 2106 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN ABERDEEN.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO APPEAR TO ANSWER TONY, UH, GEEZER DAN NEWS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE TOLLS.
SO WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY COMES FROM OUT OF STATE AND GETS A TOLL, IT GETS MAILED TO THEM.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OWED TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND THROUGH TOLLS.
SO WHAT WE NEED IS A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THESE OTHER STATES SO THAT THE TOLL VIOLATIONS, UM, THEY CAN, UH, EITHER, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOW SOMEONE TO ROUTE NEW THE LICENSE OR THEIR TAGS, BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S THE ONLY AUTHORITY THAT THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS AGAINST US.
IF WE DON'T PAY OR TOLLS OR SPEEDING TICKETS AS WE LOSE OUR LICENSE.
SO WE LOSE, YOU KNOW, CAN'T RENEW OUR TAGS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH THESE ELECTRONIC TOLLS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO ME OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AND TO ALL MY TEAM HERE, WE APPRECIATE IT.
AARON, NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT WITH NEMOURS SPEAKERS, THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.