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GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS, ORDER BOARD OF HEALTH UPDATE
[BOARD OF HEALTH UPDATE]
SPRING 2022 BOARD OF HEALTH UPDATE.UH, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MS. AUSTIN WITH US THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH, UH, FELICIA HOPKINS, MICHELLE PETERSON, RICK HEIRS, AND LISA SWANK.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SEVERAL OTHERS AS WELL.
SO, UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MS. HALL'S.
SO A GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND SANTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE OWE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
SO FOR THE AGENDA HERE FOR THE AGENDA, I'LL GO OVER THE HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS.
SO ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE'VE RECEIVED THE HUD GRANT, AND NOW HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AFTER THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS MINORITY HEALTH AND OUR PEACH BOTTOM DRILLS AND EVALUATIONS.
FIRST, OUR 2022 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS BY MARYLAND JURISDICTION THAT THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS PROVIDE A REVEALING SNAPSHOT OF HOW HEALTH IS INFLUENCED BY WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.
THEY PROVIDE A STARTING POINT FOR CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES.
AND WE USE MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION WHEN DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS. HARFORD'S HEALTH RANKINGS REMAINED THE SAME FOR 2022 AS IN 2021.
HERE'S SOME OF THE HEALTH INDICATORS FROM THE 2022 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS.
AND WE HAVE LISTED JUST A FEW SAMPLES OF WHERE HARTFORD IS DOING BETTER THAN THE STATE AND WHERE WE'RE DOING WORSE.
WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN THE STATE IN THOSE HEALTH INDICATORS FOR CHILD MORTALITY.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 18 PER 100,000 POPULATION IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THERE WERE 30 DEATHS PER 100,000 RESIDENTS COMPARED TO 50 DEATHS PER 100,000 RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ROUTINE BIRTHS.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS PER 1000 FEMALE POPULATION AGES 15 TO 19 IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
THIS IS NINE BIRTHS PER 1000 FEMALES COMPARED TO 15 BIRTHS PER THOUSAND FEMALES ACROSS THE STATE.
AND UNINSURED PERCENTAGE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE IN HARFORD COUNTY, 5% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE UNINSURED COMPARED TO 7% ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, WE'RE DOING WORSE THAN THE STATE IN THESE HEALTH INDICATORS.
WELL, DON'T ADULT OBESITY IN HARFORD COUNTY, 16% OF THE ADULT POPULATION AND THAT'S AGE 18 AND OLDER ARE CONSIDERED OBESE COMPARED TO 13% ACROSS THE STATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MENTALLY UNHEALTHY DAYS REPORTED IN THE PAST 30 DAYS IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THIS IS AN AVERAGE OF 4.3 DAYS COMPARED TO FOUR DAYS ACROSS THE STATE AND ADULTS.
SMOKING IS A PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO ARE CURRENT SMOKERS IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THIS IS 16% COMPARED TO 13 ACROSS THE STATE.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNTY EXECUTIVE BARRY GLASSMAN FOR APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO ASSIST IN MEETING ADDITIONAL NEEDS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU.
THIS FUNDING WILL HELP WITH STAFFING TO MEET INCREASING REQUESTS FOR PERMITS.
PERMIT REQUESTS HAVE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCIL, PRESIDENT OF INSANITY AND COUNCILMEN FOR ADVOCATING ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BEHALF FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEXT AND UPDATE UPDATE ON THE HUD GRANT FUNDING FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF $1 MILLION OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD WAS OFFICIALLY APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022.
THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO MAKE SAFETY AND FUNCTIONAL HOME MODIFICATIONS AND LIMITED REPAIRS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS LIVING IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH COUNTY PROCUREMENT TO DEVELOP THEIR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND BIDS ARE DUE BY MAY 25TH.
BOTH ENTITIES FOLLOWED ALL HUD'S REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO THANK KAREN MYERS DIRECTOR OF COUNTY PROCUREMENT AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS RFP AND HELPING US TO PUT THIS GRANT ON TRACK.
AND NOW FOR SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, I'LL BE UPDATING YOU ON SOME OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT, BUT I'LL ALSO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GREAT WORK BEING DONE IN PROGRAMS. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
WE'LL START WITH THE DENTAL CLINIC AND SCHOOL-BASED DENTAL PROGRAM.
OUR DENTAL CLINIC STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE ORAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AGES ONE
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THROUGH 20 ON MEDICAID AND PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN WHO ARE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE.GENERALLY THE CLINIC HAS ABOUT 4,500 VISITS PER YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL-BASED ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HCPS THAT HAS RESUMED ITS SERVICES IN 10 TITLE.
ONE SCHOOLS, DENTAL EDUCATION IS PROVIDED TO ALL CLASSES AND DIRECT DENTAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH PARENTAL CONSENT.
IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION OF SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS ARE PROVIDED DENTAL SCREENINGS AND DENTAL SEALANTS, WHICH IS A PROTECTIVE COATING ON THEIR MOLARS PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED DENTAL SCREENINGS AND FLUORIDE VARNISH.
NEXT IS OUR WIC PROGRAM AT ONE NORTH MAIN.
THE ONE NORTH MAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER HAS, HAS HAD APPROXIMATELY 300 WIC PARTICIPANTS NUTRITIONAL SERVICES SINCE ITS OPENING IN JULY.
WIC SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT THIS LOCATION TWICE A WEEK AND SERVES THREE OTHER LOCATIONS IN EDGEWOOD, HAVING A GRACE AND WITH WITHIN THE HEART, THE CECIL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALSO AT THE ONE NORTH MAIN LOCATION, WE WILL START SERVING CHILDREN ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN WHO ARE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE IN THE NEW DENTAL CLINIC STARTING NEXT WEEK, WHEN WE WELCOME OUR NINTH TRILINGUAL PEDIATRIC DENTIST, DR.
CAROLINA ROJAS, WE WOULD LET ME GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THE MEDIC MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS SHORES ELIGIBLE, MEDICAID PARTICIPANTS, ACCESS TO CARE BY PROVIDING NON-EMERGENCY AMBULATORY WHEELCHAIR AND AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM COVERS RETURN TRIPS FROM HOSPITAL EMERGENCY VISITS, RETURN TRIPS FROM HOSPITAL STAYS AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY.
INTER HOSPITAL TRANSFERS, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION TYPICALLY PROVIDES UP TO 100,000 TRANSPORTS A YEAR.
NEXT NEXT IS HEPATITIS C IS JUST ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CLINICAL HEALTH BUREAU, HEPATITIS C AS A LEADING CAUSE OF LIVER CANCER.
47,000 TO 73,000 MARYLAND RESIDENTS WILL CONTRACT HEPATITIS C IN THEIR LIFETIME.
ONE IN THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS HAVE HEPATITIS C ACUTE HEP C INFECTIONS REPORTED TO CDC QUADRUPLED FROM 2009 TO 2019 WITH INJECTION DRUG USE BEING THE MOST REPORTED RISK FACTOR.
REACHING MORE PEOPLE WITH HAVE SEEN OFFERING TESTING AND TREATMENT IS CRITICAL TO SAVING LIVES AND PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF THIS DEADLY, BUT CURABLE INFECTION.
SO AT OUR CLINIC, WE HAVE OVER 70 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN CARE FOR HEP C 35 HAVE BEEN CURED.
14 ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENT AND ARE CLOSE TO CURE.
22 HAVE BEEN LOST TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE PREVENTION AND CURE ARE LOW PRIORITIES.
IF OTHER ISSUES ARE GOING ON, WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL TREATMENT CENTERS FOR TESTING AND REFERRALS TO OUR SERVICES.
ONCE ENGAGED IN HEP C TREATMENT CLIENTS UTILIZE OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SERVICES SUCH AS IMMUNIZATIONS, SEXUAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DRUG, USER HEALTH, AND FAMILY PLANNING.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED HEALTHY FAMILIES, HARFORD COUNTY, WHICH IS A FREE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HOME VISITING SERVICES, INCLUDING PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, PARENT PARENTING, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH CARE, AND LOCAL RESOURCES SUPPORT BY TRAINED FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT SPECIALISTS UNTIL CHILDREN REACH THREE YEARS OF AGE HEALTHY FAMILIES, HARFORD COUNTY HOLDS MONTHLY PARENTING SUPPORT GROUPS TO SHARE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE SOCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS, ALL PREGNANT WOMEN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THREE MONTHS OF AGE, LIVING IN THE HARFORD COUNTY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SCREENED FOR SERVICE.
THIS PROGRAM HELPS PARENTS TO TAKE ACTION IN REDUCING LIFE STRESSORS AND MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES TO BOND WITH THEIR BABIES DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY HEALTHY FAMILIES IS PREPARING FOR ITS SECOND ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS DUE IN JULY.
OUR HOME VISITING PILOT PROGRAM IS PREPARING TO END AND ITS SUCCESS HAS LED TO A STATEWIDE EXPANSION FOR ALL HOME VISITING SITES TO NOW BILL MEDICAID DIRECTLY FOR HOME VISITING SERVICES.
WE WILL BEGIN THE EXPANSION AND FYI 23.
AND THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO MORE FAMILIES IN HARFORD COUNTY.
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SO WE HAD EIGHT FAMILIES GRADUATE FROM OUR PROGRAM IN 2021, AND HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR GRADUATES.I PROMISE THE GRADUATION IS WAY MORE EXCITING THAN THE PICTURE IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
INDICATES GRADUATION WILL TAKE PLACE OH 11 FAMILIES AND 12 TARGETED CHILDREN WILL BE GRADUATING NEXT MONTH AT MEGAN'S PLACE.
ON JUNE 16TH, I LED AN ASTHMA PROGRAM AS A HOME VISITING PROGRAM LED BY NURSES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION ABOUT MAINTAINING A HEALTHY HOME, HELPS IDENTIFY AND REDUCE IRRITANTS AND ALLERGY CAUSING AGENTS THAT EXACERBATE ASTHMA SYMPTOMS. AND IT HELPS IDENTIFY SOURCES OF LEAD IN THE HOME, WHICH CAN CAUSE ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS.
THE PROGRAM CONDUCTS THREE TO SIX VISITS IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL VISITS WITH THE FAMILY, DEPENDING ON PREFERENCE.
WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND TOOLS AND SUPPLIES CONSISTING OF THE ITEMS ON, ON THE, DID I NOT SORRY ON THE LIST HERE.
SO THAT INCLUDES MATTRESSES AND PILLOW COVERS MEDICINE CONTAINERS, HEPA VACUUM CLEANERS, DOORMATS GREEN, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND PEST MANAGEMENT KITS.
THE NEXT IS A GLIMPSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU STRUCTURE.
SO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS THREE PROGRAM AREAS, INSPECTIONS, PERMITS, AND PLAN REVIEW, AND LAND AND WATER RESOURCES.
JOHN WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSPECTORS MUST HAVE AT LEAST A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FROM THE BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AT THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE POSITION REQUIRES A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH AT LEAST 30 SCIENCE CREDITS.
AND THERE IS AT THE LEAST A MONTH TRAINING PERIOD AND THE SPECIALIST MUST PASS THE NATIONAL LICENSING EXAM BEFORE THEIR TRAINING CERTIFICATE EXPIRES, WHICH IS THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF HIRE.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE THREE PROGRAM AREAS AND THE WORK THAT IS DONE WITHIN EACH.
ALSO, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT JOHN IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT AND CAN ANSWER YOUR MANY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS.
SO THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND THIS INCLUDES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADULTS, FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS AND THE LOCAL ADDICTIONS AUTHORITY SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH, OUR DIRECT CLINICAL SERVICES AND INCLUDE INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, FAMILY THERAPY, GROUP COUNSELING, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, AND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES ARE LOCAL ADDICTIONS.
THAT AUTHORITY MONITORS, COUNTY-WIDE INITIATIVES AND GRANTS RELATED TO THE, THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND SINCE THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH, ANDREA PAPPAS, THE DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND I WILL BE STAYING FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO RECEIVE THE MENTAL HEALTH MONTH PROCLAMATION FROM THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NICE TO PRESENT A SNAPSHOT OF JUST A FEW OF THE AMAZING PROGRAMS WE HAVE WITHIN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AFTER A TOUGH TWO YEARS OF BATTLING COVID, WE ARE HUMBLED BY OUR TRUE PURPOSE TO SERVE ALL THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND MAY NEED SAFETY NET SERVICES.
AND THE WORDS OF MR. ROGERS LIFE IS FOR SERVICE.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY THANK OUR STAFF FOR THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE, UM, FELICIA HOPKINS AND MICHELLE PETERSON FROM OUR MIND MINORITY HEALTH UNIT, TWO AMAZING LADIES AND WONDERFUL ADDITIONS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF.
THESE TWO HAVE TAKEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF THE BOX FROM OUR MOSTLY MANDATED SERVICES WITH THEIR CREATIVE PROGRAMS AND THEIR KEEN AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
SO WELCOME TO FELICIA AND MICHELLE.
CAN YOU GUYS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
MY NAME IS FELICIA HOPKINS AND I AM MICHELLE PETERSON AND WE ARE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WITH THE HARVARD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SINCE APRIL OF 2021, WE HAVE VISITED AND HELP ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.
PLAGUING THE EDGEWOOD ABERDEEN, HABITA GRACE AND JOPPA AREAS.
DURING OUR TIME AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE REACHED OVER 500 FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES, SUCH AS
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COVID VACCINATIONS, GIFT CARDS AND CONNECTIONS TO CARE, COORDINATION SERVICES AND EVENTS WHILE PERFORMING OUTREACH TO THESE AREAS.WE HAVE CREATED MONTHLY PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THESE COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS BIWEEKLY, A BI-WEEKLY BROADCAST, WHERE WE BRING EXPERTS TO DISCUSS TOPICS OF THE PANDEMIC ISSUES AND HELP RELATED TO DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND OTHER MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES THAT OUR DATA HAS SHOWN PLAGUE OUR COMMUNITY.
LAST APRIL AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE ADDRESS VACCINATIONS TESTING MASKING AND OTHER COVID MISCONCEPTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY REPORT LIFE CAMP FROM NEW YORK CITY AND THEIR PIECE IMMOBILE TO ADDRESS THE GUN VIOLENCE AND THE EDGE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH HEALTHY HARTFORD AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH OFFERED CLASSES, OUR PREDIABETICS AS WELL AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WITH DIABETES, THE IMPORTANCE OF DRINKING WATER AND PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR OUTREACH.
WE HAVE GONE INTO THE COMMUNITIES WITH PROGRAMS, SUCH AS DINNER AND A BOOK AT THE EDGE WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB LED SPILL THE TEA IN WHICH WE DISCUSSED THE BENEFITS OF DRINKING HERBAL TEA AND JOURNALING.
WE HAVE HAD CATHERINE CHEF BROWN, CHEF KATHERINE BROWN, A LOCAL CULINARY EXPERT WHO DEDICATES HER CRAFT TO HEALTHY EATING AND PRESENTED AT THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VIEW.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WALKED AWAY FROM THAT EVENT WITH THE CROP POT AND RECIPES.
WE HAD A SMOOTHIE SIP AND PAINT HIGHLIGHTED HOW TO MAKE, HAVE THESE SMOOTHIES.
WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON A SUMMER SERIES.
LET'S GET MOVING, WHICH FOCUSES ON NOT ONLY MENTAL HEALTH, BUT OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL AND OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL RIGHT HERE IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WHICH WILL BE KILLING CUMULATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH LOCK-IN YEAR TOWARDS OUR YOUNG MEN, MAY 20TH AT THE ABERDEEN EPIC CENTER, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY.
WE MET WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
WE MEET WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS EVERY MONTH, WHICH INCLUDE OUR LOCAL MINORITY CHURCHES, CBS, WHICH IS COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND A FEW STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THESE MEETINGS ARE CENTERED AROUND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NOT ONLY RESOURCES, BUT ALSO SOLUTION RELATED TOPICS THAT INCLUDE OUR FOOD DESERTS, TITLE, ONE SCHOOLS, TRANSPORTATION, AND MORE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE A VITAL RESOURCE AND CREATE MORE SAFE SPACES FOR OUR MINORITY COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ONGOING HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS.
SO NEXT UP WE HAVE LISA SWANK.
WE HAVE LISA SWANK, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR AND EMERGENCY MANAGER, RICK EHRS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR RECENT PEACH BOTTOM EXERCISES, DRILLS AND EVALUATIONS.
WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE, YOU'LL WANT LISA AND RICK IN CHARGE.
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE THE BEST ACROSS THE STATE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHERISHES ITS LONG TIME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SO WELCOME LISA AND RICK, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING FIRST.
SO LISA TOLD ME I HAVE 10 MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO USE THAT 10 MINUTES TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, I'M GOING TO USE THAT TIME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN HARFORD COUNTY BECAUSE OF PEACH BOTTOM, BEING A COUPLE MILES ACROSS THE STATE LINE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA RIVER.
SO THE CAUSE OF THE, UH, POWER PLANT BEING THERE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FEDERALLY EVALUATED EXERCISE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IN HARFORD COUNTY THAT WOULD HAVE A ROLE IF WE WOULD EVER HAVE A RELEASE FROM THE POWER PLANT, UM, KNOWS THE PLAN, KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
IF WE HAVE SHORTCOMINGS, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FIX THEM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE EVERY EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, WITH COVID WE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE THE EXERCISE LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THERE WAS ACTUALLY, UH, THE EXERCISE WE JUST FINISHED.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE FULL EXERCISE.
AND I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYBODY THAT HAS A ROLE IN HARTFORD COUNTY BECAUSE WE CAME THROUGH THE EXERCISE WITH FLYING COLORS AND HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK IN COMMON FROM THE FEDERAL EVALUATORS.
UM, ANOTHER REASON WHY I THINK
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IT'S, UM, GREAT IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE BECAUSE I, I GO AROUND THE STATE AND, AND, AND GO TO A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO THIS FEDERALLY EVALUATED EXERCISE.AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE SO MUCH MORE PREPARED FOR ALMOST ANY DISASTER IN HARTFORD COUNTY, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EVERY TWO YEARS.
UM, SO THE POWER PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE FOUR DECLARATIONS THAT CAN BE DECLARED FOR AN INCIDENT AT THE POWER PLANT, UM, AN UNUSUAL EVENT IN THE ALERT LEVEL OR THE TWO LOWEST LEVELS.
AND FROM TIME TO TIME, WE WILL HAVE AN UNUSUAL EVENT OR AN ALERT DECLARED AT THE PLANT FOR SOMETHING SMALL, NOTHING THAT WOULD BECOME NEWSWORTHY.
AND IN MOST CASES, NOTHING THAT WOULD EVEN REQUIRE THE EOC TO BE ACTIVATED.
IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT I, AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF AND WOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE GET TO WHAT THEY CALL A SITE AREA EMERGENCY, OR A GENERAL EMERGENCY, THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE PLANT THAT WOULD REQUIRE SEVERAL THINGS TO HAPPEN.
UM, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD DO IS ACTIVATE THE EOC.
WE WOULD BRING EVERYBODY INTO THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, UM, AND, AND BRIEF THEM ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PLANT.
AND THEN, UM, WE WOULD, AT THAT POINT, WE RECEIVE OUR NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE PLAN X PLAN ITSELF INTO THE 9 1 1 CENTER.
THEY NOTIFY ME, THEY TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WHEN WE GET TO A SITE AREA EMERGENCY OR GENERAL EMERGENCY, THE PLANT WILL ACTUALLY GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY CALL OFFSITE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL GET ON THE LINE WITH PENNSYLVANIA, UH, THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
AND WE HAVE FIVE COUNTIES THAT ALSO HAVE TO BE ON THE CALL.
THE AREA THAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE AREA FROM ZERO TO 10 MILES, 360 AROUND THE PLANT.
AND THAT INVOLVES TWO STATES AND FIVE COUNTIES.
SO WE HAVE TO GET ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES ON THE PHONE, TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANT, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY OFFER US OR WHETHER WE WANT TO CHANGE IT FOR OUR JURISDICTION.
UM, SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COME OUT IF THERE WAS A RELEASE FROM THE PLANT, UM, IS W WE ONLY HAVE TWO CHOICES FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE 10 MILE AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HARTFORD COUNTY.
WE CAN EITHER TELL THEM TO STAY THERE, WHICH HAS SHELTER IN PLACE, OR WE CAN TELL THEM TO EVACUATE.
AND IF WE TELL THEM TO EVACUATE AND THERE'S A RELEASE ALREADY IN PROGRESS, THEY COULD BE POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED.
SO AT THE SAME TIME THAT I'M MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO DO THAT, UM, LISA AND HER STAFF IS OPENING UP TWO RECEPTION CENTERS IN THE COUNTY, ONE AT THE COLLEGE AND ONE AT FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT 10 MILE AREA OF HARFORD COUNTY TO REPORT TO ONE OF THOSE TWO RECEPTION CENTERS.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THE POPULATION IN OUR 10 MILE AREA OF HARFORD COUNTY, THAT IS AROUND 12 TO 13,000 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET TO, TO RECEPTION CENTERS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE SHOULD TAKE US AROUND SIX AND A HALF TO SEVEN HOURS.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE, WE WILL BE OPENING UP SHELTERS AT SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY, IF SCHOOLS ARE IN SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO EVACUATE THE KIDS FROM THE SCHOOLS IN THE 10 MILE AREA AND GET THEM FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT BUS TO A HOST SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE 10 MILE AREA.
UM, WE ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STATE GWEN WITH MONITORING TEAMS FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT.
SO THERE'LL BE RIGHT AWAY IN HARFORD COUNTY WITH THEIR MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND TELLING US WHAT THE RADIOLAB RADIATION LEVELS ARE IN THE 10 MILE AREA.
WE'LL TELL THE FARMERS TO PUT ALL THEIR ANIMALS ON STORED FEED AND WATER BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
UM, THE WAY WE NOTIFY THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS ALWAYS A QUESTION I GET A LOT WHEN I GO OUT AND SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC IS WE DO HAVE A SARIN SYSTEM THAT, UH, EXELON PROVIDES IT'S IN THE 10 MILE AREA.
THE KEY THOUGH IS IF PEOPLE HEAR THE SARIN BLOW, DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO? AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TURN TO THE RADIO STATION, WHICH FOR US IS 1 0 1 OR 3.7.
WFC WHY, AND HABIT OF GRACE, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY
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RADIO STATION.AND WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO DO.
IF THEY HEAR THE SIREN SOUND, UH, AT PEACH BOTTOM.
AND WE WILL ALSO USE OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT YOU HEAR ME USE FROM TIME TO TIME FOR WEATHER EVENTS.
WE WILL ALSO USE THAT SYSTEM FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE 10 MILE AREA TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE TO HELP US MANAGE THIS IN THE EOC, WE WOULD HAVE AROUND 80 COUNTY AGENCIES AND OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER THAT ALL HAVE CHECKLISTS TO FOLLOW FOR EACH DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION LEVEL AT THE PLANT.
SO, UM, AS LONG AS THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEIR CHECKLISTS, THEN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
THEY WILL, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND THEY JUST FOLLOW THEIR CHECKLISTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE AS PART OF OUR PEACH BOTTOM PLAN.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IF IN WATCHING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE UNFOLDED AT FUKUSHIMA AND SOME OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE QUICK.
UM, IT COULD LAST DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS, UM, WE HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS.
UM, BUT I FEEL AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER, IF IT DID THAT HARTFORD COUNTY IS VERY PREPARED.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA AND SHE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT HAS.
SO FEMA ACTUALLY GRADES US ON HOW WELL WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND I THINK AS RICK POINTED OUT, THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THE HARTFORD COUNTY IS I THINK ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT'S AHEAD IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO DO THIS EXERCISE FOR MANY YEARS.
WE KNOW OUR PARTNERS AND WE KNOW HOW COMMUNICATE.
AND, UH, WE, WE CONSIDER OUR PARTNERS FRIENDS.
WE KNOW WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE.
SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STAFFING THOSE COMMUNITY RECEPTION CENTERS THAT RICK SPOKE OF.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S TWO LOCATIONS AND WE REALLY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
AND I'LL JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.
UH, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE IN TERMS OF HELPING US WITH STAFFING THIS, UH, THEY WORK WITH US AT THESE EVERY TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ALSO HELP US, OUR NURSES HELP WITH A STAFFING, THE SHELTERS.
SO WE'RE QUITE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE'RE EDUCATED AND HOW TO OPERATE THE RADIOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS PORTALS AND THE GEIGER COUNTERS THAT WE CALL LUDLUMS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS THAT WE USE TO HELP PROTECT NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT IS POTASSIUM IODIDE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE WITHIN 10 MILES OF THE POWER PLANT.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S OUR NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE DISTRIBUTION DAYS THAT WE DO AT NORTH HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEN WE NEED TO REDISTRIBUTE, IF THOSE, UM, POTASSIUM, IODIDE PILLS EXPIRE, WE ACTUALLY GIVE OUT FREE, UH, NEW ONES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO KEEP, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, IF WE WOULD NEED THEM TO TAKE IT.
SO I JUST BASICALLY WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POTASSIUM IODIDE.
IT IS ASSAULT OF STABLE IODINE IN PILL FORM.
UM, IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE THYROID GLAND, WHICH IS USED TO MAKE THYROID HORMONES.
SO IF YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT TAKES SYNTHROID THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR THYROID IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
SO THIS IS THE SAME GLAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND THIS GLAND ACTUALLY REMOVES IODINE FROM THE BLOOD INTO THE, UM, INTO ITSELF.
AND IT CONCENTRATES IT AS IODIDE.
AND WHAT THE THYROID GLAND DOES IS IT USES THIS IODINE TO MAKE THYROID HORMONES.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COORDINATING AND CREATING THE USE OF ENERGY.
SO ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS, IF YOUR THYROID'S NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, AS YOU GET FATIGUED QUITE EASILY, IT REGULATES YOUR HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE AND BODY TEMPERATURE.
SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED.
IT WOULD BE ORDERED BY THE HEALTH OFFICER IF PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO TAKE IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES IS IT PROTECTS THE THYROID BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY ADMINISTERING A HEALTHY IODINE TO THE THYROID.
IT ABSORBS IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T ABSORB THE RADIOACTIVE IODINE.
SO THEREFORE WE'RE PROTECTING THE GLAND.
AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS, UM, THE FACT THAT WHY ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT RADIOACTIVE IODINE? AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ABUNDANT SUBSTANCES IN THE CLOUD OF RADIOACTIVE STEAM, THAT'S RELEASED BY A FAILING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
SO YOU MAY NOT FIND RADIOACTIVE IODINE SAY, YOU KNOW, IN A NUCLEAR DEVICE THAT WOULD BE DETONATED, BUT YOU WOULD ALWAYS FIND IT IN A FIXED NUCLEAR FACILITY THAT WOULD PERHAPS RELEASE IODINE IN AN ACCIDENT.
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WE REALLY FOCUS ON THESE EXERCISES.WE FOCUS ON THE POTASSIUM IODIDE, AND WE FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN MONITOR AND DEACON INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THAT AREA, IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE RELEASE AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE COMMUNITY RECEPTION CENTERS DO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH A MONITOR, THE PORTAL MONITOR TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE RADIOACTIVE, UH, DUST AND ACTUAL DUST ON THEM FROM ABOVE, UM, IF IT'S RELEASED.
AND THEN IF THEY DO, WE ACTUALLY DECONTAMINATE AND DECONTAMINATION IS NOT REALLY A SCARY THING.
IT'S BASICALLY SIMPLY USING SOAP AND WATER TO REMOVE THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T PENETRATE INTO THE BODY OR GO THROUGH THE SKIN AND CAUSE DAMAGE.
SO IT'S A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN FOR THIS EXERCISE AND A HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AND TAKING ON THAT TASK.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CONSTELLATION POWER PLANT, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT'S WILLING TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS, THEY CAN OPERATE.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A DUTY, NOT ONLY TO THE POWER PLANT, BUT ESPECIALLY TO OUR CITIZENS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU FOR ASCENDING EVERYONE AND BRINGING THEM HERE, UH, TODAY AND DR.
MOYA, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CALLING YOU OUT EARLIER.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE UNTIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
UM, AND, UM, WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE TEAM DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS ON A DAILY BASIS TO HELP KEEP OUR CITIZENS, UH, ABREAST OF ALL TYPES OF HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH NEEDS.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP REAL QUICK TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, ANYONE MR. BILL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HOW YOU DOING MARCY, THANKS TO ALL THE REST OF YOUR TEAM.
UH, BUT MY QUESTION IS FOR, UH, MS. FELICIA HOPKINS AND NO, WE SPOKEN ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE MINORITY COMMUNITY, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THERE AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING IN PLACE AS FAR AS NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A HUGE NEED, UM, OR YOU, UH, PLANNING ON TO EXPAND YOUR SERVICES TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR NUTRITION, RIGHT.
THAT'LL PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE HEALTH ISSUES.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING THERE OR, UM, TO ANSWER THAT AND, UM, TWO PARTS.
YEAH, WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT IN TWO PARTS.
UM, WE JUST RECENTLY AT OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD PARTNER WITH CROWN OF LIFE AND THEY HAVE OBTAINED THE OBESITY GRANT AND, UM, THAT STARTED APRIL 26.
AND SO THAT IS LOCATED RIGHT IN EDGEWOOD AND WAS OPENED UP TO EVERYONE IN HARFORD COUNTY.
WE HAD THEM COME HOME AND OUR, BY WITH THESE FORECASTS, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT LIVE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THOSE THAT WERE ON EITHER FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE WITH THOSE QUESTIONS AND BE ABLE TO SIGN UP.
UM, WE ALSO, FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE TILING, IT LET'S GET MOVING.
AND SO THAT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE, UM, WALKING, HEALTHY, EATING EXERCISE AND THE LIKE, NO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M WORKING WITH, I KNOW SOME OF THE CHURCHES, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LITTLE SMALL PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ARE, WE ARE OPEN TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR CHURCHES.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, PARTNERING WITH OUR CHURCHES, OUR LOCAL CHURCHES WITH, UM, HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND HEALTHY EATING, ESPECIALLY.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US, UM, WE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF COORDINATED PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, UH, THIS CHURCH IS DOING A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THIS GROUP IS DOING A LITTLE BIT HERE AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YES, WE NEEDED FOR THE ADULTS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOU KNOW, I LOVE SOME FRIED FISH CHURCHES HAVING, THEN I'M GETTING SOME FRIED FISH ON THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUTH, BECAUSE IF
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WE GET THEM IN THOSE GOOD EATING HABITS EARLY, THEN THEY MAINTAIN THEM.SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME UP WITH ANY IDEAS OR ANYTHING I CAN DO TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ALONG THAT MARCY OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT IS NEAT.
I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, THE OTHER THING I WILL COMMENT ON JUST BRIEF WHILE I HAVE EVERYONE HERE IS A, THIS PAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT INTO FIELD, UH, WITH MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND, UM, KIND OF SOME OF THE TESTING THAT THEY DO ON SITE.
I SEE LENS HERE AND JOHN SET IT UP.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD AND VISIT WITH ALL OF YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THE EXTENT OF WHAT YOU DO, THE REASON WHY THE REGULATIONS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE, THE ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR US ACTING AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL FEEL SOMETIMES INADEQUATE TO SIT HERE AND DO THIS.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. WAGNER.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU CALL IT.
UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE THAT BASICALLY WOULD BE A, IN MANY WE'LL TERM, IT HARM REDUCTION IN TERMS OF, UH, ADDICTION SERVICES AND THINGS.
I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR IT, AT LEAST I THINK WE'VE ASKED FOR IT AND WE HAVEN'T, WE'RE GOING TO, BUT I'LL ASK YOU NOW, DOES ANYBODY HERE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY, UM, UH, HOW MUCH NARCAN YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, GET THAT REPORT, UM, FROM CLINICAL HEALTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF LINDA HAS THAT IN HER HANDS RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK I FORWARDED IT TO DEBBIE.
SO, UM, I ASK IS, IS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME MORE PRIVATE AGENCIES OUT AND AROUND AND THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THEM ARE, ARE IMPRESSIVE.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU VIEW IT.
IT SHOWS, IT SHOWS, UM, PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
IT ALSO GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BAROMETER OF HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM WE HAVE IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO WHEN, WHEN YOU GET THOSE NUMBERS, I MEAN, CAUSE I SAID, WHEN I GOT THESE, I SAID, THAT'S JUST ONE SITE AND YOU GUYS ARE GIVEN OUT PROBABLY AS MUCH OR EVEN MORE.
SO THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN, IN ALL ASPECTS OF, OF WHAT WE WOULD TERM HARM REDUCTION.
SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CHATS ABOUT THAT LATER TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
I THINK WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE STATE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT, WHAT OUR NEXT STEP WAS, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY ARE GIVEN OUT AT OTHER AGENCIES TOO.
SO LET ME REFORWARD THAT TO YOU.
UH, JUST FOR CURIOSITY, UM, RICK, WHAT'S THE SHELF LIFE OF THOSE IODINE TABLETS ON AVERAGE.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT WITH NO ONE ELSE, THEN WE WILL, UM, CONCLUDE THIS UPDATE AND MOVE ON TO BOARD OF HEALTH APPOINTMENT, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH CORE SERVICE AGENCY, HARFORD COUNTY.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION MR. SHREWS COUNSELING PRESIDENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JENNIFER REDDING TO THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH CORE SERVICES AGENTS.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND SECOND, MR. WAGNER, IN A SECOND THAT YOU APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF JENNIFER REDDING, UH, TO THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH CORE SERVICE AGENCY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. WOODS, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BEULAH, THEY'RE BEING FIVE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO ABSENT.
UH, THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER.
LET ME SAY THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, HE HAS COVID AND MR. JANITOR DANNO IS UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT WE'LL BE HERE, UM, IN THE NEXT HE'LL BE HERE TO PUMP TOMORROW FOR SOME OTHER THINGS.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL STOP AS THE BOARD HEALTH AND OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THEN WE WILL TAKE A RECESS FOR FOUR MINUTES AND I
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CHAIR CALLS TO ORDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 7, CHARTER AMENDMENT REMOVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. WAGNER, UH, BILL AND NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 7, UH, WAS BROUGHT TO YOU, UH, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE CHARTER.THE CHARTER DOES PROVIDE FOR A MECHANISM TO REMOVE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR, UH, CERTAIN REASONS.
UH, IT, IT PRESCRIBES HOW YOU DO THAT AND, AND WHY, AND WHAT INSTANCES, BUT IN REVIEW OF IT, UM, THE CHARTER DIDN'T MENTION OR HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND NOT, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD ANY INSTANCE UP UNTIL NOW, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE A REASON THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST TAKE IT BEFORE THE VOTERS AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE TO, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT OUT, UH, OUT OF JUST A MIRROR, UH, LACK OF THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE A REASON TO REMOVE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT I THINK IN MOVING AHEAD, IT SHOULD HAVE BASICALLY THE SAME, UH, SAME PROVISIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AS IT DOES FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 7 FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, ANYONE ELSE? COUNSEL, MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF BILL 22 DASH 0 0 7 CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR REMOVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE WEEK.
LEADING UP TO THIS MEETING, I'VE TALKED TO SOME WHO SAY THAT WAITING HALF A YEAR IS TOO LONG FOR REMOVAL.
THAT THE PERIOD IN WHICH THEY GO WITH UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE SHORTER AND REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE BOTTOM LINE IS CLEAR HERE.
THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY DESERVE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL SHOW UP FOR THEM AT THE VERY LEAST FULFILLING THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE LIKE CONSIDERING AND VOTING ON BILLS AND BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SINCE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A WAY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES GET IN THE WAY THAT PREVENT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM BEING FULFILLED FOR MONTHS AT A TIME, WE DESERVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL SHOW UP FOR US.
PLEASE PUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS INTEREST FIRST AND VOTE.
MA'AM THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MS. DIXON WITH, UM, NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 7, BILL 22 DASH 0 0 8.
ZONING ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS CENTER.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I AM JENNY GR CASKEY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENT CENTERS THAT WE BELIEVE FURTHER MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN HARFORD COUNTY WHILE THE CODE DOES ALREADY ADDRESS MIXED USE OPTIONS THAT INCORPORATES RESIDENTIAL USES IN A COMMERCIAL CENTER.
THE CODE LACK, THE INTEGRATION OF MIXED USES ALONG WITH ENTERTAINMENT, AMUSEMENTS, RETAIL, AND OFFICE SPACE IN DRAFTING, THIS LEGISLATION PLANNING AND ZONING INCLUDED SETBACKS TO RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, ADDITIONAL BUFFERING AND MAKING THIS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL ALLOW FOR EACH PROJECT TO BE REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS, WHO COULD ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BASED UPON THE APPLICATION.
IN ADDITION, THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES THREE DIFFERENT USES BE PRESENT AND IN USE AT THE SITE AT ALL TIMES.
FURTHERMORE, ONE USE MUST BE FROM THE AMUSEMENT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND TWO USES FROM THE RETAIL TRADE AND SERVICE USES.
THIS REQUIREMENT WILL ENSURE THAT THESE CENTERS MAINTAIN THE MIXED USE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE LEGISLATION ADDRESSES OF FIVE ACRE MINIMUM MUST BE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY TIMES, AND ENSURE THAT LIGHTING IS APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLED.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MS.
WE HAVE TO THIS EVENING, JOHN MALLAMO FOLLOWED BY BRAD STOVER.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
JOHN PIMA LAMA 24 0 2 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE HARFORD COUNTY ZONING AND LAND USE AS A HAPHAZARD MESS.
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DISTRICTS ARE THROWN IN ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WITH NO REGARD TO THEIR CONSEQUENCES, COMBAT ABILITY OR ADVERSE EFFECTS.WHILE THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO A PERSON WITH A FAVORABLE ZONING DECISION, IT COULD BE UNDESIRABLE FOR OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.
ZONING CODE CHANGES IN HARFORD COUNTY HAVE THESE ASPECTS IN COMMON.
THEY ARE FOR SOMEBODY, THEY ARE DELIBERATELY VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS TO OBSCURE SCRUTINY OF ANY POTENTIALLY OBJECTIONABLE USE.
THEY ARE BROADENED SCOPE TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF SPOT ZONING OR PIECEMEAL ZONING.
THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY ARE JAMMED THROUGH TOO BAD FOR YOU.
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AS DESCRIBED BY THE ZONING CODE MAY BE PERMITTED WHEN DETERMINED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES PERMITTED.
AS OF RIGHT IN THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT, BY THIS PART, ONE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATION OF THIS ARTICLE AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS PART.
ONE, OBVIOUSLY THIS SITUATION IS COMPOUNDING THE EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER IS TREATED AS ONE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, BUT WILL CONSIST OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL USES EACH INDIVIDUAL.
VISUAL USE MUST BE LICENSED AND PERMITTED AS REQUIRED AND MUST STILL CONFORM TO THE ZONING CODE AND SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISTRICT THEY'RE IN LOCATED FOR EXAMPLE, AND MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR A PROJECT IN THE EMO DISTRICT IS 20 ACRES.
THIS USE WILL NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT USE IS NOT PERMITTED.
AS A DISTRICT, CANNOT THEN BE INCLUDED.
AS I USE IN THE EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, PLEASE REVIEW ZONING CASE 59 37 FOR PRECEDENCE AND REFERENCE.
WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? HOW DOES THIS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HARFORD COUNTY? IS THIS A BACKDOOR ATTEMPT TO PUT USES IN DISTRICTS WHERE THEY ARE NOT OTHERWISE PERMITTED? I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES DESIRE FOR THIS CHANGE.
IT IS GOOD FOR HIM AND IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS DESIRE TO EXPAND DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSEQUENCES OR ADVERSE EFFECTS.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? THE GLASS MINIMUM MINISTRATION HAS DEMONSTRATED A CURIOUS CONCEPT OF ENFORCING THE CODE AND UPHOLDING BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION.
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS DO NOT CONSIDER COMPATIBILITY OR INTENSITY OF USE.
WHAT WILL YOU TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEIR PIECES DISRUPTED? WHEN THEY COMPLAIN OF ADVERSE EFFECTS? WHEN THEY COMPLAIN OF NOISE, WHAT WILL YOU TELL THEM? WHEN THE CODES IS NOT ENFORCED YOUR MISTAKE? YOU TRUSTED ME.
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE PYRAMID PENINSULA MESS WAS ESTABLISHED.
PARAMIN PENINSULA ZONING DISASTERS.
DO THE RESEARCH ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THIS BILL AND VOTE.
CAN I, MR. WHITER, JENNY? UM, IF I COULD, UM, WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE IN THE UPCOMING WEEK TO MEET WITH MYSELF OR MAYBE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THIS BILL? OKAY, THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD WITH, UH, NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH ZERO EIGHT, BILL 22 DASH ZERO 10 PAY PLAN AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
MS. STEVENS, DID HE MISS? THERE WE GO.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND I HAVE NO BOOKLETS FOR YOU THIS YEAR.
I HAVE NOTHING TO HAND OUT BECAUSE WE ARE REQUESTING ZERO CHANGES TO THE PAYING CLASS PLAN THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WILL REVERT TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DID IN FY 22.
ANY QUESTIONS MS. DICKSON? DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP THERE? NO ONE SIGNED UP.
THANK YOU WITH NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH ZERO TO 10.
AND WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER RECESS UNTIL SEVEN 30 GREEN ORANGE.
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GOOD EVENING.CHAIR'S CALLS TO ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH ZERO 16.
UH, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US, STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE AVENUE PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN WOODS.
I PLEDGE TO LEAVE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, FOR ALL CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.
WE ASKED FOR YOUR BLESSING AT THIS TIME.
WELL, THAT WAS MEETING BEGINNING IN ORDER BE CONDUCTED IN PEACE AND CLOSING HARMONY.
AS I SAID EARLIER, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
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HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 AND COUNCILMAN GINGER.DANNO IS NOT WITH THIS TYPE OF WILL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW.
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NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, UM, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ANDREA PAPPAS UPFRONT AND, UM, SHE'S DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MR. WAGON.WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY EACH YEAR AND MADE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE CRUCIAL RESOURCES USED TO COMBAT AND OVERCOME THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS IN 2022, THE THEME OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH TOGETHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO JOIN TOGETHER IN ADVOCACY FOR IMPROVING THE NATION'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, THE HARTFORD COUNTY OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IS PARTNERING WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE WELLNESS EVENTS THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY.
THESE EVENTS INCLUDE THE SCREENING OF A DOCUMENTARY AND A FAMILY WELLNESS NIGHT.
AND WHEREAS HARTFORD COUNTY HAS A NUMBER OF RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
THE, OUR OFFICE ON MENTAL HEALTH IS JOINING WITH THE CORE SERVICES AGENCY OF HARTFORD COUNTY TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS, RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING THE IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO DECREASE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
NOW, THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THE 17TH DAY OF MAY, 2020 TO DO HEREBY RECOGNIZED MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, MAY, 2022.
UM, ANDREW, MY COLLEAGUES AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE GOOD THAT YOU DO AND YOUR TEAM DO FOR ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
LET'S ALL THREE OF US, BUT TO THROW HER OFF, YOU NEED TO COME THIS WAY.
IF YOU GUYS GOT TO COME THROUGH THIS, PAT, EVENTUALLY SAY SOMETHING.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND SANDY, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS.
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SIX SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, FISCAL 23 CITIZEN BUDGET ADVISORY REPORT, UH, COUNCILS.MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME MR. ANDREW HAN DISH AND MR. ROBERT TIPS, I FIGURED SOONER OR LATER, YOU GUYS WOULD FIND YOUR WAY UP.
WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT THIS EVENING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE IN THE COUNTY REGARDING THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A REPORT THAT IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN OF US THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED THE CITIZENS' BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE FISCAL 23 BUDGET.
AND WE'VE ALL WORKED WITH YOU HERE IN CHAMBERS, OVER THE BUDGET DATES THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.
SO, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF INCENTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY.
TO KNOW WE ARE A BOARD CONSISTING OF MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WITH ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTY BUDGETING PROCESS.
OUR MEMBERS ARE EXPERIENCED IN AGRICULTURE EMERGENCY SERVICES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, BUSINESS EDUCATION AND FINANCE.
THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET BROUGHT ANOTHER YEAR WITH LARGE REVENUE INCREASES FOR THE COUNTY TO DISPERSE.
THE COUNTY HAS ALSO DECREASED THE REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE BY A FULL 5 CENTS.
WE LISTENED TO FOUR DAYS OF TESTIMONY FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HEADS AND MET AS A GROUP TO DISCUSS VARIOUS MATTERS RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.
OUT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE CREATED THIS REPORT, WHICH WILL NOW PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR ANNOTATIONS.
AS YOU MOVE ALONG IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS, THE ADOPTION OF THE REAL ESTATE AND INCOME TAX RATES OF FISCAL YEAR 23
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WOULD SHOW A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.AND I NEED A DECREASE IN THE PROPERTY.
TAX RATES, REVENUE COLLECTIONS HAVE ALLOWED FOR MANY DEPARTMENTS TO RECEIVE FULL FUNDING, WHICH WAS UNHEARD OF EVEN A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO.
AS WE CONTINUE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE COMMEND THE DECREASE IN REAL PROPERTY TAXES.
A COLLECTION OF FUNDS CAN QUICKLY TURN WASTEFUL OVER COLLECTION OF FUNDS.
FUND BALANCE HAS RESTORED TO 23 MILLION AND THE RAINY DAY 5% FUND IS STILL PRESERVED.
THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 IS 943,645,000.
AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS 269,000,050 2000 FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET OF 1 BILLION, $212,697,000.
THE 1.2 BILLION TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET IS 14.9% HIGHER THAN THAT OF FISCAL YEAR 22, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET WAS FULLY FUNDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION INCREASED TECHNOLOGY USE FOR STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE COUNTY TO PROCURE THE DEVICES AND SUPPORT PLANS NEEDED WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT COST IN FUTURE YEARS.
THE IMPROVEMENT WAS NEEDED AND ALLOWS FOR THE COUNTY TO TEST BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, WHICH HAS BECOME A REQUIREMENT ON THE STATE LEVEL.
THE SYSTEM'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COUNTY HERITAGE AND AGRICULTURAL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEEDS TO BUDGET AND FUND THE PURCHASE OF THE LIVESTOCK TRAILER.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR HOW POTENTIAL KERWIN LEGISLATION WILL IMPACT FUTURE BUDGETING.
WE COMMEND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION FOR TAKING A PROACTIVE POSITION ON FUNDING.
SOME OF THAT OBLIGATION NOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING TO FUND IN LATER YEARS, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD, ADDITIONALLY COMMENDS HARTFORD, COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR NOT RAISING TUITION FEES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE COUNTY HAS ALSO FULLY FUNDED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE FUNDING TO FILL MUCH NEEDED POSITIONS.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HEARD WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IS THAT CANDIDATES DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT YES, IT CAN.
IT'S NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED.
WE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT IN MANY CASES, THE SAME APPLICANTS ARE BEING SOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
THE SYSTEMS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD DISCUSSED OFFERING ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS TO GROW THE APPLICANT POOL AND DECREASE VACANCIES.
AS WE SEE WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ACADEMY HELPS TO TRAIN CORRECTION AND PATROL OFFICERS, BUT CREATE A PROGRAMMING IS NEEDED TO ALSO ASSIST OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE AND EMS COMPANIES TO FILL POSITIONS.
HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE PROPER CERTIFICATION WILL BE AT PARAMOUNT AND KEEPING OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFF THAT THE LEVEL OUR COUNTY NEEDS, WE CHALLENGED THE COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO WORK TOGETHER, TO SOLVE THE ISSUES AND MAKE THESE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE EVENINGS TO THOSE.
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS ATTEND THEM DURING THE WEEKDAY.
ANOTHER ITEM BROUGHT UP DURING OUR DELIBERATIONS THIS YEAR WAS THE INCREASE IN THE ITEM FOR MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE YEAR AFTER YEAR, THESE GRANT DOLLARS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET ACCESS TO REVIEW.
AS THE FUNDS, THE TAXPAYER, AS THESE FUNDS ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT ON THE GRANTS AWARDED AND THE VERY LEAST THEY ARE MADE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE SEEN THEM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT MORE BUDGETS THAN IN THE PAST WHEN WE ARE PROVIDED LISTS, THAT IS TYPICALLY COMES FROM A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS RATHER THAN A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
SYSTEM'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD IS ASKING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLICLY POST THESE LISTS OR ESTABLISH A BOARD THAT HELPS WITH THE OVERSIGHT OF THESE FUNDS.
IF THEY ARE NOT BEING SPENT, THEN WHY ARE THEY BEING BUDGETED AS THEY SIMPLY FALL TO FUND BALANCE AND DO NOT THE SUPPORT THE PUBLIC AS THEY ARE INTENDED.
THE BOARD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES A LACK OF FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE HARTFORD CENTER AND THE ART.
THE COUNTY HAS A REAL PROBLEM.
IF WE CANNOT GET OUR PARTICIPATION BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS, WE HEARD THAT THEY CANNOT HIRE THE F AS THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO MATCH COMPETITIVE SALARY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IN RETURN FORCES THEM TO HELP LESS PEOPLE.
THIS, IN OUR OPINION, IS THE WRONG APPROACH.
AND WE SHOULD BE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THEIR BUDGET.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO BE ABLE TO HIRE JUST LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE FULLY FUNDED.
THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD FEELS STRONGLY THAT THE HARTFORD CENTER AND THE ARC NEED AN INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET TO FIND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE, TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS RUNNING, NOT DOING THIS WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THESE IMPORTANT.
WE COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ALL OF US ARE CONVINCED THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GUIDED US THROUGH A TIME.
WE UNDERSTAND FUNDING COMES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, BUT WE ASKED TO KEEP FUNDING THEM AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS.
SO THEY MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
THE BOARD ALSO TOOK A HARD LOOK AT HOW THE COUNTY ESTIMATES REVENUES.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT REVENUE HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE FEEL THERE'S REVENUES STILL MIGHT BE UNDERESTIMATED.
WE ASKED THAT IF THIS HAS HAPPENED, THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE TAXES AND ONLY COLLECT WHAT IS NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO FUND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.
THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD FELT LIKE THIS YEAR, WE REVIEWED VERY LITTLE
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OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET.WE CONTINUE TO ASK THE COUNTY TO MAKE PROJECTS A PRIORITY FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS AND TO NOT SERVE POLITICAL INTEREST.
WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP CONTRACTORS AND PROJECT SUPERVISORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROGRAM PRO FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR AFTER COMPLETION.
WE STILL HAVE ISSUES AT THE AVENUE LIBRARY, AND WE FEEL WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DESIGN.
SEE IF THE DESIGN HAD FLAWS THAT CAR'S LARGER PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS TO HAVE A SAY IN THIS PROCESS OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO UTILIZE PUBLIC HEARINGS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AS A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS CRUCIAL IN THIS PROCESS.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING THE CITIZENS' BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD TO SERVE ANOTHER YEAR IN OUR CURRENT CAPACITY, YOU DO MAKE US FEEL WELCOME.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU AS YOU COMPLETE THE AMENDMENT AND VOTING PROCESS.
AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO LET MR. TIBBS SAID A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
IT REALLY, I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER, PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP AT THESE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, AND I UNDERSTAND ONLY THREE SHOWED UP THIS PAST WEEK AND LAST WEEK THERE WERE NONE, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT MEETING GOING FORWARD.
AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET PEOPLE OUT.
ONLY TIME THEY COME OUT IS WHEN THEY WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S, MAYBE THAT WAS A GOOD THING THAT THEY DIDN'T COME UP.
AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW ADAMANT I AM ABOUT THE MAGNET PROGRAM AT HARTFORD, UH, AT NORTH HARTFORD.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH ONE OF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OR HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN INVITATION YET ON THURSDAY, THE 19TH OF MAY, THIS IS COMING THURSDAY FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL, THE PROGRAM WILL FEATURE ALL THE STUDENTS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT THE MAGNET PROGRAM, STUDENTS, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND THEIR FINAL PRESENTATION BEFORE GRADUATION.
AND IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THAT, IT IS WORTH YOUR WEIGHT IN GOLD, JUST TO GET THERE, JUST TO WALK THROUGH AND SEE WHAT THESE STUDENTS DO.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROBABLY, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME OF THE COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN'T DO WORK, THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE DOING.
AND IT'S A VERY MUCH IN THEIR BEHALF TO HAVE SOME POLITICIANS THERE, TO LOOK AT THEM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND AS WE SAID HERE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, BUDGETS THAT FOR THE ARC, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME INCREASE IN THOSE THAT WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS.
AND, UH, THAT'S UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
I KNOW, OR TO YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THAT.
UH, COUNSEL, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW AND MR. TIBBS, MR. SCHROEDER? I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK MY BUDGET ADVISOR, BOB TIBBS.
HE'S BEEN MY ADVISOR FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
UM, WELL OVER A DECADE AND JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU.
THIS IS MY, UH, LAST BUDGET AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I'LL, I'LL SECOND, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE AG NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM AT NORTH HARFORD, IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
I DO ENCOURAGE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT, UH, TO COME OUT ON THURSDAY, TO SEE THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECTS AND TO SEE THEIR GRADUATION, THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
THEY WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD.
AND, UM, I'M PULLING FOR YOU ON THIS AG TRAILER.
I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I WANT TO DO SO WELL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE BIOSECURITY IS ONE THING.
WELL, I MEAN, THEY CAN BORROW A TRAILER SHORT, BUT THE STUDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP THESE TRAILERS CLEAN TO KEEP YOUR DISEASES DOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF LEARNING AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THERE.
RIGHT? WELL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WHOLE WHOLE BOARD'S WORK.
AND I THINK KASMIN, YOU TOUCHED ON SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US SHOULD LOOK AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS THAT THIS, THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR.
IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF US AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A CERTAIN COUNCILMAN NOT COMING BACK AND THIS BOARD CAN LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.
SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND MR. TIBBS, WHO HAS SERVED IN THIS AS LONG AS I HAVE AND HOPE THAT SOME OF THESE FACES CAN STICK AROUND, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I'LL PUT IT, I'LL PUT A GOOD WORD IN FOR FOREVER, UNLESS SOME OF THESE WANT TO GET OFF.
AS I WAS TALKING WITH MR. WILLIAMS EARLIER TODAY, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, YEAH, THANK YOU MR. SROS, MR. WOODS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND INFORMATION, IT'S ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL.
AND I HAVE, UH, OF COURSE DAVE'S, WOULD'VE BEEN WITH ME SINCE THE FIRST DAY ON THE COUNCIL.
SO HE WAS MY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WHEN I WAS FIRE CHIEF OF HALSTON.
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HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLE THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL AND WILLING TO HELP AND BE A PART OF THE BUDGET.SO ON THE NEXT FOOD TRUCK EVENT, IT FALLS FROM HIM AND GIVE HIM A LITTLE PROCLAMATION FOR THANKING HIM FOR, FOR DOING THIS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST OR FUN, MOST FUN THING TO DO EVERY DAY WHEN YOU'RE HERE WITH US, BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THE PRESENTATION, ANDREW AND BOB, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ANDREW, FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON A COUNCIL.
YOU'VE BEEN MY BUDGET ADVISOR AND IT'S NOT JUST DURING THE BUDGET, YOU AND I SPEAK NUMBERS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, WE DIVE INTO, UM, MONEY SPENT, UM, MONEY BUDGETED.
UH, YOU GIVE ME A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATE THE COUNTY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH BOTH, UH, ROBBIE AND KIM, UH, AND KRISTEN, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE AND THE ROLE THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE AGAIN.
SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO COME IN TO THE FINANCE TEAM HERE AND, AND THEY ARE AMAZING, AND THIS REPORT WAS DRAFTED BY ALL SEVEN OF US AS YOU KNOW, AND EVEN SO I READ IT VERBATIM TO BE FAIR TO THE GROUP, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY POINT THE MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE PROVIDED TO THE GROUP.
UM, SO WE JUST ARE HOPING MAYBE WE CAN GO A STEP FARTHER AND PUT THOSE OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS WE GO.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS AND THE BUDGET IS NOT CLOSED FOR A YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET WHILE WE'RE APPROVING ANOTHER BUDGET, WHICH IS A TOUGH TIMING FOR THEM.
SO THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THEY PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT WAS 40 SOME PAGES LONG THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW.
SO WE DO WANT TO THANK KIM AND HER TEAM AND WHERE THE FUTURE HOLDS WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THESE AS WELL.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THEM UP AS WELL.
UM, APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN,
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AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES.FISCAL YEAR 23, BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING MAY 4TH, 2022 LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 15 MAY 10TH, 2022 FISCAL YEAR 23, BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING MAY 11TH, 2022.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTION, SOME IN STAN APPROVED AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE, WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES EVENING.
[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]
10 CAN INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS.MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ IN AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 14 TO BUILD 22 DASH 0 0 9.
IN THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE AMENDMENTS TO BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO NINE.
I INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT TO REQUEST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ON AMENDMENT.
NUMBER ONE ON PAGE 40 IN LINE SIX, STRIKE 1,900,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2,600,000.
THIS INCREASES THE STATE PROGRAM OPEN SPACE AND THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 MEM.
AND NUMBER TWO ON PAGE 41 IN LINE FOR STRIKE 1,075,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 1,775,000.
THIS INCREASES THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECT PARKLAND ACQUISITION IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER THREE ON PAGE 40 IN LINE SIX, STRIKE 1,900,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2 MILLION, 100,000 TO INCREASE STATE PROGRAM, OPEN SPACE AND THE AMOUNT OF TO $200,000 MEMON.
NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE 41 IN LINE EIGHT, 200,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 400,000 TO INCREASE THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECT TENNIS MULTIPURPOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE 40 IN LINE SIX, STRIKE 1,900,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2,406,315.
DO WE INCREASE STATE PROGRAM OPEN SPACE AND THE AMOUNT OF 500, $6,315 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER SIX ON PAGE 41 IN LINE ONE, STRIKE 2 MILLION, 150,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2,656,315 TO INCREASE THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECT PNR FACILITY DEVELOPMENT RENOVATIONS, ANY AMOUNT OF 500, $6,315 AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE 40 IN LINE FIVE, STRIKE 500,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2 MILLION TO INCREASE STATE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,500,000 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE 41 IN LINE FIVE, STRIKE 175,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 1,675,000 TO INCREASE THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF 1,500,000 AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE ON PAGE 42
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BETWEEN LINES FOUR AND FIVE INSERT THE FOLLOWING PRIOR BONDS 213,955 TO REALLOCATE PRIOR BOND FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $213,955 AMENDMENT.NUMBER 10 ON PAGE 42 AND LINE 12, STRIKE FOUR IN PARENTS, 486,000 AND SUBSTITUTE INFRAREDS 270 2045 TO CORRECT THE PRIOR BOND AMOUNT TO REALLOCATE, TO BE REALLOCATED ON THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL PROJECT, OAKLAND MANNER, JAVA SEWER AMENDMENT, NUMBER 11 ON PAGE 42 BETWEEN LINES FOUR AND FIVE INSERT THE FOLLOWING PRIOR BONDS.
AND PERRINS 213,955 TO REALLOCATE PRIOR BOND FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $213,955 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER 12 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 10, STRIKE 786,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 572 40 $5 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER 12, THAT IS TO CORRECT THE PRIOR BOND AMOUNT REALLOCATED TO THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL PROJECT, WHICH IS THE BRENTWOOD PARK PUMPING STATION AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 ON PAGE 42 IN LINE FIVE, STRIKE 9 MILLION AND SUBSTITUTE 9 MILLION, $215,000 TO INCREASE FUTURE COUNTY BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $215,000 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER 14 ON PAGE 42 IN LINE 10, STRIKE 786,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 1 MILLION, 1000 TO INCREASE THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL PROJECT BRENTWOOD PARK PUMPING STATION, ANY AMOUNT OF $215,000.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ IT IN MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE.
ONE TO RESOLUTION ZERO 17 DASH 22, WHOMEVER REFERRING REDUCTION, MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE.
NUMBER ONE, UH, THE BOTTOM RUN WATERSHED RESTORATION.
THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE WILL ADD $500,000 IN STATE GRANT APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THIS CHANGE WILL SUPPORT THE FINAL ASSURANCE PLAN FOR MDE.
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NUMBER 11.CALL FOR FINAL READING A BILLS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.
IS THERE ANY CODE CIDERY MAY HAVE EMOTION, MR. WAGNER, I WOULD MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 6 SECOND.
THANK YOU, MR. BULO MOON A SECOND.
AND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.
ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. WOODS, MR. SRODES.
MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, YOU'RE BEING FIVE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO, OR EXCUSE ME, TWO ABSENT BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6 IS HERE BY APPROVED AGENDA
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ITEM NUMBER 12, ENROLLMENT OF BILLS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.IS THERE ANY CODE CIDERY IS CERTIFIED AS BEING THE TEXT FINALLY PASSED 13 AND 14.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP 15 FOR A SECOND AND GO TO 16
[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS]
BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. SCHROEDER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST A FEW THINGS.
JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROSEMARY HIJACK.
MY DEAR FRIEND ON RECEIVING THE JOE RYAN CHAMPION FOR PREVENTION AND RECOVERY AT THE ANNUAL ACR EVENT.
THAT'S THAT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THOUGH KNOW THAT'S ADDICTION, CONNECTION RESOURCES AND, UM, ANYONE THAT KNOWS ROSEMARY IS, YOU KNOW, SHE IS SOMEBODY THAT GETS BEHIND A LOT OF EFFORTS IN HARFORD COUNTY FOR MANY GREAT CAUSES.
AND, UH, SHE DOES SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ACR AND SHE WAS GIVEN THE J RYAN CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD THIS YEAR ALSO, UH, THEY HONORED OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, BARRY GLASSMAN ON BEING THE GOOD SHEPHERD AWARD FOR, UH, ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT HE'S PUT INTO OUR ADDICTION ISSUES AND HARTFORD COUNTY.
AND, UH, THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT HE GIVES TO MANY NONPROFITS, UH, HAD A COUPLE OF FUN THINGS TO DO OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL.
UM, GARDEN REMS SNYDER TURNED 100 AND I WAS ABLE TO, UM, BE, IT IS HUGE, UH, PARTY UP AT GENEVA FARMS. AND, UM, HE'S JUST DOING REALLY WELL.
HE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE STILL MOVES HIS GRASS AT 100.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO MOVE YESTERDAY, BUT I KNEW IT WAS KIND OF RAINY AND I MISSED HIM TODAY.
I KIND OF CUT THROUGH THAT WAY AND I, AND HE HAD MOWED LIKE ALL OF HIS PROPERTY ALREADY.
SO I AM GOING TO STOP BY AND SEE HIM ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND.
UM, JOHN ARCHER CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, HATS
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OFF TO THEM, ALL THE STAFF AND TEACHERS, PARA-EDUCATORS VOLUNTEERS, UM, OUR COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THEM FINANCIALLY, UH, VERY GENEROUSLY.IT'S SUCH A CLOSE KNIT SCHOOL.
MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS START AS EARLY AS AGE THREE AND SOME OF THEM DON'T GRADUATE UNTIL AGE 21 TO 22.
SO IT'S A VERY CLOSE KNIT SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS AND EVERYONE ARE SO TIGHT AND I JUST LOVE BEING THERE.
UH, IT WAS GREAT AND, UM, GOT TO SEE THE MAYOR OF THE SCHOOL, MIKEY AND HE'S 33.
AND, UH, HE WAS JUST FUN TO BE AROUND.
HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND EMOTIONAL BECAUSE OF WHAT GREAT THINGS THAT JOHN ARCHER HAD DONE FOR HIM.
ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, DAVID GLENN ON, UH, WRAPPING UP HIS TIME AS BEING COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE CITY OF HEAVY GRACE.
I KNOW THAT, UM, HE CARES ABOUT HIS, UH, CITIZENS VERY MUCH.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT HE JUST FINISHED HIS LAST MEETING, UH, YESTERDAY LAST NIGHT.
SO I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. SROS, MR. UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE GAVE OUT EARLIER THIS EVENING IS VERY RELEVANT IN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THE, AND THE CHILDREN AFFECTED FOR ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, ADULTS AS WELL, EVERYONE'S AFFECTED.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN TIE BACK TO MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT MENTAL HEALTH AT THE TOP OF THAT PYRAMID AND THEN YOU FILTER DOWN.
AND SO MANY THINGS THAT WE SEE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY AND THE ILLS THAT WE HAVE ALL RELATE BACK TO THE MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, YOU NEED TO SEEK HELP, THAT HELP IS OUT THERE CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE HELP THAT YOU NEED BEFORE THINGS SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL.
AND THAT TAKES ME TO THE POINT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL KEEP, UH, PEOPLE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND OUR PRAYERS, UH, CAUSE THAT THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY COULD BREAK OUT ANYWHERE, ALL ACROSS OUR LAND.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO FAR KNOCK ON WOOD.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE IN OUR BACKYARD.
UH, SOME YEARS AGO WE HAD SOME ISSUES, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR NOW LET'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS AND, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S A, THAT'S A DEVASTATION THERE IN BUFFALO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BE AWARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND, UH, ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT YOU KNOW, TO GET HELP.
THANK YOU, MR. RAGNAR, MR. BUEHLER.
UM, JUST ONE THING I, UM, ALSO, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAVID GLENN, OUR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
LET ME CLARIFY THAT CITY COUNCIL OF HEAVY GRACE PRESIDENT DAVID GLENN.
UM, I WANT TO THANK HIM PERSONALLY FOR HIS SERVICE TO, UH, HAVE ANY GRAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BLESSED AND HONORED TO WORK WITH HIM DURING MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL.
AND I KNOW THAT HE REALLY CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING HE DOES.
AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S RETIRING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT I WILL BE HEARING FROM HIM IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ON ISSUES.
HE'S JUST NOT ONE TO STEP AWAY IN MY OPINION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM PERSONALLY FOR ALL HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, UM, TO HAVE ANY GRACE AND REALLY THE WHOLE COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU, DAVID GLENN, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU MR. BILL PRESIDENT, AND THEN, UM,
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AGENDA ITEM 15 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT.UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD WITH, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HEAR SO MANY DIFFERENT, UM, ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT OUR CITIZENS, OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD AND TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST AND WHAT THEY DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK MS. HARRIS FOR REPRESENTING US AT THE, UH, 17TH ANNUAL ART GALA.
UH, SHE TELLS ME THAT THEY EXCEEDED THEIR FUNDRAISING GOALS, UH, WHICH WAS 30,000.
THEY ACTUALLY RAISED 43,000 FOR THEIR CLINICAL TEAM AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, SATURDAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A FIRESIDE CHAT AT THE DECOY MUSEUM FOR TROOP 2 38 FROM SAVING NOTIUS CHURCH.
AND THERE WERE ABOUT 40, UH, SCOUTS.
AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT MANY THINGS, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR LOCAL HERITAGE WATERFALLING HERITAGE.
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HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO FISHING.UH, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OTHER MUSEUMS IN THE AREA THEY CAMPED ON THE GROUNDS FOR TWO DAYS COOKED.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM AND FOR US AS WELL.
UM, WE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE CHARLIE RALEIGH FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT.
UH, THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AGAIN, EVEN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THREATENING RAIN.
UH, SO WHEN, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND, AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.
AND THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE, SADLY, THIS PAST SUNDAY, MY AUNT TINA PASSED AWAY.
SHE WAS MY MOTHER'S YOUNGEST SISTER AND THE YOUNGEST OF 11 CHILDREN.
SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING COOK QUICK-WITTED AND SHE WAS SURVIVED BY HER, UH, ONLY SISTER, MY AUNT ROSE HAMILTON.
SO SHE, HER THREE DAUGHTERS AS WELL, FRANNIE PAUL AND DEBBIE.
SO I'D ASK ALL OF YOU TO KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
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ITEM, 17 COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS.MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO MR. PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE SEVEN THIS EVENING WITH SEVEN SPEAKERS.
UH, AGAIN, WE'LL STICK TO OUR TIME LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES AND AGAIN, BE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER AND CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.
JOHN MALAMA FOLLOWED BY ELEANOR DAUGHTER.
GOOD EVENING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, JOHN PIMA LLAMO 2,400 TO EAGLEVIEW DRIVE.
I FIND A LAUGHABLE THAT YOU AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF YOUR ZONING AND LAND USE ACTIVITIES.
IF BELL 22 DASH 0 0 3 IS ILLEGAL.
THEN BY EXTENSION, ALL ZONING AND LAND USE ACTIONS WOULD BE ILLEGAL AS WELL.
NONETHELESS, CONSIDERING IT, BILL IS ILLEGAL, THEN IT WAS NOT MADE.
SO BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE VETO OR WENT OUTSIDE, COUNCIL DECLARED IT.
SO IT WAS ILLEGAL WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN, WHO DID THE LEGAL REVIEW FOR SUFFICIENCY ON THAT BILL AS A CONSUMMATE CONSEQUENCE, COUNCILMAN BEULAH, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN ANY STATEMENT YOU MAKE OR ACTION.
YOU LEAD YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO TRUSTED IN YOU TO HAVE IT RIGHT DOWN A PATH TO AN ERRONEOUS CONCLUSION, THEIR MISTAKE.
THEY TRUSTED YOU TOO BAD FOR THEM.
AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THEM, EITHER ON ANOTHER ISSUE.
THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE SENT TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, SPECIFICALLY THE PRESENCE OF A MAP I CAN STATE UNEQUIVOCALLY AND WITH GREAT CERTITUDE.
THERE WAS NO MAP IN THE PACKAGE.
ANYONE WISH TO DEBATE THAT? PLEASE CALL ME.
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS, COMMON TO MAPS, TITLE SCALE LEGEND, COMPASS, LATITUDE, AND LONGITUDE.
NONE ARE PRESENT ON THE DIAGRAM MARKED AS AMENDMENT ONE TO BUILD 22.
AS SHE WROTE AMENDMENT ONE IS NOT A MAP THAT SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO CURE BY CONSTRUCTING A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT MAPPING.
CONFORMANCE WAS STANDARD CARTOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES WERE SIMPLER.
ONE DIAGRAM EITHER WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL.
PLEASE NOTE COMMONLY USED TERMS INCORPORATED INTO DISCUSSIONS AND DOCUMENTS ARE CONSTRAINED TO OBSERVE COMMONLY ACCEPTED DEFINITIONS ON 12, APRIL, 2022.
I GRADED YOUR EFFORTS AS A COUNTY COUNCIL.
YOUR EFFORTS ON BILL 22 DASH ZERO THREE, SURPRISED ME.
I DID NOT THINK OF POSSIBLE, BUT YOU SET A LOWER STANDARD FOR YOURSELVES THAN I DID FOR YOU.
GOD LOVES US ALL, BUT GOD WILL NOT CONTINENCE NOR SAVE A SLOB.
AND LEE SOLDIER, HARFORD COUNTY SHOULD NEITHER CONTINENTS NOR SUFFER SLAPPING LIKE GOVERNANCE OR GOVERNMENT.
YOU AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE EMBARRASSED YOURSELVES AND, AND DISGRACE THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE.
MY NAME IS ELEANORA DAUGHTER
I LIVE AT 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE ABERDEEN.
THAT'S IN PYRAMID ON THE SHORES OF THE BUSH RIVER.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, PERHAPS YOU HAVE HEARD IN ALL THIS FOLDER, ALL THAT TO PROTECT PRAMEN PENINSULA ORGANIZATION IS COMPOSED OF YOUNG, RICH YOUNG WATERFRONT HOME OWNERS.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE PENSIONERS.
WE OWN WATERFRONT PROPERTY, BUT WE ARE NOT NEW.
OUR PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY MY GRANDPARENTS IN 1924.
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WAS A SUMMER RESIDENT AND RIVER REP FROM 1946 TO 1966, WHERE I LEARNED TO SWIM BOAT, SKI, FISH AND CRAB ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, I SOMETIMES WOULD WALK A SANDY CANNING HOUSE ROAD TO BUY MITCHELL SHOE PEG CORN AT THE WEIGHING STATION FOR OUR SATURDAY FEAST OF FRESH CORN AND BUSH RIVER CRABS.AFTER 1966, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE SEASONAL VISITORS, BUT WE BECAME PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN 1998.
THAT IS 98 YEARS OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP BY MY FAMILY ON THE PERRIMAN PENINSULA.
OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, I HAVE HEARD SOME OF YOU SPEAK REVERENTLY OF LAND OWNER RIGHTS.
DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS? DON'T SEEM SO.
DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BREATHE RELATIVELY CLEAN AIR OR CAN A NEIGHBOR FORCED ME TO BREATHE A MIASMA OF TOXIC DIESEL FUMES? DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL TO ROUTE 40 RELATIVELY SAFELY OR DOES THAT SAME NEIGHBOR FORCE ME TO NAVIGATE A GAUNTLET OF THOUSANDS OF SPEEDING TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS ALONG NARROW TWO LANE ROADS AND DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS? DOESN'T THE COUNCIL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF ALL CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.
FINALLY, IT IS DEBATABLE THAT THE PROPOSED MEGA WAREHOUSE FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING CENTER IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TESTIMONY HERE AND QUOTES IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT IF THIS COUNCIL EVEN QUESTIONS, THE DEVELOPER'S INTERPRETATION OF LLI, THE DEVELOPERS WILL SUE.
IF THAT THREAT INTIMIDATES OUR GOVERNMENT THAN IT IS BE GONE, GONE BEYOND BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THE BUSINESS SUBSERVIENT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PAYMENT COMMUNITY DOES NOT OPPOSE THE LANDOWNER, DEVELOPING HIS PROPERTY, BUT DOES STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CLEARLY A THREAT TO US ALL.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE IT.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM US EDUCATED IDIOTS AS YOU SO CALLED US AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
MA'AM EMMA PELLER FOLLOWED BY RON STUCZYNSKI GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL, SPECIFICALLY SECTION I PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, SUBSECTION FOUR, UNDER THIS STATES, THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS PERMITTED TO BE MADE BY CITIZENS DURING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 ARE GENERALLY PREMISE PERMISSIVE, EXCEPT THAT MATTERS, WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC HEARING, SUCH AS BILLS MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY, WHICH FOLLOWS FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER AND PENDING ZONING CASES MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL CONCLUDED.
AND THE EXPIRATION OF ALL APPEAL RIGHTS HAS OCCURRED.
MY QUESTION IS THIS, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS RULE? WHY CAN'T YOU COME AND TALK ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES OR THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT NOT AN ISSUE THAT YOU WILL VOTE ON WITHIN WEEKS? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COUNCIL IS BEGINNING TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS RULE AS THEY HAVE GENERALLY IGNORED IT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN RELATION TO BILL 22 DASH ZERO THREE, I WOULD ASK TONIGHT THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL, LOOK AT THIS RULE AND CONSIDER CHANGING IT TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE TROUBLING THEM, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY BILLS.
THAT WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE SOON.
RON STU CHATZKY ADDRESS ON FILE.
UM, CHAD, I FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, THE SARC EVENT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL, A FEW QUOTES WE'VE HEARD IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHAT WE DON'T NEED MORE OF OUR WAREHOUSES ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA, I'M PRO SMART DEVELOPMENT, AND I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE FOR THE CITIZENS AND NOT BE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE.
I'VE GOT MORE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS FROM PYRAMID RESIDENTS THAN ALL THE REST OF MY DISTRICT COMBINED BY FAR AS A COUNTY OFFICER,
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WE ARE CHARGED WITH UPHOLDING THE COUNTY CODE AND CHARTER BOTH ARE BASED ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELLBEING, WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE CAN TELL YOU THAT PYRAMID RIGHT NOW CAN NOT HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S DANGEROUS AND LUDICROUS FOR TWO DECADES TO QUALITY OF LIFE IS GOING DOWN IN PYRAMID.
THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDS AN UPDATED STUDY.
THIS PROJECT SHALL NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THERE'S ALTERNATIVE EXITS AND ENTRANCES.
WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE WITH TRACTOR TRAILER NOISE, LIGHT AND POLLUTION EVERY DAY.
THEN YOU SAID, BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALL MR. BEULAH'S QUOTES.
LIKE OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID, WE NEED TO PUT OUR CITIZENS.
OUR PEOPLE FIRST, THEIR SAFETY WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEN YOU GAVE US SOME CEO HEARTFELT, THANKS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF PARAMIN.
AS YOU CRIED SAID, YOU WERE HONORED TO BE OUR COUNCILMAN.
THEN YOU SAID YOU HAVE NOT TALKED TO ONE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS OUR PR THIS PROJECT.
CURTIS, I ASKED YOU IN THE BEGINNING ON JANUARY 11TH, YOU SAID YOU WERE WORKING WITH COUNCIL ATTORNEY ON WHAT COULD BE DONE AFTER FIVE MONTHS.
WE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY TOLD YOU WHAT COULD BE DONE, BUT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BARRY GLASS ABOUT VETOING OUR MORATORIUM, YOU HAD AN ANSWER FROM HIM AND WHAT COULD BE DONE FOR US, WHICH AS OF RIGHT NOW IS NOTHING.
THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE DOWN FOR THREE P AND OUR GROUP BEING SHUT OUT.
I THINK WE FEEL LIKE OUR VOICES.
I DO THANK MR. JOHNSON FOR HIS APOLOGY LAST WEEK, LITTLE LATE.
UM, AND I ALSO HEARD THAT WERE REFERRED TO IS THREE P A GROUP OF EDUCATED IDIOTS.
DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO HEAR THAT, BUT WHAT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IS EDUCATED IDIOTS, UM, ARE ABOUT TO STOP, BUT TO PUT SCHOOL ON PROCESS.
SO I, I ASKED YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GET YOUR PEN AND PAPER, CAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF LEARNING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THANK YOU, BILL WAYLAND FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA TROTTA MAKOVIC GOOD EVENING, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MR. VAN SETI AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WAS BAFFLED BY THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AND THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS LEADING UP TO THE VETO OF 2203.
THAT'S WHY I SENT AN EMAIL TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ASKING SOME BASIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MORATORIUM, INTRODUCED SOME FEBRUARY 15 DOWN TO THE VETO MAY 2ND TO DATE.
IT'S TYPICAL OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS BILL ON MARCH 15TH, MS. LAMBERT FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT, YOU USE AN ORDER.
AND THE BILL WAS THE OVARY TERRIBLY FLAWED, AND THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT.
THREE OUTSIDE LAWYERS SPOKE TO ILLEGALITY OF THE BILL, CHESAPEAKE REALTY THREATENED AGGRESSIVE LEGAL ACTION OF FEST.
OF COURSE, THERE WERE ALL THE CITIZENS WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF BILL.
I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE SET OFF SOME BELLS AND WHISTLES.
IF THERE WERE ANY ATTEMPTS DETERMINED FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT OR OUTSIDE TERM, THESE WIDER BILL WAS ILLEGAL.
THERE WAS TIME TO DO THIS IN THE DAYS, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN APRIL 19TH, FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE BILL AND AMENDMENTS.
MR. WAGNER STATED THE MOST LEGAL THING TO DO WAS TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL, BUT HE VOTED FOR IT.
HE OBVIOUSLY KNEW THERE WERE LEGALITY ISSUES WITH THE CBD AND UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO PROVIDE A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF AN ISSUE RELATED TO LEGISLATION.
NO DOUBT THAT'S ISSUE WAS A SPILL.
I FAULT THE COUNCIL FOR WAITING FIVE WEEKS TO SEEK ANY LEGAL COUNSEL TO DETERMINE THE LOCALITY.
I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL KNEW THE BILL WAS GOING TO BE V TUBE BY THE EXECUTIVE.
INSTEAD IT APPEARED THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE PARAMIN PENCIL US CITIZENS AND LET'S MAKE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE BAD GUY.
I FAULT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR WAITING UNTIL MAY 2ND.
THE VETO, THE BILL, ONE DAY BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I QUESTIONED HIM BY LETTER TO HIM.
WELL, MAY 9TH, HIS HONESTY, HIS SINCERITY, HIS POOR LEADERSHIP BASED UPON HIS PETTY AND ABSURD REASONS FOR THE VETO BASED ON MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH HIM AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON MANY OTHER MATTERS, THE PARAMIN PENINSULA CITIZENS
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HAD HIGH HOPES.THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ACTION TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF MAY 3RD STEAD.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN OVER BY DEVITO OR EVEN AT DISCUSSION THAT'S WRONG.
AND THAT REALLY HURTS YOUR CREDIBILITY OF MAY 10TH.
YOU HAVE MR. JOHNSON APOLOGIZE.
AND MR. BUELLER SAID THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL CAME BACK REPORTING.
HE SAID THERE WAS NO REAL SUPPORT TO OVERRIDE DIED.
LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THE FOLLOWING.
THE WORD ACTION HAS SEVERAL MEANINGS.
ONE BEING THE EXERTION OF POWER.
I MADE UP MY OWN MEETING FOR EACH LETTER OF ACTION, A COUNTABILITY C CREDIBILITY T TRANSPARENCY.
OH, OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND NERVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY EXPERIENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION AT THE COUNCIL, THIS DOESN'T EXIST.
AND I TRY TO PUT COVID ADDRESSES ON FILE.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TESTIMONY LATELY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO SAY TO YOU.
HOWEVER, AFTER TOURING PERRYMAN THIS WEEKEND AND SEEING ALL THE DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING TO RISE DAILY, SEEMINGLY IN RECORD SPEED, I FELT COMPELLED TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO WAS IN CHARGE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAY, KNOWING YOUR DAYS ARE LIMITED IN THESE SEATS.
IT SEEMS YOUR SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE QUICKLY TRYING TO CASH OUT.
AS MANY NEWS SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN BELAIR ARE DISPLAYED.
YOU HAVE SOLD OUT HARTFORD COUNTY TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS WITH NOT A SPOT LEFT OF GREEN TO BE FOUND IN MY DISTRICT.
YOU CALL YOURSELVES REPUBLICANS, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY ARE.
YOU CARE TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE MASS INFLUX OF NONSENSICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE RISE PROJECTS THAT ONLY BENEFIT DEVELOPERS AND THEIR INTENTIONS TO URBANIZE THIS ONE'S BEAUTIFUL SERENE COUNTY, WHICH NOW FEELS AND LOOKS LIKE BITING COUNTRY.
THE SAME DEVELOPERS ARE DONORS TO YOU AND SOME CANDIDATES WHO OPENLY USE THE SAME FOLKS AS THEIR CAMPAIGN MANAGERS AND OR ADVISERS WHO HOLDS FUNDRAISERS RANGING UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A PERSON WHILE SITTING ON BOARDS THAT BENEFIT THE BUSINESS OF SUCH DEVELOPERS.
TALK ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY AS YOU STRATEGICALLY WAITED UNTIL THE FILING DEADLINE TO HAND THEM A SLAP IN THE FACE.
YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THOSE WHO PUT IT, THE FINAL NAIL IN HARFORD COUNTY'S COFFIN.
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO FROM THIS COUNCIL.
WE KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS, YOU IN THE PAST COUNCIL MAY HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD THIS COUNTY TO A POINT OF NO RETURN, BUT THE REAL PATRIOT CANDIDATES WILL DO THEIR BEST TO CLEAN UP YOUR MESS WHEN THEY ARE ELECTED AND SITTING IN THESE VERY SEATS.
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE NEXT DEBATE.
PRESIDENT OF INCENTING, ANYONE WHO HAS NOT YET RESPONDED, THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO HEAR FROM YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS HOLLY MCCOMAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EXTEND A PERSONAL INVITATION TO EVERYBODY.
ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS TO, TO ALL YOU GENTLEMEN, THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE HAVING A YARD SALE TRAIL DOWN IN PARAMIN.
WE HAVE A HISTORIC TRAIL, ALL MAPPED OUT FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT PARAMIN AND THE BEAUTY THAT IT HOLDS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY MORNING, UM, STARTS ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND IT GOES ON UNTIL NO ONE ELSE IS THERE.
SO I EXTEND THAT INVITATION TO YOU ALL.
THERE ARE MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MS. DIXON, WHEN NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP, THIS WILL CONCLUDE A MEETING ADJOURNED.