May 30, 2023 County Council

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THREE. GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS OVER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23-018. I WOULD ASK YOU TO

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DO YOU? WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR PENDLETON. BE IT HEREBY KNOWN THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON THIS 30TH DAY OF MAY, 2023 RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATES HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM 2023 AND J. C A H CHAMPIONS FOR THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE 2023 NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WE COMMEND THE TEAM COACHES AND HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC SUCCESS. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. MR JANITOR NOW, SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE COACH SORORITY, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. SO ITALIAN NAME. I LIKE THAT SO GREAT SEASON GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD BREAKFAST WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. WE ARE LUNCH.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR BUDGET TO DO THAT, SO WE'LL HAVE TO INVITE YOU TO ONE OF OUR SIA HAVE DINNERS AND YOU COME SPEND AN EVENING WITH 60, ITALIAN GUYS, AND WE'LL FEED YOU REALLY GOOD. DR. FELDER CONGRATULATIONS . THIS YOUR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WHEREVER NOTHING WELL, PLEASURE TO HOST ONE HOST ONE. SO YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT TO HARVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, I'M GONNA ALUMNI THIS. THIS IS A PROBLEM MOMENT FOR ME, SO I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW YOUR DAD. VERY WELL. SHOW CONGRATULATIONS ON TO ALL OF YOUSE APPRECIATE THAT. SO MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WE HAVE A THREE TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LACROSSE PLAYER WHO PLAYED ON THE CHAMP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JOHNS HOPKINS. THREE IN A ROW. MR BLOOM. QUIST OVER THERE IS ON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SO I'M SURE THIS MEANS A LOT TO HIMSELF. UM CAN I GET YOU TO SAY SOMETHING? COUNCILWOMAN SORROWS. SO YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT E AND EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL.

CONGRATULATIONS YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION REALLY PAID OFF. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INVITING US OUT AND THE CELEBRATION. THE PROCLAMATION JUST MEANS A LOT AND YOU KNOW IT'S TESTAMENT TO THESE GUYS. AND IT WAS ABOUT 40 OTHERS THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WAS, YOU KNOW EXCELLENT ALL YEAR, SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM. AND JUST EXTREMELY PROUD TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS ONE BACK TO HARTFORD COUNTY. AWESOME. WELL AGAIN. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION AND TO COACH WHO REALLY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THESE YOUNG MEN AND THE DISCIPLINE THAT THEY SHOW AND THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THEIR STUDENTS FIRST. THEY KNOW I SAY THAT, BUT THEN THEY'RE ATHLETES ARE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES THAT KNOW HOW TO WORK HARD. SO WE WERE PROUD TO HOST THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IN HARFORD COUNTY THAT MADE IT EXTRA SPECIAL, AND THEY'VE ALREADY ASKED US TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO WE EXPECT ANOTHER WIN. SO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS AND COME OUT AND CHEER ON OUR TEAM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. MR KENDALL,

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YEAH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GIVE THIS UP. GENDER ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND

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MEGHAN DEACON, CORA GRIS, SCOTT ELIZABETH, MASTER NIGHT. CAN YOU DAVIS HARD GROOVE AND MARK PROUDFOOT. PROUD FOR CRAWFORD? YES AND MR PENMAN, UM WE WANT TO SEPARATE ONE INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE . IS THAT CORRECT? MR PRESIDENT , SERGEANT DAVE MCDOUGALL FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. JUST BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE AND MY LEGISLATIVE AGE RELATIONSHIP WITH SERGEANT MCDOUGALL. SO COUNCIL. UM IF I MAY WELL, GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ALL THE INDIVIDUALS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE UM MISS DIXON. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A SECOND THE MOTION 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. THANK YOU, MR CURLEY. MS DICKSON. MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO, I SADDLES MR BENNETT. I. THEY'RE BEING SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. EXCUSE ME SEVEN IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. DURING THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED. UM, MR PENMAN.

WILL SET ASIDE AND VOTE ON MR MID GOOGLE MAY HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MOVED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS OF SERGEANT DAVID MCDOUGAL. JUNIOR HAVE A 2ND 2ND.

THANK YOU, MR RILEY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT. THREE MR PENMAN ABSTAIN. GIORDANO MR. RILEY SADDLE, MR BENNETT. BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE ABSTENTION. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD. MAY I HAVE EMOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF MEGHAN SCOTT HAVE A SECOND SECOND THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. MR IN A SECOND. THE SECOND WAS THE YEAR. I'M SORRY.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE IT UP. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN MILLISECONDS TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT FOR LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD, OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON. MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR JAN GIORDANO RILEY, MR BENNETT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO

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IT IS. NO, UM. NO SHOCK TO ANY OF US THAT THIS SEASON WAS ONE THAT WAS FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.

PROBABLY FOR MOST OF US, UM I DO WANNA INTRODUCE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS BESIDE MYSELF. WE HAVE MR ERIC ROBERT CHURCH, MR. BRAD STOVER, MR BOB TIBBS. ALSO ON OUR BORDERS, MISS GLORIA MOON AND MISS CYNTHIA HURD GAGNON, UM. AND I MISSED ANYBODY RIGHT NOW AND MYSELF.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BEEN WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE PAST MONTH MONTH AND A HALF WORKING THE BUDGET. AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ INTO THE RECORD THE REPORT THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALL. UM BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW THE CHANGING BY THE MINUTE AROUND HERE, THE SECOND SOMETIMES IS SOME OF THIS IS A LITTLE WE HAD TO GET A REPORT IN BECAUSE WE HAD TO. SO THERE WAS SOMETHING REPORTS AS WELL THAT I BELIEVE WE SHARED WITH COUNSEL SO THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THIS REPORT. AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF MOVE ON FROM THERE THIS EVENING.

BUT THANK YOU ALL AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THE CITIZENS BUDGET FACTORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROUD OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24. WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ABOARD, CONSISTING OF LOCAL RESIDENTS FROM MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, ALL FAMILIARITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTY BUDGETING PROCESS. OUR MEMBERS BRING A BREATH OF DEPTH BREADTH OF DEATH OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS EDUCATION, LEGAL. AND FINANCE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2024 PROVIDED A FISCAL CHALLENGE PRIMARY FROM A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AS DESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE REDUCED REVENUE PROJECTION PERCENTAGES.

THE COUNTY IS SAID TO BE BRACING FOR A DECREASE IN REVENUE THAT IS PROJECTED BY THE SPENDING AFFORDABILITY REPORT. THE COUNTY HAS NO CHANGE IN THE TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. WE LISTENED TO FOUR DAYS OF TESTIMONY FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MET AND CLOSED WORK SESSIONS TO DISCUSS NUMEROUS ISSUES RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET. OUT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WE CREATED THIS REPORT, WHICH WE WILL NOW PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OR ANNOTATIONS AS YOU CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE AND MOVE ALONG IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FUNDED BELOW THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT TO IMPORT THE LEGISLATION AND NOW FROM AN ALLOWED FROM ANNAPOLIS, THE HARFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS FUNDED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ABOVE THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THIS YEAR, THE ADMINISTRATION CHOSE TO REDUCE FUNDING BY AROUND 19 MILLION. IT WAS RECENTLY PUBLICIZED THAT THE COUNTY HAS MADE SUBSEQUENT CUTS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN GOVERNMENT AND AN AMENDMENT TO ADD $10 MILLION WILL BE RE APPROPRIATED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. WELL WE COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO FIND AN AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL 24. WE HAVE RESERVATIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE YEARS. OUR BOARD ENCOURAGES THE COUNTY MINISTRATIONS BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO AVOID A SIMILAR SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH THE CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE LIBRARY, JOPPATOWNE COMMUNITY CENTER. RARELY DO YOU DO WE SEE? SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN DIRECTION IN CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS, THE CENTRAL PRECINCT, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET AND COMMENCED WORK WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN IN FISCAL YEAR, 23 HAS BEEN PAUSED DUE TO WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S PREROGATIVE. THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD AGREES THAT FURTHER DISCUSSIONS NEED TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD THIS FISCAL YEAR ALSO SEE THAT JOPPATOWNE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER IS DELAYED YET AGAIN AFTER WAITING MULTIPLE YEARS FOR FINALLY BEGIN THE PLANNING PHASE . IT HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT IS CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD HAS ADVOCATED FOR IN THE PAST, AND WE LARGELY ARE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE IT MOVED DOWN IN THE COUNTY'S PRIORITY LIST. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO MOVE THESE TWO PROJECTS ALONG AS PLANNED AND GET THEM BACK WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM AND NOT TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. IT IS OUR FEAR THAT THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO GENERATE NEW REPORTS ARE NEW PROJECTS THESE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECTS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE AS THE COUNTY BECOMES LESS OF A PRIORITY. UM WE COMMEND THE INCOMING STATE'S ATTORNEY ON HER WORK TO REDUCE HER BUDGET LINE ITEMS PRIOR TO HER FIRST BUDGET HEARING. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THAT WHILE SHE MADE CHANGES SHE FELT SAVED COUNTY FUNDS. THOSE SAVINGS WERE USED TO FILL STATE MANDATED POSITIONS. IT LEFT NO ROOM FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY TO MAKE CHANGES TO HER OFFICE THAT WERE AFFORDED TO HER WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED. IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS APPEAR TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME COMMUNICATING.

DIFFICULT TIME IN COMMUNICATING WITH OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY PROVIDES A VITAL SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY AND RECOMMEND THE OFFICE BE APPROPRIATELY AND NOT FUNDED APPROPRIATELY AND NOT PENALIZED FOR BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF COUNTY FUNDS. THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD WAS ALSO CONCERNED TO SEE THE CONTINUED

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HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGETS RECEIVED NO INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AS WE HEARD FROM EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT LEADERS, COUNTY FUNDING IS AN IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY . EVEN WITH CURRENT INCREASES IN STATE FUNDING. WE CANNOT ASSUME THAT WILL BE THE CASE FOR FUTURE YEARS. ALSO IN MANY CASES, THE STATE FUNDING IS MANDATED WITH SPECIFIC PURPOSES, MAKING IT HARDER TO FUND BUDGET NEEDS TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES OR KEEP FEES LOW FOR RESIDENTS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. WE CHALLENGED ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED AND SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER THE LEVEL OF COUNTY SUPPORT SHOULD IT BE NEEDED? THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTED MANY CHANGES TO FUNDING THE NOT THE COUNTY'S NONPROFITS FOR FISCAL YEAR. 24 MOST OF WHICH OF THOSE HAVE RELIED ON THAT FUNDING IN PREVIOUS YEARS. IT WAS STATED THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING WOULD CARRY OVER. HOWEVER THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD WAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. WE URGE THE COUNTY TO RESTORE THOSE FUNDS, AS THEY HAVE INTENDED AS THE INTENDED BACK TO THE NONPROFITS THAT PARTNER WITH HARTFORD COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO DO AMAZING WORK, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED SERVICES HERE FOR OUR COUNTY. WE ALSO RECOMMENDED THE TOURISM FUNDS FROM HOTEL TAX BE DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY AND THAT THAT PROCESS TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS BE LESS CUMBERSOME AND USER FRIENDLY. IT SERVES NO PURPOSE FOR TOURISM FUNDS TO GO UNUSED BECAUSE THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS OVERLY COMPLICATED OR TOO MUCH OF A CHALLENGE TO WORK THROUGH, POTENTIALLY EXCLUDING SOME APPLICANTS. WE UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET AS THEY SEE FIT. THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LOOK CAUTION TOO MUCH CHANGE AT ONE TIME THAT MIGHT LEAD TO A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE, IMPACTING IMPORTANT SERVICES TO CITIZENS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. LASTLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO COVER THIS EVENING IS PERTAINING TO REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE BOARD MEMBERS ASKED MANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOW THE COUNTY PROJECTED ITS FISCAL YEAR 24 REVENUE. WHEN A COUNTY BUDGETS PROJECTION IS TOO LOW. IT CREATES A SURPLUS AND FUND BALANCES AND, UNLESS APPROVED, ARE NOT USED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WITH THE REPEATED TESTIMONY OF SO MANY DEPARTMENTS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING. IT CONCERNS US THAT THESE PROJECTIONS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT TRENDS. ONE OF OUR CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY MEMBERS, MR SHIRTS ARE PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH REFLECTS PRIOR REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND THE ACTUALS THAT I HOPE YOU WILL REVIEW AND GIVE GOOD GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION. IT IS OUR INTENT THAT THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW UPCOMING KAFFIR AND FISCAL YEAR 24 REVENUE ACTUALS. THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT. COMMIT, THEY WOULD BE OPEN DID COMMIT THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO FURTHER APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR, 23 CAME IN STRONGER THAN PROJECTED. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCERNS THOSE CONCERNS SO THAT WE DO NOT SEE A DISRUPTION IN SERVICES TO OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS. IT IS ALSO OUR HOPE THAT THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES WILL SEE THE PROPOSED PAY INCREASES BOTH NOW AND THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IN JANUARY AS HR HAS DESCRIBED. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS TO HAVE A SAY IN THIS PROCESS FOR THE APPROVED COUNTY BUDGET. OR SO THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THIS BOARD WELCOMES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CONCERNS CITIZENS. WE HAVE SEEN POSITIVE CHANGE WITH THIS BUDGET THROUGH ANNOUNCED AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS, AND IT IS NO DOUBT A TESTAMENT TO THE PUBLIC'S INPUT AND YOU ARE DULY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD TO SERVE ANOTHER YEAR. IN OUR CURRENT CAPACITY. YOU'VE MADE US AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU AS YOU COMPLETE THE AMENDMENT IN VOTING PROCESS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL, WE WOULD ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO CONTINUE OUR WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY MEMBERS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU AND I DO JUST WANT TO FURTHERMORE, AGAIN, WE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. UM AND THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING THROUGH AMENDMENTS. SO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION UM, WE STILL. ARE WORKING WITH YOU ALL SO THAT WE DO COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MAGNITUDE OF CHANGES, BUT WE SEE THE COMPLICATIONS THAT THAT HAS CAUSED BY WAITING UNTIL THIS POINT TO DO SO BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES SO UM, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING SO THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF ON ON ALL MEMBERS.

THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REPORTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, LIKE I SAID, BUT AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY OPEN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. I THINK FOR THIS EVENING PUBLICLY THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO SAY THAT AS LONG AS LEGISLATIVELY THIS IS ALLOWED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT TO CONTINUE, MAYBE MEET QUARTERLY AT YOUR REQUEST AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ON AND SEE. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE CHECKED, UM MR STOVER. HE'S LOOKED INTO CHARTER AND WE DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT ON THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, MR ON THIS FOR YOUR REPORT, MR REPPERT. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, MR STOVER. MR SHIRTS, MR TIBBS? UM. LET ME LET ME THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M SURE ALL MY

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NEGOTIATION IS SO BUT THERE ARE TWO THAT I DO HAVE LARGE CONCERNS OVER AND THAT'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, CENTRAL PRECINCT AND TRAINING CENTER, ALONG WITH THE TWO POSITIONS FOR, UM, THE ATTORNEYS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND I THINK WE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER TODAY FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. KIND OF JUST REFUTING THE REASON FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS. SOME OF IT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH REMARKS AT THE SHERIFF SAID, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. HOPEFULLY I'LL SPEAK WITH THE SHERIFF ON THAT TOMORROW AND SEE SEE WHAT HIS POSITION ON THAT BUT AGAIN I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I THINK THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL SO WE CAN MONITOR UH, TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS AND WHAT THE FUND BALANCES HAS SO WE'RE NOT BEHIND THE POWER CURVE COME NEXT MARCH OR APRIL, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR PITTMAN. UM MR RILEY. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU. BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MR TIBBS.

I APPRECIATE YOU SERVING ON IT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MR BENNETT. UH JUST THE DITTO ALL THAT, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THOSE WERE CRAZY FOR DAYS. A LOT OF WORK HAPPEN IN THAT TIME. UM AND I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO PRESENTED TO US AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. UM YOU KNOW, THEY WALKED AWAY FEELING LIKE I'VE BEEN MORE THAN FOUR DAYS. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU ALL ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERTISE.

UM AND I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU ON THE CONCERNS ABOUT REVENUE PROJECTIONS. I'VE STARTED LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE BUDGETS AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEIR PROJECTED GROWTH IS TO SEE HARTFORD COUNTY LAST OR THIRD TO LAST, AND IT PROJECTED INCOME TAX AND, UM, PROPERTY TAXES CONCERNING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE LAST PLACE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. AND UM SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. AND IF IT TURNS OUT

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SO AND OWNED ENGINEERING. LOT OF STUFF IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW, OR THEY'VE UM, WE HAD AN IDEA TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY. BUT IF THE UNFORTUNATELY THE LAND WASN'T BIG ENOUGH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHOT AT THE PROPERTY RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF THE JOB OF TOWN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY THE BEST PLACE BECAUSE THAT WAY THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL. THEY GET YOU RIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO. FAR AWAY, SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK GOOD, AND THEY LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN FOSTER IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN IN BLAIR AS AS MODELS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING. UM ALSO, UM I , UH I COMMEND YOU ON THE IDEA OF THE HOTEL TAX HAS BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE FOR YEARS BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOESN'T REALIZE THAT DISTRICT A RAISES ABOUT $685,000 A YEAR. YOU KNOW , WITH THE HOTEL TAX AND WE GET VERY FEW PENNIES. SPENT IN DISTRICT GAY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES NEED SO UM, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE REALIZES THAT TOO, AND WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF POSSIBILITIES OF THINGS TO DO AND WHERE TO SPEND SOME MONEY, AND I REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW. SO I THANK YOU AGAIN, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD ON WORK HOURS SPENT IN AND I MADE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD DOUBLE YOUR SALARY. HMM THAT'S FANTASTIC. THINK THAT'S TWO LUNCHES? I DON'T KNOW. IF MILE IS ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT YET, BUT I JUST A FEW A FEW WORDS. WE REALLY WANT TO CHALLENGE THOSE IN DISTRICT DAY TO APPLY. THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS NOW, SO LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THEY APPLY IT AND THAT THERE WAS, UM ORGANIZATIONS DOWN THERE THAT DO QUALIFY WHEN, WHEN THOSE ARE, UM IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS BEFORE. EITHER OF THE OTHER HAVE TO APPLY. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED AND THEN AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE PULLED IT ALL BACK AND DOING IT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND I WENT TO A COUPLE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND TO SEE HOW THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WERE BEING AND THEY ARE A LOT MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO GET. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE APPLYING THEM AND CERTAINLY GIVES THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE MORE LEAVE, WAITING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS ALSO AND SPEND SOME MONEY, SO I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS REPORT SHOWS YOU WHERE WE STARTED. AND THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PAINT THIS PICTURE OF THIS EVENING BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE THAT THAT WE HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT APART OF WITH YOU AND THE CHANGE THAT'S MADE. IT SHOWS THIS PROCESS. WE COULD SAY IT WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR, BUT IT SHOULD BE ONE. WE SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE PROCESS WORKS, AND IT SHOWS THE CITIZEN INPUT WORKS. AND THAT'S

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[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]

MR PRESIDENT MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH THREE AND AMENDMENTS FIVE THROUGH 15 2ND 2ND. I WAS TALKING. THANK YOU, MR SUTTLES. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS, ONE THROUGH 35 THROUGH 15 TO BUILD 23-0 10. ISRAELI DISCUSSION. MR RILEY. US TO SEPARATE ONE NUMBER FOUR. I LIKE TO SEPARATE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, STRIKING THE 25 FT PERIMETER AROUND THE PROPERTY TO 50 FT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MR CHANGER. DONNA YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH UM, MEMBER NUMBER FOUR, TAKING IT FROM 25 FT. BACK TO THE 50 FT, UM, JUST MY CONCERN THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE COUNTY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, WITH PEOPLE POTENTIALLY PUTTING OUT CHICKEN COOPS ALL OVER. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, UM AS JACOB PLANET SAID DOWN THERE. UM YOU KNOW THE PRICE OF A HAPPY MEAL. YOU KNOW WHAT A HAPPY MEAL IS. HAPPY MEAL IS A SNAKE THAT GETS A CHICKEN AND AN EGG AT THE SAME TIME IT GETS TO EAT IT, SO THAT'S A HAPPY MEAL. UM THE COST OF A CHICKEN COOP CERTAINLY IS NOT CHEAP. ALL THE SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING. WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THAT, UM YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF PROBABLY $1000. BY THE TIME YOU'RE ALL IN WITH SUPPLIES, BUILDING IT AND SETTING IT UP AND IT CAN GO UP FROM THERE, SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS BUILDING A CHICKEN COOP TO OFFSET THE PRICE OF EGGS

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THANK YOU, I THINK, UM, ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY, MR BENNETT. UM I NEED TO HAVE LARGER HANDS OR LONGER ARMS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. YOU KNOW , I APPRECIATE TONY SHARING ABOUT HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS I TALK TO PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU PUT THAT IN WRITING AN EMAIL? CAN YOU COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON SOMETHING, IT'S VERY HARD TO JUST SAY TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HEARD THIS FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY THAT IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM, YOU KNOW THE INTENSITY OF THEIR EMOTION BEHIND THEIR STATEMENT. UM WE'VE JUST HEARING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE. UM AND WHEN I'M VOTING TONIGHT, I'M VOTING BASED ON WHO CAME TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WHO EMAILED US. UM, WHO'S CALLED US? UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ONLY COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE TO ACT ON. UM AND YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUBLICLY SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF SENDING AN EMAIL COMING TO A HEARING. UM YOU KNOW, CALLING THE OFFICE DIRECTLY WRITING A LETTER THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON. UM AND IT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT TO ME WHEN SOMEBODY TAKES THE TIME TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT THROUGH ANY OF THOSE PATHWAYS THAT WE OFFER . UM AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION I USE. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. UM MR GUTHRIE BRIEFLY THAT PRESSURE GIVE INCLUDE THE CHICKENS. YEAH, OKAY. 49 49 CHICKENS $49, OKAY? UM. SEEING NO ONE ELSE. MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE PENMAN, MR. JAN GIORDANO, MR RILEY. VERY LONG 123 AND 5 15.

YES. MRS BALL SADDLES, MR BENNETT. SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE IN THE NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS. ONE THROUGH THREE. FIVE THROUGH 15 OR APPROVED. AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM VOTE. 50 FT INSTEAD OF 25 FT. REMEMBER NUMBER FOUR? YEAH.

EMOTIONS SHOULD BE AN AFFIRMATIVE MOTION TO PROVE MR PAEMEN. MR PRESIDENT, UM. THE AMENDMENT WE HAVE HERE IS ON PAGE TWO IN LINE THREE STRIKE 50 SUBSTITUTE WITH 25. THAT'S THE AMENDMENT. RIGHT RIGHT, BUT STILL NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE TWO ON LINE THREE STRIKE 50 SUBSTITUTE 25. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU MISSILES. DISCUSSION. MR GENDER , DONNA AGAIN. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON MOVING IT FROM 50 FT TO 25 FT. AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT? NO, MR GUTHRIE PENMAN. I MR JOHN GIORDANO. NO. MR RILEY KNOW PAUL SADDLES I MR

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AMENDMENTS TO BUILD 23-14 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 58, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON PAGE NINE AND LINE THREE STRIKE. 6,468,605 AND SUBSTITUTE 5,718,006. CORREA ALLOCATE 750,000 TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE NINE IN LINE 12 STRIKE 4,018,168 SUBSTITUTE 4,768,106. TO INCREASE FUNDS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF 750,000 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE ON PAGE EIGHT IN LINE FOR STRIKE 581,493. AND SUBSTITUTE 535 137,955. REALLOCATE FUNDS TO HARTFORD CENTER ART, NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE REGION AND GRANT AID AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE EIGHT IN LINE SEVEN STRIKES 620,872 AND SUBSTITUTE 577,335 TO REALLOCATE FUNDS TO GRANT IN AID. AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE NINE IN LINE NINE STRIKE 694,745 AND SUBSTITUTE 702,215 TO INCREASE FUNDING TO THE HARTFORD CENTER AND THEN NUMBER SIX ON PAGE NINE. IN LINE 10 STRIKE 2,241,950 SUBSTITUTE 2,249,580. TO INCREASE FUNDING TO THE ARK NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE REGION. AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE NINE IN LINE 14 STRIKE 2,200,620 SUBSTITUTE 2,272,595. TO INCREASE FUNDING TO THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR GRANTED. EIGHT AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE NINE AND LIVE IN LINE FIVE. STRIKE 2,051,242 AND SUBSTITUTE 1,949,383 TO REALLOCATE 100. 1859 FROM A VACANT POSITION. AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE ON PAGE EIGHT IN LINE 22 STRIKE 769,273 AND SUBSTITUTE 679,832 REALLOCATE 89,443 FROM A VACANT POSITION IN PLANNING AND ZONING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AMENDMENT NUMBER, 10 ON PAGE 13 AND LINE NINE STRIKE.

2,733,521 AND SUBSTITUTE 2,924,823. TO ADD FUNDS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 191,302. AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 ON PAGE SEVEN IN LINE EIGHT STRIKE 63,512,000. AND SUBSTITUTE 73,000,512 AND 89 TO INCREASE FUND BALANCE APPROACH, APPROPRIATED AND PROVIDE FUNDS TO BOARD OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES AND AMOUNT OF $10 MILLION. AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 ON PAGE 12 IN LINE FOR STRIKE 186,000,752. AND SUBSTITUTE 196,000,752. 752,192

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BELLAIRE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,607,000 AMENDMENT NUMBER, 21 ON PAGE 40 LINE SEVEN STRIKE 3,200,000 SUBSTITUTE 3,600,000 TO INCREASE STATE PROGRAM OPEN SPACE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 400,000 AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 ON PAGE 40 LINE 26 STRIKE 1,675,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 2,075,000 INCREASED PARKS AND REC PARK LAND ACQUISITION CAPITAL PROJECT ANY MATTER, 400,000 AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 ON PAGE 40 IN LINE EIGHT STRIKE 525,000. AND SUBSTITUTE 3,525,000 TO INCREASE OTHER FUNDS TO ACCEPT DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION AMENDMENT NUMBER 24 ON PAGE 40 BETWEEN LINES 14 AND 15 INSERT THE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING CEDAR LANE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, 3 MILLION TO ADD TO PARKS AND RECREATIONS CAPITAL PROJECT CEDAR LANE PARK. IMPROVEMENTS IN AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION AND THEN MINT. NUMBER 25 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE SIX, STRIKES ZERO AND SUBSTITUTE 213,964 TO INCREASE PRIOR BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 213,964 TO CORRECT INSUFFICIENT FUNDING SOURCE. AMENDMENT NUMBER 26 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 17 STRIKE 213,964. AND SUBSTITUTE ZERO TO CORRECT INSUFFICIENT FUNDING SOURCE ON WATER AND SEWER.

OAKLAND MANOR JOB AREA SURE, RELIEF CAPITAL PROJECT AMENDMENT NUMBERS WERE IMPRESSES. ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 17 STRIKE IN PARENTHESES. NEGATIVE 213,964 AND SUBSTITUTE. ZERO AMENDMENT NUMBER 27 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE SIX. STRIKE ZERO AND SUBSTITUTE AND PARENTHESES. NEGATIVE 213,964 TO CORRECT INSUFFICIENT FUNDING SOURCE ON THE WATER AND SEWER, OAKLAND MANAGEABLE AREA SURE RELIEF CAPITAL PROJECT. AMENDMENT NUMBER 28 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 18 STRIKE 499,964 SUBSTITUTE 286,002 CORRECT INSUFFICIENT FUNDS ON THE WATER AND SEWER PUMPING STATION IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT AND AMENDMENTS NUMBER 29 ON PAGE 41 BETWEEN HIS LINES SIX AND SEVEN.

INSERT THE FOLLOWING OTHER 214,738 TO ADD THE FUNDING SOURCE. OTHER FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 214,738. AMENDMENT NUMBER 30 ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 18 STRIKE 499,960 FOREIGN

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YOU'RE GOOD TO GO AGAIN. I'M GOOD TO GO, MAN. I'M ENJOYED THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT? THAT WAS ONLY 56. I WANT MORE. PLEASE READ AMENDMENTS, ONE THROUGH 16 TO BUILD 23-0 13 AMENDMENTS TO BUILD 23-13 M S AMBULANCE TRANSPORT INCREASED RATES INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF VINCENTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON THE TITLE PAGE STRENGTH, BEGINNING WITH TWO IN LINE FOR OF THE TITLE PARAGRAPH DOWN THROUGH THE IN LINE NINE AND SUBSTITUTE TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE TWO AND LINE 17 STRIKE OPEN BRACKET. AND THEN NUMBER THREE ON PAGE TWO. IN LINE IN LINE. 20 STRIKE CLOSE BRACKET.

AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE TWO IN LINE 21 STRIKE OPEN BRACKET. BEING CLOSED BRACKET A AND SUBSTITUTE B. AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE TWO IN LINE 21 STRIKE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX ON PAGE THREE AND LINE FORWARD STRIKE OPEN BRACKET C CLOSED BRACKET B AND SUBSTITUTE C AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE THREE STRIKE, BEGINNING WITH THE IN

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AND THEN AT NUMBER 14 ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE EIGHT. STRIKE OPEN BRACKET, F CLOSED BRACKET D AND SUBSTITUTE F AMENDMENT NUMBER 15 ON PAGE FOUR AND LINE TAN STRIKE STRIKE OPEN BRACKET ACT CLOSED BRACKET ARTICLE OF THE COUNTY CODE AND SUBSTITUTE ACT. AMENDMENT NUMBER 16 ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE 11 STRIKE OPEN BRACKET, G CLOSED BRACKET E AND SUBSTITUTE G. THANK YOU, MR JANITOR, DANNO. THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO WILL BE ADDRESSED AT OUR NEXT MEETING. UM READY TO GO AGAIN. AH! PLEASE READ. MEMORANDUM OF A CHANGE ONE THROUGH FIVE INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION. MEMORY. ANDERS HAVE CHANGED THE RESOLUTION. 0 25 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE NUMBER ONE REFERENCE RESOLUTION 0 25-23 CAPITAL PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2029 AGENCY BOARD OF ED PROJECT HARTFORD ACADEMY MAJOR PROJECT. THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE WILL CHANGE THE FUNDING SCHEDULE FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. CAPITAL PROJECT HARFORD KANNAMI MAJOR PROJECT BY MOVING 26,890,000 AND STATE BONDS AND 26,890,000 IN FUTURE BONDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND BY MOVING 27,240,000 STATE BONDS AND 27,240,000 IN FUTURE BONDS. FROM FISCAL YEAR 2028 TO FISCAL YEAR 2027 MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE NUMBER TWO REFERENCE RESOLUTION 0 25 23 CAPITAL PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2029 AGENCY, BOARD OF EDUCATION, ATHLETIC PROJECT, ATHLETIC AND RECREATION , REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENT. THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE WILL APPROPRIATE 337. AND PAY GO FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE OUTDOOR TRUE ER, 330. 333 337,000 AND PAYGO FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OUTDOOR TRACK AND HAVE A GRACE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT FISCAL YEAR 24 FUNDS OF 337,000 WILL BE TO REPLACE TWO WILL BE TO REPLACE THE TRACK AT ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL. MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE NUMBER THREE REFERENCE REFERENCE RESOLUTION 0 25 THAT'S 23 CAPITAL PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2029. AGENCY PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS. CEDAR LANE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE WILL ADD THE CEDAR LANE PARK IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT TO THE FISCAL YEAR. 24 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN APPROPRIATE 1,500,000 AND OTHER PRIVATE DONATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 MEMORANDUMS OF CHANGE NUMBER FOUR RESOLUTION 0 25 23. CAPITAL PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2024 TO 2029 AGENCY, PARKS AND RECREATION. PROJECT JOPPA JOPPATOWNE COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE RENAMES THE JAP ER CHOPPER TOWN YOUTH SENIOR CENTER TO THE JOPPA JOPPATOWNE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'LL MOVE FISCAL YEAR 2026 FUTURE BOND FUNDING ANY AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2029 FUTURE BOND FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 7 MILLION TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR THE JOB TO JOHN PATAN COMMUNITY CENTER CAPITAL PROJECT. 30 YEARS, WE FINALLY GOT IT. THANK YOU. MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE NUMBER FIVE REFERENCE RESOLUTION 25 23 CAPITAL PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2029 AGENCY, HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC

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IF YOU WANT. I GIVE HIM GO UPSTAIRS AND PREPARE THEM FOR. HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE? NOT TOO LONG. IN YOUR CALL. WHY DO WE NEED 1/4? LET'S TAKE A RECESS . SOME OF THE VOTES THAT HAVE DEAR. 543. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS BILL 23-0 10 ZONING

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THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 23-012. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION PENMAN? I WANT TO DISCUSS MY CONFLICT POSITION ON THIS APPROPRIATION BILL IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF VMS PROGRAM AND HOPE IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. I THINK ALL THOSE E. M. T S AND PARAMEDICS THAT ARE ON WORKING HARD SAVING LIVES. ON THE OTHER HAND, I BELIEVE THE PROGRAM WAS RUSHED, WHICH IS EVIDENT FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE PROGRAM. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ENSURING THE FISCAL FINANCIAL NEEDS WERE WERE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO INITIATING THE PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST STEP. BASED ON THE ON THE CHARTER VIOLATION THAT I HAVE A OBSERVED AND IN THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THIS CASE, UM , IN THIS CASE BEING TURNED OVER TO THE STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THE VIOLATION OF TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. OR ANYONE ELSE. MR RILEY. YES I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, COMMENTS MADE TONIGHT. IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. YES, THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLD ON COUNCIL ATTORNEY, BUT I'M SAYING I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. I THOUGHT I WAS AGAINST PRESIDENT. MR BLOOM, QUIST. I JUST WANT TO BE I JUST WANT TO KNOW. COME FORWARD. I KEEP FORGETTING MUSICALLY. I'M SORRY. OKAY? THERE HAS BEEN NO CHARTER . THERE HAS BEEN NO CHARTER VIOLATION. THERE HAS BEEN NO EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. THERE HAS BEEN NO APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

OUTSIDE OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS COUNCIL. THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS WORKING UNDER ITS CURRENT BUDGET IF THIS BILL IS NOT APPROVED THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. SERVICES WILL HAVE TO BE THIS CONTINUED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FUNDING, BUT NO NO, NO. NO FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED HAVE BEEN DEBITED TENIA COUNT ELECTRONICALLY HAVE BEEN EXPANDED BY ANY CHECK. SO THERE HAS BEEN NO MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WHEN THE HARBOR COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOUNDATION DECIDED TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY SUPPORTED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM SERVICES. THAT WAS THAT HAD A BUDGETARY IMPACT. THAT IMPACT HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. SO WHAT

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YOU KEEP LEDGERS. AND SO WHEN YOU ANTICIPATE TRANSACTIONS COMING, YOU START TO DO YOU START TO MAKE THE LEDGER ENTRIES AND ANTICIPATION OF THOSE ACTIONS. IF THE APPROVAL DOESN'T COME, THERE'S LEDGER ENTRIES ARE REVERSED. THE APPROVAL HASN'T COME SO THOSE LEDGER ENTRIES HAVE BEEN ADVERSE, BUT IT'S LIKE MAKING NOTES. IT'S LIKE MAKING NOTES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING CHANGES AND YOU WANT TO DO THE BALANCING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO WITH THOSE CHANGES TAKE PLACE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. NO NO ACCOUNTS WERE CREDITED. NO FUNDS. EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS TO VENDORS WERE DEBITED. WITH FUNDS THAT HAD NOT BEEN PREAPPROVED. BY THIS COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO THE RECORDS THAT I HAVE THAT WERE AUDITED THROUGH WORKDAY SHOW A $7 MILLION THAT WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IS A LEDGER, SIR. SO WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER INTO THAT BALANCE, IT HAD A 1.4 NEGATIVE BALANCE. RIGHT HOLD ON A SECOND. SO WHEN THERE'S $7 MILLION GOT THERE IT HAD 5.5 MILLION. SO IF I OVERDRAFT MY SAFE MY CHECKING ACCOUNT BY $50 , AND THEN I TRANSFER, UH, $100 OVER FROM MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. AND I ONLY HAVE $50 LEFT. THEN NOW I'VE SPENT $50 THAT HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY SPENT. SO IF THE NEW BALANCE SHOWS FIVE POINT ROUGHLY 5.5 MILLION THEN THAT MEANS THAT THAT MONEY WAS SPENT. SECONDLY IN THE COUNTY TREASURER HAS IN A LETTER TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL. ADMITTED THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE. HE APOLOGIZED FOR BEING DONE AND THEN RETURNED THE $7 MILLION BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. WHICH AGAIN IS ANOTHER CHARTER VIOLATION. YEAH. WORKDAY IS NOT A PAYMENT. WORKDAY IS LEDGER ENTRIES. NO THERE'S STILL TODAY AND I DOUBLE CHECK THIS WITH UH, BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET MANAGEMENT , THERE IS STILL 1.5 ALMOST $1.6

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IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. WHEN YOU ANTICIPATE YOU GOT A MONTH. YOU HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO CLOSE THE BOOKS. WE START CLOSING THE BOOKS. IN JANUARY. THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PEOPLE START CLOSING THE BOOKS IN JANUARY. IF YOU IF YOU ANTICIPATE AND UNANTICIPATED 7 MILLION AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DISPERSEMENT THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THAT. THE PEOPLE OF TREASURY LIKE TO GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD BEFORE THE MONEY STARTS ACTUALLY BEING TRANSFERRED, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THEY STARTED SETTING UP THE COUNTS TO MOVE THE MONEY . IT'S AS SOON AS THIS COUNCIL INDICATED. WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THAT MONEY, THE TREASURER SAID. ALRIGHT WELL, WE'RE MOVING.

WE'LL REMOVE THAT ELECTRONIC BOOKKEEPING NO FROM WORKDAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WORKDAY IS. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED WORKDAY. IT'S A WORKABLE PAPER TRACKING SYSTEM. UM, IT'S NOT LIKE MOVING MONEY FROM A COUNTY BANK ACCOUNT INTO AN EMPLOYEE BANK ACCOUNT INTO A VENDOR BANK ACCOUNT OR LIKE WRITE A CHECK. THE NOW IS LEGAL TENDER. DID YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT? THAT'S WHY I SAID, THERE'S REALLY THREE POINT ABOUT 3.1 MILLION, BUT ONE POINT 6,000,002. THAT'S IN COVERAGE SO YOU CAN'T COUNT THAT STILL. OF APPROVED FUNDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, MR BLOOM QUIST. IF I MAY, MR PITTMAN, LET'S JUST MOVE ON ANY COUNCIL ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS EITHER ONE, MR BENNETT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I SUPPORT THE YOU KNOW THE MONEY BEING MOVED OVER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FUND THIS WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED.

PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN JOBS AND YOU CAN'T TAKE THOSE JOBS AWAY AFTER SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, GOT HIRED THREE WEEKS AGO. UM BUT I DO SHARE THOSE FRUSTRATIONS OVER JUST HOW THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN HANDLED FROM JANUARY ON NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. UM BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THIS MONEY HAD BEEN ASKED FOR A MONTH SOONER. UM A LOT OF THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WHERE? YOU KNOW IF WE NEED 7 MILLION TO LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THAT 1.5 MILLION IS GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD POSITION TO PUT YOURSELVES IN EVER. UM TO THEN NECESSITATE THAT OUR VOTE HAS TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S NOT BREAKING THE RULES IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW YOU HAVEN'T OVER SPENT, BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN THE FACT THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN BUDGETED TO BE SPENT BEFORE IT'S BEEN APPROVED. UM, SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE PROCESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE IMPORTANT SERVICES SUPPORT, PASSING THE BILL TO SEND THE MONEY OVER TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO CLEARLY, UM, THERE WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. UH, AND MAYBE NOT IN THIS CHAMBER IS MAYBE SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT FOR TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A MOTION. MR J. ANDREA COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE BILLS. SORRY I'M SORRY. THE SECOND WE DID. THAT'S RIGHT. WE DID. I'M SORRY, MISS DIXON.

THE PRESIDENT. MR GUTHRIE PENMAN. MR JAN GIORDANO, I, MR RILEY, SADDLES. I MR BENNETT. I . THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ONE ABSTENTION BUILT 23-0 12 IS HEREBY

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THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THESE CONTRACTS. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION ON MR KEHOE, PLEASE COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR. FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACT FOR ROBERT F. KEHOE JUNIOR ZONING HEARING ZONING HEARING EXAMINER 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MR KEHOE ZORAN DISCUSSION. MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN, MR JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY, SADDLES ABSTAIN, MR BENNETT. BEING SIX. VIRGINIA AFFIRMATIVE ONE ABSTENTION FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACTS FOR MR KEHOE JUNIOR ZONING HEARING EXAMINER IS HEREBY APPROVED.

BRIAN YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNCIL MAY HAVE EMOTION MOVED TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACT FOR BRIAN K. YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNCIL. 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. TO MOVE THE SECOND TO APPROVE MR YOUNGS. CONTRACT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS DICKSON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR. RILEY THIS IS BULL SADDLES. MR BENNETT. SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE . THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACT FOR BRIAN YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IS HEREBY APPROVED. MR ANDREW CHOKOLOSKEE ASSOCIATE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL MAY HAVE EMOTION COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CONTRACT FOR ANDREW CHAPPELLE LASKY AS ASSOCIATE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL SECOND SECOND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY, MOVING SECOND TO APPROVE MR CHAPPELLE. LASKY IS RUNNING DISCUSSION. MS DICKSON, MR PRESIDENT. THREE MR PENMAN. MR. JAN GIORDANO. HI, MR RILEY SADDLED, MR BENNETT. BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR. 24 CONTRACT FOR ANDREW CHAPPELLE LASKY, ASSOCIATE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IS HEREBY APPROVED. B EXECUTIVE REQUEST. ON MAY 20/4 KEN EXECUTIVE CENTER FOR REQUEST TO WITHDRAW BUILD 23-0 15, WHICH WAS THE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 28 FIRE AND AMBULANCE AND RESCUE ORGANIZATION. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AND SOME CONCERN WITHIN THE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS. SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THIS BILL HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. AGENDA NUMBER, 17 COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM INTENDING CITIZENS. MISS DIXON.

MR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ONE THIS EVENING. JOHN MILAM L. GOOD EVENING, SIR. SIR GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES. JOHN PEMA LHAMO 24 02 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE. BELLAIRE, MARYLAND.

HARFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE WAS CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT OWNERS GROUP.

THEY REQUESTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO OPERATE A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. IS IT PERMITTED USE A CONDITION OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION GRANTED AND ZONING CASE 58 14 IS THAT AIRPORT FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PATHS WILL BE IN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONTINUALLY MET BY THE APPLICANT. A AND F A DO HAVE APPROACH AND LANDING PATH REQUIREMENTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE ZONING AUTHORITY. THEY CANNOT DICTATE WHERE THE APPROACH AND LANDING PADS MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA. IT IS A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY. THAT IS YOU THAT DECIDES WHERE THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT MAY BE LOCATED. BOTH THE F A AND THE M A. RECOGNIZE THAT AUTHORITY FAA LANGUAGE FROM 14 CFR PART 1 57 IS QUITE CLEAR ON THEIR APPROVALS SLASH DETERMINATIONS. DETERMINATION DOES NOT RELIEVE THE PROPONENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY LOCAL LAW ORDINANCE OR REGULATION, OR STATE OR OTHER FEDERAL REGULATION PRECEDING COUNCIL PRESCRIBED IT A LOCATION. MUST HAVE NO LESS THAN 50% OF THE LAND UPON WHICH THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION, INCLUDING APPROACH AND LANDING PASSES CONDUCTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. AND NO MORE THAN 50% IN THE AG DISTRICT, AIRPORT OWNERS DID NOT PRESENT APPROACH AND LANDING PADS, PLANNING AND ZONING NEVER CONSIDERED THEM. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REQUIRED THEY MEET AT A AND M A STANDARDS BUT NEVER APPROVED THEM. LIKEWISE WHILE THE

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UH, AND, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG NIGHT. WE GOT A LOT DONE. UM I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THINGS OUT IS UP TO IN THE PAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE HEALTHY HARFORD MINORITY HEALTH CONFERENCE. UM WHICH WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND, UM, WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY SEE THE COUNTY COULD GET THAT DONE. UM I ALSO GOT TO VISIT CHURCH CREEK ELEMENTARY IN THE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL TODAY. UM IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS ONE PUBLIC ONE PRIVATE IN THE WAY THAT THEY SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY. UM AND IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO ATTEND THE GRADUATION AT PARIS MILL HIGH SCHOOL. UM ESPECIAL GRADUATION FOR ME, BECAUSE A WEEK FROM TODAY IS MY TENURE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. AH ANNIVERSARY AS A PARIS UNMIL GRADUATED 2013. SO THAT WAS VERY FUN TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT COMMUNITY TODAY.

UM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST WEEK, UM THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT AND RAISE NEARLY $15,000 FOR THE HOLLYWOOD'S COMMUNITY THAT LOST THEIR HOMES AND THE FIRE EIGHT. EIGHT FAMILIES AND ALL LOST THEIR HOMES. UM AND SO IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WAY, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT ST JOHN'S CUPBOARD AND HAVE ANY GRACE IS NOW IN NEED OF BOTH CANNED FOOD AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS THEY'RE HAVING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO THEM FOR SUPPORT. UM FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT ST JOHN'S CUPBOARD DOES MY WIFE AND I VOLUNTEER THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN WE'RE NOT WORKING ON FRIDAYS, AND YOU KNOW THEY DON'T JUST PROVIDE CANNED FOOD. I MEAN, IT'S NOT COVERED THAT PEOPLE GO TO. ABSOLUTELY BUT IT'S VERY COMMUNITY AND PERSON FOCUSED WHERE THEY ARE SERVED. JUST LIKE AT A GROCERY STORE. PEOPLE COME IN, THEY GET A HOT MEAL. THEY GET MEAT, THEY GET FRESH PRODUCE. AH UM IT'S A TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE CUPBOARD TAKE THE MAKE SURE THAT, UM EVERYONE'S TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE JUST HAD, UH, A WOMAN COME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND SHARE JUST HOW RECOGNIZE SHE FELL AS A PERSON BEING ABLE TO COME TO THE CUPBOARD AND HAVE HER NEEDS MET WITHOUT BEING MADE TO FEEL LESS THAN BUT RIGHT NOW WITH, UM YOU KNOW FOOD STAMPS, SUPPLIES MONEY FOR FOOD STAMPS GOING DOWN AND SCHOOL ABOUT TO END MEANS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH GUARANTEES FOR CHILDREN DISAPPEARING. UM THERE NEED IS ONLY GOING TO GROW. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT FROM HAVING ABOUT 60 PEOPLE A WEEK TO OVER 100 LAST WEEK, AND THEY EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GROW UP, GO UP AND AS OTHER PROGRAMS OR HAVING AN INCREASED NEED, AND THERE'S DECREASED SUPPLY. IT'S JUST OUR JOB AS A KEY, YOU STEP IN AND FILL THE GAP. SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE

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TWO PURPLE HEARTS, A BRONZE STAR AND THE NUMBER OF THE MEDAL, GERMAN MEDAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. HE WAS IN THE AH, ANZIO. HE LANDED ANZIO AND, UH, SO, UM AH. UH OH. WOW NO, I CAN'T STAY AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION. UH BUT I DO HAVE A TRIVIA QUESTION. YOU KNOW WHAT? I GO BACK AND LOOK AT TRIVIA STUFF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE STUFF CAME FROM. UM WHO KNOWS WHERE THE 21 GUN SALUTE CAME FROM? ANYBODY KNOW THAT. NOBODY KNOWS THAT, HUH? AS YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE THERE. UH, PUTTING US SOLDIERS ARREST THERE'S SEVEN SOLDIERS AND THEY SHOOT THREE TIMES AND 21 AND WHERE THE 21 GUN SALUTE CAME FROM 17 76 ADD IT ALL UP. 17 76 AND HAD THE NUMBERS. THAT'S WHERE THEY COME UP WITH 21 GUN SALUTE. UM UM, ON THE 5TH. JUNE FIFTH. WE GOT MARRIAGE WITH JOB BOTANIC COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN PRECINCT POLICE STATION AT 6 30. WE HAVE TO MOVE IT. DO A HALF HOUR EARLIER QUEST , UH, HAVING BOTH EDWIN JOPPATOWNE MEETING RUNS A LITTLE LONG ARC NORTHERN REGION, CHESAPEAKE REGION, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UM, GREAT FACILITY FOR SOME OF OUR, UH UM, SPECIAL NEEDS AND HANDICAP. UM UM CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY. THEY ARE IN A DRASTIC NEED FOR SOME FOSTER PARENTS. AH WHO ARE WILLING TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES TO CHILDREN WHO NEED IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT? LATEST FOSTER CARE. ORFORD COUNTY STATISTICS NUMBER OF CHILDREN 208 NUMBER OF, UH, JOANIE YOUNGER THAN 13 YEARS. 45 TEAMS , THERE'S 99, AND THE REST ARE OUR SENIOR SENIOR CITIZENS. 64 HAD TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE OF HARTFORD COUNTY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS ARE PEOPLE TO HELP THEM. UM AND THAT'S DUE TO LUCK OUT OF THE FOSTER HOME PLACEMENTS. THE ARK NORTHERN REGION, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY MINISTRIES OR COLLABORATING AND EFFORTS TO FIND QUALIFIED PARENTS AND WHOM TO SERVE THE NEEDS FOR THE CHILDREN REGIONS HAVING A GRANDSON IN IN THE IN THE YORK I KNOW WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DO.

ON. MAY 20/4. WE DID A LOT OF US. UH I THINK I THINK I DON'T KNOW. I THINK OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL WAS THERE AT THE DUST BEER HALL . I MEAN, IS THAT ANY COINCIDENCE THAT THEY WILL BE ATTENDING THE BEER OFFER THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY? AND ALSO WE ATTENDED THE LOT OF US ETERNITY IN HIS PLAYGROUND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR ABOUT AH, THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE THERE BECAUSE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY OPEN THAT I WAS THERE FOR THE COMING OF THE RIBBONS.

OPEN THAT FACILITY UP ALTERNATIVE JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT DISTRIBUTED TO CITATIONS TO HOMELAND SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRADUATES. UM.

ATTENDED THE HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT MYSELF IN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WERE THERE.

ATTENDED THE SENIOR RECOGNITION OF ACADEMY FINANCE EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND PRESENTED THEM WITH THE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CITATION, UM, ALSO MADE 26 AND 30 EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WERE ALL ATTENDING ALL THESE GRADUATIONS . UM UM AND PRESIDENT WAS THERE TOMORROW NOON JAMBA TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. I'LL BE ATTENDING NIGHT UP AT THE AH, UP AT THE COLLEGE WILL BE TOMORROW. NOON THANK

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