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CALLS THE ORDER TO LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 24-006. I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE TO JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HEAVENLY FATHER. WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING IN PRAYER. ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM AND SUPPORT. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR COUNTY. WE'RE LIVING IN CHALLENGING TIMES. GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE NEEDED TO LEGISLATE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS. LORD AS ALWAYS, WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER OUR MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT. FIRST RESPONDERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND EDUCATORS. WE ASK THESE THINGS AND MORE IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME. AMEN. COUNSEL JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BENNETT IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER A LITTLE BIT. I ALSO MISTER PENMAN WITH, UH YOU'RE OK. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH CORPORALMAN, UH, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DONE YOUR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE. FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS,
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS ]
APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS, LIQUOR BOARD. MR PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF BANG TAM MILLER FOR THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MOVED TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT TO THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD. IS THERENY DISCUSSION? MR PENMAN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS MILLER. WHAT A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND UH, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COUNTY HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK. AND I KNOW THAT SHE'LL DO TREMENDOUS WORKOR BOAK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I TOO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MISS MILLER FOR THE SERVICE THAT SHE'S PROVIDED TO HER COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, AND NOW TO OUR COUNTY AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. PREMATURELY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. MISS DIXON.MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR. RILEY, MRS. LOAD. THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN IT. FOR ONE ABSENT, THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS MS MILLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? THERE'S AN EDGEWOOD. NUMBER SIX SPECIAL
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PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE DONE SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PUBLIC HEARING FEBRUARY 6 2024 LEGISLATIVE DAY 24-005 FEBRUARY 6 2024. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS APPROVED. EIGHT INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ]
RESOLUTION 004-24 THOROUGHBRED TRAINING FACILITY IN PERRYMAN. MR JAN RESOLUTION 004-24 AUTHORIZATION, THOROUGHBRED TRAINING FACILITY AND PERRYMAN. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB BENNETT, A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THOROUGH TRAINING FACILITY AND PERRIMAN LISTED IN THE MARYLAND THOROUGHBRED RACETRACK OPERATING AUTHORITY RACING AND TRAINING CENTER DEVELOPMENT REPORT DATED JANUARY 5TH 2024 AS THE MITCHELL FARM TRAINING CENTER. 1642 MARYLAND 159 ABERDEEN, MARYLAND 21001. THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED FOR THIS. BUT IN MR BENNETT'S ABSENCE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD INTRODUCE IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HOLD ITNEXT WEEK TO IT. AND, UH WE'LL VOTE ON IT[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ]
THEN. MR JAN JORDANA. PLEASE READ BILLS 24-003 THROUGH 24-006 INTO THE RECORD. 24-003 HEIGHT MONITORING, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB BENNETT, AN ACT TO ADD NEW ARTICLE EIGHT VEHICLE HEIGHT MONITORING SYSTEMS TO CHAPTER 244 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO ENFORCE CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL LAWS RESTRICTING THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES DURING CERTAIN TIMES, DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STANDARDS, PROCEDURES, REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS, EXEMPTING CERTAIN VEHICLES FROM ENFORCEMENT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES. FOR VIOLATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT AND GENERALLY RELATING TO THE[00:05:03]
VEHICLE HEIGHT MONITORING SYSTEM. BILL 24-004. PLUMBING CODE INTRODUCED BY COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 16-7LUMBING BOARD OF ARTICLE ONE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, LICENSES AND PERMITS OF CHAPTER 16 DEPARTMENTS OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AND TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS. CHAPTER 202 PLUMBING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT HARTFORD COUNTY SHALL ADOPT AS ITS STANDARDS.FOR PLUMBING REGULATIONS TO 2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE AND THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE WAS AMENDMENTS THERETO AND GENERALLY RELATING TO PLUMBING REGULATIONS IN HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. BILL 24-005 BUILDING CODE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THE REQUEST OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 82 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT HARTFORD COUNTY SHALL ADOPT AS ITS STANDARD FOR BUILDING REGULATIONS. THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THR CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERV. CODE AND A 2021 INTERNATION SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO TO FURTHER PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS AND GENERALLY RELATED TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION IN HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. BILL 24-006 ELECTRICAL CODE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VICENTE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACT TO REAPPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 105 ELECTRICITY, UH, THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHELL DOBBS AS A STANDARD FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND ELECTRICIANS. 3 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO AND GENERALLY RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH. 12TH 2024 FOR EACH ONE OF THESE BILLS 6:30 P.M. IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MISTER PENMAN. PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD FOR
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INTRODUCTION. AMENDMENTS ONE AND TWO TO BUILD 24-001. YES, MR PRESIDENT. UH, MEMBERS OF BILL 24-001 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON PAGE THREE AFTER LINE, 15 ASSERT A RECEIPT EVIDENCING PAYMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE IS PROVIDED IN SECTION 123-59 AMENDMENT NUMBERT REQUIREMENTS, INSERT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIRED DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS ONE ACRE, AND, UH, ANY DETACHED, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LOCATED ON A LOT OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COUNCIL OF 24-001 IS GRANDFATHERED. AS A PERMITTED USE AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF 267-20 OF THE ZONING CODE. THANK YOU, MR P, AND HE ALSONSIDERED AT A FUT. AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 1112, 13 AND 14. THERE IS NO BUSINESS THIS EVENING. 17 COMMENTS FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS MYSTICS AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP?[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS ]
YES, MR PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE THIS EVENING. WILBUR PIERCE, FOLLOWED BY DIANA SADOWSKI AND BRIANNA COLEMAN. CALL YOU FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE. AND JUST REMIND OR BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME LIMITS.GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. WILBUR B PIERCE , 117, FORDS. LANE PERRYMAN, MARYLAND. YOU, SIR. I WOULDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE CALLED ON QUITE AS QUICKLY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A LITTLE SPEECH. I'D LIKE TO GIVE JUST BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME. MR PIERCE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OK I'M WILBUR BROWN PIERCE AND I LIVE IN PERRYMAN ON 117 FORDS LANE SINCE MAY OF 1958. HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. YESTERDAY WE SAW IN THE SUN AN ARTICLE ABOUT, UH, EATING ESTABLISHMENTS. WAY BACK. I WAS A VICTIM OF THAT. OH, I WAS REFUSED ENTRY INTO THE NEW IDEAL DINER. IN A 1955 WITH MY BUDDIES . ALL OF US WERE IN AIR FORCE UNIFORMS TO GET A COFFEE BEFORE GOING BACK TO ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE. I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER
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BECAUSE OF MY FRIENDS WHO WERE WITH ME. I WAS I WAS UP THERE FOR THE WEEKEND TO VISIT MY FUTURE WIFE, BETTY AND ME, MY FRIENDS AT THE DINER, HOPEFULLY TO GO BACK TO GET A COFFEE BEFORE WE WENT BACK TO DC. THAT WAS ALMOST 70 YEARS AGO THAT HAPPENED. NOW NEXT. EVERY TIME I GO TO THE POST OFFICE. TO GET OUR MAIL. I HAVE TO SEE TWO PILES OF THE WORST JUNK AND RUBBISH THAT YOU EVER WANT TO SEE ONE ON FORGE LANE AND THE OTHER BEHIND THE PLACE NEXT TO OUR POST OFFICE. WHY DOESN'T THE COUNTY DO SOMETHING ABOUT ON SIGHTLY RUBBISH PILES? ALSO PULLING UP TO THE POST OFFICE. I HIT A POTHOLE. ON THE SHOULDER AS I GO TO PARK. THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, TOO, AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO FILL IT UP. NEXT AS I'M LEAVING THE POST OFFICE, THERE'S ANOTHER POTHOLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. THE TERRIBLE MAINTENANCE THAT WE GET ON THE ROADS. NEXT I SEE A SIGN NO TRAILERS ALLOWED. WHAT'S GOING ON. I'VE OWNED TRAILERS TO HAUL IN AND OUT SUPPLIES AND GREEN OUT BEFORE THAT TRAILERS WERE NECESSARY TO HAUL IN SUPPLIES TO THE CANNING HOUSE AND CANNED GOODS OUT. WHERE DID THE AUTHORITY SIGN GIRL GET THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE TRAFFIC ON A STATE HIGHWAY? NEXT I COME TO A SINGLE LANE FORDS LANE AND I SEE THAT THE OLD 20 MILE AN HOUR SIGN WAS TAKEN DOWN AND A NEW 30 MILE AN HOUR SIGN WAS PUT UP IN ITSLACE. HAVE THE PEOPLE GOING CRAZY. I'VE SUGGESTED A TRUCK TURN AROUND AT THE OLD RAILROAD CROSSING. SO THAT TRAILERS THAT MIGHT GO FURTHER THAN A. PROBABLY SHOULD COULD GET A TURN AROUND AND COME BACK OUT. I HOPE THAT THE POWERS TO BE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND SOLVE A LOCAL PROBLEM FOREVER.THAT ROGUE SIGN THAT WAS PUT UP. I HAVE SOME ADDITIONS THAT I THINK WOULD BE NECESSARY. MR. PIERCE, YOUR TIME IS UP. BUT I WILL RELAY YOUR COMMENTS AND TO MR RICHARDSON AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ADDRESSED. BUT UM, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU SIR, I'LL HAVE TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. DIANA SADOWSKI, 1113 STROM CO DRIVE FOLSTON, MARYLAND. AND I JUST HAVE SOME OBSERVATIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO KIND OF PRESENT TO YOU GUYS FROM THE TESTIMONIES FROM LAST WEEK. UM, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE RECENT INITIATIVE. UM BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, UM , I'M A WAS A LITTLE BIT LIVID YESTERDAY AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM. PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT, UM, THE BILL'S SPONSOR WAS GETTING, UH FROM OUT OF OUT OF COUVIDUALS. UM, IT'S G TO ME. THAT OUT OF COUNTY INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOWED TO COME HERE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK OURUNTR COUNTY SHOULD D UM YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHAMBERS.OULDN'T GO TO BALTIMORE COUNTY AND STAND IN THEIR CHAMBERSEM WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY. BRICK COUNTY HAS ITS OWN PROBLEMS, AND THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT. UM HARFORD COUNTY HAS OUR PROBLEMS WITH OVERDEVELOPMENT, AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WITHOUT INPUT FROM OTHERS. UM. I THINK TO MYSELF IT'S HARTFORD COUNTY, A TESTING BASE FOR ANNAPOLIS. ARE WE, THE GUINEA PIG? IN GOVERNOR MOORE'S ATTEMPT TO DESTROY STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'VE SEEN HISTORY PROVE ITSELFT SIMPLY DESTROYS COMMUNITIES. UM. I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF IF I WAS AN AVERAGE 80 YEAR OLD AND, UH, WANTING TO STAY IN MY OWN HOME, I. I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
NOBODY LIKES CHANGE. BUT THE SOME VEIN UH, AT AT 80 YEARS OLD WOULD I WANT TO TAKE OUT ANOTHER MORTGAGE TO BUILD SOMETHING? UH, WHAT I WANT TO BECOME A LANDLORD. WHAT I WANT THAT 1
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A.M. CALL FOR A BACKED UP TOILET. DO I WANNA DO THAT? PUT YOURSELF IN THOSE PEOPLE'S POSITIONS. WOULD YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT? I CERTAINLY DON'T. UM I JUST SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE RECENT INITIATIVE IS JUST ANOTHER DEAD THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. BRIANNA COLEMAN. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. BRIANNA COLEMAN 2347 IN F. UM I'VE BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN COUNTYWIDE MEETINGS SINCE WITH AN INTEREST IN OUR ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES, SPECIFICALLY THE CAPACITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. UH, CAPACITY IS THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDED STUDENTS THAT IT CAN APPROPRIATELY FUNCTION WITHIN A SPACE THE CURRENT A PFO THRESHOLD FOR SCHOOL CAPACITY IN HARFORD COUNTY IS 100 AND 10% AND WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE LOWERED TO 100.ISTENED TO A GROUP, UH, RECENTLY SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND SAY THEY RIDE SCHOOL BUSES WITH THREE TO A SEAT AND ATTEND A SCHOOL THAT HAS CONVERTED CLASSROOMS OR CONVERTED CLOSETS TO CLASSROOMS. THAT SCHOOL IS RED PUMP ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS AT 100 AND 2% CAPACITY. FIN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AT 96% CAPACITY AND LUNCH AT 10 A.M. DUE TO THE CAFETERIA, NOT HAVING ENOUGH SPACE. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY OUNCES OF WATER THAT INTO A CUP. AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY STUDENTS THAT YOU CAN FIT INTO A SCHOOL. 100% IS CAPACITY AND IT SHOULD BE A NONNEGOTIABLE AND THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE LOWER. REDISTRICTING IS NOT THE SOLUTION AND NOBODY IS ADDING PORTABLES. WE CAN REDISTRIBUTE STUDENTS ALL DAY. BUT IT'S JUST A BAND AID ON A PROBLEM. THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH CAPACITY ARE SHOWN ON THIS MAP IN GREEN, AND THEY'RE ALL LOC. IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS OF OUR . NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE CAPACITY ISSUES ARE WHICH ARE IN RED. I KNOW HIM. THE BUSINESS OWNER AND HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE BALANCING ALL THE THINGS JUST LIKE MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM. I FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, BECAUSE THERE'S A SOLUTION AND I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO SHARE THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS OUR COUNTY IS FACING AND IT'S YOUR DUTY TO ADDRESS AND CORRECT THEM. LOT OF CAPACITY OF OUR SCHOOLS IS THE SOLUTION, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT BY INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT AND LAURA THE CAPACITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT 100% BECAUSE FULL IS FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT. ALL[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]
RIGHT. THANK YOU WITH, UH, NO MORE SPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE INTO BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR GUTHRIE. MR PRESIDENT. UH, COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MISS MILLER. SHE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UH SHE LIVES AND, UHE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN IN THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH UM DRESSED ALSO, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE AREA. UH, I KNOW WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY GETTING THE DUMPSTERS IN AND CLEANING UP THE AREAS. UH AND CERTAINLY, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.THEY DON'T GO UNNOTICED TO LET YOU KNOW. UH, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN THE LAST WEEK WITH, UH,ENATOR BEN CARDIN AND, UH, SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN. UR AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE, UH THE INCREASE OF THE BRIDGES. UH, BOTH ON UH UH POWER , UH, GUNPOWDER RIVER AND ALSO ON THE BUSH RIVER ALSO, SO I HAD TO HAVE A MEETING. BUT I HAD TO, EXCUSE ME. PUSH RIVER YACHT CLUB INVITED ME TO A MEETING THERE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE BRIDGES.
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ALSO BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UH, YOU YOU'VE GOT OUTER POINT. YOU'VE GOT THE BUSH RIVER YACHT CLUB AND YOU'VE GOT THE MARINA UP THERE. ALSO THERE'S PROBABLY 1000 BOATS IN BETWEEN THOSE THREE AREAS A LOT OF PEOPLE UP THERE AND THEY'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING THE BRIDGE ABOUT 3 FT. AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WILL BE A, UM THAT WON'T HELP THEM AT ALL BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THE BRIDGE THAT OPENS IT OPENS FOUR TIMES A WEEKEND FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY, SO THEY GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO GET GET IN OF THEIR BOOTS OUT, BUT RAISING IN 3 FT. UH HALF OF THEIR BOATS WON'T BE ABLE TO GO OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE ALREADY HIGH IN THAT SO WE? WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT UP TO ABOUT 8 TO 10 FT, WHICH WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, AND WE HELP BOTH, UM THE GUNPOWDER AND THE BUSH RIVER. UHND IT'S ALREADY HAVING AN EFFECT. UM YOU KNOW, BRIDGES ARE 100 AND 25 YEARS
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OLD. SO YOU IMAGINE WAY BACK THEN THERE WAS NO BOATS ON THAT SIZE WERE ALL ROWBOATS, BUT IT'S HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE JOB OF TOWN AREA, BECAUSE, UH UM. PEOPLE OWN. THE JOB OF TOWN MARINA HAVE ORDERED IT CLOSED AG TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR AREA IS GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. UH THERE'S A LOT OF VOTERS IN THE AREAS A LOT OF WOOD FRONT, PROBABLY NOT IN AT THE MARINA. AND SHUT THAT DOWN. UH THERE'S WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO GET ANY GAS AND MUCH LESS REPAIRS FOR THE BOATS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING AROUND THE CLOSEST PLACE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET. GAS IS MIDDLE RIVER, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOMEBODY THAT THAT'LL THAT'LL COME IN AND BUY THIS PROPERTY AND BRING IT UP TO DATE. UH, SORRY, UH, MYSELF, AND, UH UM COUNCILMAN BENNETT ATTENDED THE, UH ABERDEEN FIRE COMPANY AWARDS BANQUET. UH, CERTAINLY, UH, AT WOO'S EDGE. UH, CERTAINLY. THERE ARE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING. UH, I ENJOY GOING TO THEM. UH FOOD WAS EXCELLENT. UH, UM, MYSELF AND MR BENNETT COUNCIL BENNETT. WE GAVE OUT ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR ALSO, UH, THE STATE BECAUSE NONE OF THE STATE PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWN AT NAPOLIS DOING SOMETHING. WE'LL FIND OUT LATER. UH, FEBRUARY. 22ND CHAMBER TOWN HIGH SCHOOL IS HAVING A COLLEGE FAIR AND, UH, FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. SO ANYBODY? UH, WHO, UH, STUDENTS ARE IN JAN IN THEIR, UH, TALKING LOOKING AT, UM GOING TO COLLEGE RIGHT? SUGGEST THAT THE PARENTS GET THERE ON THE 22ND. UH AND LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. UH TO, UH UH, SO THERE'S TO THEIR CHILDREN FOR COLLEGE. FINALLY UH , JUMP A CROSSING TRAIN. UH AREA IS TALKING ABOUT CLOSING, UH, THE AREA CROSSING UH, CHA FOR JPA ROAD. UH AND PEOPLE WERE LIVID ABOUT IT. THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE THE TRAINS GO ACROSS STREETS, AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CLOSING ANY OF THEM. SO I MEAN, I, I THINK THERE THIS IS THE TEST. FOR THEM THIS TESTING THEY'RE TESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN STOP THEM. I'M ON THAT BOARD. SO UH, I'M GONNA I'M OPPOSED TO IT UNLESS THINGS COME UP WHEN THEY GIVE ME SOME KIND OF REASON. WHY UM, THEY WANT TO CLOSE THAT, UH, ROAD. UM, ALSO. TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CHAPEL FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAPEL MAGNOLIA FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE TOTALLY OPPOSED TO CROS CLOSING THAT THAT'S A ROAD. THEY USE A LOT WHEN THEY GO TO FIRES IN DIFFERENT PLACES, SO THAT'LL BE THAT THAT, UH HEARING WON'T BE FOR A WHILE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE. MARCH THE 21ST IN THESE CHAMBERS AT 6 P.M. IS GONNA BE A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, ON THAT CLOSURE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. MR PENMAN. IT WAS PRETTY QUICK. THING, MR PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY SON. UH JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE AUSTIN FOR RETURNING HOME AFTER FOUR YEARS OF ENLISTMENT. UH, ACTIVE DUTY. UM COMING HOME TO GO TO COLLEGE? UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE IT WORLD, SO CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM I DID ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING ELSE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING LAST NIGHT AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET. UH, I WANNA THANK THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UH, THOSE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS THAT CAME AND SPOKE AND ASKED THOSE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. UH, WHAT WAS ALARMING , THOUGH, WAS TO FIND THAT ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO COERCE THE BOARD TO CUT 5 MILLION AND USE A LARGE PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE. AND IF THEY DID, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD GIVE THEM $8.5 MILLION. AND IF THEY DIDN'T THEY WOULDN'T GET THE $8.5 MILLION. I WAS ENCOURAGED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REFUSED TO USE THE CHILDREN AS POLITICAL PAWNS IN PAST THE BUDGET, AS, UH, DESPITE THE INFLUENCES BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES ADMINISTRATION I SHOULD KNOW. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE RELEASED A VIDEO YESTERDAY PROMOTING THE GREAT WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SO GOING FORWARD, I WOULD HOPE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD OFFER WHATEVER THE COUNTY BUDGET ALLOWS, UM WITHOUT TRYING TO CONTROL USING COERCION, GAMES OR OVERREACH TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS ARE RETAINED AND CLASSROOM SIZES ARE MANAGEABLE. WITH THAT SAID, UH, I AND MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION UM UNDERSTAND THERE NEEDS TO BE FISCAL RES. UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW THAT AND YOU KNOW , GOING FORWARD ONCE THE NUMBER IS, UH, GIVEN BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE BUDGET, THEY UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME CUT. SO WITH THAT, MR PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.THANK YOU, MR PEN AND MR G. I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH HARTFORD T WRESTLING TEAM ON, UH, WINNING THE REGIONS DOWN IN, UH, WALDORF
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. I THINK THIS PAST WEEKEND UM AND, UH, I KNOW JIM RILEY'S SON IS ON THAT. GRANDSON IS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM. SO UH, HE'S NOT HERE, SO I THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT FOR HIM SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR GINGER DEN, AND MR UH, RILEY HAD TO STEP OUT. HE'S NOT FEELING WELL, EITHER, MISS BLES. THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. UM GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY OFFICE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING IN ON THE ABERDEEN COMMUNITY COALITION MEETING TODAY. UM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUSQUEHANNA WORKFORCE NETWORK. THEIR FOCUS IS CAREER READINESS IN HARTFORD COUNTY, AND THEY WILL BE HOSTING AN IN PERSON RESUME SEMINAR ON FEBRUARY 21ST FROM 9 TO 11. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. UH, THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANNUAL CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IS FREE OF CHARGE AND WILL BE HELD EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING. BEGINNING MARCH. 13TH THROUGH MAY 22ND. IT IS OPEN TO ANY HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENT 18 YEARS OR OLDER. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ON THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS. TO BUSINESS FROM THE[15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT ]
PRESIDENT. I DON'T HAVE A LOT THIS EVENING EITHER. BUT MR RICHARDSON, YOU DID DOCUMENT MR PIERCE'S COMMENTS ABOUT, UM TRASH. UM. POTHOLES TRAILERS, SIGNAGE, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE ON TOP OF THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID GET ALL OF THAT, UM I WANNA THANK EVERYONE AND WISH THESE GUYS AND GALS HERE, UH, A QUICK RECOVERY FROM WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT GOING ON. UH AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. SO THANK YOU ALL WITH THAT WILL JOIN THIS MEETING.