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          YOU'RE READY. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. CALLS TO ORDER. LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DAY 25 020. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILWOMAN BUSTOS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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. 
          DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY. AS WE BEGIN THIS SESSION, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. HELP US TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, TO LISTEN WITH COMPASSION, AND TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD. WE PRAY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY RESIDENT IN OUR COUNTY, THOSE SEEN AND UNSEEN, HEARD AND UNHEARD. MAY OUR DECISIONS REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY AND PEACE FOR ALL. BLESS OUR COUNTY, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. KEEP US EVER MINDFUL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE CARRY AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. AMEN. 
          AMEN. COUNCIL. MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO SKIP TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND 
          [5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
RETURN TO FOR THEREAFTER. AGENDA NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ALLISON MCCOURT AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS MCCORD. THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS IMHOFF? SO, AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR 5 TO 6 YEARS, I WAS HONESTLY A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THIS APPOINTMENT. ALLISON HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS CITIZEN OF OUR COUNTY. HOWEVER, SHE'S ONLY BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. SHE HASN'T BEEN LONG ENOUGH TO BE ON ANY SUBCOMMITTEES. SHE HASN'T BEEN APPOINTED TO ANY LEADERSHIP ROLES. AND I KNOW FULL WELL THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO DID APPLY, WHO HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO BOTH AND BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO I ALSO HAVE A STRUGGLE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IN DISREGARD OF COUNTY CHARTER SECTION 22 TWO 2220 3-3, WHICH REQUIRES APPOINTMENT FROM THE COUNCIL. THE COUNTY WEBSITE ALREADY LISTS HER AS THE CHAIR. 
          SO I DO HAVE SOME STRUGGLE WITH THIS. HOWEVER, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, I WILL VOTE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE LEADERSHIP TONIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MR. BENNETT? I JUST THINK IN SPEAKING WITH MISS IMHOFF ABOUT THIS ISSUE, IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT ALL THESE COMMISSIONS THAT WE VOTE UPON ARE SO MEANINGFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN THE WORK. AND IT CAN BECOME EASY TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, OH, LET'S JUST PUT SO-AND-SO DOWN, I KNOW THEM. BUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE WORK EVERY DAY, WHERE THE COMMISSION THEY'RE ON MIGHT BE THE MAIN WAY THEY ENGAGE IN OUR CIVIC SOCIETY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY TAKE INTO MIND WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT COMMISSION AND SUPPORT THAT COMMISSION. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALLISON AND HELPING HUMANIZE THIS VOTE FOR ME, AND THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THAT COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. YES, I KNOW ALLISON MCCORD VERY WELL. AND AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF HER RESUMES, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SHE WAS BOARD PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. ALSO, SHE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS, ENGLISH MAJOR FROM LOYOLA. SHE'S BEEN ON THE CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS, THE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHESAPEAKE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL NETWORK. I'VE PROBABLY KNOWN HER FOR OVER 25 YEARS. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE, AND I WOULD HOPE EVERYBODY WOULD AFFIRM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. AND I TOO, WILL COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT THIS PAST ELECTION CYCLE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSE WITH MISS MCCORD THROUGH THE PROCESS AND AFTERWARDS, GOING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES. I THOUGHT SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. BUT MISS IMHOFF DOES BRING UP A VERY STRONG POINT AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AND THINK ABOUT. SO ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT? I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. IMHOFF, I MR. JOHN GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. ROSADO I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, 
          [4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]
PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE HAGGETT TO BE NAMED AS 
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HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. MOVED. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. HAGAR AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS IMHOFF? SO I WAS DELIGHTED TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST LIVING TREASURER OF MY TERM ON THE COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY FROM MY DISTRICT. I WAS ABLE TO RESEARCH MR. HAGAR'S LIFE, WORK, AND THE DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS HERE ARE SO APPRECIATED, ESPECIALLY YOUR TIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO, I MR. RILEY I MRS. BOYLE I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. AGENDA NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS. HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. MISS IMHOF, YOU WANT TO STEP DOWN? MR. HAGA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND BRING WHOEVER YOU LIKE WITH YOU, PLEASE. STAND UP. WHERE IS GEORGE V? HAGA RECEIVED THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS MR. HAGA BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER WITH BELLAIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER 1969, FAITHFULLY SERVING DURING A CRITICAL AND OFTEN TURBULENT PERIOD IN HARTFORD COUNTY'S HISTORY, INCLUDING THE 1978 BROWN EXPLOSION. DURING HIS TENURE, HE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DRUG ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS, BECAME THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST RADAR OFFICER, AND WAS HONORED AS POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR IN 1973 AND WHEREAS, FOLLOWING HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER, MR. HAGGARD DEDICATED 15 YEARS AS A CLAIMS INVESTIGATOR FOR THE HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY AND DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO THE VOLUNTEERING AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUNDING OF THE BELLAIRE CHAPTER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, AND WHEREAS IN RETIREMENT, MR. HAGER REMAINS ACTIVELY DEVOTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS ROLE AS A FUNERAL SERVICE ASSOCIATE WITH THE MCCOMAS FUNERAL HOME, AS A BIBLE STUDY LEADER, AND AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH SECURITY TEAM AT UPPER CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH THERE. NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON THIS 10TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM GEORGE V HAGER A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD WHICH WILL BE WHICH WILL RECALL THE PAST, INFORM THE PRESENT, AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARTFORD COUNTY AND ITS MEMORIES AND HISTORY. 
          WILL RECORD WILL BE RECORDED BY HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ORAL HISTORIAN, AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK TODD HOLDEN. HE'S THE ONE THAT INSTIGATED THIS WHOLE THING. AND SPEAKING OF TODD HOLDEN, I TALKED TO HIM BEFORE I CAME IN THIS EVENING. 
          HE IS REALLY HAVING SOME HEALTH ISSUES. HE WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE COULD NOT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND I'D JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO REMEMBER HIM IN PRAYER TONIGHT. 
          HE TOLD ME HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY THURSDAY. SO REMEMBER HIM? AND ALSO, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING HARFORD COUNTY AND BEL AIR OVER THE YEARS. IT I REALLY DIDN'T MAKE A SPEECH TO COME UP HERE TONIGHT, BUT I LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME TONIGHT TO SUPPORT ME. I GOT FAMILY HERE, I GOT FRIENDS, I GOT PEOPLE FROM MY CHURCH, PEOPLE FROM MCCOMAS WHO I WORK PART TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND SHOW SUPPORT. ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IN. PSALMS CHAPTER 90, IT SAYS. WE ARE GUARANTEED DAYS AND YEARS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE, THE WAY IT'S WORDED IN THE BIBLE, BUT IT GIVES US THREE SCORE AND TEN YEARS. AND IF BY HEALTH AND STRENGTH YOU MIGHT SAY THEY GIVE YOU FOURSCORE YEARS, WELL, GOD 
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HAS BLESSED ME WITH FOUR SCORE AND FIVE YEARS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR THAT. FOR THE HEALTHIEST IN ME. OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, AND ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY GOES TO HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. TYLER. IS THERE ANYONE OF MR. HAGGIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? ALL RIGHT, WE WON'T EMBARRASS THEM. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. HANG ON. OH, WE GOT TO GET. WE HAVE TO HAVE WE HAVE TO GET PICTURES. SORRY. WE GOT THERE. VERY SPECIFIC. HOLD ON. SORRY. GET YOU OVER THIS WAY. THERE YOU GO. MORE. 
          I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALSO, BEL AIR MOOSE FAMILY CENTER NUMBER 1952. PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION. MR. RILEY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP DOWN. TROOPER. OKAY, WHEREAS THE BEL AIR MOOSE FAMILY CENTER NUMBER 1952, IS A FAMILY FRATERNITY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MEN AND WOMEN DEDICATED TO THE CARING OF TO CARING FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD, BRINGING COMMUNITIES CLOSER TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING LIFE. 
          AND WHEREAS, AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM, THE MOOSE LODGE IS SPONSORING ITS PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION NIGHT TO THANK AND COMMEND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND TO HONOR EXEMPLARY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPRESENTING EACH OF HARFORD COUNTIES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AND WHEREAS TROOPER FIRST CLASS PAUL PROCTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE MOOSE FAMILY CENTER NUMBER 1952 AS PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION NIGHT AWARDEE, REPRESENTING THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE BEL AIR BARRACK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF BEL AIR AND THE HARFORD COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON THIS 10TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, DO HEREBY SALUTE TROOPER FIRST CLASS PAUL PROCTOR, MARYLAND STATE POLICE, BEL AIR MOOSE FAMILY CENTER, NUMBER 1952, PUBLIC SAFETY RECOGNITION NIGHT AWARDEE AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE LIVES OF HARFORD COUNTY CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR READING THAT, TONY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF US. WE WENT OVER TO THE MOOSE. WHAT THE MOOSE DOES ONCE A YEAR IS THEY BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THEY BRING THEM IN, AND THEY GIVE THEM A PROCLAMATION AND AWARD FOR SOMETHING HEROIC. THEY DID DURING THEIR THEIR TERM OF SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HEROIC YOU DID TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, BUT EVERY DAY YOU'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS AND YOU'RE A HERO TO ALL OF US. SO WE THANK YOU. IT SAYS PAUL HERE, BUT HE TOLD ME HIS NICKNAME IS TONY. IT MUST BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY. WE SEE. GEORGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS I'M A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER. 
          AND, PAUL, I KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH EVERY DAY. ALSO, THEY WANTED ME. THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY THEY GIVE THESE OUT SO THAT IF YOU COME ACROSS A YOUNG KID IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT CAN COMFORT THE KID WHILE THAT'S GOING ON. SO ON BEHALF OF THE MOOSE, THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, SIR. STAY SAFE. WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I KNOW YOU WERE IN JERSEY, RIGHT? WAS THAT YOU IN JERSEY? YEAH, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. WEDDING IN JERSEY. CONGRATULATIONS, WEDDING. ARE YOU AND PAUL ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN TRAINING? SHE'S ANOTHER PICTURE HERE. OH. JERSEY. OH MY GOODNESS. GOOD LORD. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE NONE. 
          [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PUBLIC HEARINGS JUNE 3RD, 2025 LEGISLATIVE DAY 25 ZERO 19TH JUNE THIRD, 2025. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS? MINUTES STAND APPROVED. COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO SKIP TO AGENDA ITEMS TEN THROUGH 12 AND RETURN TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT THEREAFTER? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GIORDANO. PLEASE READ 
          [10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]
AMENDMENTS 18 THROUGH 42 TO BUILD 25 005 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE. OKAY. LET 
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ME WARM UP HERE. AMENDMENTS 18 TO 8, AMENDMENTS 18 DASH 42 TO BILL 20 5-005 ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL. VINCENTIAN. THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT 18 ON PAGE SEVEN AND LINE NINE. STRIKE 51,605,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 50,565,000. AMENDMENT 19 ON PAGE SEVEN. IN LINE 23, STRIKE 817,605,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 816,565,000. AMENDMENT 20 ON PAGE 15. IN LINE 11, STRIKE 8 MILLION. I'M SORRY, 817,605,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 816,565,000. AMENDMENT 21 ON PAGE 46. IN LINE 21, STRIKE 817,000,605. ON PAGE 46 ON LINE 21. STRIKE IN PARENTHESES 817,605,000 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 816,565,000. AMENDMENT 22 ON PAGE 46. IN LINE 22, STRIKE 6,688,440 AND SUBSTITUTE 7,728,440. AMENDMENT 20, AMENDMENT 23 ON PAGE 46. IN LINE 23, STRIKE 40,880,250 AND SUBSTITUTE 40,828,250. AMENDMENT 24 ON PAGE 35. IN LINE 13, STRIKE 95,707,500 AND SUBSTITUTE 90,707,500. AMENDMENT 25 ON PAGE 35. IN LINE 21, STRIKE 161,379,360 AND SUBSTITUTE 156,379,360 ON AMENDMENT 26 ON PAGE 37. IN LINE 18, STRIKE 1 MILLION 161,379,360. AND SUBSTITUTE 156,379,360. AMENDMENT 27 ON PAGE 59. IN LINE 17, STRIKE 95,707,500 AND SUBSTITUTE 90,707,500. AMENDMENT 28 ON PAGE 59. IN LINE 23, STRIKE 161,379,360 AND SUBSTITUTE 156,000,379 360. AMENDMENT 29 ON PAGE 59. IN LINE 24, STRIKE 161,379,360 AND THE PARENTHESES OKAY IN LINE 24. STRIKE IN PARENTHESES 161,379,360. AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 156,379,360. AMENDMENT 30 ON PAGE 26. IN LINE 23, STRIKE 104,401,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 101,201,000. AMENDMENT 31 ON PAGE 27. IN LINE 19, STRIKE 104,401,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 101,201,000. AMENDMENT 32 ON PAGE 43 AND LINE SIX STRIKE 15,400,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 13,800,000. AMENDMENT 33 ON PAGE 43 IN LINE 17, STRIKE 15,400,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 13,800,000. AMENDMENT 34 ON PAGE 44. IN LINE 17, STRIKE 57 ON LINE IN LINE SEVEN. STRIKE 15,673,783 AND SUBSTITUTE 14,073,783. AMENDMENT 35 ON PAGE 44. IN LINE 22 STRIKE 15,673,783 AND SUBSTITUTE 14,073,783. AMENDMENT 36 ON PAGE 53. IN LINE 12, STRIKE 72,550,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 69,350,000. AMENDMENT 37 ON PAGE 53. IN LINE 13, STRIKE AND PARENTHESES 104,401,000 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 101,201,000. AMENDMENT 28 ON PAGE 62. 
          AMENDMENT 38 ON PAGE 62 AND LINE NINE STRIKE 27,067,338 AND SUBSTITUTE 23,867,338. AMENDMENT 
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39 ON PAGE 62. IN LINE 14, STRIKE 34,429,933 AND SUBSTITUTE 31,229,933. AMENDMENT 40 ON PAGE 62. IN LINE 15, STRIKE IN PARENTHESES 34,429,933 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 31,229,933. AMENDMENT 41 ON PAGE 29. IN LINE 15, STRIKE 1,039,641,000 AND SUBSTITUTE 1,035,401,000. AMENDMENT 42 ON PAGE 45. IN LINE 17, STRIKE 260,987,729 AND SUBSTITUTE. 
          252,787,729. THANK YOU, MR. GIORDANO TEN. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS, BUDGETS, BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO BILL 25 005. ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS 18 TO 42. DUE TO THE DEADLINE. THIS TO PASS BILL 2505. THESE AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THEM IN VOTING BLOCS. VOTING BLOC ONE. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS 18 TO 23. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. MR. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE VOTING BLOC ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT, MR. BENNETT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR ANYONE WHO'S TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE NUMBERS AND THINGS THAT JUST WE JUST WENT OVER, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL BALANCING AMENDMENTS. SO JUST TAKING EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND MAKING SURE ALL THE NUMBERS THAT THOSE THINGS IMPACTED ARE CORRECT. SO NOTHING THAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW CHANGES WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO DO COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. IT'S JUST CORRECTING ALL THE NUMBERS FROM THE OTHER AMENDMENTS AND HOW THEY CHANGE THINGS. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. 
          MR. MR. JORDAN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THESE NUMBERS WERE VERIFIED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR, CRYSTAL BROOKS, AND SHE'S VERIFIED THEM TO BE CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. I MR. BENNETT I FOR BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS 18 TO 23 TO BILL 20 505 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. 
          VOTING BLOCK 2ND MAY HAVE A MOTION. PLEASE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS 24 THROUGH 29. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE VOTING BLOCK TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, MR. I MR. RILEY, MRS. I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS 24 THROUGH 29 TO BILL 20 505 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. 
          VOTING BLOCK 3RD MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS 30 TO 40. I MAY HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE VOTING BLOCK THREE. AND THAT IS AMENDMENTS 30 THROUGH 40. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. I MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. I MR. RILEY MRS. I MR. I MOVE SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS 30 TO 40. THE BILL 20 505 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. VOTING BLOCK 4TH MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS 41 THROUGH 42. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. MR. RILEY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE VOTING BLOCK FOUR. THAT'S AMENDMENT 41 AND 42. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY MRS. I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS 41 AND 42 TO BILL 20 505 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. MR. GIORDANO, PLEASE READ AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 13 TO BILL 25 007 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION. AMENDMENTS 1 TO 13 TO BILL 20 5-007 CPI BOND AUTHORIZATION INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. AMENDMENT ONE ON THE TITLE PAGE. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE AND THE THIRD LINE OF 
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THE PARAGRAPH DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES. 126,158,200. AND THE FIFTH LINE OF THE TITLE PARAGRAPH AND SUBSTITUTE $121,158,200 IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE FOUR. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE AND LINE FIVE DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200 AND LINE SIX AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE ON PAGE FIVE. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE IN LINE FOUR DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200. IN LINE FIVE AND SUBSTITUTE ONE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT FOUR ON PAGE SIX. IN THE SIXTH LINE OF THE CHART. STRIKE SITE ACQUISITION 10 MILLION AND SUBSTITUTE SITE ACQUISITION 5 MILLION. AMENDMENT FIVE ON PAGE EIGHT. IN THE 11TH LINE OF THE CHART, STRIKE TOTAL 126,158,200 AND SUBSTITUTE TOTAL 121,158,200. ON PAGE EIGHT. 
          STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE AND LINE THREE DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT SEVEN ON PAGE 15. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE AND LINE 12 DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200. IN LINE 13 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT EIGHT ON PAGE 15 STRIKE BEGINNING WITH SIX AND LINE 19 DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 6,307,910. IN LINE 20 AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 6,057,910. AMENDMENT NINE ON PAGE 16. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE IN LINE, ONE DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200. IN LINE TWO AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT TEN ON PAGE 41 IN LINE 32 STRIKE, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF 126,158,200. AND SUBSTITUTE, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF 121,158,200. 
          AMENDMENT 11 ON PAGE 44. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE AND LINE SEVEN DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200 AND LINE NINE AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. 
          AMENDMENT 12 ON PAGE 46. STRIKE BEGINNING WITH ONE IN LINE, TWO DOWN THROUGH IN PARENTHESES 126,158,200. IN LINE THREE AND SUBSTITUTE IN PARENTHESES 121,158,200. AMENDMENT 13 ON PAGE 46, IN LINE SEVEN, STRIKE 1 MILLION 126,158,200 AND SUBSTITUTE 121,158,200. THANK YOU. AMENDMENTS TO BILL 25 007 CPI BOND AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 13 WILL BE VOTED ON THIS EVENING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 13 TO BILL 25 007. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED. 
          AND SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 13 TO BILL 25 007. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON, MR. GIORDANO HAD HIS HAND RAISED. I'M SORRY. THAT'S A LOT OF READING. AND THE PARENTHESES. 
          YOU FORGOT TO TELL ME THE BEGINNING. WE'RE GOOD. I MEAN, THEY'RE ON THE PAPER, MISS DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. BOESEL I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 13. THE BILL 25 007 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. MR. JANJANIN, PLEASE READ MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE TO NUMBER ONE TO RESOLUTION 009 25 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE. THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE WILL REVISE THE PROJECT EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE TO PROVIDE 2,760,000 FOR EQUIPMENT IN EACH OF FISCAL YEAR 2027, FISCAL YEAR 2028. FISCAL YEAR 2029. FISCAL YEAR 2030. 
          FISCAL YEAR 2031 FOR A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF 17,896,000. THE PROJECT FUNDING SCHEDULE IS 
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REVISED TO PROVIDE PAYGO FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,760,000, IN EACH OF FISCAL YEAR 2027, FISCAL YEAR 2028. FISCAL YEAR 2029, FISCAL YEAR 2030, AND FISCAL YEAR 2031 FOR TOTAL FUNDING OF 17,896,000. MR. SANDERS, MR. LOUIS, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD? YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CLARITY. YES, SURE. EVENING COUNCIL. SO THIS MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF COLLABORATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE VENDOR AND THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC CAPITAL PROJECT AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE. SO WE WORKED OUT A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT THAT MEETS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEEDS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REFLECTED IN THE OUT YEARS. THIS DOESN'T THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FY 26, BUT IT DOES INCREASE THE OUTYEAR FUNDING STARTING IN FY 27. AND CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THE EQUIPMENT. 
          YEAH. SO THIS IS THIS IS A NEW SORT OF COMBINED CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO IT INCLUDES THEIR BODY WORN CAMERAS, THEIR IN-CAR CAMERAS, THEIR TASERS. AND THEN THEIR DRONE SOFTWARE PLATFORM. THERE'S ALSO SOME DRONE EQUIPMENT IN IN THE CONTRACT AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. SO THIS WILL BUNDLE ALL OF IT TOGETHER I KNOW THERE WAS QUESTIONS AS TO SOME THINGS BEING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF WARRANTY OR OUT OF USEFUL LIFE. SO NOW EVERY EVERY TASER WILL BE FULLY COVERED UNDER THIS REPLACEMENT CYCLE AND WILL BE, I GUESS, FULLY COMPLIANT. SO FOR EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPUTY AS WELL AS EVERY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER DEPUTY AS WELL AS THE CAMERAS. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO THEY'RE THEY'RE PROVIDING SOME DRONES AS, AS WELL IN THE SOFTWARE FOR, FOR ALL OF THE DRONES. THANK YOU, MR. JORDANO. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNTY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY, FOR WORKING ON THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DID GET APPROVED. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A NICE CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITH WITH DRONES, WITH CAMERAS, WITH TASERS AND WITH HELMETS. SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING WITH US AND HELPING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW IN THE BUDGET HEARING MEETINGS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE ELSE. SEEING NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. GUYS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE TO NUMBER ONE TO RESOLUTION 009 DASH 25. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF A CHANGE ONE TO RESOLUTION 009 25. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO. HI, MR. RILEY. HI MRS. ROSADO I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE MEMORANDUM OF CHANGE NUMBER ONE TO RESOLUTION 009 25 IS HEREBY APPROVED. 11 CALL FOR 
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FINAL READING OF BILLS BILL 25 005, ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE BILL 25 005, AS AMENDED. 
          I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, MISS IMHOFF. THANK YOU. I MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 2505, AS AMENDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. BENNETT? HELLO. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH EVERYONE THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK I SPOKE PRETTY PUBLICLY ABOUT MY FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE LACK OF ANSWERS I RECEIVED, THE LACK OF RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED, AND IN THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE NOT CONSTRUED IN A WAY THAT WAS TRUTHFUL OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF MANIPULATE WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE US. LAST TUESDAY, I DID GET A CHANCE TO MEET WITH MR. BEN LLOYD AND ALSO WITH THE LIAISON TO THE COUNCIL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THERE WAS A FEW BIG THINGS I ASKED FOR THEM TO HELP ME ANSWER, THE BIGGEST OF WHICH WAS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT A RUNWAY TO LAND THE PLANE WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT. I DID GET AN EMAIL SIX DAYS AND 19 HOURS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IN THAT EMAIL, THERE WAS NO INFORMATION, NO NUMBERS TO DISPLAY. HOW DO WE GET REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO LINE UP IN OUR FUTURE OUT YEARS? ANOTHER 
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PIECE OF CONCERN THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME ABOUT, IS VACANT POSITIONS, HELPING ME FIGURE OUT WHY CERTAIN POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE. AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT ANSWERED IN THEIR EMAIL. I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE PREPARING A BUDGET WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS IN FUTURE YEARS, AND BUDGETS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LIVE THROUGH MOMENT TO MOMENT. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU END UP IN SITUATIONS LIKE FY 22 WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WAY OVERSPENT ON FUND BALANCE AND CUT PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE TOLD 12 MONTHS LATER, WHAT A HORRIBLE IDEA THAT WAS. AND I THINK TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IN CONFIDENCE ON THIS BUDGET, FIRST OFF, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT IN THREE WEEKS OF SILENCE, REPEATEDLY ASKING FOR RESPONSES. BUT SECOND OFF, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS THE OUTYEAR PLAN? HOW DO WE MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A COUNTY THAT TAKES OUT BONDS TO PAY FOR OPERATING COSTS. THERE'S COUNTIES THAT DO THAT IN THIS STATE. IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO BE POOR, AND I DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT'S THE CASE FOR US LONG TERM. WHEN I CAN'T GET THE SIMPLE ANSWER OF HOW DOES THE MATH WORK OUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS? IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION I'VE ASKED REPEATEDLY SINCE OUR BUDGET HEARINGS, AND NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO SUPPLY THOSE NUMBERS FOR ME. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WILL NOT BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET. ANYONE ELSE, MISS DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, MR. I MR. RILEY I MRS. SEIDEL I MR. BENNETT NO. THAT'D BE SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ONE VOTE IN A NEGATIVE. BILL 20 505, AS AMENDED, IS HEREBY APPROVED. 
          BILL 25 006, PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE BILL 25 006. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. GOTCHA. MR. ROWLEY BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 20 506. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF. HI, MR. GIORDANO. HI, MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. ROSADO. HI, MR. BENNETT. I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE. BILL 20 506 IS HEREBY APPROVED. 12 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS. BILL 2505, AS AMENDED. AND BILL 2506 IS CERTIFIED AS A TEXT FINALLY 
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PASSED. EIGHT. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION 008 25 ADOPTION OF PROPERTY TAX RATE MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 008 DASH 25. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 008 25. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. BENNETT? SIMILARLY, I CAN'T VOTE TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN EXPLAINED WHY IT'S FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO SUPPORT. AND FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON ADOPTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. I, MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. I MR. BENNETT NO BEING SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ONE NEGATIVE RESOLUTION 008 25 IS HEREBY APPROVED. RESOLUTION 009 25 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS AMENDED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 009 DASH 25, AS AMENDED. I HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. RILEY MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 009 25, AS AMENDED. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I. MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF. HI, MR. HI, MR. RILEY. MRS. I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE RESOLUTION 009 25 AS AMENDED IS HEREBY APPROVED. RESOLUTION ZERO 1025 ROAD CLOSURE PORTION OF TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ZERO 1025. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS SADDLES. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ZERO 1025. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF. HI, MR. GIORDANO. HI, MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. WILSON. HI, MR. BENNETT, I AM SEVEN 
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VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE AND A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION ZERO 1025 IS HEREBY APPROVED. RESOLUTION ZERO 1125, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN 126 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BEL AIR, LLC. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 011 DASH 25. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. MR. RILEY MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ZERO 1125. MR. GIORDANO. SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM VETTED THEM. GIL KENNEDY'S AHEAD OF THAT. CEO OF HARCO CREDIT UNION. SO THEY'VE BEEN A SOLID COMPANY, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS LOAN AND I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. SO I HOPE MY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE DO AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE, MR. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT HI, MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF HI, MR. GIORDANO. HI, MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. HI, MR. BENNETT. I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO IN A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION ZERO 1125 IS HEREBY APPROVED. 13 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. WE HAVE NONE. 14 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. 18 EXCUSE ME. YEAH. 18 COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS. THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP, MR. PRESIDENT. 
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THANK YOU. 16 BUSINESS. EXCUSE ME. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER 17. I'M SORRY. MR. BENNETT. 
          HELLO. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH EVERYONE THIS EVENING. I FIRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO GRADUATED FROM HARTFORD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN THE CLASS OF 2025, INCLUDING THIS LEGISLATIVE AIDE, TARA, WHO'S AMAZING AND DOES SO MUCH ALSO HAVE GRACE COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW ELLIS AND THEIR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER RICCI, WHO ALSO GOES WITH THE LAST NAME KRINGLE FROM TIME TO TIME, WHO IS ALSO THE CLASS SPEAKER FOR THIS YEAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE I KNOW FROM MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, HEATHER. WHAT A WORTHWHILE EXPERIENCE THAT IS, BUT ALSO HOW MUCH WORK THAT EXPERIENCE IS. I ATTENDED ABINGTON FIRE COMPANY'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS RAINY THIS SATURDAY MORNING, BUT IT WAS JUST SO LIFE GIVING TO HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE FIRE COMPANY AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, GOING FROM BUCKETS OF WATER FROM NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES TO A 40 GALLON TANK TO, YOU KNOW, REWORKING AN OIL TANKS, THAT THEY COULD BRING MORE WATER TO THE SCENE. JUST SO MUCH HISTORY. AND PEOPLE FROM ABINGTON WHO HAVE CHANGED HOW VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES WORK ACROSS THE STATE. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT ABINGTON CAB MEETING IS COMING UP THIS THURSDAY AT 6:30 P.M, AND THAT'S IN THE ABINGTON FIRE COMPANY. SO THAT WOULD BE ABINGTON BELCAMP. 
          PERRYMAN. BOX HILL, THAT GENERAL AREA. AND THEN NEXT WEEK, ON JUNE 17TH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE HAVING A HANDGUN VAULT GIVEAWAY. SO THOSE ARE TOTALLY FREE. YOU JUST HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE AND IT'LL BE AT 5 P.M. ON JUNE 17TH. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE REGISTER THAT WAY. 
          YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE THERE FOR YOU TO PICK UP. IT WOULD STINK TO WAIT IN LINE AND FIND OUT THERE'S NO MORE LEFT. I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCED THAT WITH THE NEW SWITCH JUST CAME OUT. BUT YOU KNOW, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SIGN UP. BUT IT'S GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT TO MAKE SURE WE PROPERLY STORE OUR FIREARMS SO THAT WE KEEP CHILDREN IN THE, LIKE, SAFE IN OUR COMPANY. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW JUNETEENTH EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE NAACP WILL BE HAVING ITS JUNETEENTH FREEDOM FIVE-K ON THE 14TH, AND I KNOW MISS ROBERT WILL BE THERE AND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THAT GOING. THIS YEAR, THE WARD Y WILL BE HAVING ITS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON THE 20TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M, AND THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO AND ENJOY EACH YEAR AT THE Y. AND THEN UPPER BAY JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL WILL BE HOSTED AT THE HOSANNA SCHOOL ON THE 21ST FROM 12 TO 6 P.M, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PARTAKE IN THE CELEBRATIONS AROUND JUNETEENTH. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND THERE'S ALSO JUST SO MUCH HISTORY TO LEARN LOCALLY, SO IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GET IN COMMUNITY, TO CELEBRATE, TO LEARN. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE PAST FEW YEARS OF JUNETEENTH EVENTS LOCALLY. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. MISS SADDLES, THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE GRADUATES FROM THE 2025 HARTFORD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY AIDE, TARA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HER UPCOMING EVENTS. WE WILL BE ATTENDING A RIBBON 
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CUTTING FOR THE CULTIVATE BARBERSHOP LOCATED IN THE BLACKSTONE PLAZA OF ABERDEEN ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 10 A.M. AND ON FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH AT 11:30 A.M. THERE'S ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING IN ABERDEEN FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF PORTAL ESCAPE ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MR. RILEY. NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. MR. JORDAN, THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY. AND THEN WE DID THE GRAND OPENING OF OLIVE GARDEN ON COPPER STREET OVER IN BELCAMP. SO GOT TO STAY AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOOD WAS PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN FINALLY TOMORROW, ALONG WITH MY HOME, WILL BE BEHIND THE GATE AT THE APG 250 YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SIR MISS IMHOFF, GOOD EVENING. SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE ARC NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE REGION'S 2025 ANNUAL MEETING THIS PAST WEEK, WHERE THEY GOT TO HONOR A BUNCH OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SOME REALLY REMARKABLE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVICE. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING OF THE OLIVE GARDEN, AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. ON FRIDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR A TOUR OF THE REPAIRS BEING DONE TO ANNIE'S PLAYGROUND. AFTER THE TOUR, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A STRUCTURAL CONCERN, BUT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE MATERIALS THAT WAS USED DURING THE RENOVATIONS LAST YEAR AND THE MANUFACTURE OF THE MATERIAL, AND THE COUNTY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY REOPEN ALL OF ANNIE'S PLAYGROUND BY THE END OF THE MONTH, FINGERS CROSSED. BUT IT'S ALSO RAINING A LOT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF BANDWIDTH, BUT I KNOW EVERYONE'S REALLY EAGER TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING ALONG THOSE LINES. THE BEAR LEGACY TRAIL, LOCATED OFF SOUTH TOLLGATE ROAD, IS STARTING ITS LONG AWAITED REOPENING. THE LONG AWAITED REOPENING IS NOW UNDERWAY, WITH PLANS TO WELCOME VISITORS HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT LITTLE BIT TO STAY INFORMED ON THE BEAR LEGACY TRAIL, I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING UPDATES AND THEN THIS WEEK, IN ADDITION TO GOING TO APG TOMORROW FOR THEIR 250TH ANNIVERSARY, THE ABINGTON COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 630 AT THE ABINGTON FIRE HALL, AND WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED TO ATTEND. 
          THANK YOU, MISS ROBERT. THANK YOU. SO ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, I GOT THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING TWO SPECIAL GRADUATIONS. I ATTENDED THE FUTURE LINK GRADUATION AND THE HARFORD ACADEMY GRADUATION, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THOSE YOUTH BE ABLE TO BLOSSOM THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AS I SAID TO EVERYONE, THEY SHOULD BE HANDING OUT A BOX OF TISSUES FOR THOSE GRADUATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND THE VIDEOS THEY SHOWED, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH STARTED THE DAY WITH THE INTER COUNTY OUTREACH. THEY WERE LAUNCHING A TOUR OF THEIR FUTURE HOME OF THE PARADISE PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FACILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. SHE HAS PLANS TO OFFER SERVICES FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO RETIRE AND BE ON THE PROPERTY TO CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, FROM BIRTH TO WHATEVER. PRETTY MUCH SHE WAS COVERING THE GAMUT ON THAT, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS WITH ME. AND THEN WE WENT TO THE ABERDEEN FIRE COMPANY FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AS WELL. AND TO ECHO, MR. BENNETT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE HISTORY BEHIND, YOU KNOW, 1925, WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO PRESENT. SO WE'VE REALLY COME A LONG WAY WITH SAVING PEOPLE AND FASTER SERVICE FOR DOING THAT AS WELL. I TOO AM GOING TO THE APG TOUR TOMORROW AND YES, PLEASE, WE ARE FOR THE FREEDOM FIVE K FESTIVAL AND RUN ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH. IT WILL BE AT THE EDGELEY GROVE PARK, MA AND PA TRAIL FROM 8 TO 11. AND NOT ONLY ARE WE RUNNING AND WALKING, BUT AT THE END WE WILL HAVE KONA ICE AND DIVERGENT DONUTS AND VENDORS AND FACE PAINTING. AND I WELCOME EVERYONE TO COME. WE TRY TO MAKE IT VERY HEALTH ORIENTED, SO THE VENDORS ARE ALL THERE TO GIVE INFORMATION OUT. AND THEN ON SATURDAY AS WELL IS RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THERE IS OUR NEXT COMMUNITY CLEANUP OF BULK TRASH DISPOSAL FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. CAN GO TO THE LOCATION 
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AND DROP OFF ANY BULK TRASH. THANK YOU, MISS ROBERT. YOU HAD ME AT DIVERGENT DONUTS. SO 16 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT. AS YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES, WE CONTINUE TO BE ALL OVER THE COUNTY AT EVERY EVENT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BE AT. YOU HEARD ABOUT THE OLIVE GARDEN RIBBON CUTTING, THE ABINGTON FIRE COMPANY'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS REALLY, I THINK, ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR FIRST HAND FROM HOWARD MCCOMAS, WHO IS THE OLDEST LIVING ABINGTON FIREFIGHTER, AND HE GAVE A LOT OF HISTORY THERE WITH WITH THE COMPANY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE ABINGTON OR MORRISVILLE OR DARLINGTON OR WHOEVER, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE, THE CITIZENS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTY TO PROVIDE GREAT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR US. SO BUT ALSO, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE GREATER HARTFORD LUNCHEON, WHERE WE COULD HEAR FROM TOM SADOWSKI SPEAK AND PRESENT ON HIS WORK WITH METCO, HOW THEY'RE ASSISTING BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND ESPECIALLY THE NEW RACING FACILITY COMING TO PIMLICO. AND THEN LATER ON THE GREATER BEL AIR EVENT. WE WENT THERE FOR THAT. AND THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE HOME2 SUITES IN ABERDEEN, THE HARFORD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, INTERCOUNTY OUTREACH AS AS MISS ROBERTS SAID, THE SHA HOPE SURFING RECOVERY CHORALE EVENT EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED. I KNOW THEY RAISED SOME SOME GOOD MONEY THERE FOR THAT PROJECT. I'M GOING TO SAY JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT HAD TO BE 400 PEOPLE THERE. IT WAS A BIG EVENT AND THEN SADLY, I HAVE TO ENLIGHTEN EVERYONE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE LOST ANOTHER PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY, MADISON MITCHELL JUNIOR PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WAS A 34 YEAR EMPLOYEE AT HARFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT FROM 1965 TO 1999. HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT AND HELPED HARFORD COUNTY MOVED INTO CHARTER GOVERNMENT. HE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE IN HAVRE DE GRACE, THE SUSQUEHANNA LODGE, FOR 60 YEARS. HE'S A HARFORD LIVING TREASURE, AN ARMY VETERAN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, HE WORKED AT THE CITY OF HAVRE DE GRACE VISITOR CENTER FOR YEARS. HE MANAGED SAINT JOHN'S TOWERS IN HAVRE DE GRACE. FOR YEARS HE WORKED ON THE SKIPJACK MARTHA LEWIS LEWIS PROJECT FOR A LOT OF YEARS HE WAS A PRESIDENT OF THE MADISON MITCHELL ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR 37 YEARS. HIS FATHER SET THIS TRUST UP BEFORE HE PASSED TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AND PRESENT ARTIFACTS TO HAVRE DE GRACE DECOY MUSEUM. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91, AND I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE KEEP THE MITCHELL FAMILY, THE HYDE FAMILY AND THE SHANK FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. 
          AND THEN TOMORROW I'D LIKE TO WISH MY GRANDSON, JAKE, A HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MET HIM. HE IS AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN AND HAPPY TO STILL HAVE HIM HERE. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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