Sep 02, 2025 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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FOR THREE. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. CALLS TO ORDER. LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 25 ZERO 22. I WOULD PLEASE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBERT. 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. GRACIOUS GOD, AS WE GATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE AND SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY, AND WE ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER THIS CHAMBER, ITS MEMBERS AND ALL WHO WILL COME BEFORE US IN THE YEAR AHEAD. GRANT US WISDOM THAT RISES ABOVE PARTIZANSHIP PARTIZANSHIP COURAGE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE JUST AND FAIR, AND COMPASSION FOR EVERY RESIDENT WHO LIVES ARE TOUCHED BY OUR WORK. MAY OUR DEBATES BE MARKED BY RESPECT, OUR ACTIONS BY INTEGRITY, AND OUR CHOICES, BY A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND WORKPLACES. STRENGTHEN US TO BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON ENSURING PROGRESS, JUSTICE AND UNITY FOR OUR COUNTY. BLESS THIS ENTIRE YEAR OF SERVICE. MAY OUR WORK HERE HONOR THE TRUST PLACED IN US AND REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF HARFORD COUNTY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, MISS ROBERT. COUNCIL. MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO

[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]

AGENDA FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS.

FIRST, WE HAVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT FOR COUNCILWOMAN IMHOF TO THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE.

MISS IMHOFF, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR MISSION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU. MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO ONE ELSE, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I. MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF. I MR. I MR. RILEY. MRS. I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMAN GIORDANO TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS IMHOFF. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND TO APPROVE MR. GIORDANO TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. 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. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. JAMES V CAPTAIN JIM MCMAHON COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS MAY HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMAN GIORDANO AS COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE. JAMES V CAPTAIN JIM MCMAHON COMMISSION ON VETERANS.

THANK YOU. MR. MAY HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS ROBERT. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE MR. GIORDANO TO THE COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. BROWN IS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US. MR. JOHNSON, I BELIEVE IT IS. YES. COULDN'T. COULDN'T THINK OF HIS NAME. AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE THIS EVENING. SO. MR. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT HONOR. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY THAT HAS NOT HAD MILITARY SERVICE. MY FATHER WAS A NAVY VET. MY SISTER WAS A NAVY VET. MY TWO NEPHEWS ARE IN. ONE'S A NAVY VET. THE OTHER ONE'S STILL IN THE NAVY ON A NUCLEAR BALLISTIC SUB. MY BROTHER IN LAW IS AN ARMY, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH MR. BROWN A COUPLE OF TIMES ON SOME THINGS, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THE VETS I GO TO TRY TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND HARFORD COUNTY, AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP THEM. I'LL REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE COMMANDERS AND EVERYTHING AND SEE, SEE IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY HELP FROM US.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, I

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SO IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY MRS. I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE MAY HAVE A MOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE HAZEL NEWSOME AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I'M SECOND. WAS THAT MISS EMHOFF? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MISS THOMPSON AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS IMHOFF? SURE. I WAS ABLE TO READ UP ON THE FLOWER LADY BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND I AM JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A MASTER GARDENER AS WELL. AND SO, READING UP ON A LOT OF YOUR INFORMATION REALLY REFLECTED ON HER WATCHING ME GROW WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. AND I'M JUST BEYOND THRILLED THAT YOU ARE A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MY DISTRICT.

ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE.

THE HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE IS HEREBY APPROVED. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, I'D LIKE TO BRING MR. OVERBAY UP. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND I RESPECTFULLY BRING FORWARD MR. MATTHEW CROPP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CONFIRMATION AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, MR. CROPP WAS NAMED THE ACTING DIRECTOR IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND WAS FORMALLY SUBMITTED OVER THE SUMMER DURING THE COUNCIL'S RECESS. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN TONIGHT'S FIRST MEETING OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. MR. CROPP HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING, HAVING SERVED 30 YEARS IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES AND REALLY, TRULY KNOWS THE DEPARTMENT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. SO VERY PLEASED THAT HE HAS STEPPED FORWARD WITH A WILLINGNESS TO LEAD A TREMENDOUS TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY, AND WOULD ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING OF MR. CROPP IN THAT CAPACITY. AND I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HAVE MR. GRIMM IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO WORKED WITH MR. CROPP AND IS HERE TO SUPPORT HIM THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE HE WILL TELL YOU HE SERVED UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF QUITE A FEW EXCELLENT DIRECTORS, MR. GRIMM BEING ONE OF THEM, FOR SURE. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW CROPP AS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. MAY HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MATT CROPP AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT, MR. BENNETT, I PLAN TO VOTE YES ON MR. CROPP, BUT I WAS HOPING IF MR. OBEY IF IT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF ORDER TO ASK HIM JUST BECAUSE THE LETTER WE GOT WAS DATED AUGUST 27TH ABOUT THE REQUEST TO HAVE US VOTE ON THIS, WHICH WAS LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, LIKE WHEN DID THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE DETERMINE THAT THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON MR. CROPP? JUST BECAUSE WITH THE LACK OF TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS LIKE SCHEDULE A MEETING TO GET TO KNOW THEM, TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I SEE AS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF PLANNING AND ZONING, TO ASK

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MISS WRIGHT, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? SHE IS NOT STILL A GLOWING REVIEW. SO, MISS DIXON, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MRS. ROBERT. HI, MRS. EMHOFF. HI, MR. GIORDANO.

HI, MR. RILEY. MRS. HI, MR. BENNETT. HI THERE. BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO AND NEGATIVE, THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. JAMES V CAPTAIN JIM MCMAHON, COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF COLONEL TROY JOHNSON. MAY HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY.

IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT FOR THE VETERANS AFFAIRS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MISS IMHOFF, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO TOUR ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, NALANDA AND I WERE ABLE TO SIT AND HAVE LUNCH WITH COLONEL JOHNSON, AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT HIM COMING TO HARFORD COUNTY. AND WE HOPE THAT HE REALLY, DEFINITELY JUST MAKES HARFORD COUNTY HIS HOME. AND WE HOPE THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST WELL TO HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, MR. GIORDANO, I MR. RILEY, MRS. ROSADO I MR. BENNETT I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IS ZERO AND A NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. AND, COLONEL, IF YOU WOULD TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU SIR. AGENDA NUMBER

[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]

NUMSEN. MISS IMHOFF, IF YOU WOULD STEP DOWN IN THE WILL, MISS NUMSEN, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND BRING WHOEVER YOU WOULD LIKE WITH YOU. YOU COME STAND. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

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THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT TIME. OKAY. WHEREAS HAZEL NUMSEN HAS RESIDED IN HARFORD COUNTY FOR 65 YEARS, DURING WHICH TIME SHE RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS IN THE FALLSTON AREA. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FALLSTON SWIM CLUB, AND WAS FEATURED IN THE EGIS FOR HER WORK. FOR HER WORK WITH THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE, MISS NEWSOM ALSO HAS TRAVELED TO EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES, OFTEN DEPARTING FROM FALLSTON AIRPORT. AND WHEREAS MRS. NUMSEN WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE FLOWER LADY, SHE HAD SHOPS IN FALLSTON AND BEL AIR AND BECAME A MASTER FLOWER SHOW JUDGE IN 1971, AS WELL AS A LANDSCAPE DESIGN CRITIC AND INSTRUCTOR WITH THE LECTURER OF FLOWING FLOWER ARRANGING, THE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN CLUB IN BEL AIR, WHICH RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS 51ST YEAR, EVOLVED FROM A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT CLASS HELD BY MRS. NUMSEN. SHE APPEARED ON THE PROGRAM PEOPLE ARE TALKING WITH OPRAH WINFREY IN THE LATE 1980S TO DISCUSS FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AND DESIGN, WHERE SHE CREATED AN ARRANGEMENT FOR OPRAH'S PERSONAL USE AND THE.

PROGRAM SETS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE CONTRIBUTED TO LANDSCAPE DESIGNS FOR THE FALLSTON SWIM CLUB AND THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GOOD SHEPHERD, AND WHEREAS MRS. NUMSEN WAS A PROFESSIONAL COLOR CONSULTANT, HELPING PEOPLE CHOOSE THE BEST COLORS FOR THEM TO WEAR. SHE WAS FEATURED IN SELF MAGAZINE IN 1995, AFTER BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONALLY CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPISTS IN HARFORD COUNTY, SHE CONTINUED PRACTICING MASSAGE UNTIL 2020, WHEN COVID 19 PANDEMIC BEGAN. NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON A SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM HAZEL NUMSEN, A HARFORD COUNTY LIVING TREASURER. AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN THAT HER LIFETIME EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HARFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD WHICH WILL RECALL THE PAST, INFORM THE PRESENT, AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARFORD COUNTY, AND THAT HER MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ORAL HISTORIAN, AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY. WOULD YOU DO YOUR BEST TO STAY IN? THANK YOU. VERY. WHERE'S THE MIC? OH, SORRY. THANKS. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO LIVE IN HERTFORD COUNTY, I LOVE IT. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE THEY DONE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS? IF I COULD HAVE EVERYBODY STAY UP THERE FOR JUST A FEW MORE PHOTOS. THERE'S A LOT OF PHOTOS. THAT'S GREAT.

WE HAVE THE FOUR OF YOU SHOOT TO YOUR LEFT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS ARE ALL SET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AGENDA NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. THE KLEIN FAMILY

[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

GOOD EVENING, LADIES. SO I'M HEATHER DIAMOND, AND HI, MY NAME IS MONIQUE BURGESS. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND TELL OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. WE'RE BASED OUT OF THE CRISIS CENTER, AND WE WORK FOR THE LEAD PROGRAM. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SURE. THERE WE GO. SO JUST LIKE HEATHER HAD SAID, WE ARE WITH THE LEAD PROGRAM, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION, WHICH AS OF NOW WE WORK WITH BELLAIRE ABERDEEN AND HARVEY GRACE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE LOW LEVEL, NONVIOLENT CRIMES THAT ARE COMMITTED IN THIS AREA. BUT THEY'RE ALSO DUE TO THEY HAVE

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I HAD A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS UNDER SHELTER BECAUSE IT WAS STORMING IN DISGRACE, AND THEY CALLED THE STATION SAYING THAT THEY THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS TRESPASSING. SO THE OFFICERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE AND THEY JUST TRIED TO CHAT WITH HIM. IT WAS A YOUNG MAN. HE WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE WEATHER. SO WHEN I GOT IN CONTACT WITH THEM, I ACTUALLY WENT AND I SPOKE TO HIM AND HE WAS HOMELESS. HE WAS 19. HE WASN'T SURE WHERE HE WANTED TO GO IN LIFE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BUT THERE WAS, I THINK, SOME MENTAL HEALTH UNDERLYING ISSUES. SO I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET HIM INTO THE KLEIN FAMILY CENTER, WHERE WE KEPT HIM OVERNIGHT FOR A FEW DAYS SO WE COULD GET SURE HIS MAKE SURE HIS MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAS STABILIZED. HE WAS NOT ON THE STREETS, HE WAS FED, HE WAS SAFE, AND WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM INTO OUR WELCOME SHELTER IN BELCAMP AND THEN STOP. REFERRALS ARE THAT THE CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE MUCH STOP REFERRALS, AND I DON'T THINK MO DOES EITHER. BUT YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF MAKING THOSE ARRESTS, IT'S JUST A SOCIAL REFERRAL. WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THIS ISN'T THIS AS A CRIME. HOWEVER, THERE'S THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT MO AND I KNOW ABOUT. AND THEN WE CAN JUST KIND OF HELP THEM BETTER THEMSELVES AND MAKE THEM HAPPY AND SAFE. RIGHT. AND ALSO, TOO, I WILL SPEAK TO THE POINT OF THE SOCIAL REFERRALS. JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT GENTLEMAN WAS TRESPASSING. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POURED INTO ACTUALLY CHARGING HIM WITH TRESPASSING, GETTING HIM EITHER A STATE'S ATTORNEY OR MAYBE HE DID HAVE SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT LAWYER. ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY DIVERTED, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO TO LEAN ON THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY GET HIM STARTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN A WHOLE, WE REALLY DID SAVE TIME AND MONEY. SO THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AS WELL. AND THEN THE VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT REALLY JUST CENTERS AROUND ALL OF OUR WORK, OUR OPERATIONAL WORK GROUP MEETINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE POLICE STATIONS WITH THE LIEUTENANTS, THE SERGEANTS, THE CAPTAINS OF THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE NOT ONLY ABLE TO REVIEW THE CURRENT CASES THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS. WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY REVIEW PROTOCOLS. WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, IS THIS PERSON RECEIVING A CITATION OR WAS IT JUST A WARNING? SO, YOU KNOW, BY US WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE STATIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT EVEN WHEN YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A POLICE OFFICER, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AND WHAT SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT STEPS? SO I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH THAT, CAN I JUST SPEAK ON THAT WITH THESE OPERATIONAL WORK GROUP MEETINGS? I THINK ALSO AS A SO WE WORK WITH BEL AIR AND ABERDEEN, AND I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE ALL CAME TOGETHER REALLY WELL FOR THOSE POLICE STATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TOUCH BASE WITH EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT IT'S MAYBE BROUGHT A STRONGER BOND THAT WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR AREA OR HARFORD COUNTY AND NOT JUST OUR LITTLE AREAS THAT WE HAVE. WE JUST ALL WORK AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE HARFORD COUNTY AS A WHOLE IS TAKEN CARE OF. AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE HERE, I THINK THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING REALLY GOOD. RIGHT.

AND SO WE FEEL ALSO BY BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT LEAD, GET EVERYONE ON BOARD, AND ACTUALLY NOT ONLY INCREASE PARTICIPATION WITH THE OTHER. SO THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO ANYONE ELSE WHO'S A STAKEHOLDER WHO PROBABLY IS NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT LEAD. AND SO AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND AND ACTUALLY HELP HARFORD COUNTY AS, AS A WHOLE. SO I'M ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT LEADS. SO MY QUESTION RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE IS WITH ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN THESE YOUNG FOLKS, HAS IT LESSENED CRIME? I FEEL IT HAS. DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS OR ANYTHING? JUST CURIOUS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY STATISTICS WITH ME, BUT THE POLICE STATION WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE STATISTICS BECAUSE PART OF OUR OPERATIONAL WORK GROUP MEETING IS GOING OVER THOSE NUMBERS. HOW MANY NUANCED CALLS DID YOU RECEIVE? WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, RETENTION RATE? WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY CALLED, BUT MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED, TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VERSUS GOING STRAIGHT TO JAIL? HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY WENT TO JAIL? I JUST HAD A LADY ASK ME, OKAY, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT COST TO POLICE? SOMEONE IN JAIL FOR 30 DAYS? I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW UP AT SOME POINT WITH SOME NUMBERS? I WOULD PREFER YOU GUYS DO IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AND JUST EMAIL IT TO COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR AND SHE'LL DISPERSE IT AMONGST ALL OF US. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE

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AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, I THINK, EXCITING TO SEE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND TO SEE THAT RECOGNITION, ESPECIALLY IN ABERDEEN AND IN HAVRE DE GRACE. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE A FEW MORE OF THOSE, LIKE PERSONAL STORIES LIKE, LIKE THAT WERE SHARED IN THE NEWS STORY THAT WAS ON TV BECAUSE I THINK ABERDEEN'S WHERE YOU'VE BEEN THE LONGEST.

YES. IF YOU COULD SHARE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE STORIES OF ABERDEEN WHERE PEOPLE SAID, OH, WAIT, LIKE THERE'S HELP OUT THERE THAT CAN MAKE ME STOP, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE YOU INTERACT WITH ARE LIKE, THE POLICE MIGHT INTERACT WITH THEM 17 TIMES IN A MONTH OVER THE TINIEST STUFF OF LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING TRASH ON THE GROUND, ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEY'RE EATING THERE OR THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE SOME OF THOSE STORIES THAT WERE FEATURED, THAT THERE WAS THE ONE WOMAN WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE TRAIN STATION THAT I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY POWERFUL STORY. YES, I WAS GOING TO SAY AND TO THAT STORY AS WELL, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD A FAMILY. HE THEY WERE HOMELESS AND THEY WERE PARKED OUT IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT IS CONSIDERED TRESPASSING. AND SO THE OFFICER APPROACHED HIM. HE DID SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HAVING SOME SOME DIFFICULT TIMES. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE, I'M ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM HIM. AND HONESTLY, LIKE HE HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. HE WAS A LITTLE BIT RESISTANT TO HELP BECAUSE THE STIGMA OF HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN OR EVEN A MENTAL ILLNESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST ME HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND LETTING HIM KNOW, LIKE, LISTEN, THAT THAT'S LIFE. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND YOU JUST DON'T EVEN YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T ASK. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF LIKE DISBAND THE STIGMA, ABLE TO GET HIM THERAPY, BUT ALSO TO IN THAT MATTER OF TIME, WE WORKED ON GETTING A JOB AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET A JOB WITHIN THAT TWO WEEKS, AND HE WAS ABLE TO FIND AN APARTMENT, AN APARTMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN HIM AND HIS FAMILY. AND SO HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING. HE'S NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, PARKED OUT THERE AT THE LIBRARY. AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO JUST WITH THAT, WITH THAT MOTIVATION. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE LIKE, OKAY, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR ME RIGHT NOW, THEN I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. AND SO I HONESTLY, HAVING A CASE MANAGER THAT CAN CREATIVELY SAY, HEY, LET'S TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE END RESULT IS JAIL AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO LET'S TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. LET'S REALLY ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. LET'S WORK ON A ON A GOOD TIMELINE BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. AND LET'S SEE WHAT THE TURNOVER, YOU KNOW, LEADS TO.

SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND HONESTLY MY FIRST COUPLE DAYS THAT'S WHAT I HAD ENCOUNTERED. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE AT THE PARK AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A NEGATIVE STIGMA ON THEM OR THEY'RE SITTING AROUND, THEY'RE TRASHING THE PARK. AND SO HONESTLY, JUST BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAND OUT FOOD AND CLOTHING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THEN GOING BACK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAND THINGS OUT, TO BE ABLE TO MEET HERE ALL AT ONE TIME. LET'S WORK ON KEEPING THIS PARK CLEAN. AND HONESTLY, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, PARK WAS CLEAN. AND SO TO HAVE AN OFFICER COME BACK AND SAY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH, I JUST SAID, HEY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IT CLEAN. IT WORKED. AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THERE, WE'RE ABLE TO HAND OUT RESOURCES AND WE'RE ABLE TO JUST REALLY KEEP THE WORD SPREADING. SO THAT WAY YOU GET ONE PERSON TURNS INTO FIVE PEOPLE, WHICH TURNS INTO TEN PEOPLE. AND NOW YOU'VE HAD A WHOLE VILLAGE COME BECAUSE THEY HEARD ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE. SO AND I KNOW YOU SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT TAKES WORK OFF OF OFFICERS PLATES. ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKED, ONE OF THE ABERDEEN POLICE OFFICERS SAID IN THE NEWS STORY IS, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES THEY INTERACT WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO HELP, BUT ALL THE TOOLS ON THEIR TOOL BELT AREN'T REALLY EQUIPPED FOR THE SITUATION. AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT REALLY JUST NEED A HAND UP VERSUS HANDCUFFS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT LINE. BUT JUST THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY A DANGER TO ANYONE. THEY'RE JUST STUCK IN A RUT THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HELP THEM OUT OF. AND IT'S SO NICE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL POLICE HAVE YOU TO CALL AND SAY, LIKE, HEY, THERE'S THIS PERSON I'VE INTERACTED WITH SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH, CAN YOU JUST SEE WHAT'S UP AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HELP THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WHO, AFTER DUTY OR TRYING TO GOOGLE THINGS AND LOOK

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WE'RE HERE FOR HARFORD COUNTY, WE'RE HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.

THAT'S JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR WORD OUT. I KNEW WHEN I TURNED THAT WAY, I KNEW YOU TWO WERE GOING TO BE ON IT, MISS ROBERT, A GREAT PRESENTATION, AND I'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS FOR JUVENILE ARREST. DO YOU GUYS INTERVENE AT ALL WITH JUVENILE ARREST? SO WE DO NOT WE DO DEAL WITH 18 AND OLDER. HOWEVER, IF THAT COMES. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR OFFICERS. SO IF THEY DO SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A JUVENILE AND IT'S BEHAVIOR OR MENTAL HEALTH, WE STILL AT THE KLEIN FAMILY CENTER. WE CAN STILL HELP THEM AND WE CAN TAKE THEM THERE WHERE THEY'LL DO AN EVALUATION, AND THEN THEY WILL GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AS A JUVENILE TO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER BETTER THEMSELVES. WE DON'T HANDLE JUVENILES ON THE LEAD PROGRAM. OKAY. AND AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT HOW MANY REFERRALS DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE GETTING COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OR THE POLICE? I JUST GOT THREE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS FROM HARVEY GRACE. OKAY. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT EVERY DAY, HOWEVER, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OFFICERS THAT WE WORK WITH, THEY'RE REALLY INTO IT. THEY'RE REALLY INTO THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ARREST PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY NEED TO BE ARRESTED. SO I CAN SPEAK WITHIN THE LAST THREE DAYS, I'VE GOTTEN THREE. OKAY. AND THEN MONIQUE HAS THEM ALL THE TIME. I'M SORRY I LAUGHED WHEN I GET THIS QUESTION. WE HAD WENT TO A MEETING PREVIOUSLY, AND THEY WERE STATING THAT YOU WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIKE 12 TO 15 PEOPLE ON YOUR CASELOAD. I HAVE 36. YEAH, WELL, I WAS I USED TO WORK FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE AND THEY WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. AND I HAD 60, NOT 30. SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES. IS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMING INTO EDGEWOOD AREA, JOPPATOWNE AREA TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE SAME SERVICES WITH OUR OFFICERS? WE ARE PRIMARILY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LOCAL POLICE. SO HAS THAT BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE HIGHER UPS AT ALL? I THINK THAT'S OUR GOAL, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE ALL HARFORD COUNTY WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. THAT IS HIGHER UP THAN US. HOWEVER, WITH THAT EDGEWOOD, YOU KNOW, AREA, THAT WOULD BE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SO I THINK OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO BE WITH HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THERE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER UP THAN US. BUT YEAH, THAT IS OUR GOAL, I KNOW, TO GET ALL OF HARFORD COUNTY, I MEAN, BUT ALSO THE MORE WE TALK, IT'S MORE THAN MAYBE THE MORE OUR GRANT WOULD BE FUNDED. AND THEN THE MORE THAN JUST MONIQUE AND I, WE WOULD BE MAYBE THREE PEOPLE. MAYBE FOUR PEOPLE. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THE BIGGER PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US, THE MORE SUPPORT WE HAVE. AND IF PEOPLE LIKE WHAT WE DO, THEN WE CAN JUST HANDLE IT ALL AROUND AND HAVE HELP. INSTEAD OF THAT MANY PEOPLE. I AGREE, AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE HOME, NOT IN JAIL. SO AND I THINK ALSO I FEEL LIKE FOR ME, AS IN HAVRE DE GRACE, PEOPLE ARE NOW WE'RE COMFORTABLE COMING TO THE POLICE STATION IF THEY'RE IN NEED AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID, LIKE, HEY, CAN I PLEASE SPEAK TO HEATHER? YOU KNOW, AND I JUST AS FOR ME, I LOOK AT MY POLICE OFFICERS, I'VE ALWAYS GROWN UP THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR MY SAFETY, SO. AND WE'RE KIND OF BREAKING THE STIGMA. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO BE MEAN. THEY'RE HERE TO HELP US. SO. EXACTLY, MISS IMHOFF, THANK YOU. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH BALTIMORE CRISIS RESPONSE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU GUYS SERVICING PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE CALLED FOR SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? I DO NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER. I DO KNOW WE DO. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE MOBILE CRISIS OF HARFORD COUNTY. I KNOW THEY DEAL A LOT WITH ADOLESCENTS, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF ABOVE US. SO I THINK OUR MANAGER AT THE KLEIN FAMILY CENTER ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING TODAY SPEAKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT. SO WE'LL SEE. I WOULD JUST SAY, ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU IN WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH

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ANYONE ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND IF YOU CAN GET US SOME MORE INFORMATION, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT FOR SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]

[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]

[14. NEW BUSINESS]

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THEY WILL CONTACT US FIRST IF THERE IS PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT REQUESTS THAT REQUIRE THEM TO GET INTO OUR DATA, THEY WILL APPOINT SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATORS. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. THEY WON'T LOOK AT IT. THEY'LL PROVIDE IT TO US. WE WILL WE WILL HANDLE IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT. IF YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE, IF YOU'VE LOGGED ON TO YOUR COMPUTER MORE RECENTLY, THE NOTICE HAS CHANGED. SO IT WAS TAILORED. AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION DOING THAT. THEY TAILORED THE ACCESS NOTICE SO THAT IT FITS WITH THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS. IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY ICT AND THE ADMINISTRATION. THEY'VE SIGNED IT. I'VE SIGNED IT FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY. OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE HAS TO DISCUSS IT AND SIGN IT AND APPROVE IT SO THAT IT CAN BE FULLY EXECUTED AND WE CAN PROVIDE IT BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. MISS. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? MR. RILEY? WHO ARE THEY CONTACTING TO GET ACCESS INTO OUR EMAIL, THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR OR HER DESIGNEE.

SO WHAT THEY WILL DO IS IF THEY HAVE TO GET INTO AND THERE WOULDN'T BE A REASON, IT REALLY WOULD BE FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST BECAUSE WE WE GET THOSE AND THEY GET THEM OFTEN. AND SOMETIMES IF IT'S FOR COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVING THE COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN SERVER. WE CANNOT ACCESS ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE IT PEOPLE. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO ACCESS WHATEVER THE SEARCH TERMS ARE. THEY WILL CONTACT THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR OR MYSELF AND SAY, WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FOR THIS COMMUNICATION. THIS IS WHAT FITS, THIS IS WHAT HITS. AND THEN THEY WILL PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO US, AND THEN I WILL READ THEM FOR LEGAL ISSUES AND GET THEM OUT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT THEY'LL BE ONE POINT OF CONTACT. AND IN THE AGREEMENT IT IS THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR OR HER DESIGNEE.

SO IF YOU WANT ACCESS TO MY EMAILS, MILO IS GOING TO GIVE THE APPROVAL. NO, I DON'T I SAID THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ADMINISTRATION, IF THEY SHE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE THE APPROVAL, SHE'S GOING TO BE CONTACTED BY THEM. OKAY. TO SAY AND THEN IF IT'S NOT A LEGITIMATE REASON, THEN WE'RE NOT. IF I THINK IT'S NOT. AND SHE DOES. RIGHT. WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN WRITTEN PERMISSION TO THEM. AND IT'S ONLY GOING WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. WE'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE UNFETTERED. WHAT IF I DON'T AGREE WITH WHO YOU'RE DISCUSSING IT WITH? DISCUSSING WHAT WITH THE THE ACCESS TO MY EMAILS. I WOULD ONLY BE DISCUSSING IT WITH THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR. AND YOU.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO DISCUSS IT WITH. AND WHAT IS IT, A VOTE? OR IF I SAY NO, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN? YEAH. I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I'M NOT I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT AT ALL. WELL, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IN HERE WOULD.

WELL, THE THE OTHER OPTION IS THERE'S NO LIMIT AND THEY WILL JUST HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS WITHOUT TELLING US AT ALL THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BECAUSE WE WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION. SO, IF I MAY, YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO FIX THIS WITHOUT SPENDING AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BRING OUR OWN I.T. DEPARTMENT IN HERE, TO BRING OUR OWN SERVER IN HERE, AND ALL THE TECHNICIANS, AND PROBABLY HAVE TO CHANGE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT HERE, TOO. SO WE DID THIS TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. THAT'S THAT THAT SOUNDS GOOD. IT'S A FACT. BUT THAT'S A FARCE, BECAUSE ALL THEY GOT TO DO IS ASK ME WHETHER I PERMIT THEM TO GET INTO MY EMAILS, AND THAT WOULD NOT COST THEM A DIME. NO, BUT WE CAN PUT IT IN THE MEMORANDUM. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, DID THEY THE LAST TIME. BUT WE COULD PUT IT IN THE MEMORANDUM DOESN'T COST A DIME. THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYBODY WOULD VOTE FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION ON THAT. I DO, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, I COMMEND MISS ALGAE FOR THE EFFORTS THAT SHE MADE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SITTING AND TALKING AND DISCUSSING THIS THROUGH. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITHOUT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S THE ULTIMATE. WELL, IT DOES TO ME. OKAY. AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE REST OF THEM FEEL.

THAT'S FINE. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MR. BENNETT? MISS? THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZE THE LEGAL COMPLEXITIES OF NEGOTIATING AN MOU AND GETTING YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH PARTIES BE WILLING TO SIGN IT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M SURE THERE'S A MILLION THINGS WE WOULD WISH WE COULD PUT INTO THIS MOU. BUT YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION TO SIGN IT TO JOIN YOU IN THAT. AND IF THEY CAN'T OR WON'T, YOU HAVE NOTHING. SO I RECOGNIZE THOSE COMPLEXITIES IN NEGOTIATIONS AND I THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. MY QUESTION IS THIS MOU OR I GUESS WE SAY MOA. YEP.

UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENT. YEP. I DON'T HAVE A LAW DEGREE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE

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AND THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL. YES, ABSOLUTELY. A LOT BETTER THAN JUST HANDING OFF HUNDREDS OF EMAILS OR OR THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEWING THOSE EMAILS AND DETERMINING WHETHER THEY'RE RESPONSIVE TO A PIA REQUEST, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN. IT'S NOT OUR SERVER. THEY COULD HAVE PULLED ALL YOUR EMAILS, REVIEWED THEM AND PROVIDED THEM TO THE ATTORNEYS, DONE A LEGAL REVIEW, I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WHAT'S RESPONSIVE, WHAT CAN BE DISCLOSED, WHAT CAN'T. BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID. AND THAT THAT WAS AVOIDED. YEAH. SO MISS IMHOFF, SO WITH ALL THE MOU AND MOAS THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, THERE'S AN EXPIRATION DATE AND A REVIEW DATE, WOULD THAT GO ALONG WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TURNOVER OR WOULD THAT BE A YEARLY LIKE THERE IS AN END BUT IT CAN AT ANY TIME CAN BE CAN BE REVISED OF COURSE. NULLED ON EITHER. WELL IT EVEN SAYS THERE'S THERE'S PROVISIONS IN HERE FOR AMENDMENTS THAT THAT CAN ALWAYS HAPPEN AS WITH ANY OTHER AGREEMENT. BUT YOU KNOW THERE YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT A TERMINATION ON IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING. YOU WANTED TO KEEP GOING, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY CAN'T BE AMENDED. AND THERE'S AMENDMENT PROVISIONS IN HERE. AND I'M I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST. BUT IN MY OUTSIDE WORLD I'VE BECAUSE OF WORKING IN TRAUMA, MY NOTES HAVE BEEN SUBPOENAED ON MANY OCCASIONS. SUBPOENAED. YES. AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS. BUT IN THOSE SITUATIONS YOU DO CONCEPT AS MANY LAYERS OF ASSISTANCE AND LEGAL SUPPORT IN BETWEEN YOU AND THE REQUESTER IS APPRECIATED. SO IN IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN HELPFUL. AND I TRUST ANY ADDITIONAL COVERAGE. COVERAGE.

YEAH. YEAH. YEP. FIREWALL IF YOU WILL. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN TRUST. YEAH. DON'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS THROWING STONES AT YOUR NEGOTIATIONS. OKAY, I KNOW THAT.

BUT MY COLLEAGUE AT THE END KIND OF SAID THAT. HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, HAVE YOU ASKED THEM WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD AGREE TO WHETHER THE COUNCIL MEMBER THEMSELVES WOULD WOULD APPROVE IT OR NOT? THEY WHEN WE DID OUR NEGOTIATIONS, THEY THEY SAID THEY WANTED ONE POINT OF CONTACT, ONE POINT OF CONTACT AT THE COUNCIL TO THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WE NEED TO GIVE WRITTEN PERMISSION. AND INSTEAD OF HAVING SEVEN POINTS OF CONTACT OR SIX POINTS OF CONTACT, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION IN THE BACK AND FORTH. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S TOO IT'S TOO MUCH WORK TO GO THROUGH 1 TO 6. I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS. THAT'S WHAT THE WHEN THEY DRAFTED AND PUT GAVE COMMENTS BACK. HAVE YOU NEGOTIATED BACK THAT HEY CAN WE TALK TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. NO, BUT WE WILL WE WILL DO THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW YOU I DON'T KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT GO WITH WHAT I SAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR ISSUE. WE CAN HANDLE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THEY DON'T. IF WE HAVE ONE POINT OF CONTACT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. I DON'T TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSION. I'M TALKING ABOUT APPROVAL. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT

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NO ONE WANTS TO GET INTO THAT. BUT CORRECT. IF THEY DO THAT WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN PERMISSION, THEN THEY'LL BE BREACHING THIS MOA. WELL, WE. HOW WILL WE KNOW? WELL, THAT'S MY OTHER BIG QUESTION. I KNOW THAT IS A VERY FAIR QUESTION, BUT WITHOUT COUNCIL HAVING $5 MILLION TO SECURE OUR OWN IT SERVER, WE WILL HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ACCESSING NOW. IT'S TRUST, RIGHT? OKAY. AND AND IF AND IF WE FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BREACHING THIS DOCUMENT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE AN I.T DEPARTMENT.

AND WE DID LOOK AND WE DID LOOK AT THE COST OF, OF SERVER. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS A SERVER BACKUP, THEN WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE ALL OUR OWN EQUIPMENT. IT'D HAVE TO BE MONITORED. WE'D HAVE TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE PHONE SYSTEM.

SO IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE. I UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT, BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW.

HEY, YOU YOU FILE INTO MY EMAILS, I, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO I WANT TO CHOP YOUR HAND OFF.

AND THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. WE DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE SERVER LIKE SOME OTHER ENTITIES DO. IT'S A IT'S A MONEY ISSUE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT A COUNCIL AS A WHOLE CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. BUT RIGHT NOW THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DON'T IT IS THERE. IT'S ONE SERVER AND WE DON'T KNOW. BUT NOW AT LEAST WE HAVE A SIGNED DOCUMENT THAT SAYS WE CANNOT DO IT. WE WILL NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR WRITTEN PERMISSION. WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE OUR WRITTEN PERMISSION. THAT'S THERE'S NOTHING THAT MANDATES THAT. LIKE I SAID, PIAS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO PIAS, BUT NOW IT HAS TO GO THROUGH US. BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS AT LEAST HAVE THIS DOCUMENT SO THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT. THEN WE'VE GOT SOME AMMUNITION. MR. RILEY. WELL, MEGAN, MY MY OBJECTION IS TO WHO GIVES THE PERMISSION? THE JUDGE IS GOING TO COST $5 MILLION. NO IT DOESN'T. WE COULD PUT IN THE MOU. CALL TONY G. GIORDANO IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO HIS EMAIL. CALL PAT VINCENT IF YOU WANT TO GET IN HIS EMAIL. IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING EXCEPT 6 OR 7 PHONE CALLS. SO THIS $5 MILLION IS NOTHING BUT A RUSE. OKAY, IT IS FINE. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM, AND IT'S TIME FOR DISCUSSION. AND AGAIN, MISS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS TO BRING THIS FORWARD. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THOSE MEETINGS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE OUTSIDE SOURCES THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THOSE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE COST OF SETTING UP OUR OWN SERVER. AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE. ANYONE ELSE WITH A COMMENT? MR. GIORDANO? YEAH, JUST WE BROUGHT IN OUR OWN WE BROUGHT IN OUTSIDE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT. I ALSO CONTACTED IT PEOPLE THAT I DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ASK THEM ABOUT THIS AS WELL. PRETTY MUCH GOT THE SAME, SAME ANSWER. COST, DIFFICULTY OF THAT AND HOW YOU ACTUALLY CAN TRACK IF SOMEBODY GETS INTO YOUR EMAIL WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE. IT'S VERY HARD.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN DONE PREVIOUS BEFORE WE WERE TOLD IT PROBABLY WASN'T, BUT BUT WHO KNOWS BECAUSE YOU THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO TELL IF SOMEBODY GOT INTO YOUR EMAIL AND YOU, YOU KNOW, HAD A A LITTLE RED LIGHT THAT POPPED UP AND SAID SOMEBODY WAS IN YOUR EMAIL, BUT IT'S NOT THERE. MR. BENNETT MOVING. AS WE JUST WRAP UP DEBATE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT IN MY MANY NEGOTIATIONS, TRAININGS HAS BEEN DRILLED INTO ME, WHICH IS DON'T LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD. SO THIS MIGHT NOT BE EVERYTHING YOU HOPE TO HAVE IN THE AGREEMENT, BUT IT PUTS US IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY AND THEN IT CAN ALWAYS BE REVISITED. SO IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE

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THAT'S ALL. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BENNETT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SHAVE MORE OFTEN IF WE'RE IN HIGH DEFINITION. THAT'S TRUE. MAGNIFIED. SO CAN THAT BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET? ABSOLUTELY. YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET. SO ALL RIGHT I'M HOPING THAT'S IT. MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LETTER OF REQUEST BY HARTFORD. A LETTER OF REQUEST FOR VERIZON LOCAL CHANNEL. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE OF THE REQUEST. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO, I MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. HI MR. BENNETT I IT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE. THE LETTER REQUEST IS HEREBY APPROVED AND THEN OVER THE SUMMER WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 2502 THAT WAS WITHDRAWN. AND I'VE ASKED MR. OVERBAY TO SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE. THANK YOU AGAIN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 20 502, WHICH, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT INDICATED, WAS SUBMITTED OVER THE SUMMER. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, WE SUBMITTED A WITHDRAWAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 20 502, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES. COUNTY EXECUTIVE CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOME EFFICIENCIES AND, FRANKLY, ALIGNMENT OF ACTIVITY WITHIN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS DRAFTED TO DO SO. THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME TIMING ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE SPELLED OUT IN SECTION 516 OF OUR CHARTER, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE LAST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS. SO WHILE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE STILL BELIEVES THIS APPROACH IS A VALID ONE, I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL AGAIN AT A FUTURE TIME WHEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TRANSFER OF SERVICES HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT CAN HAVE THE FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS THEM. FAIR ENOUGH. MR. ANYTHING TO ADD? JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS WAS SUBMITTED TO US, I THINK END OF JUNE, JUNE 25TH. IT WOULD HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS UNDER THE CHARTER, UNDER 413 AS A REORGANIZATION. THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THIS, CERTAINLY REORGANIZE THESE DIVISIONS IN THAT WAY. THE THE PROBLEM IS THAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE RIGHT AWAY IS THAT WE HAD JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET THAT APPROPRIATED $13.5 MILLION IN PROCUREMENT TO FLEET, BECAUSE FLEET WAS CURRENTLY UNDER PROCUREMENT, AND 516 OF THE CHARTER, AS MR. OVERBAY INDICATED, YOU CANNOT TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS UNTIL THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH MEANS THOSE FUNDS THAT YOU HAD JUST APPROVED TO THE TUNE OF $13 MILLION COULD NOT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM PROCUREMENT TO DPW. SO IF THIS WOULD HAVE GONE IN AND BECOME EFFECTIVE, BASICALLY FLEET WOULD HAVE BEEN UNFUNDED FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND COULDN'T OPERATE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE QUESTIONED WHY IT WAS SENT

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[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]

THIS IS TO HELP THOSE THAT WANT THIS AS A CAREER IN THEIR HOMETOWN, AND TO PROTECT THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC. THE VOLUNTEERS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COUNTY IS GROWING. I URGE THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THIS FUNDING IN FUTURE BUDGETS, AND TO START WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE VOLUNTEER COMPANIES TO CREATE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION. LET'S NOT WAIT FOR WHEN A TRAGEDY HAPPENS TO ACT. LET'S MAKE A DECISION NOW AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO

[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]

GOOD EVENING. IT'S. I GUESS I'LL START BY SAYING IT WAS A BUSY SUMMER, AND I DID DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION THEM ALL BECAUSE WE WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT. BUT TO HIGHLIGHT QUITE A FEW OF THEM, I GOT TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE SHERIFF'S CLASS OF 38 FOR THE HARFORD COUNTY CORRECTIONAL ACADEMY, AND THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I DID A BULLYING WORKSHOP FOR EXTREME FAMILY OUTREACH. THEY HAD A RETREAT FOR ABOUT 50 CHILDREN.

THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. APPARENTLY THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT THEY GOT A LOT OUT OF IT. I DID MEET WITH THE HARFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, GOT A NICE TOUR BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND GOT TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES FUNCTIONS OF THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN IMHOFF AND I THEN DID VISITED SHADOW CATS THIS SUMMER TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AS WELL, AND HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT WE CAN BRIDGE THE GAP WITH THOSE TWO AGENCIES. ALSO, I. LET'S SEE, I HELPED CLEAN

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THIS MORNING I WENT WITH DOCTOR BOLSON AND WALKED THROUGH THE HALLS WITH ALL THE PRINCIPALS OF ALL THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT A, ALONG WITH ABINGTON THIS MORNING AS WELL MEETING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN JUST FYI, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AREA. AND IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, I'M GOING TO BE THERE AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON ADDICTION AND RECOVERY. IT'S ALL DAY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SPEAKER AND CONVERSATIONS WORKSHOPS THAT WOULD ASSIST ANYBODY REGARDING THAT ISSUE. AND I THINK FINALLY, THE NAACP IS HAVING OUR ANNUAL MEET AND GREET, WHICH IS CALLED BOOTS ON THE GROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN FOR EVERYONE, AND YOU CAN COME OUT AND WEAR YOUR BEST BOOTS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THAT IS ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AT THE VANDIVER INN. THANK YOU, MISS ROBERT. MISS IMHOFF, GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY WELCOMING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF BACK TO SCHOOL. THIS IS ALWAYS SUCH AN EXCITING AND BUSY TIME FOR OUR FAMILIES, INCLUDING MY OWN. I AM GLAD TO BE BACK HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS WE RESUME OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT WAS A FULL SUMMER WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETINGS, BUT IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE RETURNING BACK TO THESE CHAMBERS AND CONTINUE THE WORK TO WORKING TOGETHER TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY. I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE FORMALLY FILED TO HAVE MY NAME ON THE BALLOT IN 2026 FOR HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT B, REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT B HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE, AND I REMAIN DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY ARE PROTECTED. A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS AND MEETINGS I ATTENDED OVER THE SUMMER WAS WE ATTENDED THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF HARFORD COUNTY. I ALSO TOURED HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT. I MET WITH HARFORD LAND TRUST. I MET WITH PROTECT PERRYMAN PENINSULA AND GOT A TOUR OF PERRYMAN. I ATTENDED THE MAKEO SUMMER CONFERENCE, DIY GRAND OPENING, LAFAYETTE'S FAREWELL TOUR, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, CHARM CITY RUN, GRAND OPENING AND THEN NOLAN AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE AERO CENTER FOR EDUCATION PLAYGROUND GRAND OPENING SOME UPCOMING EVENTS. AS WE KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO THE WE ALL SERVE HIKE AT POPLAR GROVE PARK THIS COMING SATURDAY. IT'S TO SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MY BROTHER IN LAW WILL SOON BE RETURNING BACK FROM HIS DEPLOYMENT LATER THIS MONTH. FINGERS CROSSED WE HAVE THE EDGEWOOD, JOPPATOWNE AND JOPPA CAMP MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY, FOLLOWED UP ON SEPTEMBER 11TH BY THE ABINGDON CAMP MEETING, THE BEL AIR FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. I'M PROBABLY I'M DIPPING INTO YOUR TERRITORY, I APOLOGIZE IS SEPTEMBER 14TH, WHICH IS ALWAYS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. SO IF ANYONE HASN'T BEEN, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE. AND THEN THEN THE FALLSTON CAMP MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 24TH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS EMHOFF. MR. GINGER, WE GOTTA FOLLOW THOSE TWO. THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. LIKE MY OTHER TWO COLLEAGUES BEFORE ME, I THINK IT WAS A BUSY SUMMER. ATTENDED BOTH NACO MAKO CONFERENCES. DID THE BEL AIR AND HAVRE DE GRACE 4TH OF JULY PARADES, WHICH I LOVE DOING AND GOT GOT AN AWARD. SO WHICH IS ALSO GREAT. HARFORD COUNTY ACADEMY CORRECTIONS GRADUATION WENT OUT AND MET WITH SHERRY NOLTE AT THE HARFORD CENTER, AND THEN ATTENDED HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEET AND GREET. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LIST OF GRAND OPENINGS AND RIBBON CUTTINGS, EVERYTHING FROM THE BEL AIR FARMERS MARKET 50TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ADDITION AT ROCKVILLE MANOR TO HARFORD HARCO CREDIT UNION. SEVEN YEARS 70TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEN LAST WEEK WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR 15 YEARS IS AS AN ALUMNI AT BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL, I DO WATERMELON AND GELATO OR ITALIAN ICE FOR THE BEL AIR FOOTBALL TEAM AT 75 KIDS SHOW UP. I DID JOHN'S ITALIAN ICE AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS, I THINK ON A ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT'S COMING, BUT THEY SCARFED DOWN THE ITALIAN ICE AND THE COACHES REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WHEN I PLAYED FOOTBALL, SOMEBODY CAME OUT AND BROUGHT US ICE CREAM

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I ATTENDED THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR TOUR WITH THE GRACE COLORED SCHOOL. I ALSO ATTENDED THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST GRADUATING CLASS OF HAVRE DE GRACE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL FROM 1965, WHICH WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE TO TO SIT WITH THOSE STUDENTS, TO HEAR THEIR STORIES AND TO HEAR THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE TRANSITION.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR US TO REMEMBER THERE'S PEOPLE WE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL WITH WHO ARE OLDER THAN THE CLASS OF 1965. SO SCHOOL INTEGRATION IS NOT THAT LONG AGO IN OUR HISTORY. AND IT'S GOOD WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE WITH US TO TALK WITH THEM AND LEARN FROM THEM.

I GOT TO DO THE FARM TOUR WHERE WE VISITED FARMS ALL AROUND HAVRE DE GRACE. I GOT TO SEE MR. TIBBS. I WOULD, I WOULD SAY SURFING ON THE BACK OF A WAGON AS WE WENT AROUND HIS FARM. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS STANDING WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. I GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING HARRIMAN, ABINGDON AND THE GREENWAY FARMS COMMUNITY, AND HEAR ABOUT TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. AND I'M WORKING WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS TO WORK ON FIXING THOSE. AND I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND A BRIEFING FROM THE COMPTROLLER TO HEAR HOW THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS COMING DOWN TO US LOCALLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS. SO THEY'RE NOT SO MUCH A SURPRISE. I ALSO ADVOCATED THIS SUMMER, SO I WAS ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT SNAP-ED FUNDING BEING CUT, WHICH HELPED CONNECT FARMERS WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EDUCATE KIDS ON HOW THEY CAN EAT HEALTHY. AND THROUGH GETTING A LOT OF PRESS COVERAGE ON THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP IN AND KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS HAPPENING IN SOME FORM, EVEN IF THE MONEY'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP AMPLIFY THAT MESSAGE. AND THEN I HAVE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION COMING UP. ONE YOU HEARD OF TONIGHT, WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY YOUTH COMING TO US AND SAYING, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT YOU DO. AND I THINK WHEN A TEENAGER SAYS THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ANSWER IS YES, BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY JUST WANT TO NAP. BUT THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION WITH YESTERDAY BEING LABOR DAY, IS THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE PUT OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL EMPOWERED TO LIVE A FULLER LIFE AND TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER? AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. COUNCILMAN G AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WORKING THROUGH THAT MEETING WITH OUR LOCAL UNIONS TO TALK THROUGH THAT.

AND I THINK WE'VE LANDED ON A REALLY GOOD PLACE THAT THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. SO THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK

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HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MISS LEVY, OUR NEW HEALTH OFFICER, AND THE OFFICE HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. CATCH UP WITH HER. I ATTENDED THE MILL'S ANNUAL CROP SHOW AT CLEAR MEADOW FARM, AND AGAIN IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT, EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY TO ATTEND A MEETING AT THE MAIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE IN BEL AIR TO CHECK UP ON LIEUTENANT BURGESS AND GET AN UPDATE ON THE DETAILS OF HIS WELL-BEING AND THE ALL OF THE DETAILS SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT ON 95. BUT LIEUTENANT BURGESS IS A 29 YEAR VETERAN OF THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD, WAS INVOLVED IN THAT INCIDENT ON 95 LAST WEEK, BEING STRUCK DURING A VEHICLE PURSUIT.

WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM HIS INJURIES AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. SHOCK TRAUMA I WANT TO GIVE CONDOLENCES. UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE LOST SEVERAL OF OUR KEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND JEANNIE AND I WISH TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SERGEANT DIETZ OF THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SERGEANT DIETZ PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON JUNE 30TH AND HAD A NEARLY 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN HARFORD COUNTY. CITIZENS. HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR OF CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN VARIOUS POSITIONS, AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. I WANT TO REMEMBER CHARLIE OLIVER FROM ABERDEEN, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ABERDEEN ROTARY CLUB FOR OVER 50 YEARS, NEVER MISSED A MEETING, NEVER MISSED A MEETING FOR OVER 50 YEARS WHEN A MENTION PAUL MAGNUS'S MOTHER, JOSEPHINE, MAGNUS, MYRTLE AND I WANT TO MENTION JEANNIE SISTER, LINDA JAROSZ, WHO PASSED AWAY. SO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WILL DEARLY BE MISSED. AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. TONY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.