Oct 14, 2025 County Council

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GOOD. QUICK! THIS MIGHT BE QUICK. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. CALLS TO ORDER. THE BOARD OF

[a. Board of Health Update Fall 2025 ]

WONDERFUL. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. PULL IT IN THERE. THERE YOU GO. CLOSER. IS THAT BETTER? THAT'S MUCH BETTER. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE THE BOARD OF HEALTH UPDATE. I'VE NOW BEEN IN THE ROLE OF HEALTH OFFICER FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS, AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY AND WONDERFUL TWO MONTHS. I'VE SPENT THE BULK OF THIS TIME GETTING TO KNOW THE AMAZING TEAM AT THE HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. A NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TO GET TO KNOW THEIR PROGRAMS AND HEAR THEIR IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'VE ALSO STARTED MEETING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S MANY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW TO BEST ADDRESS HEALTH CONCERNS IN HARTFORD COUNTY. SO WE HAVE A FAIRLY PACKED AGENDA, AND WE'LL REALLY ONLY BE SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. BUT OUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER A PACKETS FOR EACH OF YOU WITH A NUMBER OF MATERIALS THAT WE'LL BE REFERENCING THIS EVENING, INCLUDING A COPY OF THE SLIDES, OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, AS WELL AS SOME FLIERS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS. SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME DATA RELATED TO OUR MANY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE THIS DATA SNAPSHOT IN YOUR PACKET, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE DETAIL FROM THESE. BUT THE THING I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS I GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES IS THE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN THAT REPORT ARE THE RESULT OF THE HARD WORK OF AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND SO YOU SEE HERE SOME DATA POINTS FROM OUR BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION.

THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM PROVIDES THE STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I'VE INCLUDED HERE SOME PICTURES OF OUR VITAL RECORDS AND MCHIP TEAMS. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL INITIAL ACCESS POINTS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU SEE OVER 17,000 CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY OUR VITAL RECORDS TEAM. THEY ARE AN INITIAL ACCESS POINT. MY OFFICE IS ACROSS THE HALLWAY. FROM THEM, I SEE THAT STEADY FLOW OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN, AND THEY PROVIDE INCREDIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THE DOCUMENTS THEY NEED TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL SERVICES, AND OUR MCHIP TEAM, WHO ARE ABLE TO ENROLL FOLKS IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND HELP THEM GET ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. NEXT UP IS OUR BUREAU OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, LED BY ANDREA PAPPAS, AND FY 25. OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM PROVIDED OVER 13,000 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RELATED SERVICES TO HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING SUCCESS. AND I'VE INCLUDED HERE A SLIDE THAT WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED AT THE OVERDOSE PREVENTION TEAM MEETING THAT SHOWS A 47% DECREASE IN FATAL OVERDOSE FATAL OVERDOSES FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 2025 VERSUS THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 2024. THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND THE MANY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TO ADDRESS SUD AND OVERDOSE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, INCLUDING OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TEAM. OUR CARE COORDINATION BUREAU PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GETTING PEOPLE CONNECTED TO RESOURCES. I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK KIM PROUT, WHO RECENTLY RETIRED FROM HER ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF CARE OF THE CARE COORDINATION BUREAU. I'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PARTNERS ABOUT KIM'S DEDICATION AND TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO SERVING SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M THRILLED THAT PAM, WHO I WHO HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO SERVE AS ACTING DIRECTOR, SHE IS CURRENTLY THE SUPERVISOR FOR OUR ACUTE CARE COORDINATION UNIT, SO SHE WILL SERVE AS ACTING DIRECTOR WHILE RECRUITMENT GETS UNDERWAY. SO OUR CLINICAL HEALTH STAFF, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE THIS EVENING, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY AS WELL, FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE VERY BUSY TIME IN OUR CLINIC AS THEY WORK TO GET KIDS UP TO DATE ON THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS, AND THAT TEAM HAS JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING KIDS CAUGHT UP TO DATE. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ON THAT TEAM WHO THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR CLIENTS FROM THE MOMENT THEY WALK IN THE DOOR OR CALL ON THE PHONE, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HARD WORK. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU PLAYS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ARE OFTEN THE UNSUNG HEROES. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBERS PRESENTED HERE THAT THIS IS INDEED A BUSY TEAM, HAVING GONE THROUGH A CRITICAL STAFFING SHORTAGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN MY PRIOR ROLE, I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. OUR FAMILY HEALTH TEAM DOES SUCH GREAT WORK FROM THE DENTAL TEAM, WHO ENSURES THE ORAL HEALTH OF SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR MEDICAID TRANSPORTATION TEAM, WHO ARRANGED MORE THAN 25,000 TRANSPORTS IN FISCAL YEAR 25. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, OUR POPULATION HEALTH BUREAU THAT DOES INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MINORITY HEALTH AND TOBACCO AND DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING CRITICAL

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ONE, THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN JULY 2025. WE HELD TWO LISTENING SESSIONS. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY FOR INVITING US TO THE NORTHERN HARFORD COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. WE ALSO HELD ANOTHER SESSION VIRTUALLY THROUGH OUR HARFORD COUNTY LOCAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COALITION. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED. WE HEARD ABOUT THE STRENGTHS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, AS WELL AS CHALLENGES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, HIGH COST OF CARE, AND CHALLENGES. FINDING PROVIDERS WHO WILL ACCEPT SPECIFIC HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. THERE ALSO WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF LOOKING TO THE FUTURE IN WAYS TO BRING MORE PROVIDERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT ARE MORE PREVENTION FOCUSED. OKAY, ONE MORE ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR ORAL RABIES VACCINE PRESENTATION. RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SEASON IS UPON US, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TALK WITH THEIR PROVIDERS OR PHARMACISTS ABOUT WHAT VACCINATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BASED ON YOUR AGE AND HEALTH HISTORY. FLU SHOTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE AGES SIX MONTHS AND OLDER. I'VE INCLUDED HERE A TABLE. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE. I KNOW THE FONT IS SMALL. THIS IS ALSO ON THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THE HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, BUT THIS PROVIDES A REALLY NICE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON YOUR AGE AND HEALTH HISTORY AND THE SPECIFIC RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. SO I REALLY VACCINE IS BROADLY AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEMSELVES IN THIS RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SEASON. OKAY. SO I RACED THROUGH THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR ORAL RABIES VACCINE COUNCIL? ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS? OKAY. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. ON TO THE MAIN EVENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP HANNAH LUX AND BONNIE HARBIN FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU TO TALK ABOUT THE ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS BONNIE HARBIN. I'M THE PROGRAM SUPERVISOR FOR THE COMMUNITY HYGIENE PROGRAM WITHIN THE BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. I'VE BEEN WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, AND I'M HANNAH LUX. I AM A SUPERVISOR WITHIN COMMUNITY HYGIENE, AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROPOSED ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL OF 2026.

SO WE'LL GO OVER A SHORT INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE RABIES VIRUS. THIS MAY BE A REFRESHER TO A LOT OF YOU. SO WHAT IS RABIES? RABIES IS A VIRAL DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAMMALS. IT'S SPREAD THROUGH THE BITES AND SCRATCHES OF AN INFECTED ANIMAL, AND IS NEARLY ALWAYS FATAL WHEN SYMPTOMS FIRST OCCUR. THE MAIN VARIANT OF RABIES VIRUS IN THIS AREA IS THE RACCOON VARIANT, BUT RACCOONS, SKUNKS, FOXES, BATS, CATS ALL ARE MAIN VECTORS AND CARRIERS OF RABIES IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. SO WHY DO WE WANT TO START AN ORB PROGRAM? THE FIRST THING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT STARTING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS OUR RABIES DATA. SO THESE TWO GRAPHS SHOW THAT THE RABIES TEST RESULTS OR THEY SHOW THE RABIES TEST RESULTS FOR TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS IN HARFORD COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. THOSE ARE ALL THE ANIMALS THAT WE TEST FOR RABIES EXCEPT FOR BATS, BECAUSE BATS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROGRAM. SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE A GRAPH. IT IS SHOWING IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THE SLIDE SHOW, BUT BASICALLY IT'S SHOWING THAT WHILE OUR NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR POSITIVE TEST RESULTS, WE HAVE HAD A

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SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE RABIES VACCINATION LOOKS LIKE. AND JOHN HAS AN EXAMPLE.

HE'LL PASS AROUND TO YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR USDA GOVERNMENTAL USE SINCE 1997.

OVER 200 MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE US. IT CANNOT CAUSE RABIES. IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CONTAIN THE RABIES VIRUS, JUST A PART OF IT. TO STIMULATE AN IMMUNE RESPONSE.

THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING THESE BAITS, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE SYSTEMATICALLY DOING IT TO AVOID ANY KIND OF EXPOSURE TO PEOPLE IN THEIR PETS. IF BY SOME CHANCE THERE IS A EXPOSURE TO THAT VACCINE, THERE IS AN 877 NUMBER WRITTEN ON ALL OF THE VACCINES. REPORTS ARE TAKEN FOR ALL OF THE CALLS REGARDING BAIT. CONTACTS AND FOLLOW UPS ARE DONE FOR ALL BAIT CONTACTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNE COMPROMISED, PREGNANT, OR MAY HAVE A CHRONIC SKIN CONDITION AS IT COULD CAUSE A RASH. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PETS, THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THESE BAITS WOULD BE GASTROINTESTINAL UPSET BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY FATTY. THEY'RE MADE WITH A FISHMEAL POLYMER, SO ON THE INSIDE IS THE THE ACTUAL VACCINE ITSELF IS IN A LITTLE PACKET ON THE INSIDE, AND THAT'S SURROUNDED BY THE POLYMER, WHICH IS THEN SURROUNDED BY A VERY THICK COATING OF FISHMEAL. SO IT'S IN A BAG JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE SMELLY. BUT THE BAITS PRETTY, PRETTY WELL KEPT IN THERE. SO WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE ESTIMATE THE COST WILL BE FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE THINK THAT

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SO, BONNIE, HANNAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW THE MAP SHOWS POSITIVE RABIES CASES IN HARFORD COUNTY, BUT SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, HOW MANY HAVE WE HAD? 23 POSITIVES OF TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. 24. BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE BAT THAT WAS POSITIVE. OKAY.

AND I KNOW NOTICED THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE NOTIFICATIONS VIA EMAIL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCIL. MR. BENNETT, HOW MUCH IS THE COST AS FAR AS MAN HOURS.

LIKE HOW HOW TIME INTENSIVE IS IT TO RUN THIS PROGRAM? IS IT SOMETHING THAT IT'S SET IT AND FORGET IT OR LIKE WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THAT IMPACT TO BE ON YOUR WORK? YEAH. SO THIS PROGRAM TYPICALLY IT TAKES JUST THE UNLOADING OF THE BAITS AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF DISTRIBUTION. SO IT'S A ONE TIME DISTRIBUTION. SO WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE FALL SO THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THOSE YOUNG OF THE YEAR JUVENILE RACCOONS THAT ARE GOING OUT ON THEIR OWN TO TO GET FOOD. SO IT WILL JUST BE OUR DIVISION AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S ABOUT FOUR OF US GOING OUT AND DISTRIBUTING TO THE PARKS AND AROUND THOSE POSITIVE CASES.

AND IS IT LIKE A WEEK LIKE HOW HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET THEM ALL OUT THERE? 2 OR 3 WEEKS. OKAY. SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE. THE BENEFIT OF OUR PROGRAM IS WE ARE IN THE ENTIRETY, THE THREE AND FOUR OF US, OR IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY EVERY DAY SO WE CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED BAITS. WE'RE IN FOREST HILL, WE'LL DO A COUPLE PARKS AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR OTHER DUTIES SO WE CAN KIND OF MIX AND MATCH, YOU KNOW, ADDING IT ON TO WHEN WE'RE ALREADY IN AREAS TO KIND OF DO THAT TIME SAVING. THANK YOU. THANKS, MR. BENNETT. LAUREN, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE MET HERE RECENTLY WAS PARTNERSHIPS OR CONTACTS FOR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY. ARE YOU RECEIVING ALL THE CONTACTS THAT YOU NEED? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. MANY MEETINGS COMING UP. AND I WAS REALLY INTERNALLY FOCUSED FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. AND NOW EXPANDING THAT FOCUS TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALREADY, BUT I HAVE A LENGTHY LIST TO GET THROUGH. MR. ANDREW. GOOD. GOOD EVENING. YEP, I GUESS IT IS. EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO OF THE RABIES CASES YOU DIDN'T BREAK OUT. WHAT'S CATS? WHAT'S RACCOONS? AND IS THERE A BREAK OUT OF THAT. YEAH. SO IF YOU LOOK INSIDE YOUR FOLDER I DID MISS THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THERE'S A 2025 MAP AND THEN THERE'S THE LAST THREE YEARS AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNTIES OTHER THAN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DOING THIS PROGRAM. WHAT WHAT ARE THE OTHER COUNTIES DOING? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOING NOTHING, BUT WHAT ARE THEIR NUMBERS COMPARED TO OUR NUMBERS TO. YEAH. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE THE SECOND HIGHEST IN RABIES POSITIVES THIS YEAR FREDERICK COUNTY IS THE HIGHEST. BUT THEY HAD DETERMINED LAST YEAR THEY HAD HAD TO SIT DOWN WITH ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AND JUST THEY WITH THE SIZE OF THEIR COUNTY AND SOME LIMITATIONS THEY HAVE WITH TERRAIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO, TO GET A PROGRAM STARTED. OUR COUNTY SMALLER, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE LIMITATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING FREDERICK COUNTY, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THE THE AIRDROPS THAT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DOES OR THAT FREDERICK COUNTY MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO. OURS WOULD JUST BE A SMALLER PROGRAM IN GENERAL. AND CECIL COUNTY, WHERE THEY SINCE THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBOR, WHERE ARE THEY? AND THEIR POSITIVES, THEY'RE LOWER THAN US, I THINK PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY IN SINGLE DIGITS. YEAH. SO IS IT BASED ON

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GOOD EVENING. FOR SO FOR THOSE FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'S NEVER SEEN ONE, IT'S LIKE THE DENSITY OF A HARD DOG TREAT. SO SINCE YOU GUYS, I'D RATHER NOT. I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO SMELL IT. SO WHEN YOU PUT IT IN, LIKE THE DRAIN CULVERTS, WHAT HAPPENS TO IT WHEN IT'S EXPOSED TO RAINWATER? LIKE, WILL IT WILL IT DISSOLVE. SO IT WILL START TO DISSOLVE A LITTLE BIT.

SO THE VACCINE ITSELF IS IN A PACKET AND THEN THAT'S COVERED IN WAX AND THEN THAT'S COVERED IN THE FISHMEAL. SO THE FISHMEAL WILL START TO DISSOLVE A LITTLE. THE BENEFIT TO THAT IS THAT THAT MEANS YOUNGER RACCOONS WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME IF THEY DO COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT PACKET. AND EATING THE VACCINE, BUT IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS. THE RESEARCH FROM THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THESE SAY THAT MOST OF THE VACCINE BAITS ARE GONE WITHIN FOUR DAYS, OR MOST OF THEM ARE EATEN WITHIN FOUR DAYS, GONE WITHIN A WEEK, AND THEN ANYTHING LEFT OVER, IT'S GOING TO DISINTEGRATE WITH THE WEATHER. AND THEN ONCE THE VACCINE IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, IT'S DEACTIVATED. AND THE PACK KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE LIKE FRESH PACKS THAT YOU HAVE TO THROW AWAY. SO LIKE, SMALL CHILDREN DON'T EAT IT. IT'S IT'S OBVIOUSLY DISSOLVABLE.

IT'S MADE FROM DIGESTIBLE MATERIALS. SO IT IS A PLASTIC MATERIAL. BUT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY HAS NOT SEEN ANY LIKE PLASTIC WASTE FROM IT. SO I GUESS IT IS DIGESTIBLE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. IT BREAKS DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME DISTRIBUTION. IF SUCCESSFUL, WOULD YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT ON A YEARLY BASIS EVERY FIVE YEARS? WHAT'S THE PLAN? YEARLY WOULD BE OUR PLAN. YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO IT YEARLY TO SEE ANY LONG TERM RESULTS, AS THAT GRAPH FROM ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SHOWED, AS SOON AS THEIR PROGRAM STOPPED, THEIR NUMBERS WENT BACK UP AGAIN. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR AND THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY EVEN EXPAND IN THE COMING YEARS TO COVER MORE BROADLY THE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELP DECREASE OUR NUMBERS. AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR LONG TERM EFFECTS ON ANY HOUSEHOLD PETS THAT WOULD EAT IT. IS THERE ANY EFFECT OF DOGS OR CATS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT VACCINATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, LIKE SO IT DOESN'T REPLACE THE YEARLY OR EVERY THREE YEAR VACCINE THAT YOUR PET WOULD RECEIVE. IT'S NOT PRODUCED FOR PETS, IT'S PRODUCED FOR THE RACCOONS. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE ONLY REAL EFFECT ON THEM WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD CAUSE AN UPSET STOMACH. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WORSE TO TRY TO PULL IT OUT OF ITS MOUTH AND POTENTIALLY GET BITTEN BY YOUR OWN PET, THAN TO LET THEM JUST EAT IT. FAIR.

OKAY, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS IMHOFF. MISS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THAT'S VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION. ARE THERE ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THIS? SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE HAVE GONE TO ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY TO SEE THEIR PROGRAM AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEIR USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES PERSON, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INDICATIONS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE. BUT NOTHING IS GUARANTEED YET. THEY MIGHT WANT TO USE US AS LIKE A NOVEL TESTING AREA, BUT IT IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON USDA AND AND THEIR BUDGETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BENNETT. WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK GENERAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT QUESTION AT THIS TIME? I WOULD THINK YOU COULD ASK MISS LEVY ANYTHING. I KNOW WE HAD THE SAFE GUN

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I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN THE ASK FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE IU MATTER YOUTH SYMPOSIUM TO COME AND VISIT. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. I KNOW MISS IMHOFF AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT OVER THE WEEKEND. I THINK IT'S SUCH A RARE AND SPECIAL MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE THREE WOMEN SERVING ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO HAVE POWERFUL WOMEN IN FRONT OF YOUNG WOMEN, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO COOL THINGS. SO I HOPE THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT AND TO BE A PART OF THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. I LIKE I SAID, I'M SUPER EXCITED. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND OF COURSE EVERYONE IS WELCOME. YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH A LITTLE BIT. I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL AFTER THIS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A VIDEO FROM COUNCIL. PERHAPS WELCOMING EVERYBODY TO THE SYMPOSIUM WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL. SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO TO MAYBE TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. I CAN'T IMAGINE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATE WITHOUT SAYING HELLO TO MR. ROSLYN. HE ALWAYS SITS OFF TO THE SIDE SO NOBODY NOTICES HIM. BUT JOHN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP WITH THE MANY CALLS THAT WE GET AND PLACE IN YOUR OFFICE, AND YOU SEEM TO ALWAYS HANDLE THEM WITH QUICKNESS AND EASE. AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE END THIS PUBLIC HEARING? COME SIT UP ON THE HOT SEAT. NO, UNLESS YOU WANT HIM TO. I'LL GET WITH HIM LATER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. I, I KNOW THAT WHEN MARCY HAS BEEN HERE IN THE PAST, WE TALKED ABOUT MANY OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ARE THEY ALL OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, OUR DENTAL PROGRAMS, EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING? WELL, FOR THE MOMENT, YES, EVERYTHING. OBVIOUSLY, THE FISCAL OUTLOOK IS UNCERTAIN, YOU KNOW, BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE SERVICES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT AT OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY MAKES IN, IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE TAKE OUR ROLE AS STEWARDS OF THOSE FUNDS VERY SERIOUSLY. SO FOR THE MOMENT, WE ARE WE ARE STATUS QUO AND AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE MEETINGS TO MAYBE YOU CAN UPDATE US ON OTHER THINGS AS THE YEAR GOES ON. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

[b. Board of Health Appointments]

HELLO? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LEVY? NO, I READ EVERYTHING. I'M FINE, THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'LL CONCLUDE YOUR HEALTH UPDATE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE

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[a. Bill 25-009 (Chapter 268 of the Harford County Code-Section 268-21A Final Plat-Article V)]

MISS BOYLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AN ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION REGARDING SUBMITTAL OF PLATS AND THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. THE CURRENT SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. SECTION 268 DASH 21 ONLY ALLOWS PLATS THAT ARE 24 BY 20IN IN SIZE TO BE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR REVIEW. RECENTLY, MORE NOTES ARE BEING REQUIRED TO BE ADDED TO THE PLATS, WHICH TAKE UP MORE SPACE ON THE PLATS AND ARE NOT BEING PERMITTED TO UTILIZE AND SUBMIT LARGER SIZE PLATS. THE BILL SIMPLY ALLOWS PLATS UP TO 24 BY 36IN IN SIZE, TO BE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR REVIEW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS SADDLES COUNCIL. ANYONE WITH ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MET WITH MISS. MISS DIXON. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT. WITH NO ONE SIGNED UP, THEN THIS WILL CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 20 5-009, AND

[b. Bill 25-010 (Police Accountability Board)]

MR. LADONNA. YES. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. JUST TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS ANTHONY LADONNA. I'M WITH THE HARTFORD COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT. I'M ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.

TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON BILL 2510, THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCIPLINARY ACT, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022, WHICH REQUIRED THE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH BOTH A POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE COMPLAINTS MADE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH REVIEWING THE COMPLAINTS, THEN INVESTIGATIONS PERTAINING TO THE COMPLAINTS DETERMINE IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF LAW OR POLICY, AND RECOMMENDING DISCIPLINARY ACTION TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CHIEF. THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, WHICH SERVES MORE OF AN OVERSIGHT ROLE, REVIEWS TRENDS AND DISCIPLINARY OUTCOMES, AS WELL AS MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY. WHEN THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCIPLINARY ACT WAS PASSED, IT GRANTED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY THE AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. THIS INCLUDES NOMINATING MEMBERS AND ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, AMONG OTHER THINGS. WHEN HARTFORD COUNTY PASSED ITS INITIAL LEGISLATION, IT INTERPRETED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY TO MEAN BOTH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNTY COUNCIL. SUBSEQUENT TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE COUNTY LAW, THE MARYLAND POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION DEFINED THE TERM LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY TO MEAN JUST COUNTY COUNCIL, WHICH LED COUNTY COUNCIL TO AMEND ITS LEGISLATION TO ALIGN WITH THIS NEW DEFINITION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION AMENDED COMAR TO REDEFINED LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY TO MEAN, FOR PURPOSES OF HARTFORD COUNTY, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNTY COUNCIL. SO BILL 2510 RESTORES THIS AUTHORITY OVER THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD TO BOTH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNTY COUNCIL CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW AMENDMENT. AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO BASICALLY, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE APPOINTS AND THE COUNCIL CONFIRMS. CORRECT. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS, MISS IMHOF? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE PAB. AND DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, I DID SEE TRANSITIONS FROM UNDER THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD COME UP WAS BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGH EMOTION STAKES, THAT THESE TWO BOARDS ARE REVIEWING WAS WHILE THEY ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS, SAFETY. AND SO IS THERE ANY ASSURANCE THAT THESE MEETINGS WILL STILL BE HELD IN SOMEWHAT SECURE LOCATIONS? YES. SO THE MEETINGS FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD WILL BE HELD AT 220 MAIN STREET, AND THERE WILL BE SHERIFF DEPUTIES THERE, JUST LIKE THEY'RE JUST LIKE THEY'RE THERE EVERY DAY. AND THEY WOULD JUST BE WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE MEETINGS AS WELL. OKAY. MR. BENNETT, COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR ME SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST SAID

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AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST AND IT'S NOT DIRECTLY PERTAINING TO THIS BILL, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING A FLOW CHART OF WHAT TO EXPECT STEP BY STEP WHEN SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT OR CONCERN, JUST FOR SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT A GLANCE AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN GOING THROUGH.

RIGHT. SO WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES IS SO ESSENTIALLY HOW IT WORKS IS A COMPLAINT IS FILED WITH THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, WHICH IS THEN FORWARDED TO THE RELEVANT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE LAW REQUIRES EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS, AND IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOFTWARE IN PLACE. SORRY I'M NOT. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE LEGISLATION, BUT IT REQUIRES LIKE SOME SOFTWARE IN PLACE WHERE A COMPLAINANT CAN STAY INFORMED OF WHERE THEIR COMPLAINT IS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING IT'D BE NICE, LIKE AS A, LIKE A FLIER THAT'S JUST LIKE AVAILABLE FOR, WELL, JUST LIKE A FLIER TO KNOW. HERE'S THE PROCESS. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. I ACTUALLY THINK THE STATE ACTUALLY HAS KIND OF LIKE AN OUTLINE OR A FLOWCHART, AS YOU SAID, THAT PROVIDES. SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY PROVIDE TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. LADONNA. MISS DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP, MR. PRESIDENT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. THIS WILL CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 20 5-0 TEN.

AND WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AT A FUTURE MEE GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. CALLS TO

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

SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. GIORDANO. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE MR. CUSICK TO THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MISS MRS. ROBERT I MRS. EMHOFF, I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO TO NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING. MR. GIORDANO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TAMMY FITZGERALD? THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MISS FITZGERALD TO THE ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? HI, MRS. ROBERT. HI,

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

MISS WARD AND MR. PICKETT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT, I MRS. ROBERT I, MRS. EMHOFF I MR. GIORDANO I MR. RILEY I MRS. I MR. BENNETT I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE. THE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED. ARE ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIX SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE NONE. SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. LEGISLATIVE DAY 25 ZERO 25TH OCTOBER SEVEN, 2025. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED. EIGHT.

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THANK YOU, MISS IMHOFF. YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? YES. I'M BRINGING FORWARD RESOLUTION 034 DASH 25 TONIGHT, WHICH URGES URGES BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE BRANDON SHORES RETIREMENT MITIGATION PROJECT ON OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE FALLSTON AREA WITHIN DISTRICT B, THE RESOLUTION ASKED BGE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, RESOLVE ALL LAND AND TITLE ISSUES BEFORE CONSIDERATION BEFORE CONSTRUCTION, PROVIDE FAIR COMPENSATION WHERE IMPACTS OCCUR IN BARRY TRANSMISSION LINES, WHEREVER IT'S FEASIBLE.

JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, IT CALLS TO BG TO STAY WITHIN ITS EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPANSION OF THE PROJECT. MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE RESPONSIBLY, PROTECTING THE CHARACTER, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHILE KEEPING POWER RELIABLE FOR THE REGION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 03425. THANK YOU. MR. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RESOLUTION, WE WILL MOVE ON THIS THIS EVENING. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ZERO 3425. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS EMHOFF. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. SO, MISS EMHOFF, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT YOU I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? I DRIVE UNDER THESE POWER LINES EVERY DAY. I SAW THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN 2020. I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY LIKES TO BE ABLE TO TURN ON A LIGHT AND HAVE THEIR AC AND THEIR HEAT RUNNING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEED FOR PROGRESS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT AT THE COST OF STRONG ARMING OUR PROPERTY OWNERS OR STEPPING ON OUR FARMERS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BENNETT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO MISS EMHOFF FOR GETTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY IN THE PAST WEEK. I KNOW DRAFTING AND PREPARING A RESOLUTION IS NOT EASY WORK, BUT YOU'RE VERY

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IT'D BE ONE THING IF THESE WERE POWER LINES TO POWER OUR HOMES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT WE KNOW MUCH OF THIS IS TO BE SHIPPED OFF TO VIRGINIA DATA CENTERS. AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO USE A RESPONSIBLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY, RATHER THAN TEARING UP AVAILABLE HOME LAND FOR MORE POWER LINES? MR. GINGER SO I ALSO SEE THAT THESE POWER LINES HAVE BEEN ADDED SUBSEQUENTLY SINCE THE 30S AND THE 70S, AND AND MOVING FAR FORWARD. BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE ALSO IS, IS THAT WE'RE LOSING SOME OF OUR POWER GENERATING PLANTS THAT WERE COAL, MAYBE NOT HAVE CONVERTED INTO NATURAL GAS, WHERE WE WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN POWER SOURCES OTHER THAN NUCLEAR IN MARYLAND, SO THAT WE DON'T WIND UP IN THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW WE'VE A COUPLE OF US HAVE TOURED UP NORTH UP IN CECIL COUNTY, THEIR POWER GENERATION PLANT THERE, AND ALL THAT POWER GOES DOWN TO VIRGINIA, EXCEPT FOR ONE THING THAT GOES TO TO DELAWARE. SO LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A NEEDS TO BE A LONG TERM SOLUTION. HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOOKS AT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE COULD START PUTTING ONLINE SOME POWER GENERATION FACILITIES THAT CAN HELP DOWN THE ROAD SO WE DON'T WIND UP WITH BLACKOUTS. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MR. CHANDRA AND ANYONE ELSE.

MISS ROBERT. YES. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES, BUT ALSO, WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SPOKE LAST WEEK, THEY ALSO SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE HEALTH CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE POWER LINES. AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE AND A LOT MENTIONED TO LEUKEMIA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN BE UNDERGROUND VERSUS OVER. BUT I AGREE, HAVING TOO MUCH CAN BE A BIG CAUSE OF HEALTH CONCERNS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MISS ALLEGY FOR HER HELP WITH THIS RESOLUTION. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 DAYS, WE'VE WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR BG REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH CHANEL IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. SO THEY WERE AWARE OF THE RESOLUTION. THEY GAVE SOME INPUT, SOME WE LISTENED TO, SOME WE DID NOT. BUT WE KEEP OPEN CHANNELS WITH THEM ALL THE TIME. SO APPRECIATE IT. WE JUST WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONSIDER THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS YOU GO THROUGH, THAT'S ALL.

LAST CALL. MISS DIXON. EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. DID IT OKAY. DID ANYBODY SECOND? YES WE DID. SORRY. THAT'S WHY YOU WERE DISCUSSING. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO PASS IT TWICE AND SEND TWO COPIES. OKAY, ROLL. I'M GOOD. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. BUT I'D RATHER MISS DIXON. CALL THE ROLL. 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 IN A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION ZERO 3425 IS HEREBY APPROVED NINE INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. WE HAVE NONE. TEN INTRODUCTION. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE NONE 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS. NONE 12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS NONE 13. UNFINISHED BILLS OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NONE 14. NEW BUSINESS NONE 17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS. MISS

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FAMILIES IN HARFORD COUNTY CAN ENJOY THE FIRST TRUNK OR TREAT AT THE MOVIES AT FLAGSHIP CINEMAS FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO BE WITH EVERYBODY. VERY SHORT COMMENTS THIS WEEK. JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

I ATTENDED THE SPOOKY SOIREE, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE HARFORD CENTER. THIS WAS THE 10TH ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE HARFORD CENTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW IT, THE HARFORD CENTER IS IT HELPS SUPPORT THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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