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Commissioners authorize solicitation to seek outside manager for county employee childcare center
Summary
The Board approved Recreation & Parks’ request to solicit proposals for an outside contractor to operate the county’s employee childcare center; commissioners cited recruitment and retention benefits for public safety and county staff but raised questions about pricing and service hours.
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County authorized the Department of Recreation and Parks on July 15 to solicit proposals for an outside organization to manage the county’s planned employee childcare center.
Why it matters: department leaders and commissioners framed the center as a recruitment and retention tool for county employers — notably the sheriff’s office and other shift‑work operations — and as a contribution to Lexington Park’s service capacity. County officials said the center could have capacity for about 100 children and…
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