At its Oct. 11, 2018, meeting the St. Mary's County Alcohol Beverage Board heard monthly reports from enforcement staff, an update from the St. Mary's County Health Department and the Licensed Beverage Association, approved routine minutes changes and a personnel/trade-name update for LongHorn Steakhouse, and adjourned.

Alcohol enforcement coordinator Sergeant Steve Myers reported that in September 2018 the unit conducted 10 alcohol compliance checks with zero violations, and a similar number of tobacco checks with no violations. He reported 14 DUI arrests countywide for the month and noted one alcohol-related violation and citation on Great Mills Road.

Board inspector Garland Thompson said he inspected 15 establishments in the month and completed two follow-up inspections; he and the administrator taught a response-by-call-service (RAS) training class on Sept. 25. David Denn, speaking for the St. Mary's County Licensed Privilege Association, said business had been "pretty good" over the summer and asked about New Year's Eve permit deadlines; the board administrator said New Year's Eve permit requests are due the Monday before the December board meeting (Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, for the Dec. 13 meeting).

Mary Ellen Crace, prevention and outreach administrator for the St. Mary's County Health Department, said interviews were under way for the Community Alcohol Coalition coordinator position and that the department is partnering with College of Southern Maryland and St. Mary's College of Maryland on student alcohol-awareness efforts; the department plans focus groups in high schools and may explore policy changes based on youth risk behavior survey results.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes for Sept. 13, 2018: approved by voice vote.
- Strike amendment to Aug. 9, 2018 minutes (removal of an earlier incorrectly recorded amendment): approved by voice vote.
- LongHorn Steakhouse officer/member (trade name) change—delete Nancy P. Pinkham; add Robert T. Ricketts: approved by voice vote.
- Adjournment: approved by voice vote.

Most votes were recorded by voice; the transcript records "Aye" responses when members voted to approve the motions. The transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies for those items.