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Votes at a glance: commissioners approve liquor licenses, contracts and contingency reallocations
Summary
At their Jan. 28 meeting, the Kent County commissioners approved consent items and multiple formal actions including alcohol licenses, contract renewals, an HVAC contingency reallocation, a LiveScan action for the sheriff’s office, and other budget and administrative items.
Kent County commissioners approved a slate of consent and agenda items Jan. 28. The board’s formal actions included alcohol license approvals, contract renewals for mandated testing and chemicals, a contingency reallocation for HVAC work, a motion on a LiveScan fingerprint machine for the sheriff, allocation decisions for Chesapeake College planning funds, and several administrative items.
Key votes and outcomes:
- Special Class C (multiple-event) liquor license for Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company: approved (motion passed by voice vote).
- Class D beer, wine and liquor license for Rock Hall Brewing Company (5781 Main Street, Rock Hall): approved contingent on receipt of a valid Maryland sales and use tax license and alcohol‑awareness training certificate. The board’s motion specified the approval is contingent on the county receiving the specified documents.
- Report and issuance: Raleigh’s Mill Ale Works license (liquor license number 4912) was issued after the applicant provided the required trader’s business license and prorated fee.
- Sheriff’s LiveScan fingerprint machine: commissioners approved a motion directing the sheriff to investigate whether the detention‑center LiveScan machine could meet his needs and, if not, to approve requested budget adjustments to replace the LiveScan. The board also directed staff to offer the existing county machine to Chestertown Police Department if the county removed it.
- HVAC contingency reallocation: commissioners approved reallocation of $20,110.61 from contingency to building maintenance to cover unanticipated HVAC replacement costs at 400 High Street (units serving IT, local management board and the commissioners’ hearing room).
- Permit compliance lab testing contract: renewed a one‑year contract with Chesapeake Labs (Lab Leasing Company Inc., d/b/a Chesapeake Labs) for water and wastewater mandated lab testing; contract amount $98,900 (budgeted item).
- Water and wastewater chemicals: approved one‑year renewals with Intercoastal Trading Inc. and George S. Coyne Chemical Company for chemical supplies (budgeted item).
- Chesapeake College facilities master plan: approved the college’s request to use up to $167,550 from Chesapeake College’s fund balance (in addition to $75,000 already budgeted) to accelerate a comprehensive facilities master plan.
- De‑obligation for Millington: approved returning $75,100 previously allocated for a drainage‑ditch evaluation back to contingency because the town will not use the funding this fiscal year.
- Hold‑harmless agreement (Little Neck Farms): commissioners authorized the president to sign a hold‑harmless agreement subject to staff and county‑attorney approval, to avoid delaying work pending the next meeting.
Several motions lacked roll‑call vote records in the public transcript; outcomes are reported as read during the meeting. Items on the consent calendar (minutes, appointments, raffle approvals and sewer allocations) were approved in a single voice vote. The board also voted to move into a closed session under Maryland law to discuss personnel and legal matters.
