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Votes at a glance: Saint Mary’s County commissioners actions, Aug. 30, 2011
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Board of County Commissioners during the Aug. 30 meeting, including grants, budget amendments and procedural approvals.
The following summarizes formal motions and votes recorded in the Saint Mary’s County Board of County Commissioners meeting on Aug. 30, 2011. Items below are taken from the meeting record; where the transcript did not list individual roll‑call votes the board’s voice votes are recorded as presented.
1) Annexation request — Hayden Farm Motion: Request that the mayor and council of the Town of Leonardtown introduce a resolution annexing 171.181 acres known as Hayden Farm into Leonardtown’s corporate limits. Mover/Second: Commissioner Daniel L. Morris / Commissioner Todd B. Morgan Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
2) Maryland Heritage Areas grant agreement — U.S. Colored Troops Memorial Monument (Unified Committee on Afro American Contributions, UCAC) Motion: Approve and authorize execution of the capital projects grant agreement and related affidavits certifying matching funds and non‑use for religious or lobbying purposes (state bond funding $150,000 appropriated). Mover/Second: Commissioner Todd B. Morgan / Commissioner Jarboe Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
3) Patuxent Habitat for Humanity — resolution of support for Community Investment Tax Credit application Motion: Approve and sign a resolution supporting Patuxent Habitat for Humanity’s application to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for an allocation of tax credits (Community Investment Tax Credit Program). Mover/Second: Commissioner Jarboe / Commissioner Daniel L. Morris Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
4) Supplemental appropriation public hearing (Hurricane Irene recovery) Motion: Authorize finance department to hold a public hearing on Sept. 13, 2011 for a FY12 supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 from unapplied FY10 fund balance to fund Hurricane Irene related costs. Mover/Second: Commissioner Todd B. Morgan / Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
5) Gypsy moth suppression budget amendment Motion: Approve $1,500 transfer from the commissioners’ emergency reserve to the FY12 appropriation for the Health Department for the Gypsy Moth Suppression Project, with reimbursement only upon submission of paid invoices from the state. Mover/Second: Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones / Commissioner Daniel L. Morris Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
6) Plan Maryland letter and resolution Motion A: Approve and sign the county letter to the Maryland Department of Planning regarding Plan Maryland (as presented). Mover/Second: Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones / Commissioner Todd B. Morgan Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Motion B: Approve and sign the resolution requesting an extension of the comment period for Plan Maryland (12 months requested in resolution introduced). Mover/Second: Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones / Commissioner Jarboe Outcome: Approved (voice vote; one recorded nay).
7) Ethics ordinance draft submission to State Ethics Commission Motion: Direct staff to submit the draft revised public ethics ordinance prepared by the county attorney and the Saint Mary’s County Ethics Commission for review by the State Ethics Commission. Mover/Second: Commissioner (mover recorded in transcript) / Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones Outcome: Approved (voice vote; one abstention recorded).
8) Piney Point Lighthouse — budget transfer and MHAA grant local match Motion: Transfer $100,000 in county funds from an existing Piney Point project to the new Piney Point Lighthouse expansion project to provide the required local match for the FY12 Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) grant. Mover/Second: Commissioner Todd B. Morgan / Commissioner Daniel L. Morris Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
9) Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium mini‑grant (3 Notch Trail brochure) Motion: Approve submittal of a $1,000 mini‑grant application for printing a 3 Notch Trail brochure, with matching funds already budgeted. Mover/Second: Commissioner Marsh / (second recorded) Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
10) Portable toilet/trash removal and countywide maintenance project budget amendments Motion: Approve budget amendments to increase the FY12 portable toilet/trash removal grant by $250 and to close out the FY12 countywide maintenance grant project. Mover/Second: Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones / Commissioner Jarboe Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
11) Derelict boat and debris removal and Wicomico Shores restroom project Motion: Decrease FY12 derelict boat/debris removal grant by $5,000 (state award lower than requested) and close out FY12 Wicomico Shores Public Landing restroom project (state funds not received). Mover/Second: Commissioner Todd B. Morgan / Commissioner Jarboe Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
12) Leonardtown Park design and engineering — Program Open Space application Motion: Approve submission of a Program Open Space development application for design and engineering of a new community park on part of the Hayden Farm property (total project $100,000; state Open Space request $75,000; local $25,000). Mover/Second: Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones / Commissioner Mulligan Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
Notes: The meeting record reflects voice votes for most items; where individual roll‑call votes or named dissenters were not recorded in the transcript, the summary notes the voice outcome and records the recorded exceptions (one nay on the Plan Maryland extension motion; one abstention on the ethics‑ordinance submission).
