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Commissioners approve slate of grants, contracts and budget adjustments; set public hearing on intersection
Summary
At their May 24 meeting, the St. Mary's County commissioners approved a series of contract awards, grant acceptances and budget adjustments, and authorized a public hearing to change the Blacksmith Shop/Cedar Lane intersection. Several public-works and human-services grants were accepted and two park and road construction awards were authorized.
The Commissioners of St. Mary's County on May 24 approved multiple contracts, grant agreements and budget changes covering public safety, parks, waterway maintenance and behavioral-health services.
Among the items the board approved were a short-term subrecipient agreement for the county’s adult drug court, awards for park and road projects, state grant applications for waterway maintenance, and budget realignments to capture salary savings. The board also authorized scheduling a public hearing on a proposed reconfiguration of the Blacksmith Shop Road and Cedar Lane Road intersection.
Votes at a glance
- Approved a Highway Safety Adult Drug Court MVA subrecipient agreement with Jude House Inc. for March 1 through the grant end; amount stated in meeting: $7,718.70. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Authorized recordation of a deed from the Maryland Transit Administration conveying 1.5549 acres in the 5th Election District and authorized the president to execute a deed of easement and agreement with the St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission regarding construction of and access to a proposed water tower (Charlotte Hall). Motion carried, unanimous.
- Authorized a one-year lease extension to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association with maintenance/utility responsibility language carried over from the prior lease; motion carried, unanimous.
- Approved the county’s FY2018 Waterway Improvement Fund application and project agreement (countywide maintenance grant) and to apply for $50,000 in state waterway improvement funds for repairs to boat ramps and wharves. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Approved a budget realignment following a salary sweep: $345,028 transferred to the commissioners’ emergency reserve (salary savings) and $92,318 realigned to cover departmental personnel-service shortfalls. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Authorized the procurement officer to award the Lancaster Park multipurpose turf fields, parking lot and entrance road project to Great Mills Trading Post; award amount stated in meeting documents: $1,340,500. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Authorized the procurement officer to award construction of FDR Phase 1b (project HW-1202) to Great Mills Trading Post. The meeting transcript records a motion and approval; the contract amount in the spoken record was not clearly audible and is therefore recorded here as not specified in the transcript. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Approved the FY2017 Core Service Agency (CSA) memorandum of understanding and related subrecipient agreements from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the amount stated in the meeting: $354,793 (CSA administrative/service MOU) and authorized execution of related documents. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Approved behavioral-health/substance-related disorder service MOUs (FY2017) from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a total amount stated in the meeting: $3,496,753 and associated budget amendments. Motion carried, unanimous.
- Authorized staff to schedule a public hearing to alter the intersection of Blacksmith Shop Road (CR 30229) and Cedar Lane Road (CR 30223) as shown on the proposed plan. Motion carried, unanimous.
What the votes mean
The approved grants and contract awards move multiple capital and service projects to procurement or execution: park construction at Lancaster Park, an FDR roadway phase, countywide work on boat ramps and wharves, and pass-through behavioral-health and drug-court funding. The budget realignment formally recognizes salary savings and creates a reserve the board may use for emergent personnel needs.
Details to follow
Board members and department presenters said they will return with standard contract documents when paperwork and verification are complete; the FDR Phase 1b contract figure will be reflected in the procurement file and follow-up materials once the county verifies and posts the executed contract.
