Votes at a glance: commissioners approve MetCom easement, road acceptance, Navy 911 MOU, two grants and a budget amendment

St. Mary's County commissioners approved several administrative and financing items April 4, including a permanent sewer easement for the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission's Great Mills pump station, acceptance of a short subdivision road into the county highway maintenance system, a memorandum of understanding with the Department of the Navy for rerouting Navy-originated 911 calls, two state grant agreements for county programs, and a budget amendment to restore salary savings to the county's emergency reserve.

Highlights and outcomes

- Metropolitan Commission easement for Great Mills pump station: Commissioners authorized the president to execute a deed of easement and related documents to permit construction of sewer lines for the Metropolitan Commission's new Great Mills wastewater pump station. MetCom's executive director, George Erickson, told the board the project has an estimated cost of $7,000,000 and increases pumping capacity to roughly 1,500 equivalent dwelling units; the project requires…