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Votes at a glance: Allegany County commission approves grants, contracts and easements; one consent item tabled
Summary
The board approved multiple consent items including homeland security and policing grants, a sewer contract, easements and property purchases. Item D was removed from the consent agenda and tabled. The board also added and approved a four‑year transfer station agreement with Bergmeier's hauling.
The Allegany County Board of Commissioners approved a multi‑item consent agenda Thursday that included grants, equipment purchases, contracts, easements and a property acquisition; one consent item (D) was removed and tabled for separate consideration.
Key approvals (voice votes, all carried unless noted) - State Homeland Security Grant: Accept fiscal year 2025 grant for emergency services, $117,323, for interoperable communications and emergency preparedness. (Agenda item A, FY25 Homeland Security Grant) - Police Accountability Act grant: Accept $110,000 from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention for the sheriff’s office to support body‑worn camera expenses. (Agenda item B) - Roads vehicle purchase: Approve purchase of a used 2011 International dump truck for the roads division, $32,000, from CFS Inc. (Agenda item C) - Bedford Road Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7: Award contract to Premier Service Group LLC of Easton, Maryland, $850,000. (Agenda item E) - Fiber access agreement: Authorize county administrator to sign an access agreement for fiber installation at Village Crossing as part of an Alleghany site housing project. (Agenda item F) - Lamar Advertising easement: Approve perpetual access easement for an existing billboard in Flintstone; county to receive $35,000 and provide $5,000 to the Flintstone Civic Association. (Agenda item G) - Insight Towers easement: Authorize a perpetual access easement with Insight Towers Development LLC for an existing cell tower in Veil, a 24‑year lease paid in one lump sum of $205,000. (Agenda item H) - Real property ratification: Ratify purchase of property at 96 Douglas Avenue in Lonea County as part of flood mitigation efforts. (Agenda item I) - Transfer station agreement: The commissioners added and approved consent item J, a four‑year transfer station agreement with Bergmeier’s hauling to govern operation of a waste transfer station in North Branch Industrial Park. (Agenda item J)
Items removed and tabled The board voted to remove item D from the consent agenda and then tabled it for separate consideration; the meeting record does not specify the content of item D.
Why it matters: The approved grants and contracts fund emergency communications, policing equipment, sewer rehabilitation and infrastructure access for broadband and cell service, and also move forward flood mitigation property acquisition and waste transfer operations. Several items include revenue for the county (easement payments) or large capital outlays (sewer rehabilitation).
Procedural notes All items listed on the consent agenda were presented by the county administrator and approved by voice vote; the record shows unanimous “aye” votes. The meeting record does not record individual mover/second names for consent items.
