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Votes at a glance: appointments, ordinances and contracts from May 27 Queen Anne's County meeting
Summary
At their May 27 meeting commissioners approved an appointment, several contracts and grants, tabled a cannabis licensing ordinance and failed a proposed plastic-bag ordinance; they also set sanitary-rate escalators for FY26.
Queen Anne's County commissioners on May 27 took a series of formal actions including an appointment, budget- and procurement-related approvals, and ordinance votes. A summary of votes and formal actions follows.
Appointments and administrative actions - Bay Bridge Airport Advisory Committee: The board appointed Steve Wilson to fill a vacancy on the Bay Bridge Airport Advisory Committee; the term was listed to expire 06/30/2028. (Motion and second recorded; vote announced "all in favor; motion carries.")
Ordinances and legislative items - County ordinance 25-01 (cannabis licensing consistency with state law): The commissioners tabled the ordinance after discussion; the item will return to a future meeting. (Motion to table approved.) - County ordinance 25-06 (plastic carryout bags): Commissioners voted on an amendment to remove a mandatory 10¢ charge on paper and reusable carryout bags; the amendment passed (recorded as 3 in favor, 1 opposed). The full ordinance, as amended, did not pass at the meeting (final vote: motion failed; transcript does not record a complete named vote tally for the final ordinance).
Sanitary commission and rates - FY26 sanitary rate escalator: The sanitary commission set a 2.5% operations and maintenance escalator for most sanitary district rate schedules for FY26; Southern Kent Island subdistrict was exempted from any increase. The recorded vote was 3 in favor, 1 abstention and 1 absent; the motion carried.
Contracts, grants and procurement - Economic development incentive: Approved disbursement of $2,565 from the economic development workforce fund to Miltech Corporation for management training and professional development, contingent on a signed agreement with the EDIF commission. - South Island Trail (traffic signal): Authorized a sole-source contract to Scott A. Duncan, Inc., for construction of a Route 8 traffic-signal crossing south of Davidson Lane in the amount of $117,607. - Parks equipment purchase: Authorized purchase of two John Deere Z994R diesel Z‑track mowers from Atlantic Tractor (Queen Anne, MD) for $33,195.28.
Other procedural items - The board convened briefly as the sanitary commission to take the rate action listed above.
Notes on voting records: Where the public transcript recorded only "aye"/"motion carries" without named roll-call counts, this summary reports outcomes as recorded and notes where specific tallies were not specified in the public record. Any legal or budget implementation steps described in motions (for example, contingency on signed agreements or APF reviews) remain conditions for execution.
What happens next: Tabled or failed legislative items may be scheduled for future meetings; the county will post the formal minutes and any signed contracts or grant agreements when available.
