Hearing on Special Exception 22007 continued after examiner power outage

A hearing on Special Exception 22007 before the Prince George's County Hearing Examiner was continued to Wednesday, April 16 at 9:30 a.m. after the hearing examiner experienced a power outage, a staff member said.

The staff member, who opened the remote session, told participants that the examiner, Joyce Nichols, had lost power and hoped it would be restored. "The examiner's power is still out, but she's very hopeful that it'll come on soon," the staff member said, and asked participants to check back at 10:30 a.m., saying 11 a.m. would be the latest start time if power was restored. Later the staff member announced: "We're gonna have to continue this matter until next Wednesday, April 16 April sixteenth at 09:30 because the examiner is still having problems."

The staff member also said that if the hearing proceeded that day the examiner planned to break around 3 p.m. so citizens and witnesses could return the following week if the record was not completed. The recording briefly stopped and then resumed, after which the staff member confirmed the continuance date. The transcript includes an on-record case reference to "special exception 22007." Mr. Tedesco was identified in the remarks but the transcript does not specify his role in the proceeding.

No substantive testimony, motions, votes, or rulings on the merits of the special-exception request are recorded in the portions of the transcript provided. The only formal action in the transcript is the continuance of the matter to the date and time above; the examiner or other officials did not announce any decision on the underlying application.