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Votes at a glance: Queen Anne's County Commissioners actions, Jan. 28, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken or introduced by the Queen Anne's County Commissioners at the Jan. 28 meeting, including approvals, proclamations, budget amendments and letters of support.
The Queen Anne's County Commissioners recorded the following formal actions, introductions and votes at their Jan. 28, 2025 meeting. This roundup lists each item, the motion reported on the record, and the outcome as stated during the meeting.
1) Nomination for Critical Area Commission - Motion: Nominate Barry Waterman for appointment to the Critical Area Commission for the governor’s consideration. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye). The nomination will be forwarded for the governor’s appointment process.
2) Proclamation — Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Proclamation 25-1) - Motion/Action: Proclamation declaring January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Queen Anne's County. - Outcome: Proclamation adopted on the record.
3) Proclamation — National Burn Awareness Week (Proclamation 25-04) - Motion/Action: Proclamation declaring Feb. 2–8, 2025 as National Burn Awareness Week. - Outcome: Proclamation adopted on the record.
4) Critical Area Forest Mitigation Bank Memorandum of Understanding - Motion: Authorize the county to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Critical Area Commission to establish a forest mitigation bank in Queen Anne's County as an off-site tree-replacement option. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye). County staff will return with site-specific proposals and tracking details as a next step.
5) Midshore Regional Detention Center Cooperative Service Agreement - Motion: Approve the cooperative service agreement to share construction and operating responsibilities for a new regional detention center on the site of the former Eastern Pre-Release Unit near Church Hill. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye). Kent County had signed earlier that day; Caroline County was still reviewing and planning a public hearing.
6) Introduction — County Ordinance 25-01 - Motion/Action: Introduce County Ordinance 25-01 and send to the Planning Commission for review and comment. - Outcome: Ordinance introduced; review process initiated.
7) Rural Legacy Priority Area — Foreman Branch - Motion: Designate Foreman Branch as the county’s priority rural legacy area for FY 2026 grant applications to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye).
8) Letter of consent — YMCA parcel transfer to Centreville - Motion: Execute letter consenting to a transfer of approximately 3,000 square feet of property within a previously conveyed parcel to the Town of Centreville for right-of-way purposes. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye).
9) Budget Amendment CC-6 — Price Creek Dredging - Motion: Approve budget amendment CC-6 to reflect $1,050,000 in loan revenue and matching expenditures for the Price Creek dredging project; loan to be repaid by waterfront property owners over 25 years. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye).
10) Budget Amendment CC-7 — Board of Education transfers - Motion: Approve budget amendment CC-7 transferring $675,000 in budget authority from an underrun on Kent Island High School roof replacement to other BOE projects: two special-needs buses ($300,000), stormwater management repairs ($275,000), and a generator ($100,000). - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye).
11) Desk Item — Support letter for economic development authority powers (HB 97 / SB 409) - Motion: Execute a letter supporting legislation (House Bill 97 and Senate Bill 409) to modernize economic development authority powers and permit use of certain proceeds, including tax-increment financing tools for redevelopment. - Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote: aye).
Notes and next steps
- Map-amendment requests for the Barnes Stable property (townhomes in Chester) and the Aspire Ewing Farm project were discussed but received no motions to move forward. Commissioners directed staff to obtain additional information, particularly regarding school impacts, before the applicants may reapply or the county advances decisions. - Several approvals were voice votes without individual roll-call tallies recorded on the public record; where the meeting record contains no named roll-call, this roundup records the outcome as stated by the chair (motion carried / adopted).
