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Queenstown commissioners held closed session on water-tower site, WWTP legal matters and an MDE settlement offer
Summary
The Queenstown commissioners met in closed session June 12, 2019 to discuss acquiring property for a water-tower site, seek legal advice on wastewater treatment-plant closeout and negotiations with GMB, and consider an MDE violation and settlement offer; the closed-session record states the board agreed to respond to a settlement offer.
The Queenstown commissioners convened a closed session on June 12, 2019 from 5:00 to 5:53 p.m. under the Maryland Open Meetings Act authority cited in the town's record. President Thomas B. Willis, Jr., Commissioners Hogie Schuster and Alton Hardee, Town Manager/Clerk Amy Moore, Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan and Town Engineer Robert Rauch were listed as present.
Purpose and legal basis: The closed-session record identifies the purpose as discussing acquisition of real property for a water-tower location, obtaining legal advice on WWTP closeout items and negotiations with GMB, and considering an MDE (Maryland Department of the Environment) violation and settlement offer. The meeting record cites State Government Article —7—-508(a) of the Maryland Code as the legal basis for closing the public meeting.
Action reported: The closed-session summary states the board agreed to respond to a settlement offer submitted by GMB and directs the town clerk to maintain the closed-session document as a public record and append it to the minutes of the next public meeting. The board voted 3-0 to enter the closed session at 5:00 p.m. and voted 3-0 to adjourn the closed session at 5:53 p.m.
Next steps: The clerk was directed to preserve the closed-session certificate and append it to the next meeting minutes. No further public details of negotiations or settlement terms were disclosed in the record provided at the meeting.
