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Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County
Calvert County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Hearing Room

TUESDAY, April 8, 2008
Invocation – Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
                       Beit Chaverium Congregation, Prince Frederick, Maryland
Pledge of Allegiance
Approve Agenda
Approval of Minutes of March 25, 2008
Approval of Minutes of April 1, 2008

AGENDA - REVISED**

      I.     PRESENTATION                                                                                                    10:05 a.m.
            Employee of the Month - February

     II.     APPOINTMENTS                                                                                                   10:10 a.m.
            Board of Parks and Recreation
            Four vacancies due to term expirations

            Employee Recognition Committee
            Six vacancies due to term expirations and a resignation

    III.     MEETING                                                                                                                  10:15 a.m.
            Department of Finance and Budget
            Memo from Tim Hayden, Accounting Supervisor, 4/02/08
            Re:  Meeting with Town Mayors of North Beach and Chesapeake Beach
                     – Tax Differential

   IV.     PUBLIC HEARING                                                                                                   10:30 a.m.
            Department of Public Works
            Memo from Mighel Jackson, Project Engineer, 4/02/08
            Re:  Briarwood Road Tax District Final Public Hearing

    V.     PRESENTATION                                                                                                      10:45 a.m.
            Department of Economic Development
            Memo from Linda S. Vassallo, Director, 4/03/08
             Re:  Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland Presentation
                     – Southern Maryland Regional Workforce Investment Board

   VI.     OLD BUSINESS                                                                                                       11:15 a.m.
            Department of Planning and Zoning
            Memo from Greg Bowen, Director, 4/02/08
            Re:  Planning Commission’s Recommendation
                    – Text Amendment Case Numbers 07-12 and 07-13

  VII.     NEW   BUSINESS                                                                                                    11:30 a.m.
             Gambling Permit Review Committee
             1.  Memo from Dennis Brown, Chair, 4/02/08
                  Re:  Charitable Bingo Permit Application – Calvert County Quilt Guild

             Department of Finance and Budget
             2.  Memo from Lea Ann Smiley, Budget Analyst, 4/01/08
                  Re:  Sheriff’s Office – Request for Contingency Funds

            Department of General Services
            3.  Memo from William Clay, Supervisor, Mosquito Control Program, 3/30/08
                 Re:  Mosquito Control Cost Sharing Agreement – Maryland Department of Agriculture

            Department of Public Works
            4.  Memo from Karl R. Deugwillo, Transportation Project Engineer, 3/31/08
                  Re:   Agreement of Sale Contract for Fee Simple and Easement Acquisition for
                           Chesapeake Boulevard, Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetery Corporation Property

            5.  Memo from Gary Dobson, Project Engineer, 3/31/08
                 Re:   Professional Real Estate Acquisition Services
                           in Support of Dowell Road Widening Project

  VIII.    COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS                                                                               12:15 p.m.

   IX.     PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                                  12:25 p.m.
            There is a time limit of 5 minutes per speaker. No additional minutes or
            allotting unused minutes to an additional speaker will be permitted.

      X.   EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                              12:30 p.m.
              Closed to the public pursuant to Section 10-508 of the State Government
             Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

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Executive Session Meeting
AGENDA

1.  Personnel Matters [10-508 (a) (1) (ii)]**
     The Board will meet with staff to consider a request for unpaid administrative leave.

2.  Personnel Matters [10-508 (a) (1) (i)]
     The Board will meet with staff to consider a request for reclassification of an employee.

3.  Acquisition of Land [10-508 (a) (3)]
     The Board will meet with staff regarding a proposed site for future wetland mitigation.

This agenda is subject to change and the times listed are approximate.
If any items are added for consideration, they will be included on a
revised agenda that will be issued prior to the closed session.
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Summary of Actions

Presented a certificate and monetary award to Christine Lewis, Long Term Care Coordinator, Office on Aging, for being chosen as Employee of the Month for February 2008. Ms. Lewis was recognized for her exemplary service and fervent advocacy on behalf of the frail, elderly population of Calvert County, consistently going above and beyond the call of duty to exhibit support and encouragement to those seniors in need of services. Ms. Lewis was also presented with a plaque from the Voices for Quality Care, a non-profit organization of persons working to ensure quality care for all residents in Maryland’s long term care facilities, which stated:  Voices for Quality Care recognizes Calvert County as Maryland’s Best Ombudsman Programs for having resolved 98.4% of complaints in 2006.

Re-appointed Karyn L. Molines and appointed Dan Kletter and Robert J. Portillo to the Board of Parks and Recreation.

Re-appointed Susan D. Evans, Kimberly R. Gott, Gale S. Parks, Thomas Parran, III, and Lea Ann Smiley to the Employee Recognition Committee and changed the term of Mr. Parran to expire on January 31, 2010, in order to align the expiration dates of the Committee members.

Held a meeting with the Mayor of the Town of Chesapeake Beach, Gerald W. Donovan, and the Mayor of the Town of North Beach, Michael Bojokles, and approved the tax differential to remain at $.336 for both Towns.

Held the final public hearing and approved the Briarwood Road Tax District, bringing Briarwood Drive into the County’s road system.

A presentation was given by the Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland (TCCSMD) on the proposed Southern Maryland Workforce Investment Board (WIB). Directed the County Attorney to review the proposed resolution for legal sufficiency; directed the TCCSMD to send a letter responding to the Board’s inquiry as to what problems will be solved by creating the WIB and at what expense to Calvert County; and directed staff to bring this back on the agenda for action in two weeks.

Accepted the Planning Commission’s recommendation on remaining Text Amendment Cases #07-12; accepted Nos. 1, 2, 3 (up to 400 maximum seating capacity), and 5, and deleted No. 4 of Case #07-13; and approved the Farm and Forest District to be a listed as a “Special Exception Use with Conditions.”

Denied the Charitable Bingo Permit Application submitted by the Calvert County Quilt Guild as they are not a charitable organization that is permitted to conduct bingo and other gambling activities under the current Calvert County Rules and Regulations.

Approved Budget Adjustment #441 in the amount of $43,933 from the Commissioners Contingency Fund in order to allow the Sheriff’s Office to proceed with the purchase of two replacement Crown Victoria’s and to allow two of the proposed FY 2009 Deputy Sheriffs to begin employment on April 11, 2008, in order for them to attend the next class of the Police Academy.

Directed staff to ask Charles and St. Mary’s Counties to look at starting classes at the Academy to coincide with the budget cycle; research if the two new cars are in the budget cycle, what cars are currently being utilized as replacements, and if there are any cars available on the lot that could be used as replacements.

Approved and authorized the President of the Board to sign the Mosquito Control Cost Sharing Agreement with the Maryland Department of Agriculture for the mosquito control program.

Approved the Agreement of Sale Contract for Fee Simple and Easement Acquisition with the Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetery Corporation for their property located on Armory Road needed for the Chesapeake Boulevard project for the acquisition cost of $40,000.

Awarded the Professional Real Estate Acquisition Services contract to Diversified Property Services for the bid amount of $214,599.87 for the Dowell Road widening project.