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COMMISSIONERS' AGENDA
Commissioners’ Hearing Room

Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Invocation – Pastor Steve Howell, Grace Brethren Church
                       Owings, Maryland
Pledge of Allegiance
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes of September 19, 2006

A G E N D A

      I.   PRESENTATION/PROCLAMATIONS                                                                          10:05 a.m.
           1.  Invitation to Patuxent River Appreciation Day
           2.  Fire Prevention Week – October 8 - 14, 2006
           3.  50^th Anniversary – Herbert C. Dowell Jr., North Beach Volunteer Fire Department
           4.  50^th Anniversary – Richard Wayne Gordy, North Beach Volunteer Fire Department
           5.  50^th Anniversary – Vernon D. Horsmon Sr., Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department
           6.  50^th Anniversary – J. Raymond Lankford, Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad
                                                                                                        and Fire Department

     II.   APPOINTMENTS                                                                                                           10:30 a.m.
           Calvert Housing Opportunities Committee
           One vacancy due to being a newly formed committee

           Housing Authority of Calvert County
           One vacancy due to a term expiration

    III.   NEW BUSINESS                                                                                                               10:35 a.m. 

           Department of Finance and Budget
           1.  Memo from Tammy McCourt, Deputy Director, and
                Robert Pfeiffer, Capital Projects Coordinator, 9/25/06
                Re:   Funding for Capital Projects

           2.  Memo from Tammy McCourt, Deputy Director, 9/28/06
               Re:   Funding for Land Acquisition

           3.  Memo from Tammy McCourt, Deputy Director, 9/26/06
               Re:   Town Police Patrol

           Department of General Services – Natural Resources Division
           4.  Memo from Dwight Williams, Division Chief, 9/21/06
                Re:   Replacement of Stolen Equipment

   IV.   COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS                                                                                       11:10 a.m.

    V.   PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                                           11:15 a.m.

   VI.   EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                       11:20 a.m.
           Closed to the public pursuant to Section 10-508 of the State Government
           Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

  VII.   LUNCHEON                                                                                                                          12:00 p.m.
           Asbury-Solomons 10^th Anniversary
           Asbury-Solomons Island Riverview Dining Room

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Executive Session Meeting
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
AGENDA

     1.   Contract Negotiations [10-508 (a)(4)]
           The Board will consider a request for a lease agreement.

This agenda is subject to change. 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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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Summary of Action Taken
Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Senator Bernie Fowler and Sherrod Sturrock, Deputy Director, Calvert Marine Museum, gave a brief presentation on the upcoming Patuxent River Appreciation Days (PRAD) at the Calvert Marine Museum, beginning on Friday, October 6, with the “State of the River Summit” and concluding on Sunday, October 8, with the PRAD Parade.

Presented a proclamation declaring October 18 - 14, 2006, as “Fire Prevention Week,” urging all citizens to heed the important safety messages of “Fire Prevention Week” and to support the volunteers in their efforts.

Presented proclamations to the following citizens who have volunteered 50+ years of service in the Calvert County Volunteer Fire/Rescue/EMS Departments:

• Herbert C. Dowell Jr., North Beach Volunteer Fire Department, March 1954
• Richard Wayne Gordy, North Beach Volunteer Fire Department, April 1951
• Vernon D. Horsmon Sr., Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department, June 1943
• J. Raymond Lankford, Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department, May 1956

Appointed Carl P. Osgood Sr. to the Calvert Housing Opportunities Committee.

Appointed Eunice Washington to the Housing Authority of Calvert County.

Authorized staff to proceed into a public hearing to formally take action on a budget adjustment to fund $7.8 million for the following projects:

         Prince Frederick Aquatic Center land ................ $2.7 million
         Southern Connector Road Project...................... $3.0 million
         Kindergarten Expansion Initiative........................ $2.1 million

Approved Budget Adjustment 135 in the amount of $23,858 from the Capital Contingency Fund for the purchase of two parcels of excess property located in Lusby from the State Highway Administration.

Authorized staff to proceed into a public hearing for the addition of a deputy position for the Sheriff’s Office in order to accommodate the request for one additional deputy to be assigned to the Town of Chesapeake Beach. The cost of the County hiring an additional deputy is $117,140, and will be paid in full by the Town of Chesapeake Beach.

Approved Budget Adjustment 127 in the amount of $8,275 from the Capital Contingency Fund to cover the replacement of the items stolen from Flag Ponds Nature Park (John Deere gator, generator, weed eater/brush cutter, and chainsaw).