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The Calvert County Times
Thursday, December 6, 2018
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Commissioners, Legislators Meet on Proposed Bills
New Solomons Firehouse Location Questioned
The other two bill proposals would
give the county authority to restrict dis-
ruptive persons from county property
for more than the one day now allowed
and would add the family of a volunteer
who gives their life in the line of duty to
the county’s Length of Service (LOSAP)
benefit. County Attorney John Norris
said the latter was an oversight when the
program was enacted.
The other projects on the request for
increased bond authority were:
• Little Cove Point Road
• Sr. Leonard Road widening
• A wastewater treatment plant
• Headworks
Pumping
Station
Upgrade.
Senator Mike Miller (D: District 27)
and Delegates Michael Jackson (D:
27B), Mark Fisher (R: 27C) and Clark
were in attendance. Neither outgo-
ing District 29 Senator Steve Waugh
or senator-elect Jack Bailey attended.
In addition to the current five commis-
sioners, the new board members in two
weeks, Kelly McConkey, Buddy Hance
and Tim Hutchins were present in the
audience.
(l to r) Delegates Jerry Clark and Michael Jackson and Sen. Mike Miller.
By Dick Myers
Editor
The Calvert County Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC) met with the
county’s legislative delegation on Dec.
4 for their annual confab on proposed
county legislation. Since Calvert has
a commissioner form of government,
the BOCC is unable to enact local leg-
islation and must instead depend of the
delegation for that. Sometimes that leads
to tension between the two branches of
government.
With just two weeks left in their term
of office, the current BOCC had three
lane duck members sitting at the tables
with the legislators. But the three com-
missioners-elect were sitting in the au-
dience. Once they convene, they could
change the bill package that was present-
ed to the legislators.
The short meeting was perfunctory
with one exception. Delegate Jerry Clark
(R: 29C) questioned one portion of the
proposal supported by the current board
to increase the county’s bond authority
by $10.32 million. One of the parts of
that request was $1 million for the Solo-
mons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire
Department to purchase land “for the
new eventual replacement of the current
facility.”
The idea is to move the facility far-
ther north, closer to Lusby and the de-
partment’s first due area. Clark asked
whether the needs for the company’s res-
cue squad had been adequately looked at.
He mentioned the medical office build-
ing that is next door to his liquor store as
an example of a facility that might need
emergency services, yet the new facility
would be father away from that.
Division Chief of Fire, Rescue and
EMS James Richardson said that the lo-
cation of senior housing such as Asbury
Solomons and the assisted living facility
on Dowell Road had been taken into con-
Earlier the detention center adminis-
sideration. But he noted that insurance trator Major Reese said enacting a Cor-
rates were high for residents of Chesa- rectional Officers Bill of Rights, similar
peake Ranch Estates (CRE) because they to what Charles County has, would bring
live more than five miles from the current Calvert in line with most of the other
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Richardson said that if anyone living
in that populous community who had a
fire hydrant out front, it still would be
considered “unprotected” and subject to
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Richardson said CRE generated 26
percent of all of the emergency calls for
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all of Calvert County. And he noted that
86 percent of the volume was for emer-
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the new Solomons facility would be near
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the traffic circle on the Southern Con-
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nector which would put it within the five-
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mile radius of CRE.
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question from Clark, that no decision
Tenderloins
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Pork Roast
Boars Head Sweet Slice Ham
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had been made about the disposal of
Boneless
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the current Solomons facility. That land
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and building is owned by the Volunteer
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department.
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The legislators were presented with
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four proposals that had the majority sup-
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port of the BOCC, although Commis-
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That left one proposal failing to garner
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enough support on a 2-2-1 deadlock. That
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would have changed the current correc-
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Even though the proposal did not
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gather enough votes, Slaughenhoupt said
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