AGENDA: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Closed Session – Legal, Personnel, and Real Estate Matters
Council Meeting to begin at 6:00 p.m.
I. Moment of Silence
II. Agenda
III. Minutes – May 24, 2022 and June 7, 2022
IV. Disbursements – June 14, 2022
V. Introduction of Numbered Resolutions:
A. A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING OR MODIFYING THE TALBOT COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023 AND 2024 TO ADD A NEW CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SOUTH WELL FOR THE TOWN OF EASTON
B. A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECLASSIFYING AND REMAPPING TWO PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 29659 MATTHEWSTOWN ROAD (MARYLAND ROUTE 328), EASTON, MARYLAND, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 26 AS PARCEL 45 AND LOCATED ON CAMAC STREET, EASTON, MARYLAND, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 26 AS PARCEL 186, FROM “W-2” AND “S-2”, PLANNED WATER AND SEWER SERVICE IN 3 TO 5 YEARS, TO “W-1” AND “S-1”, IMMEDIATE PRIORITY STATUS
C. A RESOLUTION TO PLACE QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT AT THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION TO AMEND SECTION 207 OF THE CHARTER OF TALBOT COUNTY TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL FROM $14,400 PER ANNUM TO $25,000 PER ANNUM, WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 PER ANNUM AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL MAY SET, BY RESOLUTION, COMPENSATION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DIFFERING FROM THAT SET FORTH IN SECTION 207; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL REQUIRE AT LEAST A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, AND TAKE EFFECT COMMENCING WITH THE FORTHCOMING COUNCIL TERM
VI. Public Hearings on FY23 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Projects 6:30 p.m.
A. Habitat for Humanity Choptank – 122 S. Locust Lane, Easton, MD 21601 – $100,000 for Rehabilitation of Single Family Home in Historic Area of Easton
B. Building African American Minds (BAAM) – 31 Jowite Street, Easton, MD 21601- $347,138 for Construction of 3-story Academic Center
VII. Introduction of Administrative Resolutions:
A. ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) SFY23 APPLICATION FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK FOR THE REHABILITATION OF A HOME LOCATED AT 122 S. LOCUST LANE, EASTON, MARYLAND 21601
B. ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) SFY23 APPLICATION FOR BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS (BAAM), 31 JOWITE STREET, EASTON, MARYLAND 21601 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACADEMIC CENTER
VIII. Public Hearings:
A. Bill No. 1499, A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 56 (ELECTRICAL STANDARDS) OF THE TALBOT COUNTY CODE FOR THE PURPOSES OF INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS TO THE MARYLAND ELECTRICIANS ACT ENACTED BY THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 762 – CHAPTER 708, ACTS OF 2021 AND INCORPORATING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, AS UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME, AS THE MINIMUM STANDARD FOR ELECTRICAL WORK IN TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND
B. Bill No. 1500, A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 60 (ETHICS PROVISIONS) OF THE TALBOT COUNTY CODE FOR THE PURPOSES OF INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS ENACTED BY THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 879 – CHAPTER 31, ACTS OF 2017, HOUSE BILL 363 – CHAPTER 252, ACTS OF 2021, AND HOUSE BILL 1058 – CHAPTER 425, ACTS OF 2021 AND PROVIDING THAT THE MEMBERS OF CERTAIN COUNTY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 60 AS NONELECTED OFFICIALS
IX. Eligible for Vote:
A. Resolution No. 328, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN TO REVISE CHAPTER THREE – AMENDMENT PROCEDURES
and Amendment
X. Council Discussion of Proposed Text Amendments:
A. Application by Talbot Country Club, Inc., 6141 Country Club Drive, Easton, Maryland to Amend the Talbot County Code Section 190-78 “Terms Defined” to add a definition of the term “Country Club” and Section 190-48.3 to add a new subsection “F. Expansion of the uses and structures of a country club in the RC District”
B. Application by Ryan Showalter, Esq., MDSW, 100 N. West Street, Easton, Maryland to amend the Talbot County Code Sections 190-15 “Critical Area Overlay District (CAO),” 190-31 “Marine Uses,” 190-33 “Accessory uses,” and 190-78 “Terms defined” regarding erosion control measures, piers and riparian structures
XI. County Manager’s Report:
A. Request from Department of Public Works to Award Bid No. 22-06, TALBOT COUNTY
SANITARY DISTRICT – SEPTIC SYSTEM CONNECTIONS TO COUNTY SEWER – THREE (3) YEAR CONTRACT – TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND
XII. Public Comments
https://www.talbotcountymd.gov/uploads/File/council/Talbot%20County%20Council%20Meeting%20Protocols.pdf
XIII. Council Comments
XIV. Closed Session – Legal, Personnel, and Real Estate Matters
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