Board of Town Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Good evening. It is 5.15 p.m. and the work session of the Council of Municipal Commissars of Bel Air of September 1, 2026 is open. I'm going to make the call. Commissioner Fosse?

Present. Commissioner Schisma?

Present.

Commissioner Taylor?

Present.

Commissioner Hanley?

Present.

Very good. We are all here tonight. That's perfect. Our first point is the order of the day and the approval of this order of the day. May I have a motion to approve the order of the day tonight?

Motion adopted. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second.

Discussions on the order of the day tonight?

J'en avais une. MCR a laissé entendre que nous n'avions pas forcément besoin de discuter du règlement en session fermée. Je sais que nous en avons discuté en séance publique.

Oui, j'ai ici une note du procureur général, qui est certainement déjà une information publique, donc je pourrais simplement la lire en séance publique, si vous le souhaitez. C'est strictement pour les opioïdes. Les opioïdes.

So we are going to move this to our public session.

So I'm going to propose a motion to remove point 11 ARVI or 11 BE.

That's it. Exactly.

Because it's already at point 4C1. It's logical.

We are going to vote on the amendment in the order of the day.

Someone must second the motion.

We really need a second.

And now we are going to vote on the amendment.

This concerns the vote on the approval of the modified order of the day for the work session of the municipal commissioners of Belle-Herbe on September 1, 2026. Commissioner Faust. Commissioner Schismar. Commissioner Taylor. For. Commissioner Hanley. President Hedding.

And now we must vote on the modified order of the day.

And that's it for the order of the day as ordered. Commissioner Faust. Commissioner Chismat, Commissioner Teller, Commissioner Handelet, President Hédine, the order of the day is approved. Thank you.

Let's move on to the provisional order of the day of our next municipal meeting, which will take place on September 8 at 7 p.m. here at the city hall of Bel Air. The first point will be a public hearing on Resolution 1279-26. Resolution to Resolution 1246-25. The auction of the price of the armory with a return for the former fighters. And who makes the presentation? Very well.

Thank you, Madam President. We discussed this during the last municipal meeting where it was received. And in summary, it is a 10% reduction for the military in active service and veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It will be submitted to your vote during the next public meeting.

Questions for Mike on this subject? I think it's a nice gesture towards our community of former fighters. Very well. Also in the unfinished cases, we have Bill 279.26, modifying resolution 124.125, the barrage of the costs of the armory, with reduction for the former fighters. I suppose we have no other discussion on this subject since we have just finished. Let's move on to the new cases with resolution 1296, the authorization to regulate the litigation on opioids with Indivior.

I have not yet written the resolution. I should have it for you later this week. But in summary, I will read the office of the Attorney General of the state of Maryland Anthony Brown has published the following note the office of the Attorney General The Attorney General's Office concluded an agreement with Indivior, a drug manufacturer, against opioid-related disorders. In June 2025, the Attorney General's Office chose not to sign the multi-state agreement with Indivior. After additional negotiations, the office and Indivior have concluded a settlement providing for a payment of about 1.5 million dollars. It's the same amount as the Maryland part in the multi-state agreement, but in the form of a single payment. In addition, Indivior will provide for 2 million dollars of sub-ox and sub-lockade for a use by the state and slash or the participating counties, including the city of Baltimore, in their correction system and they provide instructions to order the products from the regulation available in the joint documentation. So our lawyers employed by the city to guide us through these different regulations on opioids agree and recommend that the council also sign this one.

Just before closing this point, I know that these are formalities, because we are not going to proceed individually. It would be too expensive for us, but we are going to obtain concrete products. That's what it seems. There is indeed a...

There is indeed a bomb of orders that will make available... I suppose it's the chief. Do officers sometimes wear... Or... New... Let's see...

I don't think it's the one that is easily available for the community.

I'm curious to know what exactly these drugs are used for, because some are administered in case of overdose, like Narcan, which I know well. I'm not quite sure, but it looks like these drugs that we take instead of the drug that we are dependent on, so that you...

So it may be more intended for health services than the police department.

So maybe we should, you know, before next week. And I clarify this in part for the people who listen to us and in part for my own information, to see if it's something we want to get or if we get it, can we give it to the health service?

Because there are rules on this kind of thing. It looks like one of these drugs that inhibits you, you know, that prevents you from making a relapse when you have a relapse.

C'est disponible pour l'État et tous les comtés participants, y compris la ville de Baltimore et les municipalités. Donc, je déteste. Je n'ai fait aucune mention d'une quantité spécifique autorisée pour nous tous. Je pense que c'est...

Yes, I wouldn't want it to be wasteful if we could potentially give it to the detention center. But I don't want us to break the rules either. As it is a drug requiring an order, I think we can't give it to anyone, to anyone. But if you could examine the question, chief, so that we know what we can do and what we can't do with it.

And there is a small 6-point chart that indicates that the city of Bel Air, as eligible subdivision, will receive 716.50 dollars. So that's it.

It's not a fortune, but we'll take what we have to take. Very well.

It is indeed a sum of money, not the cost of drugs. The individual regulation. What follows are estimates of payments in total species intended for subdivisions. Payments. These payments do not include the products of regulations available for certain eligible subdivisions.

So it may not even be clear that we are eligible. But anyway, if we could examine this, because if we are eligible or if we could designate the health service or the detention center in case we could not use it, it would be great.

Other questions about the opioid litigation? We will have this resolution for you on Monday. Very well.

Let's move on to the uniform contract of the Public Works Service. Mr. Steven Klein.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is a contract for the purchase, or rather for the rental of the uniform for the Public Works Service. A contract of $13,000 per fiscal exercise, renewable for a period of three additional years.

This is why we submit it to you for approval, because after 4 years, it will exceed our market market threshold of 25,000 dollars.

This is a contract attached to that of the county of C and we are already calling the Lord Baltimore Uniform Society.

So we will simply continue to work with them in the future and we would like to obtain your approval for this. So we are currently renting our uniforms. I did not know. We learn every day.

They come to pick them up every week to take them, clean them. Each employee receives 11 uniforms, they use 5 and have the surplus. Thus, when they bring this one, they have it for two full weeks. They wash them, bring them back and if there are tears or dents, they repair them for us, etc.

So half of it is still being washed every week.

And it worked very well for us in the past.

Mr. Klein, what is our contract?

I don't know the exact amount, but it would be around 11,000 and something. And I planned a ceiling of 13,000 dollars if there are extras, like t-shirts that we buy for the guys in the summer.

We buy them.

We don't rent t-shirts. But do you think it's more or less what... Oh no, it's practically the same thing. Yes, it's almost exactly the same thing.

Other questions about the uniform contract? Very good. Then, the equipment contract of the garbage truck. Mr. Klein.

Thank you. This has appeared a little recently. You had already approved the truck as a whole during your meeting on July 20, 2026. What happened is that the person from Grand Turk, who manufactures the garbage component of the truck, asked for his own order. The finances estimated that due to this request, you should approve a contract with Grand Turk as we did with the other company. It is only the rear loading bay of 20 yards which will be mounted on the chassis that you have already approved. This for a total of 146. 180 dollars. It was indicated in the documents that you consulted and that you had approved. But the financial service believes that we should also obtain your agreement.

Good. Questions on the truck equipment. Very good. Let's move on to the nomination to the urbanist commission. I do not see any.

Wait a minute.

Sorry for that.

I work with an old copy. Yes, we modified it several times.

Very well. It's on. It's off. It's off. Thank you. Public security surveillance camera contract, Vicata, and I know you're the boss.

It's again a last minute entry. We want to try to include it. All this happened in mid-April. The BAPD and our excellent team of subvention editors for economic development. We have decided to submit a subvention request to the Office of the Governor for prevention and control of crime, G.O.C.C.C.P. as part of the subvention for the security of the neighborhoods and entertainment of Maryland. It's abridged. You will usually see EDSG This would strengthen our public security camera network, Vicata at AEI. The process was extremely competitive. We had two weeks, and that's the kind of game they give you two weeks because they want to see if you are really determined to want to get the extremely competitive grant. There were only 250,000 for each jurisdiction in the entire state of Maryland, and each jurisdiction could receive up to 50,000 dollars. Our hopes of winning were not high. Once again, we only had two weeks. But remarkably, in June, we received the notification that we had actually received $ 21,661. A grant to help us with the project. This would finance two cameras. And in July, we received another excellent news. We received an additional $ 910. This proves our ability to obtain this funding and our competitiveness. Obviously, they found that we had submitted an excellent demand for subsidies. We have therefore received a total of 3761 dollars. This was excellent news, but the only problem is that it could only finance two cameras. Three cameras would cost us 33,568 dollars. So what I would like to do is to finance the deficit again, a little like I did for the command connector. We will use the funds of the group to cover this deficit of 2,987,060. Once again, it is about the subsidy for arts and entertainment, and the availability of funding. The objective of the EDSG is to strengthen security in the entertainment districts of Maryland, thanks to the efforts of collaboration between local governments, community organizations and the authorities, by supporting safe and criminal activities. The EDSG aims to reduce criminal activities, improve crowd control and strengthen public safety. and our public security camera system, Verata AI, leads us in the right direction. We have placed a request in the acquisition category of security equipment, which facilitates the purchase of surveillance cameras, improved lighting and communication tools to improve surveillance in high-frequency areas. These three additional cameras will strengthen the current network and we will use them around Main Street or Bond Street. That's where they will be deployed. I will have this point ready for presentation at the next meeting. Very well, thank you boss. Please, madam.

Questions?

Yes, boss.

What are the operational costs for this? Are there additional monthly fees? For the internet, for wireless connections and everything else.

Yes, there will probably be fees for wireless connection. I should check, but yes, just like for the other system.

Yes, we will add them to that, but I think they will be the only additional fees.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Let's now move on to the nominations for the Urbanism Commission. Session is closed.

Session is closed. Report of liaison commissioners. The tree committee did not meet this summer, but they will meet, I think, next week, Wednesday. I can't wait to be there. And I know we're missing a member.

So, I'm going to tap the field.

I have a similar report. The CDC and the ABC have both taken their usual summer break and will resume in the case of the CDC soon.

La semaine prochaine.

Jeudi prochain.

Et dans le cas de l'ABC, lundi prochain. Le lundi suivant. Le lundi suivant. Le 14. Ça devrait être le 14, je pense, parce que le jour de la fête du travail est très tard cette année, ce qui m'a vraiment déstabilisé. Bref, c'est tout ce que j'ai à dire. Nous serons de retour en septembre. Le comité pour les seigneurs et les citoyens de Bel Air ne s'est pas réuni en août.

La commission de préservation historique s'est réunie. Lise de notre conseil municipal a présenté à la commission une proposition de loi concernant les propriétés adjacentes ou attenantes au district de préservation historique ou au district désigné comme historique. The historic preservation commission could provide recommendations on the conformity of a real estate project with the historical character of the district. The commission seemed to be in favor of this idea, so we will work on it very soon.

The alliance of the city center has gathered and is preparing for the barbecue festival, which we all know is coming soon. They also indicated that the month of July was very busy. There were a lot of activities in the city. They are now turning towards September. There is the Bayer Market, which takes place on the same day as the Arts Festival. This will really offer a lot of opportunities to people who will come to the Harford County for the occasion. Angela, the tourist subsidy of the Harford County of 75,000 dollars. Exact, and we can keep the totality of this sum? That's what they said, because this... This grant was granted by the county of Hartford via the tourist grant process directly to the Alliance of the Center of the Bayer for marketing, specifically for the barbecue festival and potentially for other events that I'm not sure about, or if it's only for the festival. But yes, last year, they had a grant in partnership with another city organization and the grant was divided 86-20. This year, the Alliance will keep 100% of this grant. They have always made their request according to the rules of partnership, but the city of Bahir was their partner and we provide them with our natural services for the barbecue festival. They therefore keep the total amount agreed. Rockfield got together and they had a very busy season. Marriages are at an increase of 37% and social events of 34%. At the time of our meeting, they had 127 events active on their calendar. This means that they are complete. They are also preparing for the wine festival, which takes place, I think, on the 26th. I think that's all. There was another really interesting thing that came out of the Beller Downtown Alliance. One of the Vicky ladies who sits there to share, even if it doesn't have much to see, information about a mobile medical van that she manages and which is located in Edgewood. And it's a free clinic and it's a project that has just been launched. But I just wanted everyone to know that it exists. And it's really something that they offer to citizens, especially those who do not have the means to be able to consult doctors and all the rest, that they have this free clinic where they can go.

Yes, the call council met in August. I missed that. Where was it? The 8th or the 18th of August. They had two points in the order of the day. Michael, correct me. I think the two were at the same time. One concerned the holistic life. He was looking for a professional service to install a therapy cabinet in mental health at 724 Rock Spring.

Yes, it was a special exception.

It was a special exception. And the other was a request for CS Elevated Home Improvements in order to reduce the minimum withdrawal required from 10 feet to 1 foot for a property located at Homestead on Linwood Avenue.

And I think it was for a terrace for one of the houses built to fill in this neighborhood a few years ago. And there had been discussions at the time about the best way to arrange these houses on the ground.

And that created a kind of strange background, which is essentially a lateral court, in addition to the property of the church.

So the neighbor on the side of the terrace is the church.

And that, was it also adopted? It was also adopted because, yes, we were not available to do it. We had a work session tonight. Okay. And there will be no meeting of the Urbanism Commission this Thursday. We had nothing during the day. The next one could take place in October.

Yes, I foresee that we will meet in October. Candidate has just filed again. Today, before the deadline, we are working on it. We have our powers and responsibilities that we talked about last time when we had to move our meeting to the armory at the last minute to finalize it.

Just one last thing, the Commission for Cultural Arts did not meet during the summer, but we will meet next Wednesday.

Exactly. Oh, sorry. September 16th. Once the liaison reports are finished, we will move on to the update on the staff. I contacted a few people about the Committee of the Arts. I think we still have a vacation to the Commission of Urbanism. And another who will be released in November, which is still a little far. But we are already in September.

Yes, it will happen very soon. It's going to happen to us.

Are you going to contact Gaëlle-Angela?

J'en ai déjà parlé. Merci.

Nous avons deux postes actuellement ouverts aux candidatures. Il y a un poste d'ouvrier au département des travaux publics et un poste de superviseur des communications et de la répartition au sein du service de police. Donc ces postes acceptent toujours des candidatures. L'offre pour le superviseur de la répartition policière se termine le 4 septembre 2026. And the offer for the worker's position ends on September 13, 2026.

Very well. Anything else about the update on the staff? We will move on to the calendar because we have to choose a date and an hour for the public meeting on the Hoa Parc traffic study at the town hall. So I was thinking of the boss and Amber.

Well, I think we talked about the reception of the award path circulation study. We published it on the website on July 17th. I received some comments, nothing major or surprising. We have received other comments regarding improvements in similar infrastructures. We have therefore temporarily fixed the next meeting of the transport management program from Cartier on October 6th, which is on Tuesday. So if we want to organize a public meeting, maybe later in September, to share the results of this circulation study and get additional comments, we could then bring all this to the next meeting.

I think a good idea would be that you and the chief informer Mike and the others of the dates that suit you.

Then we will see who will be available to us.

We don't think that if we are not available every five of us, it will be an insurmountable obstacle because it is difficult to coordinate.

But I think you two are the most necessary parties for this meeting.

And we can make a complete presentation of the conclusions, right? What has been recommended as well as the traffic counts that are interesting for some people.

So you want to do this outside the NTMP first? I think that would make sense, because if we receive other comments, we can add them to those we have already received and examine them during this meeting. So I thought maybe... And then maybe agree, go ahead. Like the last week of September, the week of the 21st or the 28th, we will probably look at that.

The 21st or the 28th of September or...

The weeks of these dates.

The weeks of these dates.

and I realize that there are other meetings this week so we are going to talk a little last week to organize it here so that people can see and we could also broadcast it in streaming so that they can see it on the youtube channel also

If we have a committee of commissioners, we will publish the agenda and treat it as an ordinary public meeting with only this point in the agenda. We will simply invite people to the stand and create a small registration sheet to collect their information if we have to contact them again. So let's see what works. But I prefer the week of the 28th anyway.

It's actually better for me.

So I'm just giving my opinion. And then the NTMP is a meeting in a day, right? And we have to make decisions. Will the process be to make decisions during this meeting?

Well, it will be my first since I arrived.

The boss and I haven't necessarily talked about it yet. but I know that we have collected comments, I believe, since the last meeting. There are therefore some suggestions that residents have made for similar techniques of moderation of traffic, right? At precise places. There is therefore a small list of things. In addition, you know, four or five specific recommendations from the study of traffic. So we would discuss it to eventually prioritize them.

Could the public intervene in the NTP?

Is this how we proceed? The NTP is generally organized in the form of staff meetings. Okay, I'm just trying to let everyone know that it's done as a staff meeting, because if it was for comments from the public, it seems that it would be very difficult for people to be present during the day. Why was I just asking myself the question? It was not the usual practice. I know that the best practice has been to hold them during the day, but if there are contributions from the public, it would seem that it would be preferable to organize them in parties, but otherwise, are we really going to proceed without any public opinion on the... Well, I think the idea of the circulation study is precisely given to the people of Howard Park the opportunity to express themselves.

but we also receive comments throughout the period from residents who have concerns or particular projects that they would like to see come true. So I think there are three or four others, in addition to Howard Park's, that most of the commissioners agree with this approach.

I think I like to keep the NTMP in the form of personal meetings so that internally it is not announced when we have the quorum. It's just for the staff to examine things informally.

I lost the vote on that a few months ago, so I'm going to keep it as it is. No, I think I have one.

In this way, all the staff can meet and discuss during the day. But I think it is important to note that we are going to hold a meeting in the evening where everyone can come and comment. And in general, the role of the NTMP is to make recommendations because the council must approve the financing of everything that will be undertaken if it costs money. If it is about things like the installation of signage panels or others, we generally do not get involved in this. but everything that is of a substantial nature will anyway have to be submitted to the council for approval. It will therefore be another opportunity for anyone to come and express themselves for or against in a public setting at a party when most people are not working. So I am comfortable with the fact of moving forward in this way and anyone who listens to us or watches us is certainly more than welcome to send an email to the city, call the city, call the city, Coming to a meeting of the municipal council that we have twice a month during work sessions, there is no opportunity for public comments. But there is still time for public comments on everything that concerns the meetings of the municipal council. So that being said, I really hope that anyone who wants to say something on this subject will find a way to make his voice heard.

And after the... Go ahead, boss. No, I wanted to say that afterwards, when we will have the public audience in the evening on the set, if they have comments, they should submit them and they can be presented in front. It would be nice to have it. So that they can be presented to the staff during the meeting of the NTMP. I think that's the point you raised. We gather all these comments and if there are specific ideas or concerns, I also imagine that for the Howard Park meeting, everyone will not necessarily limit themselves to the Howard Park area. We could also receive other comments. So we are always available to receive these comments and it is really during the NTMP meeting that we review everything we have heard, things that have not yet been done. Evidemment, certains projets sont sur la liste, pour ainsi dire, depuis un certain temps et n'ont peut-être pas avancé pour des raisons de financement ou d'autres considérations.

Et j'ai aussi posé ma disponibilité pour la semaine du 28 septembre avec le commissaire Chisma. Donc, si nous pouvions tous regarder nos calendriers, nous pourrions trouver quelque chose qui convienne à la plupart d'entre nous. Anything else about Howard Park's study?

Do you want us to choose a date now or do I send an email with a recommendation or something like that?

I don't have my calendar. Sorry.

Well, we'll send an email with a few dates. We'll see what suits the best for the council.

I think it's an excellent idea. And we also need the chief and Amber to consult their calendar to see which day and time of the week of the 28th suits them.

Very good. Then, various updates on the statue of the fountain of Main Street near the court. I just asked the question about this subject and I heard that tonight was the night you were going to inform us about the statue. I know it's a subject that everyone follows.

great interest for this one. We are working on it and we still do not have a definitive plan to present to you because there are many possible options and we are currently trying to get cost estimates for each of these options. One of the problems with the current fountain, according to the professionals of the sector, is that the upper part is too big for the basin. This is why the water constantly splashes the sidewalk. One of the recommendations would perhaps be to replace the current summit with a smaller model that would no longer water the entire sidewalk. The problem is that we do not know if this upper part has a historical importance, which could stop the services of the heritage as to its replacement. It is therefore a point to take into consideration. Another solution would be to keep the current summit but to enlarge the lower basin to avoid splinters. A third option would be to opt for a project that we already have in reserve, prepared about 5 years ago. It was a three-phase plan. One of the phases concerned Office Street, which is finished. Courtland Street, which has also been completed. And the third phase concerns the entire front of the Justice Palace, which would need to move the current fountain, to re-align it in iron on horseback, to move the steps and the walls, and to rearrange the entire facade. In 4 or 5 years, this project was estimated at $300. Je pense que ce devrait être un projet conjoint entre le comté et la ville puisqu'il est situé sur une propriété du comté. Une quatrième option serait d'en faire définitivement le jardin fleuri commémoratif Gavin Hanley. Ce serait la solution la plus économique et le comité d'embellissement s'en occuperait chaque année car ma mère. Arr les fleurs.

It was a major improvement and I thank Gavin for being in charge of it.

I told Gavin earlier today that the members of the embellishment committee were very grateful for his work, which really made a big difference. Gavin, good job.

And this palace of justice belongs to the county.

That's right. And they have always taken care of the building itself. As I explained earlier, I don't know if I have transmitted to the commissioner all the information received from the historical preservation committee of the county of Hartford. This shows all the details relating to articles published by the JIS and others on the way they have renovated them in the past. There was the name of everyone. It was a program of the city of Bayer which listed all the names of those who contributed to the financing of the project, how much the county paid and how much the city paid. There is therefore a lot of historical information that could, I think, help to make decisions for the future.

I don't think I've ever seen that and I would be curious.

I have it and I can totally share it. I even think I have it in digital so it won't be difficult for me to send it back.

It would certainly be good to get the opinion of the historical society to see if there is a particular importance to this fountain. We certainly don't just want to replace it.

L'une des choses qu'ils veulent faire, c'est que nous recevons maintenant de l'aide de l'entreprise de construction qui a réalisé les projets de l'armerie pour nous. Marc Guerrera est un très bon gars, il aime toujours faire des choses avec classe et il a un très bon contact avec l'entreprise de pompe de laquelle nous essayons d'obtenir des chiffres, mais nous sommes un peu ignorés à ce sujet. Ils se sont donc rencontrés là-bas hier. They wanted to remove the gavin flowers and I said, oh la la, figure. Let's wait at least after the work day, a little closer to autumn, and then we'll lift this thing. It weighs about 900 kilos and they have to lift it to see what's underneath and what they have to do to manage the plumbing and that kind of thing, as well as the state of the basin. For the moment, there is a fiberglass coating on the concrete basin that is being damaged, among other things. They want to remove a part of this material to see in what condition the concrete basin is. Once it's done, of course, all the bricks will have to be rewelded because a large part of the cement between the bricks has disappeared over time. So we are always examining all the different possibilities. It's not an easy project. I saw a lot of comments on social networks saying, just ask someone to do it, but there are photos of the last time they moved it and it was a whole operation to move this big thing.

J'ai parlé à quelqu'un qui était curieux à ce sujet et j'ai dit malheureusement ce n'est pas aussi simple que d'aller chez Castorama pour acheter une nouvelle pompe M. C'est plus compliqué et j'apprécie que vous m'exploriez plusieurs pistes ce que nous devrions faire.

So I could certainly bring the plans or probably digitize the plans of all this renovation and send them to you by email so that you can better understand what I'm talking about regarding the resumption of the complete project to rebuild the front of the Justice Palace. And of course, this would again require the approval of the County of Hartford.

If everything is fine with their financial participation, if it's a $300 billion project, we will need it.

Madam President, if I can just add a comment to Steve's. He talked a lot about the fountain tonight and one of the options was to renovate in front of the Palace of Justice. For your information, these projects were previously funded by the Community Legacy NK grant program of the Department of Housing and Community Development. And we have already finished, as Steve mentioned, the first phase of the Place du Palais de Justice, no, that we have given to this project, no. Phase 1 concerning Office Street, Phase 2 Courtland Street and Phase 3 could potentially be the subject of a grant request from the State to finish the front of the Palace of Justice. There is therefore a grant opportunity for a project that has already been funded by Phase by the State. This request should be submitted in June 2027 for financing as part of the exercise 2028 agreed at the end of the year 2027. We would have several years to use it. Just to give a little context on the subsidies that we have received. I love the idea of a financing by subsidy, but I would really like to see the fountain repaired before 2028 or the dates we are talking about. Oui, si nous devions solliciter la subvention Community Legacy Hengmei, peut-être pourrions-nous. Nous chercherions plus de fleurs.

Peut-être pouvons-nous faire quelque chose avec la fontaine pour la remettre en état, puis utiliser l'argent de la subvention pour le reste du projet. Car la fontaine est vraiment magnifique et tant de gens l'ont mentionné, et je suis tellement contente que Gavin ait mis quelque chose dedans pour le défilé du 4 juillet, car elle était juste là, au milieu.

J'ai hâte de voir les chrysanthèmes.

Des chrysanthèmes.

chrysanthemums and lemons. Small pots of funds.

We thought we could also plant a lot, a lot, a lot of tulips in the main basin in the spring, which would work if we decided to choose this route.

It could be our temporary solution while waiting to decide what to do with this fountain so that it is more attractive.

Very well. The other thing, if we ask for the subsidy, is that these funds could not be available before the end of 2027 because you

That's right. Demands are usually expected in June 27 or in June of each year, but in 2027. And the attribution notifications are usually made in November and December, somewhere around this time.

So we won't see, even with plans, we won't see the beginning of the work before spring 28. Spring 28. So with that, Steve, could we consider a solution that would allow us to hold on for a year or two with La Fontaine? Okay. Knowing that we could do something more important, so something to pay off without costing too much. I think the cost will certainly be the main indicator.

Do you know how much it would cost to just make this thing work, you know? ... work for two years while we work on a better plan. We did this again and again and this year we simply could not repair the plumbing because we broke it, we did not break it but it ended up dropping inside and we could not pass under this structure of 900 kg to redo the pipework.

So it could just be one of the options that you could put in place. Absolutely.

Very good, personal comment. Mcrank

Angela, it's your turn.

Commentary from the staff. I would like to add, since we are talking a little about the subsidies, and we mentioned earlier that the Downtown Alliance received a tourist subsidy from the county of Hartford. Our staff from the city of Bel Air for economic development also received a tourist subsidy for the weekend from September 11 to 13, to promote an artistic weekend including the Harford Festival, Plain Air, the Harford Plain Air Quick Draw event, the Bell Air Arts Festival, the Bell Air Market and the book fair for adults at the O'Durd library. So, a lot is happening this weekend and we are very grateful to the Harford County and the tourist subsidy program. They gave us 17,850 euros. for the promotion of this weekend and of these events. So we work with regional media to promote these events as an evasion weekend, whether it's for a day's excursion or a stay with nightlife, which is of course what funds the tourist subsidy. So we hope to generate some nightlife in the county and bring these people to Bel Air to support our events.

Excellent.

Very good, M. Klein. And chef.

All I have is that we are preparing for the autumn and winter events. It's starting to become this period of the year, well loaded, you mentioned a few of them. We have the Winter Wonderland, the Christmas parade, the Turkey Trot race, the wine festival, the barbecue, what else? I'm sure there are probably others that I forgot, but we're just starting to prepare.

The First Fridays.

The Festival of Arts.

The Festival of Arts. And finally, we are very happy, great teamwork from all the staff to install the speed signaling panels and very happy about this.

I don't say that it played a role in the decision of the place where it was placed, but hey.

Very good. Anything from the staff? Very good. Comments from the commissioners?

First of all, what a superb opening we had for Rocky Zone Main.

What an excellent addition for this northern end of the city.

I talked like all of us with the owner of the company, Mike, over there. And he has a lot of good ideas to develop, you know, his operations in this space. I think we have really exciting things to wait for over there. I was able to take a tour of his business and I found a very nice picture of the capital that was offered to a member. It is not signed and there is no name on it, but it was given to a member of the Senate of Maryland for the session of 1970. So maybe Senator James, who knows? But it was a very cool find, all for this dollar. You know, we can't really overestimate the value of certain things that we can find in antique shops at really excellent prices. So go ahead and take a look. I know I mentioned Swingback the last time we had the comments from the commissioners and it's really, I think, a pride for Bel Air to have now three very solid antique shops, all accessible on foot, each of the others. I think that the city of Bel Air is quickly becoming a destination for the National Day of Antiquities and I think we will have a lot of visitors who will come to the city and will visit these companies and I think it's a wonderful thing. The other point is a brief update concerning the element that I mentioned during our last work session. Two judges of the Circuit Court, one in the county of Anterondo and the other in the county of Dorchester, have made summary judgments that block or, I should say, are more precise on the promulgation of the HB 2100 referendum on the removal of the electoral cut-off standards of the Congress, which I mentioned last time, judging illegally the way in which this law was promulgated, but without excluding it from the scrutiny. They suspended this decision while waiting for an appeal before the Supreme Court, which will be heard on Thursday. These two cases will be heard on Thursday. I know that I will listen to the broadcast because the Supreme Court of Maryland authorizes cameras in the courtroom, unlike many other courts. What is your opinion on this subject? This promises to be very interesting to follow. I think, you know, make a little speculation here. I find it very unlikely that the Supreme Court cancels two summaries of two judges of distinct circuit courts who concluded almost identically. The questions raised in these two cases being different on some points, but riding broadly. And the two judges have made very similar decisions. I therefore find it very unlikely that the Supreme Court cancels these decisions. It is therefore probable that this question is not on the ballot in November, which in my opinion is a good thing for the representation of all the inhabitants of Maryland, in particular those who live in the county of Hartford and Aber. J'espère que d'ici la fin de la semaine, nous serons fixés. C'était la première semaine d'école cette semaine.

C'était très mignon de voir tous les enfants à l'école primaire de Bel Air. Le marché opus communautaire a eu lieu dimanche. J'y suis passé. Je suis allé à Old Mercantile, j'ai tout appris sur le verre à l'uranium, ce que j'ai trouvé très intéressant. Et je prie pour qu'il fasse beau ce vendredi pour les First Fridays pour...

Now I would like to talk about the great mobilization of the community for the return to the country of the first lieutenant Walter Bateman.

The mobilization of the community was great.

It was moving to see our former fighter come back for his last stay. As such, we have received emails today concerning the table of the missing soldier I would like us to think about it, as we talked about it last year. I'm not sure we've managed to organize one. It would be nice if we could try to organize one. I was thinking that maybe here, at the town hall, and maybe even at the armory, we could welcome a missing person. Do you want to say for Memorial Day or for... Well, I think this day is September 18th, for the prisoners of war and the missing in the fighting. I will inform myself and I will prepare something. Until then, let's see if we can organize this and if we need help to know what it consists of, one or the other of the legions of the city will be able to help us, because they both have a table of the disappeared in their canteen.

Et c'était sympa de participer à la rentrée à l'école primaire Bel Air car le commissaire Handley, moi et mes garçons sommes allés à l'école primaire Bel Air tout comme vous, Steve. Vous étiez à l'école primaire Bel Air?

Exact. Je le pensais, mais c'était génial d'être là et de rencontrer notre nouvelle directrice. Elle est adorable. Elle est incroyable. And then all the others, you know, the boss was there to clap his hands. It was really fun. It was great to be part of it. And it's just interesting to be on the other side. I taught for 30 years. So to be retired and to be back here, I said to myself, well, I guess I'm going to go home now. So, but it was great. And I simply wish all our teachers and students a wonderful school year.

I learned an interesting story about the Bulldog in Ciment, which is over there. It's something I didn't know. It was really interesting. Are you involved in it, Commissary Schismar?

Yes, the Bulldog in Ciment was commanded by one of the classes of the fifth year, the graduates, and it was carried out by Dub Garrett, with whom I worked at the APG. He was an ex-fighter who made concrete sculptures. And in his garden on August 22nd, before arriving at Wawa on the right, he had gargoyles and dragons 6 to 9 meters long, things like that. And it's great, you know, he did it for free and for money. The students had collected as a gift for the school because that's what it was. He asked to give it back to the society of fight against breast cancer.

So that's what he did.

He was a great veteran, a great guy with whom he worked and finally... Well, there certainly was a great mobilization of the community to welcome Lieutenant Bateman, who has disappeared for 83 years, who will be inhumed this Sunday, June 6th. Il existe d'ailleurs déjà une pierre tombale avec le nom de ses parents et le sien. Ils l'ont attendu pendant toutes ces années. Ainsi, il sera enfin réuni avec ses parents. Hmm... The first day of school at Belleheur Elementary School was such a wonderful day. Hmm... What enthusiasm! The children were all smiling with their new shoes, their new backpack and their new lunch box. Hmm... My favorite, however, was the student whose mother had to have the sense of humor because he arrived the first day of school with a t-shirt saying, Are we already in June? Not once. Je souhaite donc à tout le monde une excellente année scolaire et j'espère qu'ils garderont cet enthousiasme. Au moins jusqu'à Noël.

L'année a commencé. Très bien. D'autres commentaires de la part des commissaires? Dans ce cas, puis-je avoir une motion pour passer à une session à huis clos?

Yes, Madam President, I propose that this meeting be held in accordance with the provisions of the law on the public meetings of Maryland. General provisions. Article 3, section 305, page 178. The subject of the discussion will be to consult the Council to obtain a legal opinion on the request for the renunciation of interest at 722 South Main Street. To consult the Council to obtain a legal opinion on the case number C12CV25130 of the Darford Circuit Court. Thank you, Commissioner Taylor. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Commissioner Chismer.

And just before proceeding with the vote, and for those who are watching us at home, once the session is over, we will no longer deal with any public affairs. We will simply start the session for the evening once it is over. On this note, Mike, we can proceed with the vote.

Thank you, Madam President. This is a vote to move to a session at 8 o'clock. Commissioner Eiffel? Commissioner Schismach? Commissioner Taylor? Commissioner Handley? President Heddy? Let's move to a session at 8 o'clock.