County Council - Regular Meeting
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
About this meeting
- Government Body
- County Council
- Meeting Type
- County Council
- Location
- Talbot County, MD
- Meeting Date
- October 27, 2026
Video will appear here once the meeting has been held and Talbot County County Council posts it
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
12 items on the agenda.
Moment of Silence•Item I
Moment of Silence
Agenda•Item II
Agenda
Minutes – October 13, 2026•Item III
Minutes – October 13, 2026
Disbursements - October 20, 2026, and October 27, 2026•Item IV
Disbursements - October 20, 2026, and October 27, 2026
Update by Talbot Humane - Patty Crankshaw-Quimby, Executive Director, Talbot Humane•Item V
Update by Talbot Humane - Patty Crankshaw-Quimby, Executive Director, Talbot Humane
Introduction of Amendment:•Item A
Resolution No. 398, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN TO RECLASSIFY AND REMAP TWENTY-ONE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCATED ON GOOSE NECK ROAD, ROYAL OAK, MARYLAND, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 1) 25869 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 46 AS PARCEL 84; 2) 25883 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 46 AS PARCEL 23; 3) 25911 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 67; 4) 25927 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 92; 5) 25977 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 4; 6) 25989 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 8; 7) 26009 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 74; 8) 26041 GOOSE NECK ROAD AND 26043 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 61; 9) 26079 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 9; 10) 25882 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 65, LOT 2; 11) 25900 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 65; 12) 25910 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 79; 13) 25932 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 66; 14) 25934 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 120, LOT 1; 15) 25968 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 54, LOT 2; 16) 25972 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 63; 17) 26020 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 7; 18) 26040 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 59; 19) 26048 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 1; 20) 26107 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 10; AND 21) 26090 GOOSE NECK ROAD, SHOWN ON TAX MAP 47 AS PARCEL 57, FROM UNPROGRAMMED TO "S-1" IMMEDIATE PRIORITY STATUS
Public Hearings: 5:30 p.m.•Item A
Resolution No. 399, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE USE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CONTAINING 4.195± ACRES OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO CREATE, USE, AND MAINTAIN 0.369± OF AN ACRE OF LAND AND 0.909± OF AN ACRE OF LAND FOR REVERTIBLE SLOPE EASEMENTS, FOR NO MONETARY CONSIDERATION BUT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BEING PART OF THOSE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY SHOWN ON TALBOT COUNTY TAX MAP 17, PARCEL 38, TALBOT COUNTY TAX MAP 17, PARCEL 129, AND TALBOT COUNTY TAX MAP 17, PARCEL 129, LOT 4
Public Hearings: 5:30 p.m.•Item B
Resolution No. 400, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE, FOR NO MONETARY CONSIDERATION, OF: 1) ALL THAT LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, DESCRIBED AS "LOT 6, 1.000 AC. +/-", AND SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED "PLAT OF SUBDIVISION LOTS 1 THROUGH 7, PARCEL A, AND REVISED TAX PARCEL 38 TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, TAX MAP 17, GRID 23, PARCELS 129 & 75 & 38 IN THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND," DATED OCTOBER 8, 2014, AND RECORDED AMONG THE PLAT RECORDS OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK M.A.S. NO. 83, PAGES 458-464, INCLUSIVE, TO THE TOWN OF EASTON; AND 2) ALL THAT LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, DESCRIBED AS "LOT 7, 1.253 AC. +/-", AND SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED "PLAT OF SUBDIVISION LOTS 1 THROUGH 7, PARCEL A, AND REVISED TAX PARCEL 38 TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, TAX MAP 17, GRID 23, PARCELS 129 & 75 & 38 IN THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND," DATED OCTOBER 8, 2014, AND RECORDED AMONG THE PLAT RECORDS OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK M.A.S. NO. 83, PAGES 458-464, INCLUSIVE, TO SHORE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
Public Hearings: 5:30 p.m.•Item C
Resolution No. 401, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE, FOR NO MONETARY CONSIDERATION, OF A 1.785± PORTION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON OXFORD ROAD, CONSISTING OF 120.476± ACRES, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND SHOWN ON TALBOT COUNTY TAX MAP 42, GRID 4 AS PARCEL 57, LOCATED ON OXFORD ROAD, TO THE TOWN OF EASTON
Public Hearings: 5:30 p.m.•Item D
Bill No. 1655, A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 24 (BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS) OF THE TALBOT COUNTY CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPEALING AND REENACTING ARTICLE II (BOARD OF TOURISM) TO ESTABLISH A NEW BOARD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AND SET FORTH THE MEMBERSHIP, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS THEREOF
Eligible for Vote:•Item A
Bill No. 1653, A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 190 (ZONING, SUBDIVISION, AND LAND DEVELOPMENT) OF THE TALBOT COUNTY CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THAT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NEW AND RENEWAL SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSES SHALL BE PROVIDED TO OWNERS OF ALL PROPERTIES WITH A PROPERTY LINE WITHIN 1,000 FEET, INCLUDING IN LINE OF SIGHT WITHIN 1,000 FEET ACROSS WATERWAYS OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL DWELLING, OR THE 50 PROPERTIES NEAREST TO THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL DWELLING, WHICHEVER IS LESS
Eligible for Vote:•Item B