Remarks by Jack N. Wilson, Jr.
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“Nope. I'm going to make a motion to approve the agenda as submitted and all the meetings minutes as submitted as well.”
“I move to appoint Riley Huffton to the Board of Queen Anne's County Community Partnerships for Children and Families, the local management board, to serve a term beginning July 1st, 2026. Second.”
“I was going to make a bulk motion to send them all to public hearing. That's fine. Okay. Yeah, so. So I guess we've got to go back and read them all, right? So for make a motion to schedule for public hearing for. County ordinance number 2605 Amendment number one County ordinance number 2606 Amendment number one County ordinance 2609 with Amendment number one and 2610 with Amendment number one. Second.”
“I'll introduce County Ordinance 2614 and make a motion to schedule it for a public hearing.”
“I will introduce County Ordinance 2615 and make a motion to schedule a public hearing.”
“I move that we approve FY2027 hot mix asphalt overlay program to David A. Bramble Incorporated of Chestertown Mellon using pre-established state highway administration's mill slash grind patch and resurface roadway pavements in various locations. In Queen Anne's County, contract number XQ9175377FAP number ACSTBGNHPP-000B858E in the amount of $1,462,655. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second.”
“Just real quick, Jim, if Shane could explain. A lot of people don't understand what SourceWell is and why we're buying trucks from California and how that works. Could you just give a real quick reader's digest of what SourceWell is and how it benefits the county to have these pre-negotiated contracts? Why we would buy something from California. Right, exactly.”
“But it keeps it from being subject to huge tariff fluctuations and things like we're seeing now. You don't see those huge jumps if you were to just go out. I believe there are tariff adjustments in these bids. But they're minimal compared to going to the local Ford dealership and trying to buy this truck tomorrow. That I cannot attest to. I see Steve's head over there shaking. I know it because I live in the source wall world, so I do know that those fixed prices definitely save you a lot of money over the long haul.”
“I move to execute the Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board. Agreed.”
“They did it internally. I'm taking no credit for that. All I did was guide them where they needed to be guided. That was their thing they ran with, and I give them all the credit in the world for doing it.”
“That's fine. Actually, I mean, I've run a few times. Tim, you've run a few times. Phil and all. It was always an unwritten policy that you don't put signs on county property. I mean, that's going back to the first time I was ever ran. So I don't know why it became an issue this past prime. Let's face it. It was this past primary that people were just sticking signs everywhere. It only takes one. And the other one is a lot of real estate signs popping up and things like that. But I think a lot of that stems from people seeing all these campaign signs on county property. They think, huh, I…”
“Proclamation 2627, Economic Development Week, whereas Queen Anne's County Economic and Tourism Development is an active member of the Maryland Economic Development Association, better known as META, a nonprofit organization established in 1961 whose mission is to enhance the knowledge and skills of its members, encourage partnerships and networking among people committed to bringing jobs and capital to Maryland and promote economic development as an investment in Maryland. And whereas META members promote statewide economic well-being by working to improve Maryland's business climate and the…”
“so that's why it's not like what i'm for or against this thing i'm i'm for centerville deciding their fate most of this stuff with the towns is more just uh i guess it's old hat of the commissioners having to approve a lot of this stuff but it really boils down to what the towns want to do and the state has told everybody including the counties that the towns are the only place you can grow those are the only ones with infrastructure so there you have it i guess we all think alike”
“Can we take the vote? I'm going to call the vote.”
“How much money is left to get the funding from the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund? What we use for Southern Cat Island for the loans and all for that stuff.”
“I mean, is it still healthy? I know because the flush tax got flushed, so to speak. So that whole...”
“So how much are they pumping in there yearly? Like you said, the costs are probably rising at a quicker pace.”
“Yeah, that's my point. Maybe 15 years ago, it would have done something. Yeah, right.”
“I guess my question, the root of the question is, are obviously there's always gonna need upgrades needed funding for upgrades needed is there any effort at the state to look and say hey this is what things are costing now this is what we're gonna have to do because we're gonna run into I see us running into the same situation we have with the roads now and the state trying to take care of the roads they didn't plan for it so now they can't they have no money to maintain them we can't run into that problem with our sewer and water treatment Because that'll be a major mess down the road.”
“Yeah, so then the bottom line of the bottom line is so this will be another thing that the counties are going to have to figure out how to pay for in the coming years. Probably. To add to all the other ones.”
“Well, not to mention when they put the 60 in, it's not worth 60 anymore. Well, true. They were based in on cost when they did it.”
“And now it's probably worth 10 in real dollars. And that's where the problem lies.”
“No, I get it. I get it, because budgets are tightening everywhere, from all angles.”
“Jack, you got anything? Yeah, just real quick, the text amendments. People probably think we've ran through them rather quickly, but honestly, this process for these text amendments has been going on since February. And by no means, and this goes back as far as I've been doing this with the text amendments, Whether we put them through the process and allow them to work their way through the process is not an endorsement for or against them as they work their way through the process. And I think people need to understand that this is the fairest way for our citizens to actually do something.…”
“A lot of historical knowledge passed on yesterday. And it's a big vacuum to fill right now.”