Remarks by Michael R. Guerin
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 1:57:43
“And I think that's key. And we need to make sure that the rec councils are following that model where they're reaching out to the coordinators because it's the only way you're going to figure out who's using what field. So let's make sure that's occurring. And then as far as the high school goes, I mean, I can only imagine the elimination of the AD positions at the high schools probably isn't helping. That situation either, but it sounds like it was already difficult to begin with so the”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:23:25
“Yeah, to that note, do we have this electronically as well? If not, can we get a copy of this?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“That'd be great. Thank you. And also, really appreciate the discussion about the construction piece. You have to ask yourself, well, we're already giving them money, so why it shouldn't be that hard to at least start the conversation about additional space when we are building new schools, and we're only doing that right now at Liberty. If I can remember correctly, it's just Liberty High School, and that's just starting out. So That'll be down the road, but it's not gonna solve some of our issues right now. I feel like this is, I appreciate both of you. This is a conversation I think that's…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:27:10
“Well, I think it's fair to say that. I mean, so you're talking about Krimgold Park Phase 3 money. That's a separate amount of money, this money for field use.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:27:21
“Yeah, there is a there is a framework for phase three, which already existed. It's a master plan. So and I mean, of course, like I would imagine that probably gets shared with the advisory council at some point. If it hasn't, I'm sure it already has or it will. But I don't think there's much question as to what phase three will involve. But if we need to tweak and change things, certainly or if they can speed it up. Exactly. I mean, that's why I think the advisory board and you know, you're very familiar with the advisory board.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:27:51
“And you were on it and people are willing to put in the time and effort to to so you know, in terms of the 5 million, and trying to make some tangible improvements to, you know, whatever fields fall within that criteria, I think the advisory board is a great place to start. And they've got a lot of information. Now they've got this packet, they've got this. I think that I just want us to be careful. I just want us to be careful that we don't get in the weeds too much on this. Because again, there are so many variables. The biggest one being regional availability. North Carroll may have a…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So, but my point being, even if there's a field available someplace, you know, you can't expect parents to get in a car and drive for an hour. So now it's this region, there's so many variables. So I think we need to be careful.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So, you know, it's not easy. It's not an easy thing for us to try to fix, but I'm glad we took the actions we did in this last budget. I don't know when the last Board of County Commissioners did something like that, but we did it, and we did it in a big way. We allocated a lot of money to trying to fix this problem, and, you know, I'm glad we're here where we are, but I just want to make sure we're giving Rec and Parks and everybody the...”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:30:22
“And we've had, we've had meetings and if there's any changes, um, that we need to make, we can certainly do that, because I think it's still early enough, but I do want to get started.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:34:26
“What's that? Have they seen this documentation? Well, they will. They will. Because we've got to get this group going with the advisory. And that will bring in some representatives. So we've got a plan for that. I think, well, I say we. I think Rick and Parks has a plan for that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Good morning, Carroll County. I appreciate Commissioner Gordon mentioning our volunteer firefighter companies. And he mentioned what seems like an uptick in fires lately. I know that's anecdotal. I don't have the data. But what it has done is... reminded everybody the importance of what we consider we call rural water supplies. This is Carroll County. A lot of people are in wells. They're on septic. So the water that's going to be used to fight the fire in your house is coming from a stream or a creek or a pond or something like that. And the volunteer fire companies manage all…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you. Well said, Commissioner Krebs. Yes, obviously. Thank you very much. I know how much you appreciate your staff. You alluded to the fact that we don't have a lot of really as many county employees as people might realize. And you've got a very small staff. It's five or six people. And it is an awful lot of work, and it is very busy back there. And I know you're very appreciative of those folks. And as Commissioner Krebs alluded to, the commissioner form of government is difficult. It is not an easy one, but it is the best one. And it is the best one for Carroll County, especially in…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“The amount of work you and your staff do, and you were being modest because the election year cycle started even much earlier than you mentioned, where it seems like every other person in Carroll County decides they want to run for office and they want to go ahead and register. And you're working through that entire process. And then the deadlines for all that got changed over and over again. And there were questions about that. And to Commissioner Carlos point, I reached out to you a few times for clarification on things. And yeah, miraculously, you responded to me immediately. So thank you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“I move the Board of County Commissioners authorize the Department of Recreation and Parks to coordinate with BG&E and their respective subcontractors to upgrade the existing baseball field lighting at Sandy Mount Park to LEDs.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Bottom line, conceptual approval. You need to understand where this board stands. The county owns the property. We make the decision. You're about to find out in a couple minutes or a couple seconds. Conceptual approval. It's got a nice ring to it. Hopefully, it allows you the leeway to begin your own due diligence, which is a term I think we probably need to be using. And that's obviously on your both organizations. And we can help facilitate that, as we always do here in Carroll County. It's sort of a catch-22. You can't really proceed much further until you've got this conceptual approval…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:24:25
“Commissioner Vigliotti, that item will not be ready for next week. Okay, so we'll... The SAC is still working on that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026