Remarks by Paula S. Etting
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“Commissioner Foss? Present. Commissioner Chismar?”
“And Commissioner Hanley? Here. All right. Thank you so much. The invocation.”
“If you will all please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Before we begin this evening's agenda, I would like to offer a brief statement by the board regarding the police involved shooting that occurred on Saturday. We continue to offer our prayers for the complete recovery of our officer who was savagely attacked on Saturday. We are thankful that at this time he is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries. We are immensely proud of the men and women of the Bel Air Police Department. Under the leadership of Chief Charles Moore and Deputy Chief David Hughes, Bel Air has…”
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“Next, we have the approval of the minutes. May I have a motion?”
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“All right, moving on to presentations, we are going to start with the Historic Preservation Commission's Find Our History contest recognition.”
“All right, next we will proceed with the Chesapeake Employers' Workers' Compensation Insurance Company policyholder dividend. They're not here yet? Okay. Deputy Chief Hughes, I'm gonna ask what's your pleasure? We can continue with some of our new business and wait for the presentation a little bit. Here now? All right, in that case, the promotion of Clarence Hicks to Officer First Class of the Bel Air Police Department will be our next presentation. All right. There you go. Making an entrance. Making an entrance. Chief Moore has arrived just in the nick of time. So if we could have Officer…”
“all right well we'll continue with our meeting since the Chesapeake employers folks are not here as far as I can see so moving on to new business the first item under new business is resolution 1279-26 amending resolution 1246-25 the armory fee schedule with a veteran's discount may I have a motion”
“Thank you, Commissioner Hanley. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Commissioner Foss. And Mike, are you presenting on this?”
“It was Jim Ports from the county. The county is assembling sort of a directory of all the things that are available to veterans so that they know where to go for resources or other discounts that they might be entitled to. It's Jim Ports with the county.”
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“Thank you. The next item under new business is the Microsoft 365 contract renewals. May I have a motion?”
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“Next is our contract for parking garage elevator and the band shell small lift. May I have a motion?”
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“Thank you, Commissioner Hanley. Do I have a second?”
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“The board has never met, but we have to have one just in case. There's a call for the—”
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“Public announcements. All town of Bel Air offices will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day. Visit our website or social media pages for more on how trash pickup schedules will be affected that week. Summer movie nights brought to you by the Bel Air Downtown Alliance will conclude for the season on Friday, August 21st with a showing of the Minecraft movie in Shamrock Park. Pre-show entertainment starts at 7.15 p.m. and the movie starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free. If you're interested in a Bel Air connection to the women's suffrage movement of the early 20th century,…”
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