Remarks by Susan W. Krebs
180 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 8
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“I don't want you to go to jail. Okay. So you don't have to get those changed to put her on there?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“Sorry. It's my district. But question on this. I mean, you guys do great work. Thank you, Sue, for all your years of service. And the purpose of intent of the Employment Campus District is done very nicely. And it says to facilitate well-planned development with higher standards of development than are typically found in other employment districts. And then to maintain a harmonious relationship between the various buildings and sites contained within the district to provide patterns that recognize the character of established surrounding neighborhoods and other types of land. and it goes on…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“Words in here are good. But when I look at the chart and what can go in here, it's problematic. And that's why I'm saying, I'm not sure if it was someone else doing it, it would be different. It would be. Because, I mean, I'm looking at the solar energy conversion facilities. I don't think that even should be in here.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“No, but I'm just talking about we only have a limited amount of space. I'd rather be doing it, well, over top of the parking lots versus using it for solar. And it also... Well, the principal uses in the chart, they're very, very broad.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“So if something's permitted, do you have to, like cannabis dispensary, I'm not sure why it's in there. I would hope that we wouldn't have it, we would limit it as much as possible, but the cannabis facility's in there, but it's not allowed in the industrial. So would you be able to say no if it was a permitted use? we could okay all right that's what i want to make sure because i you know we don't want to put all our time into this and and um effort and not have it be successful for the county yeah it also retail it avows multi-family dwellings it avows retirement homes retirement villages…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“Well, I trust you all. And is there anybody on the IDA from District 5, do you know?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“I was just thinking maybe it would bring in some more perspective of people that have other touches from an area that might want to come there. Because there's a lot of business people down there that have places in Howard County, and they might be able to bring some of that business to us.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“I have a couple questions. I'm trying to learn about... rec and parks as you know we're very interested in that and i read the other night your report it laid the 2022 land preservation park and rec plan which was very interesting and it followed one i think it was done in 2018 and you update this like every three years five years every five years okay so um so what what one of the things i'm trying to figure out back in this book this is from years ago basically it ranked every one of our parks as poor almost every one of the um rec parks is poor um so we we put money in the budget last year…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“We also have full-time staff there as well. Is that in that $200 and some thousand dollars?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“I would just like to understand it better, because I look at these rec councils and the work that they do, and they schedule, and they're coaching, and they're doing everything. And it's hard. And they're doing it on fields that are substandard everywhere. I mean, in the county, it's had in there, from years ago, and we haven't really replaced anything. And it was interesting in here as well, of course, I noticed there's maps of all the towns, and there's no map of freedom. I keep saying this because I feel like we're ignored. We're the largest growth area in the area, and there's no map of…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“I just have a question while you're on Hashawa. What are they using the cabins for now that the schools aren't using it?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“Nothing during the week? I mean, has anything filled that void of space?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“On the weekend? I mean, I guess the school system uses them during the week.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 15, 2026
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“Thank you. You can tell summer's over and we're in full swing of fall and everything's gearing up. So last week when we were here on Thursday, it was Constitution Day. And you mentioned that and did a very good job. But Congressman Olszewski was here. at McDaniel College, and he gave a speak to the political science students. It was actually in McDaniel Hall, which is now the Rice Hall. And it's the dorm where I first started, so we used to have those same conversations and have people come talk when I was a freshman at Western Maryland College. And some of the same conversations are still…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“A sports coat. Yeah, very good. Well, I will mention I was the oldest one on the court out of the four of you, but by many years. That's okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, let me just tell you, if I put a spin on the ball.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Because I don't know really how to spin the ball, but I wish I did. There we go. I tried to hit it easy. Oh, somebody got a film of it. So the last thing, last night, my husband and I went to the Joint Sykesville Rotary and the Freedom District Lions Club service meeting. We have a joint meeting of the service clubs every year and try to coordinate all the, we have so many service clubs in Carroll County, they do a very nice job, but the Rotary, usually the Optimist, and the Lions Club get together and just talk about our joint projects. We talk about Wreaths Across America and the flag…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“What percentage of our retirees take advantage of Medicare Advantage? Or do they all want it?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“We do, so 100% are on it? Yes. You don't choose Medicare Advantage over just straight?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, so you just said if they're eligible. Before that, you said something about being eligible. Yes. What makes somebody eligible if they're on the retiree medical plan?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, and so it's $440,000 pretty much. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“The reason I'm asking is because Medicare Advantage is a very rich, and in Maryland it's a little tougher, the product, because of the rate system that we have, but it's a very rich product. Yes.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“Oh, okay. So I didn't get scale for that. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“No, but I just would like to say we have a cost here that seems high. but we don't ever, it's hard to quantify the savings. And I think, you know, getting the savings out of it, just the efficiencies and being able to pay stuff online saves a lot of staff time, frees it up for other things. So we don't ever see that other side of it, but I think we're definitely moving in the right direction. Things get done more quickly. They get posted more quickly. There's more internal control. So thank you for this, but this number is not a net number. It's the other one's not quantifiable. So I thank…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026
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“It's been interesting. It's supposed to be a very dry summer, but it hasn't been. It's been raining consistently, which our crops have looked great and the grass looks good, but we're still down. So I think it's just been good. We're getting it consistently to keep things green, which is good. So I understand.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 24, 2026