[2:39] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. Uh the time is now 7:00 p.m.

[2:42] Before we start our scheduled meeting, um

[2:47] we do have two public hearings on ordinances that were already read into

[2:51] the record on the first reading, and these are now the public hearings

[2:55] for these ordinances before the second reading will take place on them.

[2:58] We have ordinance 1226 and 1227, so we'll start with ordinance 1226.

[3:03] Uh 1226 concerning amending ordinance number 1216 regarding the Amtrak railway

[3:08] railway bridge project. It's an ordinance by the mayor and city

[3:12] council of Havre de Grace, Maryland, adopted pursuant

[3:15] to the authority of Article 11E of the Maryland Constitution, the local

[3:19] government article, the annotated code of Maryland,

[3:22] and sections 33, 34, 65, and 75 of the Havre de Grace City Charter to

[3:28] amend ordinance number 1216 to approve the first amendment to the

[3:32] master property acquisition agreement for the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge

[3:36] project, and to approve revised schedules of city property to be

[3:40] conveyed to National Railroad Passenger Corporation,

[3:44] known as Amtrak, in fee simple or subject to permanent or

[3:48] temporary construction easements. So, this is a public hearing on

[3:53] ordinance 12-26. Is anybody audience here this evening to speak on this

[3:57] ordinance? Yes, sir.

[4:02] Good evening. Welcome to the public hearing. May we please have your name

[4:04] and address for the record? >> Good evening, Mayor, council members,

[4:07] and senior staff. My name is Chip Place, 301 Cigar Loop.

[4:11] » Welcome. >> Thank you. I have just three quick

[4:14] things on ordinance 12-26. One is I did not see any maps

[4:20] included in the agenda item. And I think that I remember

[4:25] the prior items, it was a sliver of land here, sliver of land there, but it would

[4:30] certainly be helpful to have maps or surveys within the packet so the public

[4:35] can understand this better. And perhaps by the time this comes up on the agenda

[4:39] again, that those could be provided with the

[4:43] agenda. Um secondly, I don't recall any

[4:47] discussion of consideration that Amtrak is paying the city for this land. Um so,

[4:53] it would be good at at some point to to understand what that is.

[4:57] And third, it might have I think it might have even

[5:00] been discussed at the last meeting, but it would be great to have a a workshop

[5:04] with Amtrak just to get a general update on the project overall. I know there

[5:09] were some, you know, important issues pending like the status of the Lewis

[5:14] Lane bridge, whether that had to be reconstructed or not. So, I don't know

[5:18] if the city's working on setting something like that up, but again, that

[5:21] would certainly be helpful. So, that's all I have tonight. Thank you.

[5:25] » Thank you very much. >> Hey, Mayor.

[5:28] Uh I just recently attended a meeting with the public safety and the Amtrak

[5:33] personnel said that they were going to be reaching out to Dr. Richie and

[5:38] setting up something to come back to not only us, but Perryville.

[5:43] Uh so, anyway, I think they have that in the works.

[5:46] » Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you.

[5:50] » Okay, we're still in our uh public hearing for ordinance 1226. Anyone else

[5:53] in the audience here to speak on 1226? Any comments from council?

[6:00] Okay, without any further comments from the public or the council members, I now

[6:04] close public hearing on ordinance 1226. The time is now 7:03.

[6:11] We will go on to public hearing on ordinance 1227 concerning amending

[6:15] chapter 25, article 4, Board of Appeals, and article 5, Planning Commission.

[6:21] An ordinance by the mayor and city council of Havre de Grace, Maryland,

[6:23] adopted pursuant to the authority of article 11E of the Maryland

[6:26] Constitution, local government article of the

[6:29] Annotated Code of Maryland, sections 33 and 34 of the Havre de Grace City

[6:32] Charter, to amend chapter 25, article 4, Board of

[6:35] Appeals, and article 5, Planning Commission.

[6:38] Is anybody here that in the audience this evening to speak on ordinance 1227?

[6:46] Any comments from council?

[6:49] Okay. Without any comments from the public or

[6:52] the council members, I will now close

[6:56] public hearing on ordinance 1227. The time is 7:04.

[7:08] Okay, now we begin our council meeting. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The

[7:12] date is August 17, 2026. The time is now 7:05 p.m.

[7:18] We will now call to order

[7:21] a council meeting with the mayor and city council of Havre de Grace.

[7:25] Council, I will now call the roll. Council President Boyer.

[7:27] » Here. >> Council member Glenn.

[7:30] » Here. >> Council member Ellis.

[7:33] » Present. >> Council member Clark.

[7:36] » Here. >> Council member Jones.

[7:38] » Here. >> Council member Boger.

[7:39] » Here. >> All council members are present. Uh

[7:43] please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance and opening prayer.

[7:51] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

[7:55] And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

[8:00] liberty and justice for all. I could ask everyone to please uh kindly

[8:04] remain standing if you don't mind. Uh and it gives me great honor to call

[8:08] forward our friend Reverend Jean Brown.

[8:12] Good evening, sir. Thank you very much for being here.

[8:15] » Thank you for having me. Uh Mary was

[8:18] worried about the roads being flooded, so she sent me.

[8:22] » We understand.

[8:25] » Let's pray.

[8:28] Lord, bless first

[8:31] the schools,

[8:34] the students, the teachers, the staff,

[8:38] the bus drivers. Give all of them wisdom and knowledge

[8:42] and patience and strength and safety. Let the students' minds be

[8:49] open to understanding what they're being

[8:52] taught,

[8:55] and to have the knowledge necessary to evaluate it

[9:00] completely. Now for the council,

[9:05] wisdom and knowledge, strength and peace,

[9:10] rest.

[9:14] Their wisdom provides

[9:18] our safety

[9:24] and our peace. And we thank you for these things in the

[9:28] name of your son, Jesus. Amen.

[9:31] » Amen. Reverend Brown, thank you so much for

[9:33] your words.

[9:51] » Okay, we're going to go to item five, approval of the minutes. City Council

[9:55] meeting minutes of August 3rd, 2026. Do I have a motion to

[9:59] approve? >> So moved.

[10:02] » Second.

[10:06] » Have a motion by Council President, seconded by Council member

[10:09] Glenn? >> Glenn, give it to me.

[10:11] » Okay. Council member Glenn. Questions or comments on the minutes?

[10:17] All those in favor say I. >> I.

[10:19] » I. >> All opposed say nay.

[10:21] City Council meeting minutes of August 3rd, 2026 are approved 6-0 in the

[10:25] affirmative. Item B, City Council closed session

[10:29] meeting minutes of August 3rd, 2026. Do I have a motion to adopt?

[10:35] » So moved. >> Second.

[10:37] » Have a motion by Council member Booker, seconded by the Council President.

[10:42] You want to read statement to the record, Council President?

[10:46] » Um Vote from closed session on August 3rd,

[10:49] 2026. Topics actually discussed, the City

[10:54] Attorney, Mr. Richie. Mr.

[10:58] Butch your eyes are named every time. Res- Resensky?

[11:02] Adam. Summarize the status of pending

[11:06] legislation matters. Motion um action taken, motion by the acting Council

[11:11] President, President Booker. Seconded by Council member Jones to authorize

[11:16] retention of outside counsel by the Board of Appeals in the matter involving

[11:20] the Lampson property forest stand delineation if the Board feels retention

[11:25] of outside counsel is needed. Motion passes 5 to 0.

[11:31] » Thank you very much, Council President.

[11:35] All those in favor say I. >> I.

[11:37] » I. All those opposed say nay. Motion to approve closed session meeting

[11:42] minutes carries 6-0 in the affirmative.

[11:47] Okay, we're going to go to item six, comments from citizens. Uh this is the

[11:51] part of tonight's agenda that if you have a comment on something

[11:55] that is on the agenda, now is the time to do so. And if you also have anything

[11:58] you'd like to say to the council that deals with any other matter of city

[12:02] business, now is the time to do so as well. This is your chance to talk. So,

[12:05] I don't have any pre-filled out forms, so I will call on the audience at large

[12:09] if they wish to address the council. Anybody wish to address council?

[12:14] Okay, any comments from council members? Okay, thank you very much. We will

[12:18] continue.

[12:22] And we go to item seven, appointments, and we do have one appointment this

[12:25] evening to the Planning Commission. It's a reappointment. Council member Jones.

[12:29] » Thank you, Mayor. I would like to um motion to approve reappoint Ed Guarano

[12:35] uh to the Planning Commission. >> Second.

[12:41] » Council, I have a motion by Council member Jones, seconded by

[12:44] Council member Glenn, this is for the reappointment of Ed Guarano.

[12:49] Questions or comments? All those in favor say I.

[12:53] » I. >> I.

[12:54] » All those opposed say nay. Motion to reappoint Mr. Guarano to the

[12:58] Planning Commission carries 6-0 in the affirmative. Thank you very much,

[13:01] Council.

[13:04] We're going to go to item eight, recognitions.

[13:07] This evening we have no recognitions. Item nine,

[13:11] proclamations. This evening we have no proclamations.

[13:15] Item 10, presentations. We do have a presentation.

[13:19] And um I'd like to call forward uh Brent Sletsky with the workers' compensation

[13:23] presentation. >> [snorts]

[13:26] » Good evening, sir. Welcome. >> Evening. Thank you.

[13:29] Um it's my uh proud honor to give you once again this

[13:33] year. Last year I got to do this and it's it's wonderful to get to do it

[13:36] twice in a in a row. Um the city of Havre de Grace has earned uh

[13:42] dividend from the Chesapeake employers and

[13:44] as your agent at Wilson Albert, we're just uh very proud to be giving this to

[13:47] your to the city. Um it really is a testament to how uh safety and

[13:54] management uh is important to the city and that your police department takes it

[13:58] seriously and uh your Department of Public Works and everyone is is really

[14:02] working hard to make this kind of thing happen. So, it is my honor

[14:07] uh to present a big check to everyone for $135,125.

[14:15] That is >> Man, that's a big check.

[14:16] » Very big [applause] check.

[14:20] » Well, I'll tell you what, uh Council President, will you join me in

[14:24] receiving this check and Dr. Richie, uh will you please join us?

[14:31] » I'd also like to mention I have George here from Chesapeake employers and

[14:35] » Thank you. Do you want to say anything? >> No, just thank you for the city of Havre

[14:37] de Grace for two We noticed a lot of work up here.

[14:40] Thank you for choosing us and thank you. I know the two individuals from public

[14:43] works and public safety here. Tough

[14:47] businesses and we appreciate all you do. >> Hey, absolutely. So far, so good.

[14:50] » Yes. I don't want to jinx it.

[14:52] » Yeah, we like this one. What's that?

[14:59] » What's

[15:02] » Come on, Joe. >> Come on, Joe.

[15:04] » [laughter] >> Seriously.

[15:06] » You were the number >> Third highest church.

[15:09] » Third highest. >> I think so.

[15:13] » Total count. >> Total count.

[15:15] » You don't need to show us.

[15:19] » Very impressive.

[15:23] » Good work, you guys. >> All right. I'm going to take a bunch.

[15:32] Yep, we're good.

[16:00] We recognized each other. That was a

[16:05] Thank you very much. Thank you.

[16:16] » Seriously, it's because of your leadership that we

[16:21] can get checks like that. By prioritizing safety first, so thank you,

[16:25] really. >> You guys can slide that right over to

[16:27] the W line.

[16:31] » [laughter]

[16:36] » You can't use it for golfing. >> Right. [laughter]

[16:44] » No, you too.

[16:47] » No, couldn't get a live stream.

[16:50] » Okay. >> So, I'll play it back for you.

[16:57] So, anyway, that's very good news. Um you know, and again, uh

[17:03] to Dr. Richie, director of administration, all my directors, uh

[17:06] you know, to the employees of the city, uh

[17:09] it says a lot about how you run your departments. Says a lot about the

[17:13] employee morale and how they uh approach their job every day. And and like I say,

[17:16] we couldn't be any more proud. And and so thank you very much. It's a

[17:20] It's a hefty check there. So, I'm sure we'll find a way to put it to good use

[17:24] when we all put our heads together on it.

[17:26] So, we're going to um move on to item 11. We have a charter

[17:29] resolution that is

[17:33] going to go through a second reading here. This is charter resolution 308.

[17:38] And um I'm going to hand this off to the

[17:41] council president. >> Mayor, I move to introduce ordinance for

[17:46] second reading a charter resolution number 308 concerning amending sections

[17:50] 53 and 54 pertaining to the oath of office.

[17:54] » Second.

[18:00] » Council, I have a motion by the council president seconded by a council member

[18:04] Booker to introduce charter resolution 308 on second reading.

[18:08] Questions or comments on the introduction?

[18:11] All those in favor say I. >> I.

[18:14] » All opposed say nay. Motion to introduce a charter resolution

[18:17] on second reading carries 6-0 in the affirmative.

[18:21] This is charter resolution number 308 concerning amending sections 53 and 54

[18:25] pertaining to the oath of office. It's a resolution by the mayor and city

[18:28] council of Havre de Grace, Maryland adopted pursuant

[18:31] to the authority of the Maryland Constitution Article 11E, the local

[18:34] government article of the Annotated Code of Maryland,

[18:37] and the Havre de Grace City Charter section 19 amending in part sections 53

[18:42] and 54 of the City Charter pertaining to the

[18:45] oath of office. Council, do I have a motion to adopt

[18:48] charter resolution 308? >> So moved.

[18:51] » Second. >> I have a motion by the council president

[18:53] seconded by a council member Clark. Questions or comments?

[18:58] Council president. >> Mayor, I just wanted to um let the

[19:01] public know that the purpose of this ordinance

[19:05] is a resolution charter resolution is to um allow the use of a notary,

[19:12] um, for the swearing in of certain

[19:15] officials. Um, they are for members of the city

[19:18] election board, police officers, department heads,

[19:22] all elected officials, ethics commission, planning commission, board

[19:26] of appeals, and the historic preservation, um,

[19:29] commission, and the Havre de Grace Housing Authority. Again, this allows us

[19:33] to make use of a notary, and that would be, um, only when,

[19:38] um, it is not possible to do it, um, publicly in a meeting.

[19:42] Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Council President.

[19:46] Any other questions or comments?

[19:50] Council, this is a second reading on a charter resolution, and so I'm going to

[19:53] do a roll call on this. Council member Glenn.

[19:57] » Yes.

[20:00] » Council member Clark. >> Yes.

[20:03] » Council member Elks. >> Yes.

[20:07] » Council member Jones. >> Yes.

[20:10] » Council member Boger. >> Yes.

[20:13] » Council President. >> Yes.

[20:18] » By roll call vote of six here in the affirmative, city council charter

[20:21] resolution number 308 is adopted on second reading.

[20:31] Item 12, ordinances.

[20:33] Uh, there are no ordinances to be read this evening.

[20:36] Item 13, old business. There's no old business this evening. Item 14, new

[20:41] business. We have no new business this evening.

[20:44] And that takes us to an item 15, which is director's reports. And we're going

[20:47] to start with our director of administration, Dr. Chris Richey.

[20:51] » Thank you, Mayor, Council, colleagues, citizens.

[20:54] Um, so, uh, Director Johnson is absent this evening. She did send me her, uh,

[21:00] her uh, report to read, so I'm going to read

[21:03] that first. The tour, the Tourism Advisory board

[21:07] will meet this Wednesday, August 19th at 10:00 a.m. in the council chambers. This

[21:12] meeting is open to the public. The city of Havre de Grace is featured

[21:18] in Mid-Atlantic Home and Travel Magazine's Maryland Towns and Main

[21:24] Streets issue. This article will be posted to our

[21:27] social media platforms and shared in the local loop newsletter to be released

[21:32] later this week. The fall edition of the Citizen

[21:36] Connection is scheduled for release in September.

[21:41] On Thursday, August 20th, the department will host the Maryland Department of

[21:47] Housing and Community Development. The itinerary includes a visit to the

[21:52] Harford Memorial Hospital site to discuss the recently submitted grant

[21:56] application for the hospital's demolition,

[21:59] featuring a project presentation by Trademark Homes.

[22:04] A stop at Saint John Street and Franklin Street to discuss the recently submitted

[22:09] grant application for tree removal, sidewalk, and curb replacement.

[22:15] And then lastly, a tour of several downtown retail stores followed by lunch

[22:20] at a local restaurant. And that that concludes Director Johnson's report.

[22:26] Uh I would like to thank the city council for approving charter resolution

[22:30] 308. Um I do also want to thank uh Jim

[22:34] Reynolds, the city's human resources manager.

[22:38] Also want to thank city leadership and all of the employees for their efforts

[22:42] in making the city of Havre de Grace a safe place to work. So last year, we

[22:48] received a dividend check of just under $75,000

[22:52] from our workers' compensation insurance carrier. And this year, we've received

[22:56] one for just over $135,000. We could not have this kind of success

[23:02] without a lot of hard work by many people. So, thank you all for keeping

[23:07] our workplaces safe. I do offer my congratulations to the

[23:11] Youth Commission on a successful Refuel for School event that they had this past

[23:16] weekend. Uh there are many people that worked

[23:19] hard for this event to happen, but I would specifically like to mention

[23:24] Julian Wolfe. He's the youth chair of the commission and he took on a large

[23:29] role this year uh involved in coordinating the event. So, Julian, good

[23:34] work.

[23:36] The All About Joel Billy Joel tribute is performing at the Star Centre this

[23:41] Saturday at 8:00 p.m. The show will likely sell out. There's a

[23:47] handful of tickets left. Uh as a reminder, the City of Havre de

[23:51] Grace has changed ticketing vendors for the Star Centre and Opera House shows to

[23:57] eTix. And remember that while eTix has

[24:00] advanced ticket security features, the only way to know for certain that you're

[24:05] purchasing a legitimate ticket is through the venue websites, which are

[24:11] starcentremd.com or hdgoperahouse.org.

[24:18] To enjoy a full list of all the events going on this weekend, I encourage you

[24:22] to go to the explorehavredegrace.com website.

[24:27] I did mention at the last City Council meeting uh that the city is the

[24:33] recipient of a donation from the Harford County Humane Society of a pet microchip

[24:38] reader. DPW has installed that reader uh outside

[24:44] of the police department. So, people who find a stray animal, they

[24:48] can uh scan the animal and if there is a chip, there's instructions on how to

[24:53] relocate the pet to with their owner. And then last Tuesday I had attended the

[24:59] Harmar Township public meeting at the Opera House. And I do genuinely offer my

[25:04] thanks to the Harmar Township leadership and their board for their thoughtful

[25:07] presentation, the work they've put into the project, and the information that

[25:12] they provided us regarding the murals. And this concludes my comments for this

[25:17] evening. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Dr. Richie.

[25:20] Appreciate the update. And we're going to go to comments from our director of

[25:23] planning, Mr. Jeff Townes.

[25:25] » Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Good evening, Mayor, members of council.

[25:28] So, we have added long-term rental registration to the MGO online portal.

[25:33] So, now folks can register their long-term rentals on that

[25:37] portal by going to the city's website under planning, under permits. Go on

[25:42] there, upload all the documents. So, currently we're taking those as paper

[25:45] documents, and so obviously we're having to maintain those records. So, we're

[25:49] hoping to do that digitally now. So, anyone who's looking to register

[25:52] property can go online and get that done pretty efficiently.

[25:56] Again, there's no cost for that. It's just a registration with the city.

[26:00] And then in terms of our meetings, we have a no planning commission meeting

[26:04] this month, and the Board of Appeals will probably not meet next month.

[26:08] That concludes my report. >> Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate the

[26:11] update. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Conway, our director

[26:14] of DPW. >> Mr. Mayor, council, colleagues, and

[26:17] guest. Quick update on the Somerset Manor

[26:21] sidewalk replacement project. All proposals are due on August 31st.

[26:27] Date of award is expected on September 2nd, and contract completion November

[26:32] 30th of 2026. So, long overdue. I'm looking forward to

[26:36] that. It's a very nice project. We're currently receiving a uptick in um

[26:42] you know, calls from trash and recycle being missed. And I think it's a

[26:45] combination of things. I think sometimes we get used to the trash guy coming by,

[26:50] you know, 8:00 in the morning, and then 2 weeks later it comes by 4:30. So, so

[26:56] what we're asking from DPW is if you could put your trash and recyclables out

[27:00] after 6:00 p.m. on the evening before your scheduled pickup day, I think this

[27:05] will solve a lot of problems. And that concludes my report.

[27:09] » Yes, sir. Thank you very much, uh, Mr. Conway. Appreciate the update.

[27:13] And we're going to go to comments from Chief Crest. Good evening.

[27:17] » Good evening, Mayor, Council, citizens. Um

[27:20] » [clears throat] >> school will start before our next

[27:24] Council meeting. So, I want to remind everybody, um, sorry to be a downer.

[27:28] » Sorry about that, man. >> [laughter]

[27:31] » Thanks. Rest of us are like, "Yeah, they're

[27:34] going to be in the back of my kids." >> [laughter]

[27:36] » Uh, so, uh, 8:00 uh, or August 31st, first day of school. So, um, it is Every

[27:44] time they present out, uh, the Sheriff's office presents out on the number of

[27:49] violations for the school bus, uh, the stop arm cameras, it is crazy. Like,

[27:56] it's hundreds per month. And, uh you know, uh, a few thousand per year.

[28:03] It's a $250 citation. So, um

[28:08] and, uh I I've had people they they send you the

[28:12] letter and, uh, the cameras have great quality. It is still photos and a video.

[28:18] And, uh actually somebody at my church was asking me about it and and they and

[28:24] we brought it up on my phone and I was like, "Yep, that's you." And you're

[28:27] going by that, you know, and I was like, "You know, what do we do?" And I was

[28:31] like, "Well, it looks like you're going to be writing a check for $250." So, um,

[28:35] anyway, um,

[28:37] so, just as a reminder, first day of school, August 31st. Thank you, Mayor.

[28:44] » Thank you very much, Chief. Appreciate the reminder.

[28:47] So, we're going to go to um comments now from uh our council members and we'll

[28:50] start with Council member Brogan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh directors, uh those

[28:55] of you here in the audience today, citizens, I don't have any uh actual

[28:58] council council business tonight. Um I just want to go ahead and uh

[29:02] looking forward to the Amtrak uh presentation whenever they do come out

[29:06] here. I think a lot of folks are looking forward to the Amtrak presentation. I do

[29:10] appreciate the citizens' remarks and comments tonight, so thank you for that.

[29:13] Uh and then in closing, I want to thank the Susquehanna Hose Company, the

[29:16] police, our police department, and our first responders. Thank you.

[29:21] » Thank you very much. We're going to go to comments from

[29:24] Council member Ellis. >> Good evening, Mayor, council, directors,

[29:27] citizens here and at home. Um I wanted to touch on the Refuel for School event

[29:32] as well. It was great. We've been doing that for several years now and it went

[29:36] pretty flawless. Um I want to give a special shout-out to the to all the

[29:41] volunteers and the police department for sending their recruits as well. They

[29:46] were extremely helpful. They worked super hard. They were there from morning

[29:51] till sundown pretty much and I just appreciated all that all that help and

[29:55] the use of the van as well. That was very helpful, saved us a bunch of money

[29:59] and uh and time.

[30:02] Uh additionally, I want to thank the the Orioles for sending the Oriole bird to

[30:07] town today. They visited the luckiest light while the kids were

[30:12] drawing the uh the Oriole logo and it was super cool just to have

[30:17] have them come to Havre de Grace, so I appreciate them taking the time out of

[30:20] their day for that as well. And that's all I have. Thank you.

[30:24] » Thank you very much, Council member Ellis.

[30:27] And we're going to go to comments from Council member James.

[30:29] » Thank you, Mayor. Um council, citizens in the audience, citizens at home, and

[30:33] directors. Um just a couple things for me. One, um a few weeks ago I attended

[30:39] the Golden Apple Award sponsored by Freedom Federal Credit Union. Uh this is

[30:43] a competition that is open to educators every year and we had a winner from

[30:48] Havre de Grace. So I want to congratulate teacher Ashley Allguard who

[30:52] won $1,000 and with that money she will establish the Grace Lab. Um and that lab

[30:58] is to help students with cognitive disabilities build independent living,

[31:02] employment readiness, and community skills. So congratulations, Mrs.

[31:06] Allguard. I uh with my colleague um Council Member

[31:10] Ellis was at Refuel for School. Was a great event, very hot.

[31:15] Um but it was so great to see all the volunteers who came out to do the

[31:18] backpacking as well as to organize backpacks um in the uh by the

[31:23] lighthouse. And I want to give a special thanks um

[31:28] to the commission, Tracy Robertson, who did so much, Robin, uh Alicia, Julian,

[31:35] Jennifer, and Donna, and everyone else who was instrumental in making this

[31:38] happen. And Dr. Richie, you mentioned Julian. Or I think that was through um

[31:43] Ms. Johnson's comments. I thought he was an adult when I first

[31:48] communicated with him via email. I had And then I met him and I just was like,

[31:51] "What is this child doing here?" But he is just the level of um just

[31:57] professionalism and I mean he he just took it up a notch. So great job,

[32:02] Julian. You did a fantastic job. Um and then I would also like to mention

[32:07] um the Lucky Luckiest Light is having an event this um

[32:12] on the 22nd and it is an artist, advocate, and community panel

[32:16] discussion. They're doing some fantastic things. So if you can, make sure that

[32:20] you attend that this weekend. Thank you, Mayor.

[32:23] » Thank you very much, Council Member Jones.

[32:25] We're going to go to comments from Council Member Clark.

[32:28] » Good evening, Mayor and Council uh fellow Council Members and directors and

[32:33] citizens here and at home. Um I too, as well as some of my colleagues,

[32:38] attended the Refuel for School. It was an amazing event. Um it is great to see

[32:43] um so many people coming together to give back to the community in such a

[32:47] memorable way. Um also with that, the Havre de Grace

[32:52] High School is doing a no-cost back-to-school shop on this Wednesday,

[32:56] August 19th, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

[33:00] Um it's gently used clothes varying in sizing that will help with all your

[33:04] back-to-school needs. You can come by and pick up whatever you need for your

[33:08] student. Um all items in the shop are free. If you missed the Refuel for

[33:12] School, there will be some backpacks that will be there that they dedicate to

[33:16] the school for that. So, there will be backpacks with resources in them as

[33:20] well. Um that you can get from the guidance

[33:22] office during that time. Um also, kind of piggybacking on Chief,

[33:26] that school is getting ready to start. So, if you see some of the kids around,

[33:30] encourage them to do positive things this year with school.

[33:33] Um find an activity, be positive with that. If you see a teacher or an

[33:36] administrator, maybe give them a hug cuz it's probably going to be a little

[33:39] chaotic starting off. So, um for those of you working in the school, you're

[33:43] greatly appreciated from a mom ready to send my kids back. So, that is all I

[33:47] have. Back to you. >> Very good. Thank you very much,

[33:51] Councilwoman Clark. And we're going to go to comments from

[33:53] Councilman Glenn. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor, fellow council

[33:56] members, and residents at home. I'll try to keep it short and sweet

[34:00] tonight. Um I received some good news um this

[34:03] weekend from Harford County Councilman Jacob Bennett. Um as you've been

[34:09] When I first got elected, I really started trying to improve the gateway

[34:12] out by Stansbury Field. There's a dilapidated trailer at 1353 Old Post

[34:17] Road. Um I said it needed to come down, and

[34:21] Jacob called me, and um the demolition permit has been issued.

[34:26] So, it's going to come down, and it'll improve the gateway coming into Havre de

[34:30] Grace. And and I want to thank Jacob for all of his concerted efforts in the

[34:34] making it happen. Um again, we have a tourism advisory

[34:38] board scheduled for this Wednesday. I'll continue to work with Bridget Johnson um

[34:43] to update ordinance 1031 to include replacing Visit Harford

[34:48] Incorporated, which is no longer in operation, with Harford County's

[34:51] official designation marketing organization as the ex special member of

[34:57] the tourism advisory board. So, um um we're getting close to getting that

[35:01] done. So, um that was some good news. And I want to thank uh Joe Conway. He

[35:06] took time out today to update me on the um efforts ongoing in front of uh

[35:11] Zommick's Funeral Home. Um I knew that we had just replaced the sidewalk not

[35:16] long ago, and I came home from vacation, and the sidewalk's all torn up. So, uh

[35:22] apparently, um there was some flooding going on, and they and they determined

[35:26] that some issues um well below the ground, and and was happy to find out

[35:31] that it's a state issue. So, it's not going to be any cost to the City of

[35:35] Havre de Grace. It's a state-funded issue. It's going to happen, but um

[35:39] hopefully, they get that taken care of pretty soon cuz it's it is a safety

[35:42] issue. And that's all I have, and back to you,

[35:45] Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you very much.

[35:48] Council member Glenn, appreciate the update.

[35:50] And we're going to go to comments from Council President Boyer.

[35:52] » Thank you, Mayor. Colleagues, city staff, residents joining us here and at

[35:57] home, good evening. Um my husband, James, and I are back from our annual

[36:01] camping trip at Assateague. And I'm happy to report that we survived the

[36:05] jellyfish invasion um with no significant stings. We um did see a lot

[36:11] of horses and shooting stars and the SpaceX launch. Um but best of all, we um

[36:18] completely unplugged off grid and relaxed, and we're happy to be back

[36:21] home. Focusing our life here in Havre de Grace, I want to remind everyone that

[36:25] the Havre de Grace well, Havre de Grace will Green Team

[36:29] will host the next film in their environmental series at the Opera House

[36:33] on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7:00 p.m. The topic, ironically,

[36:39] is about some creatures that have gotten some bad press lately. The film, The

[36:43] Beaver Believers, is an award-winning documentary that shares a relevant yet

[36:49] whimsical story of an unlikely group of activists working to restore the

[36:53] northern North American beaver population.

[36:56] In addition, the Green Team is planning a guided walk through an area of beaver

[37:01] habitat at Swan Harbor Farm on September 23rd at 6:30 p.m.

[37:07] Both opportunities offer a great chance to learn more about an interesting

[37:11] member of our wildlife community and how it shapes our environment.

[37:15] I'm also pleased to inform council that the Thanksgiving Dinner Committee has

[37:19] started organizing for this year's dinner. We plan to deliver at least

[37:24] 1,300 meals this year. This cherished endeavor is a great

[37:27] example of how wide Havre de Grace's heart truly is, and I'm grateful to

[37:32] everyone who has played a role in it, including several members of the our

[37:35] entire staff here. Thank you very much. Anyone interested in volunteering or

[37:39] donating this year, please reach out to either myself, Katie Arnold, or

[37:44] Community Projects of Havre de Grace. And looking ahead, please do not forget

[37:48] about the Children's Art Festival on September 12th from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.

[37:53] This event at Tydings Park is a great afternoon activity with the kids or

[37:56] grandchildren, and I hope to see lots of folks there. And finally, the Arts

[38:01] Commission will host a fall concert series on Thursday nights in Concord

[38:06] Park by the lighthouse, starting on September 17th and continuing through

[38:10] October 8th. The first performers will be 10 Karat Gold, and concerts are from

[38:15] 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. And finally, as I've said before, I am

[38:19] grateful for the trust and hard work of everyone on this council.

[38:23] Together, we remain committed to working with a transparency and reflect and

[38:27] respect and um to the simple truth that guides our work that together we serve.

[38:34] Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Council President.

[38:38] » [clears throat] >> And we're going to go to item 17,

[38:41] business from the mayor. Have a few things to go over real quick.

[38:44] And the first thing I want to start off with is thanking the Council President

[38:48] for um running the August 3rd meeting in my absence. Uh I appreciate all you did

[38:53] to keep everything going smoothly. Good job.

[38:57] Um and thank you to all

[39:01] Thank you to my directors and my staff for the good job you guys did while I

[39:04] was gone. Uh I was out of the country for 2 weeks

[39:07] with my son. We went to uh my son Will and I went to Peru and we hiked the Inca

[39:11] Trail to Machu Picchu, which is kind of a little bucket list

[39:14] thing we we wanted to do for a long time. And um

[39:17] even though I was in contact with my staff, you know, through my phone and

[39:20] emails and text messages, I couldn't physically be here on August 3rd, but

[39:23] but um again, so I'm happy to be alive. Happy to survive the trip. And I and I

[39:29] finally caught up on all the uh 675 emails and text messages

[39:33] that accumulate when you're on a SIM card sometimes. But anyway,

[39:36] so a couple things that really been weighing heavy on me and my departure

[39:41] from Havre de Grace happened the day that John Carroll passed away.

[39:45] And I

[39:47] I know a lot of people in Havre de Grace knew John Carroll. And so a few people

[39:51] in this building worked with John Carroll.

[39:53] He um he's a Maryland Municipal League Hall of Fame recipient. Uh he was

[39:56] elected official for over 20 years for the city of Havre de Grace. He was

[40:00] twice mayor of Havre de Grace uh in the late 1970s.

[40:04] He stepped in when um after for Mayor Montgomery.

[40:08] And then he came in in 2005 when David Craig became the County

[40:13] Executive um and he was the Council President. So,

[40:16] I had the pleasure of serving with him >> [snorts]

[40:20] » when I was on council. Um

[40:22] probably for about 4 years, I think. And I learned a lot from him. He was

[40:28] definitely what is uh best about the city Havre de Grace. He

[40:32] was a gentleman in every sense of the word. He taught me a lot.

[40:36] You know, you you know,

[40:38] I like to think I learned from him. I mean, he taught me about patience,

[40:41] you know, working together, uh listening to people. He was just

[40:45] He was an old statesman. And they don't make people like him

[40:48] anymore. He served Havre de Grace because he

[40:51] loved Havre de Grace. And he was again the finest gentleman

[40:56] I've ever known. And I I'll never forget the night

[40:58] uh I was already on council, and I think what it was was Mayor

[41:03] Mayor Dougherty appointed him to fill Councilwoman

[41:07] Brenda Gooden's off seat, who unfortunately passed away in 2009

[41:11] from breast cancer. So, he was kind of like, you know, an

[41:14] experienced old pro at being on council and and uh

[41:18] and he served well, but I felt like I was like on council with Babe Ruth. It's

[41:21] like, you know, guys you see on TV all the time, you know what I mean? But it's

[41:23] like So, again, to his lovely wife Linda,

[41:27] living up there on Mount Currey, the Babe you know, Babe Babe View Drive, um

[41:32] you know, our heart goes out to you. So, we're I'm going to really miss John

[41:35] Currey. He was also the chair of the Ethics Commission for the city Havre de

[41:38] Grace. And he was an excellent uh person to have on there. So,

[41:42] John Currey, Havre de Grace legend, MML legend,

[41:45] uh just with him goes an era, you know what I

[41:49] mean? They don't make them like him anymore, you know? And so, I hopefully

[41:52] uh people will step up and they'll they'll um walk in the walk in his

[41:56] shadow one day and try to be like him. We miss him.

[41:59] And of course, Ezra. Um you know, I don't I know a lot was

[42:02] said about Ezra the last council meeting, but Ezra was a very special

[42:05] person to the city of Havre de Grace, Ezra Berger.

[42:08] Um he would come and go, come and go with the city.

[42:12] Normally, when people come and go, come and go, we don't let you come anymore.

[42:15] » [laughter] >> You know, normally when you when you

[42:17] when you quit working, like, all right, you know, you keep work, but every time

[42:20] you came back, we would just take him back cuz we told Ezra, it's like, we

[42:23] know Ezra had a lot going on his life. And so, every time he would come back to

[42:26] Havre de Grace, he always had a job waiting for him at DPW. And um

[42:30] he was special like that. And uh so, we had a great relationship with Ezra.

[42:33] But, I I don't know if a lot of people know at home notice or not. Some people

[42:36] do. But, I'm going to bring this up only for posterity's sake because it'll be in

[42:40] the minutes of the meeting. But, when COVID happened and the whole

[42:44] world was going hysterical and everybody shutting things down and City Hall was

[42:47] shut down for a couple months, um I brought Ezra in

[42:52] and we went over um uh me and uh Steve Gamatoria,

[42:57] um we went over some some history books of

[42:59] Havre de Grace. A lot of pictures in it, things like that.

[43:02] And we asked him, I said, you know, these just these used to just be white

[43:05] panels with nothing on them. And again, many of you may know this,

[43:09] but some of you at home watching don't. These panels were painted by Ezra

[43:13] Berger. And he got enough in his head and in his

[43:16] mind to think, okay, I can I can see a Havre de Grace scape cuz I wanted these

[43:20] panels to you know, just kind of like capture

[43:23] Havre de Grace history of the last hundred and some years.

[43:25] And he went with the flow on it. Um and I think he did a wonderful job. And

[43:30] one of the panels, it says his name and and and the date and, you know, says it

[43:33] was painted during the COVID pandemic. But, he painted, I believe, around April

[43:37] of 2020. And so, um

[43:42] Well, so now we obviously can't tear down City Hall. I mean, this is like,

[43:45] you know, but the funny thing is I do have pictures. Uh

[43:48] I have to dig them out on my phone, but he set up a scaffolding. And you can't

[43:52] tell by sitting there, but if you look at it, this was just a white ceiling and

[43:56] he kind of painted it to make it look like clouds. And I swear he looked like

[43:59] Michelangelo up there on his back painting the Sistine Chapel. It was so

[44:02] great to see him up there. So, um if anyone sitting at home is a fan of

[44:06] Ezra's work and you haven't been here um you know, just come to city hall one day

[44:10] and just say, "Hey, I'd like to see the city council chambers." And Ezra's work

[44:13] doesn't have to be a council meeting. You're welcome to come and take a look.

[44:16] This is a public building. And uh it's Ezra's public art.

[44:19] And so uh I think he did a really good job and I just wanted to put I just

[44:22] wanted to say that so it goes on record so it'll his work will never be lost in

[44:26] this chamber. So, we all miss Ezra and uh

[44:29] deeply and it and and it hurts, you know, so um

[44:34] but we're lucky that his artwork is everywhere in Havre de Grace. I mean,

[44:37] even when you come down 155 and first thing you see is that bridge and

[44:41] and uh so we have a lot to be thankful for.

[44:44] And finally, um

[44:47] well, I finally one more thing. Uh I do want to thank the members of the Youth

[44:50] Commission for pulling off another fantastic uh Refuel for School event

[44:54] down at Concord Point Park. I dropped by for a little bit on on Saturday and uh

[44:59] the volunteers were all working very hard and the volunteers' friends were

[45:01] there, too. So, it's not just volunteers, it's

[45:03] volunteers' friends. And so, thank you very much because

[45:06] it means a lot to the kids and the backpacks that they were giving away,

[45:11] I had a chance to open them up and look at them.

[45:13] It's actually all the stuff they need. You know, they need that, you know, box

[45:15] of tissue paper to give to teachers. You know, and give, you know, all the

[45:19] hand sanitizers and things like that. So, that's we collect that stuff all

[45:21] throughout the year. You have no idea how many boxes of tissue paper we go

[45:24] through in classrooms. So, all the things they were giving kids, the the

[45:28] notebooks, the uh the pencils, the pencil bag carriers are all things that

[45:32] kids really need. So, thank you to the uh Appleby Foundation

[45:35] for helping us out this year with a very generous donation and all the volunteers

[45:40] for the um Youth Commission. So, that was that was a huge undertaking. Thank

[45:43] you. And finally, I need to end tonight's

[45:47] my comments with a Civil War story.

[45:51] Please bear with me for about 2 minutes because the Civil War story has a Havre

[45:53] de Grace connection uh which is very important to the point

[45:57] I'm getting at. So,

[46:00] I'm going to try to truncate >> [laughter]

[46:03] » a big battle into like a 2-minute segment here, but

[46:06] in July of 1864, the Union Army was south of Richmond,

[46:11] southeast of Richmond, and history calls it the Siege of

[46:15] Petersburg. General Grant was bogged down in

[46:18] Petersburg for almost 10 months. How he got there

[46:22] was just a mess. Petersburg was a town where four

[46:27] southern railroads had a junction, and it was the main supply for the

[46:31] Confederate Army, and General Lee needed to hold it at all costs.

[46:34] And General Grant's army was going to try to take it at all costs.

[46:39] But Lee, General Lee found a a type of warfare tactic that I wouldn't say was

[46:44] brand new, but it was new for the time period,

[46:47] and it became known as trench warfare. And

[46:51] 60-some years later, the world the whole world will know what trench warfare is

[46:54] in World War I. But Grant learned a valuable lesson in

[46:57] Cold Harbor not to do a head-on attack against the Confederate forces in

[47:01] trenches. He lost 7,000 men in 20 minutes in that

[47:05] attack. And so, um,

[47:07] when they got to Petersburg, it was a stalemate.

[47:11] Of course, the Union Army under General Grant had many more soldiers

[47:15] than the Confederate Army, but the Confederate positions were

[47:18] pretty entrenched and very well defensible.

[47:22] Well, a colonel in the in a Pennsylvania regiment who had coal

[47:25] mining experience, and so did his men, came up with an idea to dig a mine

[47:31] underneath the Union lines into the Confederate lines.

[47:35] And when he dug his 531-ft mine, they're going to put 4 tons of gunpowder under

[47:40] it, and they're going to blast the Confederate position,

[47:43] and then they're going to charge and break the lines, and hopefully that'll

[47:45] release the Siege of Petersburg, and you know, the Confederates will scatter,

[47:49] and then they march on to Richmond, and and the war will be over.

[47:54] I can tell you that General Grant and General Meade, his the guy right under

[47:57] General Grant, were kind of skeptical about it, but they thought, "Well, it

[47:59] gives the guy something to do for a while. Let him dig a mine."

[48:03] All these boys from Pennsylvania, they dug a mine.

[48:05] And it went all the way under the Union lines into the Confederate lines. The

[48:08] Confederates had no idea that this mine was about 50 ft

[48:12] under their lines, and the Union Army kept putting gunpowder. They put 8,000

[48:16] lb of gunpowder right underneath the Confederate

[48:20] fortifications. And at 4:44 in the morning on July 30th,

[48:25] 1864, they lit it

[48:28] and created a huge crater, about 170 ft wide,

[48:32] about 35 ft deep. It came known as the Battle of the

[48:35] Crater. Now,

[48:38] this is where the local connection comes in.

[48:43] The Ninth Corps, the Federal Ninth Corps, had many, many divisions under

[48:46] the command, but one division, there was only one division there

[48:49] that was a United States Colored Troop regiment.

[48:53] General Burnside, Ambrose Burnside, picked that regiment to lead the charge

[48:57] once the dynamite went off. It was quite an honor

[49:01] to lead a charge. So, the crater would blow up, and the United States Colored

[49:04] Troop regiment division, the entire division, would take that crater.

[49:07] And they were training for 2 weeks. And in 2 weeks training,

[49:12] the Colored regiment knew to go around the crater

[49:15] and to attack the positions and then break through the lines and even take

[49:18] Petersburg if they could. They They trained specifically for this event.

[49:23] And then the day before the the day before the event,

[49:26] General Meade went to General Grant and said, "I'd rather have a white division

[49:29] lead the charge." I know it sounds like discrimination on

[49:33] the surface, but the way these two generals were thinking was, "We only

[49:36] have one Colored Troop regiment out of all these divisions. If we send them

[49:40] into a suicide mission, people are going to think we did it intentionally."

[49:43] It wasn't because they didn't think they could do the job, they just

[49:47] they didn't want all the radical Republicans in DC saying, "You

[49:49] slaughtered all these men intentionally." That wasn't the point.

[49:53] It blew the crater and it's and

[49:56] the the regiments that came in first, they

[49:58] didn't train. They went into the crater instead of around it and they got

[50:02] massacred. The explosion itself killed 350

[50:06] Confederates, but almost 4,000 Union soldiers were

[50:09] killed in that crater. It was a disaster. It was one of the biggest

[50:11] disasters of the Civil War. Finally,

[50:15] Burnside did have permission to send in the color troop division that was

[50:18] training for it.

[50:21] But because of the enfilade coming from the Confederates,

[50:25] they had to go into the trench to get to it and so long story short, it

[50:29] was just it was a disaster. But unlike

[50:33] the soldiers in the white regiments, the color troop regiments,

[50:36] they knew when they went engaged into combat

[50:39] that the Confederate Army had a policy that any color soldier taken captured in

[50:45] a federal uniform with a gun would be summarily put to death.

[50:49] And many of them were. And so,

[50:52] the men who fought in the United States color troop

[50:55] regiment knew when they went into that crater when Burnside gave the order that

[50:59] the odds of coming back were very slim. So, the Battle of the Crater was one of

[51:03] the worst poorly executed

[51:07] battles of the Civil War and Petersburg siege lasted another eight months. All

[51:11] that work to dig that mine and it failed and many good men were

[51:15] killed. But one man survived. Well, not one, but

[51:19] several survived. His name was Lewis Hill.

[51:23] He survived. He was a from the United States color troop regiment. He's from

[51:26] Havre de Grace. He lived to fight in the Battle of the

[51:29] Crater and he actually lived to fight his way out of it.

[51:33] Lewis Hill reached the rank of corporal in the Union Army, which is pretty good.

[51:40] He survived the Civil War, came back to Havre de Grace and worked his farm and

[51:43] died in the year 1904.

[51:49] And he's buried in the cemetery just

[51:53] very close to where Blenheim Farm Road and Chapel Road meet, the second

[51:56] entrance, what we call the second entrance of Bulle Rock. There's a little

[52:00] wooded area around that area and it's known as the Johnson Hill Cemetery.

[52:04] Old-timers in Havre de Grace, that grew up around here a long time ago, often

[52:07] referred to it as the old graveyard or the burying ground near Evan's Corner.

[52:12] It's on the Harford County land map as a cemetery, but

[52:17] if you went there today to look at it, you'd you'd have a hard time figuring

[52:20] out it's a cemetery because it's overgrown with weeds and trees and and

[52:24] thickets and there you can tell it's a cemetery cuz

[52:28] some areas of collapsed ground where there used to be a grave probably.

[52:31] Here's some pictures of it up here. Um we believe there's over 20 burial

[52:35] sites there. But one grave in particular that got the

[52:39] attention of the Alfred B. Hilton Foundation

[52:43] is the grave of Mr. Louis Hill. And luckily, the grave of Louis Hill is

[52:49] one of the few that is very well preserved um

[52:52] and it does denote that he served in the United States Colored Troops Regiment.

[52:57] So it's there we believe there could be more

[53:01] veterans Civil War veterans up there. And the cemetery is dilapidated and it

[53:06] and the Alfred B. Hilton volunteers, they just really want to get up there

[53:09] and take a good survey of the cemetery and and and mark all the graves and find

[53:14] out who's buried where and you know

[53:17] try to make sense of everything. Problem is is like I said, there's a lot

[53:22] of brush, fallen trees and stuff like that. So

[53:25] what we want to do and and it's not the only one either. There's another one on

[53:28] the end of Chapel Terrace. Uh used to be an old church that's no

[53:32] longer there and there was an old cemetery out in the woods uh that needs

[53:35] to be kind of like looked at again. And there's one on the end of Elizabeth

[53:38] Street called Cedar Hill. And we believe that in all these

[53:41] cemeteries there could be veterans buried there, especially veterans of the

[53:44] United States Colored Troop Regiment. So, I went out with some of my with Dr.

[53:49] Richie and Adam Rutschinski and and Sue Nappi, who is a volunteer in the Alfred

[53:53] B. Hilton Foundation the other week. And the reason I tell the story is

[53:59] I feel and I hope I I I I think everyone feels this way that, you know, anyone

[54:03] who wore the union of the uniform of the Union

[54:06] and fought to preserve our country, you know, their their grave shouldn't be

[54:09] dilapidated and and in mud and and overgrown trees. Their their grave

[54:13] should be clean and well-preserved and documented. So,

[54:16] I am issuing an executive order. I'm not going to read the whole

[54:20] executive order to you, but basically the executive order

[54:23] is allowing the city to partner with the Alfred B. Hilton Foundation and we're

[54:27] going to use some of our DPW resources like dump trucks and chainsaws and stuff

[54:31] and help clear some of the logs and trees out of the way of these cemeteries

[54:35] so the people can get in there like the volunteers and the members of the Alfred

[54:39] B. Hilton Foundation can get in there and properly document these graves and

[54:43] see what they can find if there's any other veterans

[54:45] that are buried in in any graves that are marked unmarked or falling apart or

[54:49] in disrepair. So, again, don't have to read the whole

[54:51] executive order to you, but it will be executive order 2026-02.

[54:56] And so, it will allow the city to work with the Alfred B.

[55:00] Hilton Foundation and try to clean these cemeteries up. So,

[55:03] I say it's important. The city of Havre de Grace is a Havre is a city that

[55:06] embraces our veterans. And these men are veterans, too, of a

[55:10] great war. So, I'm sorry for being long-winded, but

[55:14] um I just wanted everybody to to be aware

[55:17] of of what's going to be happening in the next couple of weeks and

[55:19] and hopefully, you know, 6 months from now, 8 months from now, when it's all

[55:22] cleaned up and we make sense of things, maybe we can do a follow-up report and

[55:25] let everybody know what we find up there and and um

[55:28] and the condition of things. So, it's just the beginning.

[55:32] So, with that said, again, I thank the Council President for running the

[55:35] previous meeting on August 3rd and and my staff for taking care of the home

[55:39] front. And with that said, can I get a motion to adjourn?

[55:42] » Second.

[55:45] » A motion by Council member Glenn, second by Council President.

[55:48] All those in favor say I. All opposed say nay.

[55:52] Motion to adjourn carries 6-0 in affirmative. The time is now 7:53. Thank

[55:56] you very much everybody and we'll see you

[55:58] a couple weeks after Labor Day. Thank you. Good night.

Havre de Grace City Council 8/17/2026

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