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Good evening everyone and welcome to the

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Bladensburg Town Council meeting for

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Monday, July 13, 2026. We are now called

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to order. At this time, we'll begin

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tonight's meeting with the opening

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prayer by Council Member Dixon.

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» Thank you, Madame Mayor. Father, we

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thank you. Thank you for bringing us

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here, bringing us together this evening.

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Grant us wisdom, discernment, and

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humility as we serve our community. Help

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us to listen with open minds and speak

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with respect and make decision that

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promotes justice, unity, and the

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well-being of all residents, guide our

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leaders, protect our officers in Jesus

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name. Amen.

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>> Thank you, Council Member Dixon. For

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» Thank you, Council Member Dixon. For

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those who are able, please stand for the

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pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Thank you everyone. At this time, the

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next item on tonight's agenda is

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approval of the agenda. Is there a

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motion to approve?

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>> That's a move.

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» That's a move.

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>> Motion's been made by council member

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» Motion's been made by council member

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Dixon. Is there a second?

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>> Seconded by council member McBride. In

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» Seconded by council member McBride. In

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terms of corrections for the agenda,

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what we discussed previously was the

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addition of summer recess under um

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presentations to add patriotic committee

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and then updates from our

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representatives. I believe I saw Miss

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Gloria from Diana Fenel's office and

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Vanessa from Senator Augustine's office.

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you're with Augustine as well. Okay. So,

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we'll do that. And then

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looking ahead to page two under

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financial business, adding item B for

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community grants allocations and then

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item C for council discretionary funds.

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So, council, would those amendments be

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>> Okay. All right. So, with that, I'll

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» Okay. All right. So, with that, I'll

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call for the motion. I'm sorry. I'll

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call for the vote. All in favor, let it

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be known by the saying of I. I. Any

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nays? The eyes have it. The revised

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agenda is approved. At this time, again,

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we'll jump right into presentations,

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beginning with Miss Renee Green from

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Patriotic Committee.

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And as you're coming up, I want to say a

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special thank you for supporting our

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Independence Day event and sweating all

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the sweat equity you paid out there.

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So that leads into exactly what I was

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going to say.

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So for my patriotic report tonight, I

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want to thank um Ray Jeff and give him a

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shout out.

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I for planning another incredible

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fireworks celebration.

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you know, he started planning that in

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February. So, that kind of gives you an

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idea of how much work goes into that.

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But that was such a great way to

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celebrate the 250th anniversary of our

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country

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and it was over 100 degrees that night.

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event like that successful and the heat

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added to the challenge on everyone. So,

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and the I think there was about a

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thousand people that showed up.

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and the town council, the staff, police,

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the fire department, public works,

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especially. Oh my goodness. Sean from

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code enforcement. He was riding around

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the whole time with a cooler of ice and

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water, making sure everyone was okay,

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too. It was just incredible. Um, it

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really was. and everyone had a wonderful

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time. I think uh you know I'm surprised

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no one passed out. The only issue was a

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little dog that got lost.

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table at the um town table handing out

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all kinds of wonderful gifts and prizes

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and t-shirts and t-shirts and um

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uh clocks everything. And you know what?

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It was a tough night. Uh, but I had the

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police and I had the explorers assisting

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like 30 people helping me and there was

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a line of about 30 people wanting gifts.

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So, um, happy 250th anniversary to the

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country and thank you.

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» Thank you so much, Miss Green. We

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appreciate your support with all of our

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patriotic uh, activities and for always

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being a partner and again for putting in

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all that sweat equity with us and

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>> put rolling up your sleeves and being

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» put rolling up your sleeves and being

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ready to work. We appreciate you.

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» Thanks.

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at this time. Thank you. At this time,

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we'll hear from Delegate Diana Fenel's

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office. So, I guess we'll get the whole

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district 47 update. That works for us.

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» Good evening everyone. My name is

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Vanessa and I'm chief of staff for

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Senate Senator Augustine and I'm very

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happy to present Helina Miss Gana who is

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our community liaison. So if you want to

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tell them a little bit about yourself.

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>> Good afternoon everyone. I'm Helena. I

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» Good afternoon everyone. I'm Helena. I

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am from Chillm sorry I'm from Chillm

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Maryland.

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>> I'm just short the words. I'm from

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» I'm just short the words. I'm from

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Chillum Maryland. I live in New Carol.

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I'm part of the community and I'm very

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happy to be here.

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» Hello everybody. I'm Gloria. I'm from

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Delegate Fenel's office and I'm just up

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session and everything. So, you know,

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we're here always just to be here as a

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resource. So, if there's anything that

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you want to report to us or anything

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that we can help you with, whether it's

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like, you know, State Highway, Pepco,

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like whatever's going on, let us know

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how we can be a support to you guys. Um,

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so I think that's kind of the gist of it

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all. Our cookout will come in a few

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months, but I'll give you updates once

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we solidify everything.

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>> Thank you. And Vanessa, just a heads up

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» Thank you. And Vanessa, just a heads up

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before you take your seat for the

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September meeting. We did have to push

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the SHA presentation from tonight's work

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session to the 5:30 meeting. So I was

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texting with Senator earlier. Okay. He

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will he committed to being here because

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it involves a state agency. So I'll just

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make sure we send it to both you and him

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when we send the Zoom link over to you.

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>> Awesome. Thank you so much.

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» Thank you. Thanks for being here. And

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Helena, it's nice to meet you. We look

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forward to working with you.

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So that concludes the presentations for

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this evening. So we'll now move into

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item six for the approval of the meeting

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minutes for Monday, June 8th. Council,

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is there a motion to approve?

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>> So move.

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>> Moved by council member Brown. Is there

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» Moved by council member Brown. Is there

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>> Seconded by council member McBride. Any

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» Seconded by council member McBride. Any

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comments or questions regarding the

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minutes? Hearing none, I'll call for the

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vote. All in favor, let it be known by

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the saying of I. I. I. Any nazs? The

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eyes have it. The minutes are approved.

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At this time, we'll move into item

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seven, which is public comment where we

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hear from town residents. Mr. Reinhardt

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will turn it over to you to call the

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>> Good evening, mayor and council. We have

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» Good evening, mayor and council. We have

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uh several people signed up. And again,

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if you're a town resident, please go up

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to the microphone. Um, you have three

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minutes. If you're not a town resident,

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just let us know and we can just check

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you off the list. Uh, the first one up

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is Miss Susan McCutchen.

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» Start to bring my own microphone. Do it

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from the I come every time. Hi, Susan

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McCutchen and I live in Bladensburg on

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Spring Road. There's so many salient

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issues I don't even know where to start.

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First of all, I'm very concerned about

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the piling on from the federal

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government, about uh piling on to blue

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states, about anybody who wants to do

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anything to make the situation more

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humane and and reasonable and um

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transparent for immigration. is heavy

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weight coming on to the government of

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Maryland as one of the many blue states

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who are being harassed by the federal

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government about funding and threatened

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etc. And it's it's very frustrating and

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I know we have a lot of concerned people

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who want to do something and be right

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including our council and I do and uh uh

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Mr. Wood has been wonderful back. We

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have been uh corresponding and

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especially uh Anna has been been

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corresponding but we have been talking

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about all the the different issues and

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angles of what is happening and I'm so

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pleased that we're going to be on the

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sep that that she I hope will be on the

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September agenda. I know on the

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September agenda, but to speak about

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different uh thoughts that that the

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community has and openness in the

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community and the and the acting chief

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as well. And it's been very open and I

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appreciate that. That's something I do

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appreciate about Bladensburg, willing to

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listen and to to hear what's being said.

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And it doesn't mean automatically

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everything is going to happen the way

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people want it because it maybe can't

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for whatever reason, but at least be

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reasonable. listen. And that is what I

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see in this council and I've seen this

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for many years for many other issues. I

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have a I want to bring up about voting.

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Please pay attention to well I'm on

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everybody's email about webinars and

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zoom calls etc. but about voting um

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issue webinars and zooms. There's a lot

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that's out there because there's been

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from the top there's a very much the

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pressure as we all know about trying to

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stop people from voting or making it

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difficult for people to vote and we have

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to we have to we can't sit out. can't we

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we can't be so discouraged that we don't

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go out to vote that we don't pay

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attention to what's going on and look to

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the tricks and things that are going on

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because it's it's very sinister just as

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sinister as ICE is just as sinister as

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many of these things are. So, there's so

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much going on and um I'll add on to it.

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Hypers scale data centers and the lack

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of transparency with the Prince George's

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County Council that is disgusting in its

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lack of transparency appointing people

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who should not be appointed to a

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planning board who have had no no idea

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about what to do with a planning board

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because they have no experience. And it

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seems to be at the behest of powers that

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be, which is just as bad locally as it

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is statewide and as it is federally

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people appointed who should not be and

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they need to be more transparent and we

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have to demand that. But anyway, thank

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you.

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>> Thank you, Miss McCutchen.

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» Thank you, Miss McCutchen.

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>> Thank you,

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» Thank you,

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>> mayor. Our next person signed up is Miss

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» mayor. Our next person signed up is Miss

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Anna Greenstone.

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Hi, Mayor James, council, town staff.

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Um, I'm Anna Greenstone, a resident of

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Bladensburg, and I'm returning tonight.

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Um, and I'm still asking for you to take

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more action regarding ISIS presence and

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operations in Bladensburg. I'm really

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appreciative that you all have welcomed

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this dialogue that we have been in touch

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as Susan said um and that as a consern

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concerned group of residents we've been

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able to meet with the town administrator

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and Chief Fishorn um and that this issue

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has been added to September's work

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session. Thank you. Um however, it is

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important that we see some concrete

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action and change before September. um

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you've expressed interest in creating a

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document to share some of the policies

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that Bladensburg PD does have in place

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already to protect and support residents

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in case of in the case of an ICE

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encounter or detainment. Um and we'd

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like to know like what is your goal for

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when when that will be complete? Um,

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you've expressed interest in appointing

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a staff member as a community liaison

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who could work closer with concerned

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residents and I'd like to know when will

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that decision be made of who that person

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will be. There are so many other ways to

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take action even if you remain against

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limiting ISIS access to certain

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properties in town. Um, we have ideas

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and we'll bring them to you in

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September. Um, but we'd love to see more

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proactive problem solving also from the

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government now. Um, more ideas and

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action toward rebuilding trust with

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residents, toward reducing chances for

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residents to be harmed. This bears

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repeating. Federal immigration agents

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under this administration are not

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consistently operating in reasonable

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ways or safe ways.

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Um,

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since our meeting, ICE has killed

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Lorenzo Salgado Aruo in Texas, who, as

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you likely know, was not even the target

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of ISIS search. He didn't deserve to die

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regardless, but he was not even the

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target of ISIS search. And in recent

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weeks, ICE has become increasingly more

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aggressive and intimidating toward

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lawful community observers in Prince

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George's County. Um, and that includes

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recklessly speeding on our roads,

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recording observers, following them to

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their homes as intimidation tactics. And

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so from Human Rights Watch, I'll just

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add that in the 500 days since Trump's

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inauguration in 2025, 52 people have

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died in ICE custody in the US. And the

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rate of deaths is the highest level that

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it's been in 10 years. And so I just ask

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that we continue to take more action now

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um hopefully to prevent a death like

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Lorenzo's from happening in Bladensburg

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or Prince George's County. Thank you,

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» Mayor. The next person signed up is

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Foster Gettys.

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Uh, this is my first time giving um a

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statement, so just bear with me. I think

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I've got this thing on.

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Um, also worth noting I am um

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Bladensburg resident and I'm a Word One

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um constituent.

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Um, I've been seeing lately online on

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the town's Instagram page that the

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police department has been making many

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efforts to court trust from community

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through initiatives like walks with a

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cop, coffee with a cop, and notice

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notably ice cream with a cop on Friday.

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um while at the same time undermining

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that trust by allowing ICE to park in

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the police station lot.

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The jurisdiction of that lot and who can

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park there is not clear or well

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understood by community members. When

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ICE parks there, it gives the loud

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impression that the Bladensburg Police

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Department and the town administration

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support and welcome ICE into the

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community. It creates the perception of

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collaboration whether or not that that

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may be actually happening. When ICE

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agents are allowed in the police

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department with doors held open, it says

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loud and clear to anyone watching, "We

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support ICE in our neighborhoods, parks,

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and municipal buildings." It says, "We

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will take action to support ICE." Even

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an action as simple as holding the door

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open for an agent while taking no action

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to support and protect residents. When

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Bladensburg police are seen as casually

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chatting with ICE agents in public, it

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tells resident onlookers that

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Bladensburg police like and support

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these guys, approve of what they're

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doing, and like how they're doing it. It

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tells residents that Bladensburg police

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is on ICE's side. Public's perception is

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an incredibly important aspect of trust.

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Will you signal to Bladensburg residents

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that you're on their side? Laws that

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prevent local police collaboration with

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ICE and bar the use of certain

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properties or facilities by them have

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already been passed by Maryland and

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Prince George's County. I'm wondering

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what will Bladensburg do. The president

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has already been set. As we know, the

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Maryland Community Trust Act was passed

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this spring. The word trust is in the

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title. PG County also passed its own

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law, the Community Safe Spaces Act.

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Section 2553. The purpose is clearly

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stated in the Community Safe Spaces Act

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to uphold the county's values of equity,

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inclusiveness, dignity, and justice for

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all. Maintain community trust by

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separating county services from federal

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law immigration enforcement, and limit

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the use of county property for federal

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immigration enforcement purposes to

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enhance public trust. A legal challenge

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to the Community Trust Act, the Maryland

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law, was filed in July on July 9th by

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the Justice Department. If the state of

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Maryland is successfully sued, what laws

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will there be left to protect our

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residents? We must pass our own. We must

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show our residents that they can trust

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their police department, the mayor, and

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the council to look out for them. Right

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now, we know that the Bladensburg Police

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Department cannot collaborate with ICE

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because of the law handed down by the

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state. But should that law disappear,

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what will Badensburg police do then? I

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just have a little bit left. Can I

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>> quickly please?

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» quickly please?

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>> Yes, of course. Yes. Yeah. Sorry, this

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» Yes, of course. Yes. Yeah. Sorry, this

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is my first time. Um, even an action to

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do nothing and not intervene is a choice

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and the residents of Bladensburg are

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taking note. Bl Mayor James may say no

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to designating Bladensburg as a

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sanctuary city, decrying it as

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performative action. If so, then I

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implore you to take some action. Any

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other action to show the most vulnerable

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residents of our town that the city is

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looking out for them and they can trust

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you. Community trust initiatives like

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ice cream with the cop could be a step

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forward. Will you let the presence of

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ICE take you 10 steps back? Thank you.

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>> Thank you, Miss Gettys. Next person,

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» Thank you, Miss Gettys. Next person,

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Sean,

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>> Mr. Steve Whites.

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Yeah, I'm Steve Whites. I live on Tilden

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Road. Uh we have a storm water drain

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going throughout the uh town, carry the

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the u storm water that drains from the

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streets and so forth. But those uh storm

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water drains are are now clogged up with

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uh debris and they're overgrown uh vines

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and trees uh clogging it up. But the

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biggest concern I have is uh there's

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several uh uh gates that are unlocked

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and sections of fence that are down and

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children and teens are down there

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playing in the uh storm water drain and

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I'm concerned that that someone's going

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to get hurt or trapped there in the

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drain. So, uh, you know, I've talked to,

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uh, some a couple of council members and

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and the police chief and, uh, in the

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past, we've tried to go with 311. It's

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very difficult to get them to do

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anything. And, uh, so I I appreciate the

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police chief and and Roger are are going

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to contact uh, the county and try to get

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them out here to to straighten it out

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before we have any problems with

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flooding or people getting hurt. But uh

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also uh the last time they were out here

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in 2020, we had a a blood in Bladensburg

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and that was the last time the storm

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water drains were cleaned out. We had 20

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foot trees and vines growing in there

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and it is pretty bad, but they did do a

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good job once you get them out here. So

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appreciate, you know, the help from the

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police and code officer and I would

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encourage anyone that sees any drains

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clogged up in the streets or throughout

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the town, notify the town so that could

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be taken care of. Uh the other concern I

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have is um a neighbor said her car was

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uh hit hit and totaled by a hit-and- run

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driver. Another neighbor's car was

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recently broken into. Uh there's a

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proposal to uh keep the town vehicle at

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the mayor's residence for official

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business and meeting use, but I'm

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concerned that keeping the u the town

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vehicle at at a residence would uh

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subject it to being hit or vandalized.

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I'd rather see the the vehicle kept at

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the police station where it's more

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secure. And I think it should be

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available to the council members too if

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they want to if they need it for uh town

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meetings or or business sign up and

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reserve it and and keep a record of

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where you're going, the mileage and so

540
00:22:16,159 --> 00:22:18,559
forth. I think it should be available to

541
00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:22,240
to all the council members to use. So,

542
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,200
um you know, thank you very much.

543
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,350
>> Thank you, Mr. Whites. It's good to see

544
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:27,360
» Thank you, Mr. Whites. It's good to see

545
00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,120
you. We were wondering where you've been

546
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:33,750
all these many months.

547
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,520
The uh next person signed up is Mr.

548
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:41,590
Marlon Cruz.

549
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,039
Good evening everyone. Good evening,

550
00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:44,799
town of Bladensburg. My name is Marlon

551
00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:47,360
Cruz and I'm a resident of Ward 1 on

552
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:49,360
Quincy Street. Thank you so much for the

553
00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:51,200
opportunity to speak to in front of you

554
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,919
all. I am here to share my concern over

555
00:22:53,919 --> 00:22:55,760
the federal enforcement in the town of

556
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,080
Pladensburg and around the town of

557
00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,760
Pladensburg.

558
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,360
Um

559
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,080
I will continue to seek some action from

560
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,240
the town of Bladensburg. I know that it

561
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,720
is very difficult to act. Uh we are our

562
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,640
own municipal government though. Let's

563
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,480
remember the reason why governments

564
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,440
exist because people like us form them.

565
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,159
Um talents are incorporated right by

566
00:23:18,159 --> 00:23:21,280
people who are want to incorporate them.

567
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,200
And so that's why the beauty of the

568
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,880
United States. I work with people who

569
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,360
are from the UK and so they are very

570
00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,960
impressed by the way that in the United

571
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,039
States that you can get things done

572
00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:33,360
simply by wanting to do them right. So

573
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,320
it's it's very uh it it sort of made me

574
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,559
grateful for for where I am and and

575
00:23:38,559 --> 00:23:42,000
where I live and the democracy that we

576
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,840
still are latching on to as hard as

577
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,919
possible. So, I really implore that we

578
00:23:45,919 --> 00:23:49,600
are able to act um and like some of my

579
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,080
fellow neighbors have shared the the

580
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,240
terrible statistics that are continuing

581
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,240
to happen and then and they continue to

582
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,280
to occur. Um so, I will continue to

583
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,159
fight no matter how tired I am and I

584
00:24:02,159 --> 00:24:04,320
will continue to

585
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,880
organize within the community and show

586
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,000
the demand and the need for action and

587
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,159
that's really what I was asking for.

588
00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:14,640
Thank you so much for your openness to

589
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,000
meet with me. I hope that we can

590
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,200
continue to meet and continue to chat. I

591
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,600
um will continue to work hard as well.

592
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,520
No matter what needs to be done um on my

593
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,760
end, I'm

594
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,200
trying my best to collaborate with the

595
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,720
town of Plinsburg. Thank you so much.

596
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,590
>> Thank you, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Reinhardt.

597
00:24:35,590 --> 00:24:35,600
» Thank you, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Reinhardt.

598
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,230
>> And mayor, our last uh person signed up

599
00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:38,240
» And mayor, our last uh person signed up

600
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,080
is the Honorable Walter James.

601
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:47,350
>> Thank you.

602
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,559
Good evening everyone.

603
00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:52,149
>> You have a comment?

604
00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:53,919
» Oh, there. Oh, there we go. Good evening

605
00:24:53,919 --> 00:24:56,880
everyone. Uh, Walter James, a resident

606
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,039
of Bladensburg residing on Doris Court

607
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:00,640
here in the town of Bladensburg. Uh,

608
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:01,840
thank you mayor and council for this

609
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,840
opportunity. Before I get started, I

610
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:04,960
just want to say to the mayor and

611
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,799
council, thank you so much for your

612
00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:08,880
responsible and conscious leadership uh

613
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,120
in moving our town forward. Uh, and I do

614
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:12,400
want to congratulate the mayor on her

615
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,640
elevation uh to MML president. And this

616
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,279
is not only a promotion

617
00:25:17,279 --> 00:25:19,039
I believe this is not only a promotion

618
00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:20,559
for the mayor, but it's a promotion for

619
00:25:20,559 --> 00:25:22,320
the town of Bladensburg. And I believe

620
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,679
that where they say uh the waves waves

621
00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:27,279
rises all ships. You know, I'm probably

622
00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:29,039
messing up that that quote, but it's

623
00:25:29,039 --> 00:25:30,559
something that is not just a promotion

624
00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:32,799
for the mayor, but it's a promotion for

625
00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:35,679
the town as a whole. So, I rise in

626
00:25:35,679 --> 00:25:37,760
support of a resolution to amend the

627
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,159
personnel ma uh manual as it relates to

628
00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:41,919
take-home vehicle take-home vehic

629
00:25:41,919 --> 00:25:44,240
vehicles access for for the elected

630
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,600
officials. Uh I do support uh the mayor

631
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,960
having a take-home vehicle. Many of you

632
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,039
know I've sat in that seat for 12 years.

633
00:25:51,039 --> 00:25:53,360
uh and there's an unexpected

634
00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:55,760
uh unre unwritten I should say unwritten

635
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,760
rule as it relates to the roles and

636
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,440
responsibility of the mayor that come

637
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,120
from lo from the residents that come

638
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,080
from uh all echelons echelons of

639
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,840
government whether that's the county

640
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,679
that's the state or the federal level.

641
00:26:07,679 --> 00:26:09,520
Uh there's immediate response. This is

642
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,799
not a personal benefit to the mayor. uh

643
00:26:12,799 --> 00:26:14,960
this is a a a a measure that's put in

644
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,559
place by a resource by the municipal

645
00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:18,480
government that allows the mayor to

646
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,960
serve the residents effectively whenever

647
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,720
and wherever it's needed. So I encourage

648
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,960
the council to really consider this when

649
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,960
it comes to not this is not a personal

650
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,120
benefit to an individual. Uh this is

651
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,520
something for that position of the mayor

652
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,520
who is in in a position to respond

653
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,279
whenever residents need it. So thank you

654
00:26:35,279 --> 00:26:37,360
so much.

655
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:41,669
>> Thank you Mr. James.

656
00:26:41,679 --> 00:26:45,200
Right. Mayor, I was just advised um Miss

657
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,520
Vanessa from Malcolm Augustine office

658
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,039
would like to she signed up to speak

659
00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:51,200
also, but

660
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,710
>> Sorry, I didn't know.

661
00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:54,720
» Sorry, I didn't know.

662
00:26:54,720 --> 00:27:05,029
>> Did you have

663
00:27:05,039 --> 00:27:08,480
Sorry. Part of the reason we came now I

664
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,600
know. Now I won't do it again.

665
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,760
But I'm very grateful for you guys being

666
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,159
so open. And uh part of the reason we're

667
00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:18,000
also here is because Senator Augustine

668
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,760
just also wants to echo what the

669
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,080
community members are saying. Um you

670
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,880
know, we're here to instill that public

671
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,400
trust. And I know you guys do everything

672
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,159
that you can, you know, to support our

673
00:27:28,159 --> 00:27:29,919
local residents and everything. And I

674
00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:31,279
just know that within our community,

675
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:33,760
just being Hispanic and like my family,

676
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,600
like my extended family, I see the fear

677
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,159
that they face every day. like you know

678
00:27:38,159 --> 00:27:39,760
you go out and you don't know if you're

679
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,520
going to come back and I feel like

680
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,799
there's already this fear of law

681
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:47,120
enforcement as a whole and now it's just

682
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:48,640
been exacerbated with everything going

683
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,400
on in the federal government that I

684
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,480
think that you know when anything comes

685
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,880
down like domestic violence the smallest

686
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,640
things that you can think of now that

687
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,880
there's no trust it's really hard for

688
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,320
people to come and speak about the

689
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,240
smallest things ever because there like

690
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,159
the trust is gone and you know once the

691
00:28:04,159 --> 00:28:05,919
trust is gone you truly do have to

692
00:28:05,919 --> 00:28:07,760
rebuild it And it's not it's not

693
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,200
something that comes overnight. It comes

694
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,200
with action, right? So that's something

695
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,880
we just really want to echo and just

696
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,240
like um we had partners from Megaark

697
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,919
reach out to us because, you know,

698
00:28:17,919 --> 00:28:20,159
they're very important to our community.

699
00:28:20,159 --> 00:28:22,159
Um and this was regarding something that

700
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:23,840
was going on in Baltimore City where

701
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,600
there was ICE in the parking lot and

702
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,159
everything. And so what we did is

703
00:28:28,159 --> 00:28:30,880
through another uh contact from a

704
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,360
different senator uh we said, "Hey, do

705
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,360
you think the police can uh like the

706
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,760
city police can stay in the station so

707
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,600
maybe like they can, you know, move

708
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,520
their cars or something?" And that did

709
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,960
end up happening. And you know, most of

710
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,799
them once they saw more police presence

711
00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:47,360
and there wasn't that,

712
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,159
you know, not sure how to describe it,

713
00:28:50,159 --> 00:28:53,440
but they did move out. Um, so it it

714
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,200
really does start with the small

715
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,520
actions. So we just want to echo what

716
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,279
the community is saying and thank you so

717
00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:00,640
much.

718
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,950
>> And Vanessa, briefly I spoke to the

719
00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:02,960
» And Vanessa, briefly I spoke to the

720
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,159
senator at MML about this and asked for

721
00:29:06,159 --> 00:29:08,399
specific support that was over a month

722
00:29:08,399 --> 00:29:10,399
ago just to let him know this is a

723
00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:12,880
rising concern and we need to understand

724
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,399
from his office the state response. As a

725
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:18,480
municipal government, we can't outweigh

726
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,159
the federal government. of course

727
00:29:20,159 --> 00:29:21,830
>> they we don't have jurisdiction over

728
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:21,840
» they we don't have jurisdiction over

729
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,080
them. And so my ask and I'll just

730
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,240
mention this to you as well is

731
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,080
separately if we can just continue that

732
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,320
conversation in terms of the legislation

733
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,399
because there are bills that were passed

734
00:29:32,399 --> 00:29:34,240
but they don't take effect for several

735
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:34,799
months.

736
00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:35,110
>> Yes.

737
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:35,120
» Yes.

738
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,710
>> And so the community is like why aren't

739
00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:36,720
» And so the community is like why aren't

740
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,799
you doing anything? We can't violate

741
00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:40,799
state policy. We can't violate federal

742
00:29:40,799 --> 00:29:43,440
policy. And so this really has to stop

743
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,480
being an us versus them and really us

744
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,200
coming together and understanding in

745
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,640
light of decisions that have been made

746
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,520
by the state. What can we legally do?

747
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:53,840
Okay.

748
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,389
>> As I said to the resident um Mr. Cruz on

749
00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:56,399
» As I said to the resident um Mr. Cruz on

750
00:29:56,399 --> 00:29:58,559
Friday, there are residents in our

751
00:29:58,559 --> 00:30:00,399
community that ICE doesn't have their

752
00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:02,080
information and there's certain actions

753
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,399
that if we take them, we're now putting

754
00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:06,320
those residents at risk. So they're not

755
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,679
just coming for the person on their

756
00:30:07,679 --> 00:30:09,760
checklist, but we've now opened it up

757
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,360
for the folks that they didn't know were

758
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,240
here. This is a very sensitive issue and

759
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,720
we cannot afford to put more people in

760
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,200
jeopardy and we also can't afford to put

761
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,600
our town in position where now we're the

762
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,480
ones being sued. Our budget is a drop

763
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,559
in, not even a drop in the bucket to a

764
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:28,399
federal administration. Our budget's a

765
00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:30,720
joke to them. And so what I'm asking for

766
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,200
through you is some serious support in

767
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,640
how we move this forward.

768
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,470
>> Of course. So, I know Senator Augustine

769
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:36,480
» Of course. So, I know Senator Augustine

770
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,720
can't be here because he's out of out of

771
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,279
town. Uh, but I know this is definitely

772
00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:42,640
I think this is a good start. You know,

773
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,080
this is how it all starts. You know,

774
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,720
community comes up and we all this is

775
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,559
really how we collectively come together

776
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:51,440
so we can move together because you

777
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:52,799
know, we're never separate in this

778
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:54,880
issues. We collaborate all the time. So,

779
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,480
I'm just thankful that you gave me the

780
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,200
time

781
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,230
>> for sure everything.

782
00:30:58,230 --> 00:30:58,240
» for sure everything.

783
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,149
>> And I also want to bring balance too.

784
00:31:00,149 --> 00:31:00,159
» And I also want to bring balance too.

785
00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:02,640
This isn't all over Bladensburg. We've

786
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,679
had these instances with our police

787
00:31:05,679 --> 00:31:07,360
parking lot because it is public

788
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,399
property

789
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:10,549
>> and there's been issues, you know, um

790
00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:10,559
» and there's been issues, you know, um

791
00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,480
with the fire department that was also

792
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,399
brought up. And so I don't want to

793
00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:16,240
generalize this to make it seem like

794
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,080
ISIS running through every corner of

795
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,480
Bladensburg. That's simply not true. I

796
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,399
want to deal with the facts along with

797
00:31:22,399 --> 00:31:24,320
the council and the community and again

798
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,720
just make sure that we are knowledgeable

799
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,720
about what the state efforts are and

800
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,159
what responsibilities and what options

801
00:31:32,159 --> 00:31:34,320
we have and I'm not just picking on you.

802
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,399
I sat down with Governor Moore 3 weeks

803
00:31:36,399 --> 00:31:38,399
ago and had the same conversation. So

804
00:31:38,399 --> 00:31:39,679
I'm asking

805
00:31:39,679 --> 00:31:41,029
>> for help and we'll follow up

806
00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:41,039
» for help and we'll follow up

807
00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:42,159
accordingly. Okay.

808
00:31:42,159 --> 00:31:43,990
>> Of course. Thank you so much.

809
00:31:43,990 --> 00:31:44,000
» Of course. Thank you so much.

810
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,630
>> Thank you for being here.

811
00:31:46,630 --> 00:31:46,640
» Thank you for being here.

812
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,840
All right. So that concludes public

813
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,919
comment and um in moving down the agenda

814
00:31:53,919 --> 00:31:56,159
we or first let me just thank all of our

815
00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:58,159
residents who came out to express your

816
00:31:58,159 --> 00:32:00,240
public comments. We do value your time

817
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,399
and appreciate you coming out and we'll

818
00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:04,799
be following up as we have been as you

819
00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:06,080
heard tonight. There's already been

820
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,679
meetings to addressing some of these

821
00:32:07,679 --> 00:32:10,480
issues. Some issues don't get solved in

822
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,159
one conversation, but if you're

823
00:32:12,159 --> 00:32:13,840
committed to the process, then we

824
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,679
welcome that opportunity to continue

825
00:32:15,679 --> 00:32:18,480
working with you. Um, Mr. Whites, I know

826
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,960
we saw the email. Things are already in

827
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,360
motion, so we'll continue following up

828
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,919
with you accordingly as well. We do not

829
00:32:25,919 --> 00:32:27,519
have any items under unfinished

830
00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:30,240
business. So, at this time, Mr. uh Wood,

831
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,240
if you could do a work session review,

832
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,149
we'll turn it over to you.

833
00:32:36,159 --> 00:32:37,760
Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor,

834
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:42,960
council, residents. Um so at the 5:30

835
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,559
work session um a number of topics were

836
00:32:46,559 --> 00:32:50,320
discussed. uh 5 52nd Avenue update. Um

837
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,640
as the mayor stated, uh we had to push

838
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,440
that to September. We did um just have

839
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,559
an update on um the joint effort and

840
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:01,120
again I'll say at this session um the

841
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,000
fantastic collaboration between SHA um

842
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,640
and uh Bladensburg public works

843
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,880
department and code for and police

844
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,600
department for um assistance and really

845
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,640
cleaning up that stretch. Um, it is now

846
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:19,519
safe um and and certainly um much more

847
00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:22,000
uh

848
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,000
more beautiful I guess I would say um

849
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,840
than it was before. Um so just a major

850
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,399
thank you to all those that uh worked on

851
00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:33,600
that effort. uh Porttown bus operations.

852
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,360
Um I think I got some clear directive

853
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,919
there um from uh the council on uh

854
00:33:39,919 --> 00:33:42,960
working with Comar Manor uh to put

855
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,480
together a plan uh for the town to uh

856
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,880
officially take over uh all operations

857
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,080
for the Porttown bus and and give us a

858
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,320
little bit of leeway on uh what the next

859
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:55,840
steps will be and we'll be bringing that

860
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,679
back uh before council. Um the PAL

861
00:33:59,679 --> 00:34:00,960
project just kind of did a general

862
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,600
overview of the work that was done in

863
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,919
partnership with uh the University of

864
00:34:05,919 --> 00:34:08,079
Maryland and what the next steps will

865
00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:10,879
be. Um as well as uh sharing the

866
00:34:10,879 --> 00:34:13,520
renderings with council and hopefully um

867
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,520
getting a digital version to put up

868
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,760
online. Um the gloves up, guns down. Uh

869
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,280
the chief uh did uh a great job

870
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,040
providing an overview of the uh weekl

871
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,200
long camp that's coming up uh end of

872
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,760
July and then the year-long mentorship

873
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,879
program that is going to be uh taking

874
00:34:34,879 --> 00:34:38,480
place um in collaboration both with the

875
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,839
county and with um a number of other

876
00:34:41,839 --> 00:34:43,919
municipalities and and nonprofit

877
00:34:43,919 --> 00:34:46,480
partners. Um, so we're extremely excited

878
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,919
about that. Um, the grants and

879
00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:53,119
scholarship program discussion, uh, that

880
00:34:53,119 --> 00:34:55,200
is something that will be taken up a

881
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,879
little bit later on with the amended

882
00:34:56,879 --> 00:34:59,359
agenda. Uh, but just reviewing a number

883
00:34:59,359 --> 00:35:03,119
of applicants that applied for a $2,000

884
00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:07,040
grant um, from the

885
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,920
uh, from the town. and the pilot uh

886
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,200
discussion. Uh we got some clarity on

887
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,839
that with regards to um the agreement

888
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:23,839
that we'll be sharing uh with Hamlet

889
00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:28,000
Woods as they finalize um the that

890
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,800
project and us residents are moving in.

891
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:35,440
Um so I think that captures

892
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,880
um the work session review council. I'll

893
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,000
hand it back over if there are any

894
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,400
questions or highlights that I didn't uh

895
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,240
mention.

896
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:46,790
>> I think that covers everything. Council,

897
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:46,800
» I think that covers everything. Council,

898
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,400
were there any additions for the review?

899
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,430
>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Town Administrator,

900
00:35:53,430 --> 00:35:53,440
» Okay. Thank you, Mr. Town Administrator,

901
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,920
for that recap. Now, we're on to item

902
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,520
10, which is new business, beginning

903
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,359
with the resolution amending personnel

904
00:35:59,359 --> 00:36:01,680
manual regarding elected officials's

905
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,400
access to town vehicles. So, we'll turn

906
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,040
it over to you.

907
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,790
>> All right. Uh good evening again. Uh

908
00:36:10,790 --> 00:36:10,800
» All right. Uh good evening again. Uh

909
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,160
this resolution is uh amendment to

910
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,520
personnel manual regarding the

911
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,599
authorization for mayor and elected

912
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:21,119
official vehicle use. Um would you like

913
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:25,440
me to read the whole thing?

914
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,750
>> Not in its entirety. I think we you have

915
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:27,760
» Not in its entirety. I think we you have

916
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,520
the abbreviated cover sheet.

917
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,040
Sorry, still flipping.

918
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:39,040
Oh, no. It's the attachment you gave us.

919
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,069
>> The Yeah,

920
00:36:40,069 --> 00:36:40,079
» The Yeah,

921
00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:42,390
>> the revised uh motion.

922
00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:42,400
» the revised uh motion.

923
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,510
>> Yes.

924
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,200
» Oh, yes. Sorry. And the motion to

925
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,000
direct.

926
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,310
>> Yes.

927
00:36:48,310 --> 00:36:48,320
» Yes.

928
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,349
>> Yep. Yes. So, um in addition to the

929
00:36:51,349 --> 00:36:51,359
» Yep. Yes. So, um in addition to the

930
00:36:51,359 --> 00:36:52,800
resolution, there's a motion to direct

931
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,040
the town administrator to authorize the

932
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,960
provision of dedicated municipal

933
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:01,440
municipal vehicle uh to the mayor. Um

934
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,520
those go hand in hand. Uh just to

935
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,599
overview, uh it's amending the personnel

936
00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:08,480
manual and then um a specific motion to

937
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,800
direct uh the town administrator to make

938
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:15,119
a um city- owned vehicle available

939
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:18,320
um moving forward.

940
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,630
>> All right. Thank you, Town Administrator

941
00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:20,640
» All right. Thank you, Town Administrator

942
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,880
Wood. So, uh, council, is there a motion

943
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,079
to direct t administrator Wood to

944
00:37:26,079 --> 00:37:28,400
proceed with the amendment to the

945
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,400
personnel manual,

946
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,240
uh, regarding personnel you, um, clause

947
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:37,200
for elected officials use of town

948
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,839
vehicles?

949
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:40,880
Question.

950
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,710
>> Once it's on the floor, we can go into

951
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:42,720
» Once it's on the floor, we can go into

952
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,320
the questions. We just need a motion and

953
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:45,680
a second and then we can go into

954
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,710
discussion.

955
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,720
» Um,

956
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:54,079
understand that

957
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:58,310
>> you had for the overview. Did you need

958
00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:58,320
» you had for the overview. Did you need

959
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,040
more clarity for Mr. Wood? He can

960
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:09,920
um questions questions I had and

961
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,470
>> when I'm first I'd like to say um good

962
00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:12,480
» when I'm first I'd like to say um good

963
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,040
evening everyone. Yeah, I did bring it

964
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,680
up that the mayor does a lot for the

965
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,440
town of Bladensburg and I mean she's all

966
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,359
over the place um when it comes to you

967
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:27,520
know doing um being the mayor of

968
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Bladensburg and I I I did bring it up. I

969
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,520
think she needs a car to do that. I mean

970
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,200
you all see the good work that's going

971
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,680
on what she's doing and I did bring it

972
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,119
up and I stand by it. But I do have a

973
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:45,200
question. Are they just in in I read

974
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,880
both of them just for a year?

975
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,510
>> So maybe that's what

976
00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:51,520
» So maybe that's what

977
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,670
>> Great great question uh council woman.

978
00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:53,680
» Great great question uh council woman.

979
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,160
So it it was amended to align and I

980
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,640
apologize uh it was amended this morning

981
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,280
to uh align with the personnel manual.

982
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:06,079
So similar to other um town staff who

983
00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:08,480
it's not it will be reauthorized as part

984
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,320
of the budget. So assuming those

985
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,119
vehicles are available, um the the

986
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:15,280
personnel manual essentially says that

987
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,119
they have access to that. So it doesn't

988
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:19,599
have to be authorized separately. Um and

989
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:22,400
this sorry I apologize was amended to

990
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,839
reflect that process. So when you uh

991
00:39:25,839 --> 00:39:28,320
pass the budget next year, it will be

992
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,960
passed and and authorized through that

993
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,359
same process. Um so it doesn't require a

994
00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:35,760
separate act every year, which is how it

995
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,400
was originally written in in your

996
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:39,760
packet. So, I apologize.

997
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,430
>> Okay. But no, I just

998
00:39:41,430 --> 00:39:41,440
» Okay. But no, I just

999
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,069
>> Yeah, he council member Blunt, he made

1000
00:39:44,069 --> 00:39:44,079
» Yeah, he council member Blunt, he made

1001
00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:46,160
those updates and put the copies up

1002
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:46,880
here.

1003
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:47,990
>> Oh,

1004
00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:48,000
» Oh,

1005
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,230
>> to address that same question. Okay.

1006
00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:50,240
» to address that same question. Okay.

1007
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:52,790
>> But also, it's clearly understood that

1008
00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:52,800
» But also, it's clearly understood that

1009
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,200
whoever the mayor is, if there's an

1010
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,599
issue where we're short vehicles and the

1011
00:39:57,599 --> 00:40:00,160
chief needs those vehicles or public

1012
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,640
works or whoever, they can be recalled

1013
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,440
back. So, it's a privilege as long as

1014
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,200
the resource is available with the

1015
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,200
understanding that it can be called back

1016
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,520
if the staff resource is a higher

1017
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:12,800
priority.

1018
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,589
>> Okay, I moved.

1019
00:40:15,589 --> 00:40:15,599
» Okay, I moved.

1020
00:40:15,599 --> 00:40:17,430
>> Moved by council member Blunt. Is there

1021
00:40:17,430 --> 00:40:17,440
» Moved by council member Blunt. Is there

1022
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,400
a second?

1023
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:19,190
>> I second.

1024
00:40:19,190 --> 00:40:19,200
» I second.

1025
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,670
>> Seconded by Council Member Dixon. Any

1026
00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:21,680
» Seconded by Council Member Dixon. Any

1027
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,839
comments or questions before calling the

1028
00:40:23,839 --> 00:40:25,040
vote?

1029
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:25,910
>> Yes, madam mayor.

1030
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:25,920
» Yes, madam mayor.

1031
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,349
>> Go ahead, Council Member Dixon. I just

1032
00:40:27,349 --> 00:40:27,359
» Go ahead, Council Member Dixon. I just

1033
00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:29,359
want to echo what um council member

1034
00:40:29,359 --> 00:40:32,560
Blunt says in regards to the mayor

1035
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,480
getting a vehicle. She does a lot of

1036
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,040
work for the town and using your

1037
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,520
personal vehicle. Remember, may council

1038
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,119
is not employed by the town full-time.

1039
00:40:41,119 --> 00:40:44,640
We have our own jobs and so for her to

1040
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,880
be jumping here and there, it takes

1041
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:51,040
money and gas to actually take care of

1042
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,000
her own vehicle as well. So I do echo

1043
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,200
and totally agree because you you do a

1044
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,599
lot for this town. You have you and you

1045
00:40:59,599 --> 00:41:01,200
are doing a lot for this town. You have

1046
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:07,359
done and still doing. So I agree.

1047
00:41:07,359 --> 00:41:09,270
>> Thank you, Council Member Dixon. And I

1048
00:41:09,270 --> 00:41:09,280
» Thank you, Council Member Dixon. And I

1049
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,760
just want to clarify really this is a

1050
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,319
policy that's gone back to when David

1051
00:41:14,319 --> 00:41:17,119
Harrington was mayor. So, it's been

1052
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:19,040
assigned to the vehicle and I appreciate

1053
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:20,800
the personal comments, but it's just

1054
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,200
whoever is mayor is always called upon

1055
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,839
the most and has to be the most flexible

1056
00:41:25,839 --> 00:41:28,160
to get wherever you need to get at a

1057
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,960
moment's notice. And so, just want to

1058
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,839
call back that it's not for Kesha, it is

1059
00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:37,040
for that position. Yeah. Whoever I I

1060
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,720
could be gone tomorrow. Whoever is in

1061
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:41,280
that position, that burden is put on

1062
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:42,800
them. And I think the town should give

1063
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,760
adequate resources to meet the burden.

1064
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,680
So, if there are no other questions,

1065
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,440
I'll call for the vote. All in favor,

1066
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,920
let it be known by the saying of I. I.

1067
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,390
>> I. I.

1068
00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:54,400
» I. I.

1069
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,190
>> Any nays? The eyes have it. The motion

1070
00:41:57,190 --> 00:41:57,200
» Any nays? The eyes have it. The motion

1071
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,440
passes. Um, and then item B is with

1072
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,760
respect. Oh, sorry. Um, yeah. Yeah. And

1073
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,359
I know it's been passed and everything

1074
00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:06,880
and and like you said just for

1075
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,400
clarification with the public. It's like

1076
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,880
if there's a need that arises and you

1077
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,200
know and it needs uh the police

1078
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,359
department or whatever they need need

1079
00:42:15,359 --> 00:42:18,160
the vehicle it can be you know recalled

1080
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,720
and we put back into

1081
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,760
uh into yeah and into the into the

1082
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:27,200
fleet. Yeah.

1083
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,550
>> And then for a separate motion regarding

1084
00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:30,560
» And then for a separate motion regarding

1085
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,480
the resolution for amendments to

1086
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,119
personnel manual regarding authorization

1087
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:37,440
for mayoral and elected official vehicle

1088
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:43,430
use. Is there a motion to approve?

1089
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:44,160
» That's a move.

1090
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,069
>> Moved by council member Dixon. Is there

1091
00:42:46,069 --> 00:42:46,079
» Moved by council member Dixon. Is there

1092
00:42:46,079 --> 00:42:47,920
a second?

1093
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:48,870
>> I have second.

1094
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:48,880
» I have second.

1095
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,589
>> Seconded by council member Blunt. Any

1096
00:42:51,589 --> 00:42:51,599
» Seconded by council member Blunt. Any

1097
00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:53,680
comments or questions? Again, this is

1098
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,599
now making the personnel policy

1099
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:57,839
consistent with the vote the council has

1100
00:42:57,839 --> 00:43:00,640
taken. But any comments or questions

1101
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,280
before the vote? I do have a comment. I

1102
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,240
just hope if there ever become an a

1103
00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,440
mayor that if that may work as good as

1104
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,359
you have done, they don't get that car.

1105
00:43:13,359 --> 00:43:15,440
It is there's the recall provision in

1106
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:19,200
there and it's not in fine print either.

1107
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,640
So if it's not used right, that is in

1108
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,720
there. Any other comments or questions

1109
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,640
before calling the vote hearing? None.

1110
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,160
All in favor, let it be known by the

1111
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:29,680
saying of I. I.

1112
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:30,710
>> I.

1113
00:43:30,710 --> 00:43:30,720
» I.

1114
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,670
>> Any naysay? The eyes have it. Thank you

1115
00:43:33,670 --> 00:43:33,680
» Any naysay? The eyes have it. Thank you

1116
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,640
all so much. The next item under new

1117
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,720
business is the resolution declaring

1118
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,880
surplus equipment and authorizing its

1119
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,040
disposal. Town administrator Wood, we'll

1120
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,319
turn it over to you for the

1121
00:43:44,319 --> 00:43:48,870
presentation.

1122
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,319
Thank you, madame mayor, council.

1123
00:43:52,319 --> 00:43:54,960
Just position. Okay.

1124
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,960
Sorry.

1125
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,680
Oh, all right. Here we go.

1126
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,440
Um, this is a resolution

1127
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,359
uh authorizing the disposition of three

1128
00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:07,200
surplus Bladensburg Police Department

1129
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,359
vehicles through a municipal auction

1130
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:13,280
vendor. Um,

1131
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,119
would you like me to read the whole

1132
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:16,160
resolution or?

1133
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,309
>> Uh, no. The abbreviated work. It was

1134
00:44:18,309 --> 00:44:18,319
» Uh, no. The abbreviated work. It was

1135
00:44:18,319 --> 00:44:20,720
posted. So, according to the town

1136
00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:22,720
attorney, you can read the abbreviated

1137
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,319
notation

1138
00:44:24,319 --> 00:44:26,710
>> unless you really want to. I do not want

1139
00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:26,720
» unless you really want to. I do not want

1140
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,319
to get in the way of you reading a good

1141
00:44:28,319 --> 00:44:29,520
resolution tonight.

1142
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,750
>> While I really appreciate that offer,

1143
00:44:31,750 --> 00:44:31,760
» While I really appreciate that offer,

1144
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:40,790
Madame Mayor, I will politely pass.

1145
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:46,000
U and if there are any questions, I will

1146
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,200
happily defer to the chief on the

1147
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,040
specifics of the vehicles. Um but uh

1148
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,160
they are um

1149
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,720
no longer vehicles that we're able to to

1150
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:00,800
utilize at this point. Um Chief, are

1151
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,319
there any specifics that you wanted to

1152
00:45:02,319 --> 00:45:04,480
mention about why we're surplusing them?

1153
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,720
Yeah. And even if you could just take a

1154
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:08,720
step back to because some people may not

1155
00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:10,640
recall. I think it was this time last

1156
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,200
year or sometime in 2025.

1157
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,359
Um at the time Major Dickerson was

1158
00:45:15,359 --> 00:45:17,920
helping to get rid of the old vehicles.

1159
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,920
So just to give people an understanding

1160
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,160
of why this is even necessary would be

1161
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,440
helpful.

1162
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,589
>> Okay. Good morning, Mayor and Council.

1163
00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:25,599
» Okay. Good morning, Mayor and Council.

1164
00:45:25,599 --> 00:45:27,280
Uh these are we're trying to update our

1165
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,160
fleet and these are vehicles that are

1166
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,000
two of them are 9 years old with high

1167
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,079
mileage over 100,000 miles. the

1168
00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:36,319
maintenance cost on them is not worth

1169
00:45:36,319 --> 00:45:38,160
getting the vehicles fixed. The other

1170
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,280
one is a 2015, so it's 11 years old. We

1171
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,359
don't want to have a bunch of our older

1172
00:45:43,359 --> 00:45:45,440
vehicles just sitting around town. We're

1173
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,040
paying for, you know, we have insurance

1174
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:48,800
and all that on them. So, it's something

1175
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,319
that we want to get rid of and use the

1176
00:45:50,319 --> 00:45:51,760
money when we go to purchase new

1177
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:56,150
vehicles.

1178
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,400
» Thank you, Chief.

1179
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,800
And uh so with that, Mr. would if you

1180
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,079
want to just read the um opening text

1181
00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:06,720
and then I'll call for the vote for the

1182
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:08,400
resolution.

1183
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,470
>> And we actually need the number. I

1184
00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:10,480
» And we actually need the number. I

1185
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,680
noticed that wasn't there

1186
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:14,790
>> at the top of

1187
00:46:14,790 --> 00:46:14,800
» at the top of

1188
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:15,589
>> Oh, sorry.

1189
00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:15,599
» Oh, sorry.

1190
00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:17,670
>> For section 10, item B.

1191
00:46:17,670 --> 00:46:17,680
» For section 10, item B.

1192
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:18,069
>> Yeah.

1193
00:46:18,069 --> 00:46:18,079
» Yeah.

1194
00:46:18,079 --> 00:46:19,829
>> Yep. Resolution number

1195
00:46:19,829 --> 00:46:19,839
» Yep. Resolution number

1196
00:46:19,839 --> 00:46:23,030
>> Oh, sorry. So, it's not on my

1197
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:23,040
» Oh, sorry. So, it's not on my

1198
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,109
>> Yeah, I see it on council member Brown's

1199
00:46:25,109 --> 00:46:25,119
» Yeah, I see it on council member Brown's

1200
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:27,680
packet. It's just not on my That's fine.

1201
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:27,920
All

1202
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,190
>> good. Sorry. Item A here.

1203
00:46:31,190 --> 00:46:31,200
» good. Sorry. Item A here.

1204
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:31,990
>> I don't know how.

1205
00:46:31,990 --> 00:46:32,000
» I don't know how.

1206
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,750
>> It's all good.

1207
00:46:33,750 --> 00:46:33,760
» It's all good.

1208
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,870
>> What in the world? Okay.

1209
00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:36,880
» What in the world? Okay.

1210
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:42,309
So, yes. Uh, resolution number 02-2027,

1211
00:46:42,319 --> 00:46:44,240
resolution authorizing the disposition

1212
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,000
of three surplus Bladensburg Police

1213
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,079
Department vehicles through a municipal

1214
00:46:48,079 --> 00:46:51,359
auction vendor. Um

1215
00:46:51,359 --> 00:46:54,400
and whereas the town of Bladensburg

1216
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,319
uh owns and maintains a fleet of

1217
00:46:56,319 --> 00:46:59,200
vehicles for use by the Bladensburg

1218
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,640
Police Department and conduct of uh town

1219
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,560
of town business. And whereas the town

1220
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,640
admin administrator has identified three

1221
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,640
police vehicles that are no longer

1222
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:10,800
suitable for continued service due to

1223
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,560
age, mileage, and cost of repairs

1224
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,280
relative to the current value and

1225
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,680
further described below.

1226
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,160
Sorry.

1227
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:24,950
Oh, okay. Um,

1228
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,280
and where's the vehicles proposed for

1229
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,200
disposition are the following three

1230
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:30,720
vehicles?

1231
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,520
Um, is that good?

1232
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,069
>> That is perfect. Thank you so much, Town

1233
00:47:36,069 --> 00:47:36,079
» That is perfect. Thank you so much, Town

1234
00:47:36,079 --> 00:47:37,920
Administrator Wood. So, with that,

1235
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,839
council, is there a motion to approve

1236
00:47:39,839 --> 00:47:44,230
resolution number 02-2027?

1237
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:46,000
» Moved by council member Blunt. Is there

1238
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:46,720
a second?

1239
00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:48,950
>> Second. Seconded by council member

1240
00:47:48,950 --> 00:47:48,960
» Second. Seconded by council member

1241
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,920
Brown. Uh now is there are there any

1242
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:53,680
comments or questions before calling the

1243
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,839
vote?

1244
00:47:55,839 --> 00:47:57,599
No. Hearing none, I'll call the vote.

1245
00:47:57,599 --> 00:47:59,280
All in favor, let it be known by the

1246
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:00,640
saying of I.

1247
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:01,510
>> I.

1248
00:48:01,510 --> 00:48:01,520
» I.

1249
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,309
>> Any nays? The eyes have it. Thank you,

1250
00:48:04,309 --> 00:48:04,319
» Any nays? The eyes have it. Thank you,

1251
00:48:04,319 --> 00:48:07,040
TA Wood, and thank you, Chief, for being

1252
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,040
prudent and just removing those

1253
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,520
resources and not wasting money,

1254
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,280
ensuring them, and certainly not putting

1255
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,920
money into um repairing those vehicles

1256
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,800
when the value is as much as what it is

1257
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,280
to repair them. So, we appreciate the

1258
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,800
foresight there. The other item under uh

1259
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,920
section 10 is item D regarding summer

1260
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,400
recess, and this was amended in the

1261
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,720
agenda this evening. Council, is there a

1262
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,880
motion to approve summer recess for the

1263
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:36,000
month of August?

1264
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:36,710
>> So moved.

1265
00:48:36,710 --> 00:48:36,720
» So moved.

1266
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,549
>> Moved by council member Brown. Is there

1267
00:48:38,549 --> 00:48:38,559
» Moved by council member Brown. Is there

1268
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:39,440
a second?

1269
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:40,069
>> Second.

1270
00:48:40,069 --> 00:48:40,079
» Second.

1271
00:48:40,079 --> 00:48:42,549
>> Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1272
00:48:42,549 --> 00:48:42,559
» Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1273
00:48:42,559 --> 00:48:44,559
comments or questions before calling the

1274
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:46,720
vote?

1275
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:48,880
Hearing none. All in favor? Let it be

1276
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:52,960
known by the saying of I. I. Any nays?

1277
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,800
The eyes have it. Thank you so much,

1278
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:56,800
council. I'm sure the staff will

1279
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,359
appreciate that break from us, but um

1280
00:48:59,359 --> 00:49:01,280
we'll still be responsive as always to

1281
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,040
our constituents concerns during that

1282
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,240
time.

1283
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:05,270
>> Is it not on?

1284
00:49:05,270 --> 00:49:05,280
» Is it not on?

1285
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:07,750
>> Oh no, you're on uh point of order.

1286
00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:07,760
» Oh no, you're on uh point of order.

1287
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:11,280
Madam Mayor, I think we missed the

1288
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,839
resolution amending the personnel manual

1289
00:49:13,839 --> 00:49:15,200
to establish foreign language

1290
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:16,559
proficiency bay.

1291
00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:19,109
>> I breezed right past B. My apologies.

1292
00:49:19,109 --> 00:49:19,119
» I breezed right past B. My apologies.

1293
00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:21,520
Let me go back.

1294
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,160
Uh now I realize my error. They were in

1295
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:26,319
the same I think I had them in the same

1296
00:49:26,319 --> 00:49:28,160
tab. So I overlooked it. That's my

1297
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:29,040
fault.

1298
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:29,829
>> Um

1299
00:49:29,829 --> 00:49:29,839
» Um

1300
00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:31,270
>> you did. I was like

1301
00:49:31,270 --> 00:49:31,280
» you did. I was like

1302
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,349
>> she was like wait no this is an

1303
00:49:33,349 --> 00:49:33,359
» she was like wait no this is an

1304
00:49:33,359 --> 00:49:35,839
important one because staff in the all

1305
00:49:35,839 --> 00:49:37,839
hands meeting brought this up. The

1306
00:49:37,839 --> 00:49:40,720
importance of recognizing the skill set

1307
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:44,000
for bilingual skills and being

1308
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,359
adequately compensated. So, um, I

1309
00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:49,200
definitely want to thank you, town

1310
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:51,200
administrator, but also want to thank

1311
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,920
Chief Ferscorn, because right after that

1312
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,800
meeting, you took action putting pen to

1313
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,559
paper to write out things that could

1314
00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:01,280
help us to make sure that we put a good

1315
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,200
plan in place. So, the staff feels that

1316
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:04,480
they're being heard when they bring

1317
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,680
these issues and concerns to us. So, uh,

1318
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:09,760
once again, town administrator Wood, if

1319
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:11,680
you want to read the full resolution,

1320
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,359
you are welcome to, or you can read the

1321
00:50:13,359 --> 00:50:15,599
preamble and then we'll call for the

1322
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:16,160
vote.

1323
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:21,430
>> I will read the preamble, Madame Mayor.

1324
00:50:21,430 --> 00:50:21,440
» I will read the preamble, Madame Mayor.

1325
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:25,280
Uh resolution 012027,

1326
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,280
a resolution establishing a bilingual

1327
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,839
pay differential policy for the town

1328
00:50:29,839 --> 00:50:32,800
employee and authorizing the development

1329
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,000
of and implementing standard operating

1330
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,040
procedure. Um if there are questions

1331
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,760
again I will um hand that over to the

1332
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,599
chief but I know this was discussed at

1333
00:50:43,599 --> 00:50:48,559
the June 8th work session. Um and the

1334
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:52,000
only other highlight um that I would

1335
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,520
make is um in the resolution it clearly

1336
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,480
identifies that uh the funding as the

1337
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,240
chief said would be um coming from uh

1338
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:04,559
traffic enforcement uh measures

1339
00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:07,910
specifically

1340
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,520
» and and you're good with that chief

1341
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:11,280
pulling from your budget. Just want to

1342
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,720
make sure.

1343
00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,150
>> Yes. So, it's mostly involving public

1344
00:51:14,150 --> 00:51:14,160
» Yes. So, it's mostly involving public

1345
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,880
safety with police and dispatch.

1346
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:17,109
>> Okay.

1347
00:51:17,109 --> 00:51:17,119
» Okay.

1348
00:51:17,119 --> 00:51:19,030
>> So, that can come out from there.

1349
00:51:19,030 --> 00:51:19,040
» So, that can come out from there.

1350
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:20,950
>> Mr. Hall, you have a question about it.

1351
00:51:20,950 --> 00:51:20,960
» Mr. Hall, you have a question about it.

1352
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:24,390
>> Yeah. I think

1353
00:51:24,390 --> 00:51:24,400
» Yeah. I think

1354
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,790
>> I was just reading your face.

1355
00:51:26,790 --> 00:51:26,800
» I was just reading your face.

1356
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,630
>> Yeah. I think when when it first came

1357
00:51:28,630 --> 00:51:28,640
» Yeah. I think when when it first came

1358
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,880
up, I was just I was wondering was this

1359
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:34,240
for town employees period? And what what

1360
00:51:34,240 --> 00:51:38,319
I think we had a discussion is you you

1361
00:51:38,319 --> 00:51:40,000
have to be able to translate to

1362
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,720
residents as well, not just being able

1363
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:45,200
to partially translate. Is that what I'm

1364
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,920
I mean is that what I'm hearing or

1365
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:51,270
>> um correct and what was proposed to the

1366
00:51:51,270 --> 00:51:51,280
» um correct and what was proposed to the

1367
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,520
council at the last work session was

1368
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,559
that you have to be certified. So I

1369
00:51:56,559 --> 00:51:58,960
can't come to you and say I'm fluent in

1370
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,680
Yoruba without being able to prove it.

1371
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:06,000
And so with HR there will be um a test

1372
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:07,760
that is administered you know through a

1373
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,599
third party company but you'll have to

1374
00:52:09,599 --> 00:52:12,319
det based on your skill set you'll be

1375
00:52:12,319 --> 00:52:14,960
placed in basic or more advanced. So

1376
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,960
some people may be conversational but

1377
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,559
they might not be able to help you fill

1378
00:52:18,559 --> 00:52:20,720
out a police report because they're not

1379
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:23,359
fluent in the language. And so you'll be

1380
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:25,440
the amount of compensation will be tied

1381
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,680
to wherever you're certified either at a

1382
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,720
basic or advanced level. Does that help

1383
00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:32,720
explain it?

1384
00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:34,470
>> Yeah. But what I what I just kind of

1385
00:52:34,470 --> 00:52:34,480
» Yeah. But what I what I just kind of

1386
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,240
heard if I'm not mistaken is I kind of

1387
00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:39,200
heard like is what you just said is like

1388
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:40,319
police department.

1389
00:52:40,319 --> 00:52:41,589
>> No, it's for all staff,

1390
00:52:41,589 --> 00:52:41,599
» No, it's for all staff,

1391
00:52:41,599 --> 00:52:43,109
>> right? But what we're saying was be able

1392
00:52:43,109 --> 00:52:43,119
» right? But what we're saying was be able

1393
00:52:43,119 --> 00:52:46,240
to translate, you know, police stuff

1394
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:46,559
now.

1395
00:52:46,559 --> 00:52:49,349
>> No, no, no. Our front were facing. So

1396
00:52:49,349 --> 00:52:49,359
» No, no, no. Our front were facing. So

1397
00:52:49,359 --> 00:52:50,960
I'm thinking about

1398
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:54,150
>> like some of the bilingual folks. Again,

1399
00:52:54,150 --> 00:52:54,160
» like some of the bilingual folks. Again,

1400
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,520
I don't want to call names because it's

1401
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,920
personnel matter, but if some of the

1402
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:01,440
guys are able to communicate with the

1403
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:04,240
staff proficiently, they're eligible.

1404
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:06,160
It's not just for the police department.

1405
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:07,750
>> Right. Okay. I just want to make sure

1406
00:53:07,750 --> 00:53:07,760
» Right. Okay. I just want to make sure

1407
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:10,079
because I know we had spoke about it

1408
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:12,000
earlier at one of our staff meetings and

1409
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:13,119
everything. And that's why I want to

1410
00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:14,800
make sure, but I this is the first time

1411
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,400
me hearing it that it was passed or

1412
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:17,440
anything like that. So, I

1413
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:18,470
>> about to be make sure

1414
00:53:18,470 --> 00:53:18,480
» about to be make sure

1415
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,630
>> in like two minutes hopefully.

1416
00:53:20,630 --> 00:53:20,640
» in like two minutes hopefully.

1417
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,390
>> Don't Don't jinx it, Mr. Hall.

1418
00:53:22,390 --> 00:53:22,400
» Don't Don't jinx it, Mr. Hall.

1419
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,230
>> Right. I I just want to make sure that

1420
00:53:24,230 --> 00:53:24,240
» Right. I I just want to make sure that

1421
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:26,559
we're we're around the board with it as

1422
00:53:26,559 --> 00:53:27,599
well. Okay.

1423
00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:31,030
>> Cuz that's the goal is really

1424
00:53:31,030 --> 00:53:31,040
» Cuz that's the goal is really

1425
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,200
enhancing our customer service and being

1426
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,440
able to speak to people in a language

1427
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,440
that they're comfortable with

1428
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,829
>> makes the staff more relatable

1429
00:53:39,829 --> 00:53:39,839
» makes the staff more relatable

1430
00:53:39,839 --> 00:53:41,910
>> and honestly it helps people to feel

1431
00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:41,920
» and honestly it helps people to feel

1432
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,160
more comfortable opening up. And so I

1433
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,720
see you your team on the front lines of

1434
00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:49,359
that communication with residents

1435
00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:51,510
>> and they should be able to benefit from

1436
00:53:51,510 --> 00:53:51,520
» and they should be able to benefit from

1437
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,160
that, you know, too by again testing,

1438
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,720
being certified and compensated

1439
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:57,680
accordingly.

1440
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,549
>> All right. That's that's

1441
00:54:00,549 --> 00:54:00,559
» All right. That's that's

1442
00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:01,589
>> looking out for everybody.

1443
00:54:01,589 --> 00:54:01,599
» looking out for everybody.

1444
00:54:01,599 --> 00:54:03,270
>> Oh yes, ma'am. That's all. Yes, ma'am.

1445
00:54:03,270 --> 00:54:03,280
» Oh yes, ma'am. That's all. Yes, ma'am.

1446
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:04,559
Thank you very much, Mayor.

1447
00:54:04,559 --> 00:54:07,030
>> Of course. Town administrator, anything

1448
00:54:07,030 --> 00:54:07,040
» Of course. Town administrator, anything

1449
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,359
else you wanted to add there?

1450
00:54:09,359 --> 00:54:11,510
>> Uh, no. No matter.

1451
00:54:11,510 --> 00:54:11,520
» Uh, no. No matter.

1452
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:13,829
>> All right.

1453
00:54:13,829 --> 00:54:13,839
» All right.

1454
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:16,480
And so

1455
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:21,520
the last resolution was 02207.

1456
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:25,599
So this um resolution for the bilingual

1457
00:54:25,599 --> 00:54:27,280
pay doesn't have a number in here. Are

1458
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,000
we to assume it's 03-2027?

1459
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,000
Our third resolution of the new fiscal

1460
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:37,030
year.

1461
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:37,920
» Just want to make sure.

1462
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,390
>> Yes, madam mayor. 0 Yes. 03. Okay.

1463
00:54:40,390 --> 00:54:40,400
» Yes, madam mayor. 0 Yes. 03. Okay.

1464
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:42,950
>> There's zero. Yeah. 03. Okay, perfect.

1465
00:54:42,950 --> 00:54:42,960
» There's zero. Yeah. 03. Okay, perfect.

1466
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:44,720
So, council, is there a motion to

1467
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:49,920
approve resolution uh 03-2027

1468
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,760
uh establishing a bilingual pay

1469
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,960
differential policy for town employees?

1470
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:55,589
>> So, move.

1471
00:54:55,589 --> 00:54:55,599
» So, move.

1472
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:57,430
>> Moved by council member Brown. Is there

1473
00:54:57,430 --> 00:54:57,440
» Moved by council member Brown. Is there

1474
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:58,480
a second?

1475
00:54:58,480 --> 00:54:59,190
>> Second.

1476
00:54:59,190 --> 00:54:59,200
» Second.

1477
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,589
>> Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1478
00:55:01,589 --> 00:55:01,599
» Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1479
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,520
further comments or questions regarding

1480
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,480
the resolution?

1481
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,240
I do want to thank you all for being at

1482
00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:10,800
the all hands meeting and hearing staff

1483
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,559
uh concerns because this definitely

1484
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:14,640
speaks to the fact that again we heard

1485
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:16,160
some of the concerns and we're working

1486
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:18,480
with the leadership to address them. So

1487
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:20,640
council thank you for your support. With

1488
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:22,240
that I'll call for the vote. All in

1489
00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,079
favor let it be known by the saying of

1490
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:25,599
I.

1491
00:55:25,599 --> 00:55:28,800
Any nays? The eyes have it resolution

1492
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:32,559
032027 passes. And now I believe that

1493
00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:35,280
concludes all items under new business.

1494
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:36,960
Is that right, Mr. Wood? Just double

1495
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:37,520
checking.

1496
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,390
>> Uh, yes. Under

1497
00:55:40,390 --> 00:55:40,400
» Uh, yes. Under

1498
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:45,270
new business.

1499
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:45,920
» Yes.

1500
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:46,150
>> Okay.

1501
00:55:46,150 --> 00:55:46,160
» Okay.

1502
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:46,950
>> Yes, ma'am.

1503
00:55:46,950 --> 00:55:46,960
» Yes, ma'am.

1504
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:48,390
>> Great.

1505
00:55:48,390 --> 00:55:48,400
» Great.

1506
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:50,870
>> We're now on to financial business,

1507
00:55:50,870 --> 00:55:50,880
» We're now on to financial business,

1508
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,559
beginning with the resolution accepting

1509
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:55,440
the $300,000 municipal town hall grant

1510
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:58,240
award. Um, Vanessa, please thank Senator

1511
00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:00,079
Augustine for his support with these

1512
00:56:00,079 --> 00:56:02,319
resources along with Delegate Fenel. I

1513
00:56:02,319 --> 00:56:05,040
know Miss um Gloria Albright left, but

1514
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,280
we appreciate the delegation support and

1515
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:11,839
helping us modernize this facility. Um

1516
00:56:11,839 --> 00:56:14,559
town administrator Wood, over to you.

1517
00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:19,030
I'm trying to be gentle here.

1518
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,400
» Uh good evening. Yes. Um and just for

1519
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,000
clarification, I'm sorry, these the

1520
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,079
resolution numbers are out of order

1521
00:56:26,079 --> 00:56:28,720
because it's how I wrote them, not Yeah.

1522
00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:31,520
in the in the packet. Sorry. Um, so this

1523
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,720
is resolution number 01. Um, it's first

1524
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:36,640
one I wrote. Uh, a resolution of the

1525
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:39,040
mayor and council, I'm sorry, a

1526
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:40,640
resolution of the mayor and council of

1527
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:42,400
the town of Bladensburg authorizing the

1528
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,799
execution of a state of Maryland capital

1529
00:56:44,799 --> 00:56:46,079
projects grant agreement for the

1530
00:56:46,079 --> 00:56:48,799
Bladesburg Municipal Center. Um this

1531
00:56:48,799 --> 00:56:52,880
grant uh as the mayor stated um uh

1532
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,599
allocates $300,000

1533
00:56:55,599 --> 00:56:58,480
um for the continued development um and

1534
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:03,599
design efforts um for a uh new municipal

1535
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:07,839
center. Um this is the next step in the

1536
00:57:07,839 --> 00:57:11,599
process. Uh once uh this assuming this

1537
00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:15,920
passes um happens uh then it will be

1538
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,240
able to go before um the Department of

1539
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,920
General Services uh and and author and

1540
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:23,839
ultimately we'll be able to begin uh

1541
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:26,000
drawing down money hopefully here in the

1542
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,079
next uh couple of months. So um the this

1543
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:32,480
covers outlays that uh the town has

1544
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:35,599
already put out um for work and services

1545
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:37,280
uh rendered and help us take the next

1546
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:42,480
steps. um in in the process

1547
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:44,390
>> and also thanks to Neighborhood Design

1548
00:57:44,390 --> 00:57:44,400
» and also thanks to Neighborhood Design

1549
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:46,720
Center because they've been a partner in

1550
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:48,799
this project up till now. So, we

1551
00:57:48,799 --> 00:57:50,079
couldn't have gotten this far without

1552
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:51,599
them.

1553
00:57:51,599 --> 00:57:54,309
>> Yes. So, council, is there a motion to

1554
00:57:54,309 --> 00:57:54,319
» Yes. So, council, is there a motion to

1555
00:57:54,319 --> 00:57:58,000
approve resolution 01-2026

1556
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,079
uh authorizing the execution of a state

1557
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:02,079
of Maryland capital projects grant

1558
00:58:02,079 --> 00:58:04,000
agreement for the Bladensburg Municipal

1559
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:05,839
Center project?

1560
00:58:05,839 --> 00:58:07,910
>> So move. Moved by council member Blunt.

1561
00:58:07,910 --> 00:58:07,920
» So move. Moved by council member Blunt.

1562
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,760
Is there a second?

1563
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:10,470
>> A second.

1564
00:58:10,470 --> 00:58:10,480
» A second.

1565
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:12,950
>> Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1566
00:58:12,950 --> 00:58:12,960
» Seconded by council member McBride. Any

1567
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,040
comments or questions before we call the

1568
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:16,559
vote?

1569
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:18,230
>> Everyone's jumping up and down on the

1570
00:58:18,230 --> 00:58:18,240
» Everyone's jumping up and down on the

1571
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,720
inside. It's been a long time coming.

1572
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:22,480
All in favor? Let it be known by the

1573
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:24,000
saying of I.

1574
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,710
>> I. Any nays? The eyes have it. The

1575
00:58:26,710 --> 00:58:26,720
» I. Any nays? The eyes have it. The

1576
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,839
resolution passes. Thank you so much. We

1577
00:58:29,839 --> 00:58:34,799
look forward to the next steps.

1578
00:58:34,799 --> 00:58:39,349
>> Um So, continuing under financial

1579
00:58:39,349 --> 00:58:39,359
» Um So, continuing under financial

1580
00:58:39,359 --> 00:58:41,520
business, we also have to allocate the

1581
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:43,680
community grants which are offered at

1582
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:47,599
2,000 per community organization and

1583
00:58:47,599 --> 00:58:52,000
we're authorizing up to six grants to

1584
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:56,559
close out the FY 2026 budget year. As

1585
00:58:56,559 --> 00:58:59,119
Mr. Tanelli often calls July, this is

1586
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:02,240
the 13th month of the year where he's

1587
00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:04,079
closing everything out. And so that's

1588
00:59:04,079 --> 00:59:06,720
why there's a a bit of a delay with

1589
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:10,400
this. Um, per the discussion in the

1590
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:12,799
council work session, the council had

1591
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:15,599
consensus around providing a grant to

1592
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:17,920
Carrison. As many of you know, they help

1593
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,079
immigrant communities um deal with

1594
00:59:20,079 --> 00:59:23,440
paperwork issues and other um counseling

1595
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:26,960
regarding um all matters of immigration

1596
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:28,640
services. So we want to continue to

1597
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,119
support them. We've also identified

1598
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:34,160
Anacostia Watershed Society, Eco City

1599
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,480
Farms, End Time Harvest Ministry, We

1600
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,559
Lead by Example, and Good Intentions

1601
00:59:38,559 --> 00:59:42,240
Foundation as the other recipients. So,

1602
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,240
um, with that, there was agreement

1603
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,160
around them. Council, we just need a

1604
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:50,400
formal motion to approve the grants for

1605
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:53,119
again Carrison, Anacostia Watershed

1606
00:59:53,119 --> 00:59:55,680
Society, Eco City Farms, End Time

1607
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:57,760
Harvest Ministries. We lead by example

1608
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,480
and good intentions. Is there a motion?

1609
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:01,190
>> So move.

1610
01:00:01,190 --> 01:00:01,200
» So move.

1611
01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:03,030
>> Moved by council member McBride. Is

1612
01:00:03,030 --> 01:00:03,040
» Moved by council member McBride. Is

1613
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:04,000
there a second?

1614
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:04,710
>> Second.

1615
01:00:04,710 --> 01:00:04,720
» Second.

1616
01:00:04,720 --> 01:00:06,950
>> Seconded by council member Brown. Any

1617
01:00:06,950 --> 01:00:06,960
» Seconded by council member Brown. Any

1618
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:08,640
comments or questions regarding the

1619
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:11,440
allocations of the grants? Hearing none.

1620
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:13,119
All in favor, let it be known by the

1621
01:00:13,119 --> 01:00:14,559
saying of I. I.

1622
01:00:14,559 --> 01:00:17,670
>> I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Thank you

1623
01:00:17,670 --> 01:00:17,680
» I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Thank you

1624
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:19,680
all so much and congratulations to all

1625
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:23,200
the grant recipients for the FY2026

1626
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,920
fiscal year. The next item under

1627
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:28,240
financial business is allocation of

1628
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:31,280
council discretionary funds which are

1629
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:34,000
$500. Again, closing out the fiscal year

1630
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,920
for 2026.

1631
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:38,960
Um, according Oh, Council Member Dixon,

1632
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,200
I will need your recommendation. I'll

1633
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:43,040
run through the others while you think

1634
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,839
about yours. Um, but Council Member

1635
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:48,720
McBride requested hers go to Eco City

1636
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:51,440
Farms. Council member Brown requested

1637
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:54,960
that hers go to Royal Institute.

1638
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:57,200
Council member Blunt requested that hers

1639
01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:01,200
be split between GATS um which is Deacon

1640
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:03,280
Barbara Gibbons organization that

1641
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:06,559
focuses on senior services and the other

1642
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:08,160
half going to End Time Harvest

1643
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:09,680
Ministries.

1644
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:12,079
And then for mine, I want to contribute

1645
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:14,559
my 500 to Royalty Institute as well.

1646
01:01:14,559 --> 01:01:16,480
They were a good community grant

1647
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:18,240
recipient last year and we just didn't

1648
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:21,280
have enough um to go around to everyone.

1649
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:23,599
Um council member Dixon, who would you

1650
01:01:23,599 --> 01:01:27,520
like your to go to?

1651
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:29,589
>> Okay.

1652
01:01:29,589 --> 01:01:29,599
» Okay.

1653
01:01:29,599 --> 01:01:31,829
>> All right. So, with that, council, is

1654
01:01:31,829 --> 01:01:31,839
» All right. So, with that, council, is

1655
01:01:31,839 --> 01:01:34,640
there a motion to approve?

1656
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:36,870
>> It didn't I hit it. It just didn't want

1657
01:01:36,870 --> 01:01:36,880
» It didn't I hit it. It just didn't want

1658
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:38,400
to cooperate. I guess it said, look,

1659
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:41,119
it's 8:00. I'm done. I'm not working.

1660
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:44,079
Sorry, guys. Jeez. Um, so with that,

1661
01:01:44,079 --> 01:01:46,319
council, is there a motion to approve

1662
01:01:46,319 --> 01:01:48,079
the following discretionary fund

1663
01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:50,880
allocations for Mayor James to Royalty

1664
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,280
Institute, for council member Brown, to

1665
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,280
Royalty Institute, for council member

1666
01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:57,839
McBride, to Eco City Farms, and to

1667
01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:00,160
council member Blunt to split her

1668
01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:02,480
allocations between Gats and End Time

1669
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,880
Harvest Ministries. Is there a motion?

1670
01:02:04,880 --> 01:02:05,750
>> I moved.

1671
01:02:05,750 --> 01:02:05,760
» I moved.

1672
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:07,589
>> Moved by Council Member Blunt. Is there

1673
01:02:07,589 --> 01:02:07,599
» Moved by Council Member Blunt. Is there

1674
01:02:07,599 --> 01:02:08,720
a second?

1675
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:09,510
>> Second.

1676
01:02:09,510 --> 01:02:09,520
» Second.

1677
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,230
>> Seconded by Council Member McBride. Any

1678
01:02:12,230 --> 01:02:12,240
» Seconded by Council Member McBride. Any

1679
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,160
comments or questions before calling the

1680
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:17,280
vote? Hearing none. All in favor, let it

1681
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:20,160
be known by the saying of I. I. Any

1682
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:22,720
nays? The eyes have it. Thank you so

1683
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:25,440
much. The council discretionary

1684
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,839
uh alloc allocations have been made and

1685
01:02:27,839 --> 01:02:29,839
council member Dixon, if you could just

1686
01:02:29,839 --> 01:02:32,400
get with Mr. Tanelli because he's going

1687
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:34,079
to be closing everything out this month

1688
01:02:34,079 --> 01:02:36,240
and we can just approve it retroactively

1689
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:38,240
at the September meeting.

1690
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:39,750
>> Just we don't want trouble with the

1691
01:02:39,750 --> 01:02:39,760
» Just we don't want trouble with the

1692
01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:41,839
auditors. So please

1693
01:02:41,839 --> 01:02:44,870
>> I'm still thinking to David Elementary.

1694
01:02:44,870 --> 01:02:44,880
» I'm still thinking to David Elementary.

1695
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:46,240
So thinking

1696
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:49,510
>> mic's not on.

1697
01:02:49,510 --> 01:02:49,520
» mic's not on.

1698
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:51,270
>> Okay.

1699
01:02:51,270 --> 01:02:51,280
» Okay.

1700
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,240
All right. So that completes all of the

1701
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:57,359
items under uh financial business,

1702
01:02:57,359 --> 01:02:59,599
right? Uh didn't miss anything. So

1703
01:02:59,599 --> 01:03:01,599
again, I know we made some changes.

1704
01:03:01,599 --> 01:03:04,240
We're now on to item number 12, which is

1705
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:08,079
staff reports. And uh Mr. Telli is not

1706
01:03:08,079 --> 01:03:09,760
here, but I know Mr. would you said you

1707
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:11,680
would give his report.

1708
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:15,670
>> Yes, thank you mayor. Um yeah the um as

1709
01:03:15,670 --> 01:03:15,680
» Yes, thank you mayor. Um yeah the um as

1710
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:18,880
you articulated earlier uh this is the

1711
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:24,480
13th month. Um so he is or we are um

1712
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,200
working on finalizing everything. Um I

1713
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:31,280
know in the past uh a report for June um

1714
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:32,559
hadn't been done just because it

1715
01:03:32,559 --> 01:03:36,079
fluctuates so much um between June and

1716
01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:38,480
closing out. Um so there will be uh

1717
01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:41,200
obviously a final report um in August

1718
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:44,160
for the months of June and July um that

1719
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:47,039
will reflect um all of the machinations

1720
01:03:47,039 --> 01:03:53,680
but uh so far we are uh on target to uh

1721
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,440
uh to meet our revenue projections and

1722
01:03:55,440 --> 01:04:01,119
and we'll be in the black. Um

1723
01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:02,960
yes.

1724
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:05,200
So thank you mayor.

1725
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,510
>> All right. Thank you. And next we have

1726
01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:07,520
» All right. Thank you. And next we have

1727
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:10,079
public safety. So does Chief Fresh Corn

1728
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:14,400
get vetos extra time? Only kidding. Sean

1729
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,480
is going to start hitting the button. I

1730
01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:21,670
know. I know.

1731
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:23,119
» Good evening, mayor and council. I just

1732
01:04:23,119 --> 01:04:25,039
want to go over some highlights of my

1733
01:04:25,039 --> 01:04:27,680
report. Uh as you see, the violent

1734
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,880
crimes was up 33%, but we have such

1735
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:32,799
small numbers in the town. If it goes up

1736
01:04:32,799 --> 01:04:34,880
by three or four and when it went up by

1737
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:36,559
four, it looks like a big difference,

1738
01:04:36,559 --> 01:04:38,559
but it's really not a huge difference.

1739
01:04:38,559 --> 01:04:40,799
But it still year to date is down. Our

1740
01:04:40,799 --> 01:04:43,760
property crimes is down uh year-to date

1741
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:45,920
26%.

1742
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:47,599
We're still having trends with theft

1743
01:04:47,599 --> 01:04:49,760
from autos and attempt theft from autos.

1744
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:52,319
We have made um some arrests. We have

1745
01:04:52,319 --> 01:04:54,160
details going to try to apprehend

1746
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,160
people. A lot of times it's one or two

1747
01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:58,400
people that can make a big impact. uh we

1748
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:00,160
have identified a juvenile that's a

1749
01:05:00,160 --> 01:05:01,680
resident in town that has been

1750
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,000
responsible for several events. So

1751
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,079
sometimes it's just catching the person

1752
01:05:06,079 --> 01:05:08,880
responsible and it'll end uh the trend

1753
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,680
that we have. We had a lot of recent

1754
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,119
initiatives. You can look at my report

1755
01:05:13,119 --> 01:05:16,000
online. Upcoming events, uh we have the

1756
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,839
citizen police academy that's ongoing.

1757
01:05:17,839 --> 01:05:20,319
We have about nine people in that. We

1758
01:05:20,319 --> 01:05:22,319
have we just had the Explorer leadership

1759
01:05:22,319 --> 01:05:23,920
conference and I'm proud to say that our

1760
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,400
explorers took the lead down there in

1761
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:27,920
doing a lot of mentoring with the other

1762
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:31,920
explorers. Did a great job.

1763
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:33,680
We have coffee with a cop coming up at

1764
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:36,079
the library uh at 10:00 a.m. on the

1765
01:05:36,079 --> 01:05:38,640
16th. We have ice cream with a cop

1766
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:41,760
that's also coming up on the 17th. Um,

1767
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:43,599
and then we have the boxing camp that's

1768
01:05:43,599 --> 01:05:46,880
going through July 21st to the 31st and

1769
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:49,440
that's going to be down at the um,

1770
01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:52,640
Salvation Army on Edmonston.

1771
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:54,559
The stop sign cameras were approved by

1772
01:05:54,559 --> 01:05:57,920
the county. We've talked to the vendor.

1773
01:05:57,920 --> 01:05:59,680
Uh, so we're going to initially start

1774
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:01,520
with three or four cameras. We're

1775
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:02,960
looking at different locations. We had

1776
01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:04,400
all the studies done. It's just a matter

1777
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,200
of having them installed now. So, in the

1778
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:09,039
near future, we'll have them installed

1779
01:06:09,039 --> 01:06:11,440
and on on problem areas. We're putting

1780
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:13,119
them in areas where violation rates are

1781
01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:15,200
high, the highest for public safety

1782
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:16,319
because we don't want anybody to get

1783
01:06:16,319 --> 01:06:17,839
injured.

1784
01:06:17,839 --> 01:06:20,720
Um, we are looking for officers and a

1785
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:22,319
dispatcher. So, we currently have three

1786
01:06:22,319 --> 01:06:24,480
officers positions and a dispatcher

1787
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:26,400
position. So, I encourage residents if

1788
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:27,760
anyone's interested or knows someone

1789
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:32,000
that's interested, have them apply.

1790
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,559
Um, we get our new our two new patrol

1791
01:06:34,559 --> 01:06:36,400
vehicles hopefully next week. That's

1792
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:37,760
been taking forever to get them

1793
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:40,079
upfitted, but I've beenounding them

1794
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:41,920
every every week for the last couple

1795
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:43,920
months. So, hopefully in the ne next two

1796
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:46,240
weeks we have them. Um, some notable

1797
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:49,520
incidents. Uh, we've we made an arrest

1798
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,359
on a first-degree assault involving a

1799
01:06:51,359 --> 01:06:53,359
weapon, uh, someone pointing a weapon.

1800
01:06:53,359 --> 01:06:54,559
There's some other ones in there. You

1801
01:06:54,559 --> 01:06:56,079
can look at my report online to see

1802
01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:59,920
those. And then um some of the goals

1803
01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:01,280
that we have, we need to increase

1804
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:03,520
staffing. We have uh you know that

1805
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:05,039
impacts staffing a lot when we're just

1806
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:07,039
down a couple people. So if you know

1807
01:07:07,039 --> 01:07:08,400
anyone that wants to apply, please

1808
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:12,559
encourage them. That's all I have.

1809
01:07:12,559 --> 01:07:15,750
>> Thank you, Chief. And um

1810
01:07:15,750 --> 01:07:15,760
» Thank you, Chief. And um

1811
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:18,559
I think it was in Mr. was report not

1812
01:07:18,559 --> 01:07:20,319
referenced in here, but there were a

1813
01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:22,000
couple folks who spoke to us tonight

1814
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,640
about immigration concerns. And I want

1815
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:27,039
to just give you an opportunity to share

1816
01:07:27,039 --> 01:07:29,599
what you had explained to the residents

1817
01:07:29,599 --> 01:07:31,599
on the call. I guess it was two Tuesdays

1818
01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:34,079
ago. It'll be two weeks from tomorrow

1819
01:07:34,079 --> 01:07:37,119
actually. Um because there's information

1820
01:07:37,119 --> 01:07:38,480
out there, but I want people to

1821
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:41,039
understand from your perspective um the

1822
01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:44,640
other side of the situation.

1823
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:47,430
>> Yeah. So, I have kind of a unique uh

1824
01:07:47,430 --> 01:07:47,440
» Yeah. So, I have kind of a unique uh

1825
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:49,839
position in which, you know, I I lived

1826
01:07:49,839 --> 01:07:52,400
in Guatemala for three months. My wife's

1827
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:54,720
Spanish, she doesn't speak English. I've

1828
01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:56,480
been through the immigration thing a lot

1829
01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:58,400
with with dealing with immigration, with

1830
01:07:58,400 --> 01:07:59,839
having her family members deal with

1831
01:07:59,839 --> 01:08:02,000
them. So, I understand the fear that

1832
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,160
they have. There's limitations that our

1833
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:05,680
department has, and I know that the

1834
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:07,599
county has recently passed um

1835
01:08:07,599 --> 01:08:10,240
legislation dealing with allowing ice on

1836
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,240
their parking lots and allowing them in

1837
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:13,760
their public spaces. The town of

1838
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,080
Bladensburg doesn't have that. If

1839
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:17,839
they're parked in our parking lot, it's

1840
01:08:17,839 --> 01:08:19,600
not that we're collaborating with them

1841
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:21,759
because we don't we don't help them

1842
01:08:21,759 --> 01:08:24,880
serve immigration um deportation orders,

1843
01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:26,880
civil orders. If it's a criminal matter

1844
01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:28,719
or if it's an officer safety issue, then

1845
01:08:28,719 --> 01:08:30,000
of course we'll get involved. We don't

1846
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:32,640
want anybody to get hurt. Uh we we want

1847
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,880
the same things that you all want. We we

1848
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,120
don't want ICE stopping people just

1849
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:38,719
because of the way they look. There

1850
01:08:38,719 --> 01:08:39,920
should be some kind of reason that

1851
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:40,880
they're stopping them, that they're

1852
01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:44,080
going after a particular person. Um, we

1853
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:45,279
don't want them violating people's

1854
01:08:45,279 --> 01:08:48,239
rights. The county did pass the uh the

1855
01:08:48,239 --> 01:08:51,040
law with the masks um that law

1856
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:52,400
enforcement are not supposed to wear

1857
01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:54,400
masks and we have brought that up when

1858
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,159
we've seen them. Look, the the county

1859
01:08:56,159 --> 01:08:57,359
has this law. You're not supposed to

1860
01:08:57,359 --> 01:08:59,120
wear masks. Whether they're going to

1861
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:01,600
listen to us or not, we're in a kind of

1862
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:03,440
difficult position because we don't want

1863
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:05,279
to interfere with with what they're

1864
01:09:05,279 --> 01:09:07,359
doing. Uh, and sometimes, you know,

1865
01:09:07,359 --> 01:09:09,679
people will call and say they see ice in

1866
01:09:09,679 --> 01:09:11,040
our parking lot and it might be one of

1867
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:13,120
our canine officers because they wear

1868
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:14,640
they wear the same type of uniform. It's

1869
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:16,319
a green uniform. So, they may confuse

1870
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:18,640
them and we've had people follow some of

1871
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:20,400
our officers thinking that they were ICE

1872
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:21,679
when they were actually undercover

1873
01:09:21,679 --> 01:09:24,560
officers. So, that's dangerous for them.

1874
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:27,520
We don't want that to happen. Um, but I

1875
01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:30,159
just want you to understand that if if

1876
01:09:30,159 --> 01:09:32,640
we're doing anything with with ICE, it's

1877
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:35,199
it's to assist any of the immigrants.

1878
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:37,120
Like one time they they brought someone

1879
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:38,480
to the station, they wanted to use the

1880
01:09:38,480 --> 01:09:40,480
bathroom. I authorize that because I

1881
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:41,839
don't want them to have to drive them

1882
01:09:41,839 --> 01:09:43,120
all the way to Baltimore or wherever

1883
01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:44,719
they're going and have them suffer when

1884
01:09:44,719 --> 01:09:46,400
we can we can look out for them and have

1885
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:49,040
them use the bathroom here. So, we have

1886
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:51,600
very uh limited um interaction with

1887
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:52,719
them. We don't know when they're in

1888
01:09:52,719 --> 01:09:54,080
town, where they're going to go. They

1889
01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:55,840
don't tell us about any of their

1890
01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:57,760
operations that they're doing. We just

1891
01:09:57,760 --> 01:09:59,199
want to make sure that when they do have

1892
01:09:59,199 --> 01:10:01,679
interactions that um they're not

1893
01:10:01,679 --> 01:10:04,480
violating people's rights and we have a

1894
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:06,640
duty to intervene if there's something

1895
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,280
that's going on that's criminal. Um

1896
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:10,960
hopefully that's not going to happen,

1897
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:13,440
but that's our stance. Um there's not

1898
01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:15,199
much we can do about moving them off of

1899
01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:16,480
We've had them on the fire department

1900
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:18,560
parking lot, which is private property.

1901
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:19,840
On private property, they're not

1902
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:21,280
supposed to be there. if if someone

1903
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:22,400
doesn't want them there, they can tell

1904
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:23,679
them to leave because it's private

1905
01:10:23,679 --> 01:10:26,159
property. Um, through this research, I

1906
01:10:26,159 --> 01:10:28,960
found out that um the postmaster was

1907
01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:30,960
concerned because they were on the post

1908
01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:32,400
office property, and I initially thought

1909
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:33,840
that was federal property, but it's

1910
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:36,080
actually private property owned by the

1911
01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:37,760
um it's leased to them. It's owned by

1912
01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:39,360
the by the fire department, so it's

1913
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:42,320
private property. So, I encourage if

1914
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:44,800
someone if someone has uh ice out there

1915
01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:46,080
and they're wearing masks and they don't

1916
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:47,520
think that they're ice, they can always

1917
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:48,880
call the police department and we can go

1918
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:50,960
and confirm. Uh other than that, we

1919
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:52,880
we're not we're not transporting anyone

1920
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:54,400
for them. We're not pulling people over

1921
01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:56,719
for them to serve immigration civil

1922
01:10:56,719 --> 01:10:58,400
warrants. We're not doing any of that.

1923
01:10:58,400 --> 01:10:59,760
So that's the stance with the police

1924
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:01,920
department.

1925
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,149
>> Thank you so much, Chief, for just

1926
01:11:04,149 --> 01:11:04,159
» Thank you so much, Chief, for just

1927
01:11:04,159 --> 01:11:13,830
enlightening everyone

1928
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:16,560
before Mr. Gray yell. Sorry, the button

1929
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:18,640
did not depress. But thank you for that

1930
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:21,440
overview. Um, and just laying everything

1931
01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:23,760
out there because I knew about the

1932
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:25,440
situation with the person who needed to

1933
01:11:25,440 --> 01:11:27,920
use the bathroom, but what public

1934
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:29,360
members were saying is, "Oh,

1935
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:31,760
Bladensburg's cooperating with ICE when

1936
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:33,360
that wasn't the case. It was the humane

1937
01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:35,679
thing to do to let the person use the

1938
01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:37,840
restroom." And it's just one small

1939
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:41,040
example of how one small thing can be

1940
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:42,880
distorted and turned into a different

1941
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,440
narrative that is not correct. And so I

1942
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:48,239
appreciate you just explaining from your

1943
01:11:48,239 --> 01:11:50,719
perspective what has been done, what the

1944
01:11:50,719 --> 01:11:53,520
town will do. Um, and particularly want

1945
01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:55,440
to note the duty to intervene because

1946
01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:58,719
that general order was passed in, I

1947
01:11:58,719 --> 01:12:01,040
think it was 2021 following the George

1948
01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:04,800
Floyd murder and the prior chief, you

1949
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:06,400
know, talked with the council about that

1950
01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:08,000
and just really holding officers

1951
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,640
accountable. If you see someone who's a

1952
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:12,480
law enforcement officer crossing the

1953
01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:14,480
line, you have a duty to intervene. And

1954
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:16,800
if not, you will be held responsible to

1955
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:18,800
the full extent of the law. That is our

1956
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:22,239
expectation. But again, we will continue

1957
01:12:22,239 --> 01:12:24,000
doing our part, doing our research to

1958
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:25,760
figure out if there are other methods

1959
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:27,840
that we can take as well. But thank you

1960
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:28,320
for that.

1961
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,470
>> I'd like to add one more thing. Um, also

1962
01:12:30,470 --> 01:12:30,480
» I'd like to add one more thing. Um, also

1963
01:12:30,480 --> 01:12:32,560
in our previous discussion, uh, there

1964
01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:34,560
was an idea of having a liazison for the

1965
01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:36,560
police department for concerns with

1966
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:38,239
immigration. I thought that was a great

1967
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:40,560
idea. I've since spoken to Sergeant

1968
01:12:40,560 --> 01:12:42,400
RmIrez who's in our community action

1969
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,239
team and she's going to be the liaison.

1970
01:12:44,239 --> 01:12:46,800
She's bilingual. She speaks Spanish. So,

1971
01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:48,560
if there's any concerns, they can reach

1972
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,199
out to her. Um, if it's something that's

1973
01:12:51,199 --> 01:12:52,560
more important or urgent or an

1974
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,480
emergency, they can always call the the

1975
01:12:54,480 --> 01:12:56,560
communications dispatcher and we can

1976
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:59,360
send someone out if need be.

1977
01:12:59,360 --> 01:12:59,910
>> Thank you.

1978
01:12:59,910 --> 01:12:59,920
» Thank you.

1979
01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:02,070
>> And I appreciate you doing that. I

1980
01:13:02,070 --> 01:13:02,080
» And I appreciate you doing that. I

1981
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:03,840
wasn't writing you about it only because

1982
01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:06,239
I understood the staffing issues,

1983
01:13:06,239 --> 01:13:09,679
particularly with patrol and understand

1984
01:13:09,679 --> 01:13:11,360
this issue is important, but the

1985
01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:13,120
day-to-day operations still have to go

1986
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:15,199
on and needed to give you time to work

1987
01:13:15,199 --> 01:13:16,320
through that. So, thank you for

1988
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:18,880
designating someone and also someone who

1989
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:21,120
is bilingual and knows the community.

1990
01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:23,920
She grew up here um and now works here.

1991
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:25,280
So, I don't think you could have picked

1992
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:27,920
a better person to serve in that role.

1993
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:30,480
Um so, that completes the public safety

1994
01:13:30,480 --> 01:13:32,560
update. Now, we're going to have code

1995
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:35,040
enforcement from the time enforcer over

1996
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:38,470
here.

1997
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:40,560
» Good evening, mayor and council. Um, I I

1998
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:42,719
have a very brief report uh this week,

1999
01:13:42,719 --> 01:13:45,199
I'm sorry, this month. Um, our main

2000
01:13:45,199 --> 01:13:46,800
focus this month has been focused on

2001
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:48,239
business license renewal throughout the

2002
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:50,400
town of Bladesburg, which is a very,

2003
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:53,199
very, very time consuming thing. Um, we

2004
01:13:53,199 --> 01:13:55,280
have just shy of about 200 businesses.

2005
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:56,880
So, we pay visits to each and every

2006
01:13:56,880 --> 01:14:00,080
business in town. Um and so far we're

2007
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:03,360
probably about 80% with the returns of

2008
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:07,360
the uh businesses coming in. Um

2009
01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:09,280
we uh we're continuing with apartment

2010
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:11,199
inspections. I I will admit it did slow

2011
01:14:11,199 --> 01:14:13,280
down for the month of June just because

2012
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:17,199
of the business licensing. Um we've had

2013
01:14:17,199 --> 01:14:19,440
uh 85 abandoned vehicles in the town of

2014
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:22,480
Blaesburg. Uh we were able to uh assist

2015
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:25,679
public works with several um different

2016
01:14:25,679 --> 01:14:27,280
functions throughout the community. And

2017
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:29,520
again, big shout out for the uh

2018
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:31,600
fireworks crew. Everything went good.

2019
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,920
Heat was horrible, but we made it

2020
01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:37,199
happen. That's my report.

2021
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:39,600
Thank you, Mr. Reinhardt. We appreciate

2022
01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:42,880
your support as always. And um town

2023
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:45,920
administrator, I'll hold the clerk uh

2024
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:48,400
update for your TA update since you're

2025
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,400
kind of wearing both hats and go to

2026
01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:53,520
public works next if that's okay.

2027
01:14:53,520 --> 01:15:02,550
>> All right.

2028
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:04,800
Good afternoon, mayor, council, and

2029
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:08,320
residents and audience right here. Um

2030
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:10,560
um this this month of June, uh public

2031
01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:14,000
works did multiple multiple job tasks as

2032
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:15,760
one of them. Um we have a lot of stuff

2033
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:17,920
going at the Boswick House where we have

2034
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:20,640
an architect just um trying to look

2035
01:15:20,640 --> 01:15:22,320
underneath the structure of the barn.

2036
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:24,400
And as we rolled around there to try to

2037
01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:25,920
look underneath the structure, we

2038
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:29,199
noticed probably about a ton literally

2039
01:15:29,199 --> 01:15:31,840
of old wood. So nobody could get in

2040
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:33,520
through there. So the guys took like a

2041
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:36,000
half a day and loaded up the truck. So

2042
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:37,679
he was able to get in there the next

2043
01:15:37,679 --> 01:15:40,159
day, which was a a short notice, but

2044
01:15:40,159 --> 01:15:43,040
guys was able to do as we as they always

2045
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:46,159
do um you know, work immediately. And

2046
01:15:46,159 --> 01:15:49,199
also we assist um code with um a lot of

2047
01:15:49,199 --> 01:15:52,560
cleanup in industrial areas. It's just

2048
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:54,320
going a little bit getting a little bit

2049
01:15:54,320 --> 01:15:58,159
out of control, but we had to do a whole

2050
01:15:58,159 --> 01:16:00,560
whole run for about about a half a day,

2051
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:02,080
you know, with all the guys. And we

2052
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:05,040
picked up we probably had at least two

2053
01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:07,280
truckloads of of debris and everything

2054
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:09,840
that we loaded up from down there. And

2055
01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:11,280
while we was cleaning up down there

2056
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:12,880
where a lot of people were hang up

2057
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:14,400
underneath the railroad tracks down

2058
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:16,480
there, I noticed it was a couple of no

2059
01:16:16,480 --> 01:16:18,080
parking signs that was missing.

2060
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:19,600
Evidently, they may have took them down

2061
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:22,560
or may hit him and stuff like that. So

2062
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:25,840
guys, we installed it another no parking

2063
01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:28,080
sign. That way you can have three no

2064
01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:29,679
parking signs in the middle. I mean, you

2065
01:16:29,679 --> 01:16:31,520
know, in the middle so there's no no

2066
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:34,080
confusion of is no parking right here.

2067
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:36,239
And hoping that that'll help some of the

2068
01:16:36,239 --> 01:16:41,120
cars stay from out there. And also um

2069
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:43,120
excuse me due to the heavy buses on you

2070
01:16:43,120 --> 01:16:45,120
know 58 they're not just the heavy buses

2071
01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:47,840
it's just traffic period you know we had

2072
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:49,920
to um

2073
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:52,400
remove a old crosswalk

2074
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:54,960
and try to put another one down on the

2075
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:56,719
um concrete. This is not asphalt that

2076
01:16:56,719 --> 01:16:57,840
we're putting it down. We have a

2077
01:16:57,840 --> 01:16:59,520
concrete little valley for to help the

2078
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:02,480
waterway come through and a lot of

2079
01:17:02,480 --> 01:17:04,159
material just don't want to stick to

2080
01:17:04,159 --> 01:17:06,400
concrete. So every year we have to kind

2081
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:08,719
of like redo it every year. And I want

2082
01:17:08,719 --> 01:17:11,040
to give a guys a heads up because this

2083
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:13,360
year was the first time that we

2084
01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:15,520
res-craped the whole, you know,

2085
01:17:15,520 --> 01:17:17,520
crosswalk and then added more paint

2086
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:20,000
down. And I was proud proud to see that.

2087
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:21,760
And matter of fact, the paint that I

2088
01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:25,760
used was from um a company that I've

2089
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:28,640
I've learned from from MML, you know, um

2090
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:30,320
Seal Master. I never used them before,

2091
01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:33,199
but they have a great product that all

2092
01:17:33,199 --> 01:17:34,800
my white white paint that we were using

2093
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:36,400
in town, like the cross bars and all

2094
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:38,800
that, we'll start using that because it

2095
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:41,520
lasts longer and is more durable. And

2096
01:17:41,520 --> 01:17:44,080
when we put down anything or as y'all

2097
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:48,159
know, we have so much painted curves,

2098
01:17:48,159 --> 01:17:50,880
stop bars, crosswalk in town, you know.

2099
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:52,400
So, actually, we go through probably

2100
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,800
about $7,000 worth of white paint and

2101
01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:56,480
and yellow paint throughout the town.

2102
01:17:56,480 --> 01:17:59,040
So, if there's anything that we can get

2103
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:02,080
that's more durable that can, you know,

2104
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:04,080
we don't have to come back every year to

2105
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:06,159
repaint it is a whole lot better on on

2106
01:18:06,159 --> 01:18:09,199
on our staff because, as y'all know, we

2107
01:18:09,199 --> 01:18:11,040
have so much that we try to do with

2108
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:13,280
seven people. And I I want to take my

2109
01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:15,440
hats off to them guys as well and myself

2110
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:18,080
as well for constantly digging and

2111
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:20,560
grinding with with, you know, doing what

2112
01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:21,920
we have to do. You know,

2113
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,470
>> we definitely appreciate it. And um

2114
01:18:24,470 --> 01:18:24,480
» we definitely appreciate it. And um

2115
01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:28,080
Junth um I want to um thank um Salomon

2116
01:18:28,080 --> 01:18:32,560
and Mr. Conrad Watson for uh assisting

2117
01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:34,480
everybody with the painting of the uh

2118
01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:36,880
benches out here. And as y'all know, we

2119
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:40,239
already have um installed two of them

2120
01:18:40,239 --> 01:18:43,440
benches. One is right here on 53rd in

2121
01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:45,679
Annapolis where bus shelter was knocked

2122
01:18:45,679 --> 01:18:47,920
down a long time ago and we had some

2123
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:50,400
requests for another bench right there.

2124
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:53,040
And also on 58th

2125
01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:55,920
um right across from the what is that?

2126
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,640
Oh, I apologize. The new condos up

2127
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:00,480
there. Uh

2128
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:03,830
>> yeah, Bladen Bladen's condos is a bench.

2129
01:19:03,830 --> 01:19:03,840
» yeah, Bladen Bladen's condos is a bench.

2130
01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:05,520
Somebody broke one of the benches that

2131
01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:08,239
we did last year. So, we was able to put

2132
01:19:08,239 --> 01:19:09,679
this bench and these benches that we're

2133
01:19:09,679 --> 01:19:11,520
making now is a little bit more sturdier

2134
01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:14,000
than the ones we had. And also, I want

2135
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,000
to give our hats off to the guys again

2136
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:18,000
for being so creative. You know, I I

2137
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:20,080
know y'all see some little sculptures

2138
01:19:20,080 --> 01:19:22,480
out front and um different little things

2139
01:19:22,480 --> 01:19:27,120
that um the guys are just being creative

2140
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:30,239
and some of this is part of what

2141
01:19:30,239 --> 01:19:32,880
I've learned when we went to Ohio for

2142
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:35,840
the um American in Bloom, you know. So,

2143
01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:37,199
some of this stuff and none of this

2144
01:19:37,199 --> 01:19:40,080
stuff that we got um cost anything. This

2145
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:44,480
was recyclable. I'm sorry. Time up.

2146
01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:48,790
>> Not to interrupt you, but you know

2147
01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:51,520
basically the rest of it is is is is on

2148
01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:52,320
the report.

2149
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:53,189
>> I apologize.

2150
01:19:53,189 --> 01:19:53,199
» I apologize.

2151
01:19:53,199 --> 01:19:55,350
>> One question though for you and the team

2152
01:19:55,350 --> 01:19:55,360
» One question though for you and the team

2153
01:19:55,360 --> 01:19:57,600
is could we install some cameras to

2154
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:00,400
catch the dumping in the business area?

2155
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:01,830
>> We look okay.

2156
01:20:01,830 --> 01:20:01,840
» We look okay.

2157
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:03,990
>> We we we looking into that right now.

2158
01:20:03,990 --> 01:20:04,000
» We we we looking into that right now.

2159
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:04,880
Yes.

2160
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:06,070
>> I was going to say to answer that, mayor

2161
01:20:06,070 --> 01:20:06,080
» I was going to say to answer that, mayor

2162
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:07,600
and council, yes, we do have some uh

2163
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:09,280
trail cameras that we are relocating

2164
01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:13,440
throughout town. Um, so we are going to

2165
01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:15,520
be in the process of making working with

2166
01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:18,159
our detectives to get that taken care of

2167
01:20:18,159 --> 01:20:19,040
and squared away.

2168
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:20,630
>> Perfect.

2169
01:20:20,630 --> 01:20:20,640
» Perfect.

2170
01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:22,310
>> Thank you both. And Mr. Hall, please

2171
01:20:22,310 --> 01:20:22,320
» Thank you both. And Mr. Hall, please

2172
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:24,159
thank the team for all their hard work.

2173
01:20:24,159 --> 01:20:25,920
We definitely appreciate them.

2174
01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:27,669
>> One thing I just want to echo, I know I

2175
01:20:27,669 --> 01:20:27,679
» One thing I just want to echo, I know I

2176
01:20:27,679 --> 01:20:30,159
don't have the time. I'm sorry, but the

2177
01:20:30,159 --> 01:20:33,040
collaboration with SHA, I mean, I just

2178
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:34,880
want to take my hats off to my guys.

2179
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:39,110
>> Yes. you know, for working two straight

2180
01:20:39,110 --> 01:20:39,120
» Yes. you know, for working two straight

2181
01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:42,560
six hours, you know. Yeah. We didn't get

2182
01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:44,880
a lunch break. Neither neither neither

2183
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,120
neither park got a lunch break. So,

2184
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,280
today we went back out there and thanks

2185
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:51,840
to the town, we we I I we fed him. Yeah.

2186
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:53,750
>> Nice. But thank you for the

2187
01:20:53,750 --> 01:20:53,760
» Nice. But thank you for the

2188
01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:56,880
collaboration there because as I said to

2189
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,880
Senator Augustine, the issue is if we

2190
01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:00,400
just say we're not going to help you

2191
01:21:00,400 --> 01:21:01,600
with anything,

2192
01:21:01,600 --> 01:21:03,510
>> this infrastructure project is going to

2193
01:21:03,510 --> 01:21:03,520
» this infrastructure project is going to

2194
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:05,120
fall to the bottom of their priority

2195
01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:07,760
list. And so that effort that you guys

2196
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:10,400
took being out there getting that area

2197
01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:14,320
cleared, cleaning it up goes so long in

2198
01:21:14,320 --> 01:21:16,400
terms of that relationship and goodwill

2199
01:21:16,400 --> 01:21:18,320
building. So thank you. Thank you. Thank

2200
01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:21,760
you. And um just know Senator sees it.

2201
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:24,080
He told you when he saw you that he

2202
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:25,679
appreciated all the work that you guys

2203
01:21:25,679 --> 01:21:27,600
are doing and so just know he's an

2204
01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:30,400
advocate and he's pushing on SHA from

2205
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,480
his side to help support us. So we truly

2206
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:33,360
appreciate that.

2207
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:34,709
>> Absolutely. We just got we got some more

2208
01:21:34,709 --> 01:21:34,719
» Absolutely. We just got we got some more

2209
01:21:34,719 --> 01:21:37,760
work to do but as they see the way that

2210
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:39,760
we come in there then I think they they

2211
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:41,199
everybody going to fall in line too.

2212
01:21:41,199 --> 01:21:43,270
>> Agreed. Agreed.

2213
01:21:43,270 --> 01:21:43,280
» Agreed. Agreed.

2214
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:46,149
>> All right. Uh so last but certainly not

2215
01:21:46,149 --> 01:21:46,159
» All right. Uh so last but certainly not

2216
01:21:46,159 --> 01:21:49,760
least, Mr. Town Administrator Woodclerk,

2217
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:52,239
over to you.

2218
01:21:52,239 --> 01:21:55,199
Uh good evening. I'll be uh fairly

2219
01:21:55,199 --> 01:21:58,560
brief. Um but do want to just echo um

2220
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:00,480
what an awesome team we have uh all

2221
01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:04,800
around the board. Um so speaking of uh

2222
01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:08,560
where Pel kind of left off, um we have

2223
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:11,600
our American and Bloom judges coming uh

2224
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:14,320
July 20th and 21st. Uh this will be a

2225
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:17,120
great two-day opportunity to showcase um

2226
01:22:17,120 --> 01:22:19,600
our community, a lot of the great work

2227
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:20,960
um that the guys have been doing all

2228
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:24,960
around town. Um we've developed a pretty

2229
01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:28,000
robust uh itinerary that will engage the

2230
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:33,120
community um staff uh council. Um

2231
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:35,199
and so we're we're really excited about

2232
01:22:35,199 --> 01:22:37,920
it. Um obviously a big tip of the cap to

2233
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:40,400
Ray as well who's been spearheading um

2234
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:45,600
that effort. Um he was showing me little

2235
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:47,520
recycled bees today that I think y'all

2236
01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:50,000
put out. Anyways, it's been I've I've

2237
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:53,120
learned a lot. Um but it's a great

2238
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:57,360
program to to say the least. Um next uh

2239
01:22:57,360 --> 01:22:58,960
conversation I think we've talked about

2240
01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:01,040
a great deal. Um but I do just want to

2241
01:23:01,040 --> 01:23:04,639
thank um a number of community residents

2242
01:23:04,639 --> 01:23:06,400
that we had the opportunity to speak

2243
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:08,239
with a couple of weeks ago, the chief

2244
01:23:08,239 --> 01:23:12,000
and myself. Um and and to reiterate I

2245
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:13,920
think what Miss uh Greenstone spoke

2246
01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:18,000
about um earlier today um with regards

2247
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:20,639
to immigration immigration and customs

2248
01:23:20,639 --> 01:23:22,639
enforcement. Um I think the meeting was

2249
01:23:22,639 --> 01:23:25,600
very productive. Um but more importantly

2250
01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:28,960
it was honest and collaborative. Um, I

2251
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:30,800
think we had a pretty open dialogue

2252
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:33,760
about the concerns um that a number of

2253
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:36,639
our community members were feeling um

2254
01:23:36,639 --> 01:23:38,480
and discussed several meaningful actions

2255
01:23:38,480 --> 01:23:40,719
that the town can take. Um I think the

2256
01:23:40,719 --> 01:23:44,080
chief articulated one already which was

2257
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:47,600
um around um the community liaison. Um,

2258
01:23:47,600 --> 01:23:50,800
we're finalizing kind of aformational

2259
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:53,120
one-pager that's going to go out uh via

2260
01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:55,760
social media and on the website just uh

2261
01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:58,560
articulating it is okay if you don't

2262
01:23:58,560 --> 01:24:00,800
know if somebody is an agent or you feel

2263
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,280
unsafe, please call our officers. You

2264
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:05,360
know, we will go out. Um, and then

2265
01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:07,280
highlighting a lot of the work that the

2266
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:09,040
CAT team and a number of other community

2267
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,440
members have done to reestablish

2268
01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:12,880
relationships and trust that we've

2269
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:14,239
talked about. And so we talked about

2270
01:24:14,239 --> 01:24:16,960
that, but also that ongoing dialogue and

2271
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:19,280
communication. I know we have um or

2272
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:20,400
we're going to try and have a meeting

2273
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:23,600
scheduled in in August um to kind of

2274
01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:27,199
talk about what we are doing and what we

2275
01:24:27,199 --> 01:24:29,520
um will continue to do and that this is

2276
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:30,719
uh not something that's going to be

2277
01:24:30,719 --> 01:24:33,840
solved uh overnight, but um it's going

2278
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,719
to be an iterative process, but um the

2279
01:24:36,719 --> 01:24:40,159
town council uh staff are committed to

2280
01:24:40,159 --> 01:24:42,400
it just as we know our residents are.

2281
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:45,840
So, uh, thankful for that, uh, meeting.

2282
01:24:45,840 --> 01:24:47,840
And then, um, just kind of looking

2283
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:49,679
forward, it's crazy, but it's already

2284
01:24:49,679 --> 01:24:53,840
here. Um, FY28 grant planning, um, is is

2285
01:24:53,840 --> 01:24:57,040
upon us. Um, so we'll be working through

2286
01:24:57,040 --> 01:25:01,360
that. Um, and I'll share more with that

2287
01:25:01,360 --> 01:25:04,400
um, at our retreat uh, council. So,

2288
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:05,120
yeah.

2289
01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:07,110
>> Thank you, Mr. Wood, for all your hard

2290
01:25:07,110 --> 01:25:07,120
» Thank you, Mr. Wood, for all your hard

2291
01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:10,320
work. Uh at this time we'll transition

2292
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:12,080
to mayor and council reports beginning

2293
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:14,239
with ward one with council member Trina

2294
01:25:14,239 --> 01:25:17,830
Brown.

2295
01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:21,360
Thank you mayor. I um first of all would

2296
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:23,040
like to thank all the residents you know

2297
01:25:23,040 --> 01:25:25,040
who participated

2298
01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:27,440
uh this evening and um then for the ones

2299
01:25:27,440 --> 01:25:30,880
who are online watching us online and uh

2300
01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:32,719
to the mayor and the council. you know,

2301
01:25:32,719 --> 01:25:34,639
this right here. We're wrapping up our

2302
01:25:34,639 --> 01:25:37,840
um our our about to go on on break for

2303
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:40,000
for one month. So, but I definitely want

2304
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,960
to thank our staff uh for just all the

2305
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:44,960
tremendous amount of work that you all

2306
01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:49,520
do all year long. I mean, um out there

2307
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:52,159
that day in the heat, I mean, and not

2308
01:25:52,159 --> 01:25:54,080
that day because I think public works,

2309
01:25:54,080 --> 01:25:56,239
it's like, you know, our public works

2310
01:25:56,239 --> 01:25:57,520
department and the police department,

2311
01:25:57,520 --> 01:25:59,360
you know, you and code enforcement, you

2312
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:02,239
go work in the heat every day. every

2313
01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:04,560
every day. So, you know, that that

2314
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,400
doesn't go unnoticed and we just can't,

2315
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:08,560
you know, say enough thank yous, you

2316
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:11,199
know, because we we we um we know that

2317
01:26:11,199 --> 01:26:12,880
uh that that you're here to do a do a

2318
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:14,960
job, but you all do it and you all do it

2319
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:18,639
well and you you all you all do it with

2320
01:26:18,639 --> 01:26:22,159
um with commitment, respect, dedication,

2321
01:26:22,159 --> 01:26:25,600
and and perseverance. So, um we thank

2322
01:26:25,600 --> 01:26:29,520
you all so very much. Um I've attended a

2323
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:32,639
lot of meetings, a lot of um activities

2324
01:26:32,639 --> 01:26:34,239
and things that have happened here in

2325
01:26:34,239 --> 01:26:37,600
the town this year. So I just want to um

2326
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:40,800
to want the residents to uh to stay

2327
01:26:40,800 --> 01:26:44,080
safe, to stay hydrated, and to also know

2328
01:26:44,080 --> 01:26:46,400
that we are here for you all. We did

2329
01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:49,040
have another one of our um community

2330
01:26:49,040 --> 01:26:52,159
meetings this past Saturday that was uh

2331
01:26:52,159 --> 01:26:53,840
was attended. So, we had some things

2332
01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:56,159
that some follow-up um items that came

2333
01:26:56,159 --> 01:26:58,639
out of our community meetings. So, we

2334
01:26:58,639 --> 01:27:00,880
are here for the comm community. We will

2335
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:02,560
continue to listen to the community. We

2336
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:03,840
will continue to work with the

2337
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:05,840
community. And is our hope that the

2338
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:07,840
community continues to work with us as

2339
01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:11,360
well because we as we the council

2340
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:13,199
members, we live here in this town as

2341
01:27:13,199 --> 01:27:15,280
well. So, it's not like we pack up and

2342
01:27:15,280 --> 01:27:17,600
we go, you know, we go home somewhere

2343
01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:19,679
else. So, we live in this town as well.

2344
01:27:19,679 --> 01:27:22,800
We want all we want all of our residents

2345
01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:27,040
to be safe. Um, and we also uh want to

2346
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:29,280
to to want also want to thank our police

2347
01:27:29,280 --> 01:27:30,719
department because we actually, you

2348
01:27:30,719 --> 01:27:32,480
know, we do have a very awesome police

2349
01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:35,040
department. Um, as as I said, you know,

2350
01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:37,520
we we we live here. We we raising our

2351
01:27:37,520 --> 01:27:40,159
families here. You know, we um um we we

2352
01:27:40,159 --> 01:27:42,960
go to sleep here at night. And so, we do

2353
01:27:42,960 --> 01:27:45,040
want to thank our our police department

2354
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:47,360
for doing a wonderful job in serving and

2355
01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:52,639
protecting. And um so um also once again

2356
01:27:52,639 --> 01:27:54,719
congratulations to you Mayor James on

2357
01:27:54,719 --> 01:27:56,480
your presidency

2358
01:27:56,480 --> 01:27:58,880
uh with um MML and I'm sure that it's

2359
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:02,000
going to be a very exciting time for for

2360
01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:04,159
you this year. You know let us let us

2361
01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:06,080
know what you need, you know, to be here

2362
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,679
to support and then once again happy 250

2363
01:28:09,679 --> 01:28:12,560
50th anniversary.

2364
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:13,910
>> Thank you, Council Member Brown.

2365
01:28:13,910 --> 01:28:13,920
» Thank you, Council Member Brown.

2366
01:28:13,920 --> 01:28:15,990
>> Thank you so very much. Yes. Thank you.

2367
01:28:15,990 --> 01:28:16,000
» Thank you so very much. Yes. Thank you.

2368
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:18,550
>> Have a safe summer. Be safe. Stay

2369
01:28:18,550 --> 01:28:18,560
» Have a safe summer. Be safe. Stay

2370
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:19,840
hydrated.

2371
01:28:19,840 --> 01:28:20,470
>> Yes, please.

2372
01:28:20,470 --> 01:28:20,480
» Yes, please.

2373
01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:22,629
>> All right. Over to you, Council Member

2374
01:28:22,629 --> 01:28:22,639
» All right. Over to you, Council Member

2375
01:28:22,639 --> 01:28:28,149
Dixon. Also for Ward One.

2376
01:28:28,159 --> 01:28:29,679
» Thank you, Madame Mayor. Good evening,

2377
01:28:29,679 --> 01:28:34,159
everyone. Good evening, residents. Um,

2378
01:28:34,159 --> 01:28:35,679
first I want to start off by saying

2379
01:28:35,679 --> 01:28:39,600
congratulation to our mayor James on

2380
01:28:39,600 --> 01:28:42,800
rising to MML president. Congratulation.

2381
01:28:42,800 --> 01:28:45,600
Wish you all the best in the new role. I

2382
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:48,800
know you're going to do great. Um, all

2383
01:28:48,800 --> 01:28:51,360
right. Let me get into my

2384
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:53,910
>> Yes, that's

2385
01:28:53,910 --> 01:28:53,920
» Yes, that's

2386
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:54,400
control.

2387
01:28:54,400 --> 01:28:58,229
>> Okay, let me get into my Okay, so first

2388
01:28:58,229 --> 01:28:58,239
» Okay, let me get into my Okay, so first

2389
01:28:58,239 --> 01:29:02,080
I attended the MML conference and um

2390
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:06,239
also the CRF meeting. Um at this year

2391
01:29:06,239 --> 01:29:08,080
meeting they provide an update on the

2392
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:11,360
current infectious um disease threat

2393
01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:13,679
that including the Ebola rising that's

2394
01:29:13,679 --> 01:29:16,960
going on now the outbreak. I attend the

2395
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:19,760
county executive and municipal mayor's

2396
01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:22,560
meeting where you provide updates from

2397
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:24,800
your town and the issues that the town

2398
01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:29,040
is facing and what we need help with. Um

2399
01:29:29,040 --> 01:29:31,440
fourth of July celebration I attend that

2400
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:34,960
as well was a great event. Um, I just

2401
01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:37,120
want to say thanks to the staff for

2402
01:29:37,120 --> 01:29:41,679
putting it together. Um,

2403
01:29:41,679 --> 01:29:44,239
I sat on the blading zone meeting just

2404
01:29:44,239 --> 01:29:48,560
in support to our residents. Also, um, I

2405
01:29:48,560 --> 01:29:51,520
attend the MML committee orientation. I

2406
01:29:51,520 --> 01:29:54,320
am a MML engagement and outreach

2407
01:29:54,320 --> 01:29:58,320
committee member. Now, um the COG

2408
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:02,000
meeting, my community walk just to hear

2409
01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:04,080
what resident has to say, their

2410
01:30:04,080 --> 01:30:06,480
concerns. Um

2411
01:30:06,480 --> 01:30:09,840
oh, and also meeting with myself and

2412
01:30:09,840 --> 01:30:11,679
Mayor James, meeting with Mr. Martin

2413
01:30:11,679 --> 01:30:14,800
Cruz on the issues of ICE um that is

2414
01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:18,480
present in our community. Thank you,

2415
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:21,360
Sean. I gave you back some time,

2416
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:23,760
a whole minute.

2417
01:30:23,760 --> 01:30:25,520
Thank you, Council Member Dixon. Now

2418
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:27,760
we'll transition to W two beginning with

2419
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:32,950
council member Carol McBride.

2420
01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:36,560
» Good evening everyone. Um

2421
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:40,159
first of all I want to say thank you um

2422
01:30:40,159 --> 01:30:43,600
to our Bladensburg Fire Department. I

2423
01:30:43,600 --> 01:30:45,360
experienced something during the Fourth

2424
01:30:45,360 --> 01:30:48,480
of July event of heat exhaustion. Never

2425
01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:51,440
experienced it in my life. And um just

2426
01:30:51,440 --> 01:30:54,800
so happened that somebody took notice

2427
01:30:54,800 --> 01:30:58,400
that I didn't look right and they pulled

2428
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:01,679
me inside and just so happened that um

2429
01:31:01,679 --> 01:31:03,600
what's her chief fire department chief

2430
01:31:03,600 --> 01:31:05,760
um

2431
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:08,470
>> sum chief sum was right there and then

2432
01:31:08,470 --> 01:31:08,480
» sum chief sum was right there and then

2433
01:31:08,480 --> 01:31:10,719
he had the other was to come in and put

2434
01:31:10,719 --> 01:31:12,800
ice packs on me. So I'm I'm truly

2435
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:14,239
grateful for that because I never

2436
01:31:14,239 --> 01:31:15,760
experienced and didn't know what it felt

2437
01:31:15,760 --> 01:31:19,520
like but I was glad people were alert.

2438
01:31:19,520 --> 01:31:21,199
Um,

2439
01:31:21,199 --> 01:31:25,679
and let's see. I attended the um, well,

2440
01:31:25,679 --> 01:31:27,440
I was late attending, but the little

2441
01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:30,239
police cadetses um,

2442
01:31:30,239 --> 01:31:33,280
awards ceremony and I did go in. I had

2443
01:31:33,280 --> 01:31:35,840
the opportunity to corre congrat what am

2444
01:31:35,840 --> 01:31:37,760
I getting tongue tied? Congratulate

2445
01:31:37,760 --> 01:31:40,560
them.

2446
01:31:40,560 --> 01:31:44,800
Um I also was asked by um and I want to

2447
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:47,520
say um

2448
01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:50,960
that pastor rout Theodore routs who

2449
01:31:50,960 --> 01:31:53,199
moved his church

2450
01:31:53,199 --> 01:31:57,600
to the um

2451
01:31:57,600 --> 01:31:59,590
>> Salvation Army.

2452
01:31:59,590 --> 01:31:59,600
» Salvation Army.

2453
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:03,440
Well, he moved back to Bladensburg

2454
01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:06,080
to the word of God church with his

2455
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:08,880
grandfather where he originally never

2456
01:32:08,880 --> 01:32:12,400
mind uh belonged. And so I want to say

2457
01:32:12,400 --> 01:32:14,320
uh thank you and welcome back pastor

2458
01:32:14,320 --> 01:32:16,639
Rouse. Um

2459
01:32:16,639 --> 01:32:21,280
he also had a um

2460
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:23,520
a prayer breakfast with council member

2461
01:32:23,520 --> 01:32:27,840
Blunt's residence and um he asked me to

2462
01:32:27,840 --> 01:32:30,960
come as the church mother. So I did

2463
01:32:30,960 --> 01:32:32,560
attend

2464
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:36,159
and only to visit um didn't have any

2465
01:32:36,159 --> 01:32:38,960
words to say. Uh

2466
01:32:38,960 --> 01:32:41,600
and so I'm I'm just grateful for what

2467
01:32:41,600 --> 01:32:43,040
I'm allowed to do in the town of

2468
01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:45,520
Bladensburg. Thank you, Mayor James.

2469
01:32:45,520 --> 01:32:47,600
Cong congratulations.

2470
01:32:47,600 --> 01:32:48,950
>> Thank you

2471
01:32:48,950 --> 01:32:48,960
» Thank you

2472
01:32:48,960 --> 01:32:51,830
>> on your position. Um,

2473
01:32:51,830 --> 01:32:51,840
» on your position. Um,

2474
01:32:51,840 --> 01:32:54,560
I'm just glad glad to be here. Glad I'm

2475
01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:56,719
at the end of the year. Have a safe

2476
01:32:56,719 --> 01:32:58,960
summer, everyone, and enjoy yourself.

2477
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:01,440
Please stay safe.

2478
01:33:01,440 --> 01:33:03,830
>> Thank you, Council Member. Thank you,

2479
01:33:03,830 --> 01:33:03,840
» Thank you, Council Member. Thank you,

2480
01:33:03,840 --> 01:33:06,080
Council Member McBride, for your report.

2481
01:33:06,080 --> 01:33:07,840
Now, we'll continue with W two with

2482
01:33:07,840 --> 01:33:10,080
Council Member Blunt.

2483
01:33:10,080 --> 01:33:14,950
>> Hello. Hello. Hello.

2484
01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:18,400
Well, um, first I'd like to thank, um,

2485
01:33:18,400 --> 01:33:21,199
the officers for coming into the Emerson

2486
01:33:21,199 --> 01:33:24,800
House building and arresting someone who

2487
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:27,520
just got out the next day when he got

2488
01:33:27,520 --> 01:33:29,440
arrested, but I know they did their job

2489
01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:32,159
is the courts have to do better. And I'm

2490
01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:34,560
working on that. Um,

2491
01:33:34,560 --> 01:33:38,080
I'm also working on what is that thing?

2492
01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:40,080
What is that thing called? Squatters.

2493
01:33:40,080 --> 01:33:40,800
Okay,

2494
01:33:40,800 --> 01:33:43,350
>> that that thing is unreal.

2495
01:33:43,350 --> 01:33:43,360
» that that thing is unreal.

2496
01:33:43,360 --> 01:33:45,280
So, I'll be going into the court system

2497
01:33:45,280 --> 01:33:48,080
to find out how that operates and bring

2498
01:33:48,080 --> 01:33:50,960
that back to um department heads in

2499
01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:53,679
Bladesburg and to any um other building

2500
01:33:53,679 --> 01:33:57,280
cuz having squatterers cuz we have two

2501
01:33:57,280 --> 01:34:00,000
and unfortunately management companies

2502
01:34:00,000 --> 01:34:02,719
lose money and the whole nine yards. But

2503
01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:06,159
I will be doing my study on that um

2504
01:34:06,159 --> 01:34:08,239
squatted thing and bringing that back so

2505
01:34:08,239 --> 01:34:10,400
that we'll know how to be aware and how

2506
01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:14,480
not to get um played and victimized and

2507
01:34:14,480 --> 01:34:16,320
mainly as family members a lot of times.

2508
01:34:16,320 --> 01:34:18,159
So, but anyway, that's a whole another

2509
01:34:18,159 --> 01:34:22,400
story. Also, I finally um finalized the

2510
01:34:22,400 --> 01:34:25,280
the department heads to that I would

2511
01:34:25,280 --> 01:34:27,040
like to come out to Bladensburg and talk

2512
01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:29,360
to the seniors

2513
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:31,679
um about issues that they're dealing

2514
01:34:31,679 --> 01:34:35,600
with when trying to get services from

2515
01:34:35,600 --> 01:34:38,719
the departments um that is put there to

2516
01:34:38,719 --> 01:34:42,239
help them poor service. We have poor

2517
01:34:42,239 --> 01:34:45,120
service in PG County and sorry I must

2518
01:34:45,120 --> 01:34:47,600
say um to help this to help seniors is

2519
01:34:47,600 --> 01:34:49,920
very poor and they need the help. Other

2520
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:52,960
than that um I graduated I passed all my

2521
01:34:52,960 --> 01:34:56,880
class classes and not pass but MML. So

2522
01:34:56,880 --> 01:35:00,560
we'll be graduating later on.

2523
01:35:00,560 --> 01:35:03,280
So, um I'm I'm really excited about that

2524
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,159
and I thank um

2525
01:35:06,159 --> 01:35:08,000
um I I really like to say thank you to

2526
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:10,400
my job for allowing me to come in and

2527
01:35:10,400 --> 01:35:14,480
work and now I'm in a position

2528
01:35:14,480 --> 01:35:18,560
and to politics. Me and politics. Wow.

2529
01:35:18,560 --> 01:35:24,070
But again, um thank

2530
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:25,840
all I have to say. I know this end of

2531
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:28,719
summer. Um I understand the heat

2532
01:35:28,719 --> 01:35:31,280
exhaustion. It happens um too many

2533
01:35:31,280 --> 01:35:33,040
people. We don't you don't know that

2534
01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:34,239
it's going to happen, but just be

2535
01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:37,440
careful and drink plenty of water. Also,

2536
01:35:37,440 --> 01:35:40,960
I have not seen ice. Um myself, I have

2537
01:35:40,960 --> 01:35:43,280
not witnessed anything, but perception

2538
01:35:43,280 --> 01:35:46,480
is everything and everybody perceptions

2539
01:35:46,480 --> 01:35:50,000
are different. So, if we lolly gagging

2540
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,920
out there with someone we potentially

2541
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:53,760
think is out here to harm our residents

2542
01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:55,840
in any kind of way, yeah, we would

2543
01:35:55,840 --> 01:35:58,080
probably think it. Um but allow us allow

2544
01:35:58,080 --> 01:36:00,000
people to have what their perceptions

2545
01:36:00,000 --> 01:36:01,520
are and also bring it back to the

2546
01:36:01,520 --> 01:36:03,600
council. As you can see that they're

2547
01:36:03,600 --> 01:36:05,199
already meeting with officials

2548
01:36:05,199 --> 01:36:08,080
pertaining to ICE and what and what they

2549
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:11,360
here for. Um my grandson work from

2550
01:36:11,360 --> 01:36:14,480
homeland security homeland whatever that

2551
01:36:14,480 --> 01:36:17,440
homeland security office. I called him

2552
01:36:17,440 --> 01:36:19,280
and asked how did that work and

2553
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:21,520
unfortunately they have they have rights

2554
01:36:21,520 --> 01:36:24,080
too and hopefully they're not um here

2555
01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:27,199
harming anyone but again and we hoping

2556
01:36:27,199 --> 01:36:29,760
that I don't know how it works but like

2557
01:36:29,760 --> 01:36:32,000
the mayor I trust um that they're

2558
01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:34,239
working with officials to try to see how

2559
01:36:34,239 --> 01:36:36,159
we can

2560
01:36:36,159 --> 01:36:38,080
that did that thing ring on me

2561
01:36:38,080 --> 01:36:41,270
>> oh I'm sorry but again um but yeah I'm

2562
01:36:41,270 --> 01:36:41,280
» oh I'm sorry but again um but yeah I'm

2563
01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:43,920
I'm real I'm real sorry but everybody

2564
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:46,239
have a job to do but I hope they do it

2565
01:36:46,239 --> 01:36:47,840
um

2566
01:36:47,840 --> 01:36:50,320
respect just keeping respect and um and

2567
01:36:50,320 --> 01:36:51,920
perception again is everything and

2568
01:36:51,920 --> 01:36:53,840
everybody perceptions are different and

2569
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:56,000
again when you hear from us again I'll

2570
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:57,600
be seeing the seniors at the senior

2571
01:36:57,600 --> 01:37:00,719
gathering um again Ray Jeffrey is

2572
01:37:00,719 --> 01:37:03,119
putting together I took that 110 but the

2573
01:37:03,119 --> 01:37:06,480
senior gather is September so again um

2574
01:37:06,480 --> 01:37:08,159
that's are they playing the music for me

2575
01:37:08,159 --> 01:37:16,149
okay I'm done I'm done thank you

2576
01:37:16,159 --> 01:37:17,440
That's you, Mr. Weiss. Okay,

2577
01:37:17,440 --> 01:37:21,189
>> Mr. Weiss. Wow. He played the music. Oh,

2578
01:37:21,189 --> 01:37:21,199
» Mr. Weiss. Wow. He played the music. Oh,

2579
01:37:21,199 --> 01:37:22,480
man.

2580
01:37:22,480 --> 01:37:23,590
>> Oh, man.

2581
01:37:23,590 --> 01:37:23,600
» Oh, man.

2582
01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:25,430
>> Mr. Weiss. You when you come back,

2583
01:37:25,430 --> 01:37:25,440
» Mr. Weiss. You when you come back,

2584
01:37:25,440 --> 01:37:27,679
that's why you come back. Okay. All

2585
01:37:27,679 --> 01:37:28,080
right.

2586
01:37:28,080 --> 01:37:30,310
>> Bring the music. Thank you.

2587
01:37:30,310 --> 01:37:30,320
» Bring the music. Thank you.

2588
01:37:30,320 --> 01:37:32,149
>> Thank you, Council Member Blunt. I will

2589
01:37:32,149 --> 01:37:32,159
» Thank you, Council Member Blunt. I will

2590
01:37:32,159 --> 01:37:35,440
try to be brief as well. June was a very

2591
01:37:35,440 --> 01:37:38,639
busy month. Um, I have my full written

2592
01:37:38,639 --> 01:37:40,719
report there. The bulk of it focuses on

2593
01:37:40,719 --> 01:37:42,480
a lot of meetings that took place during

2594
01:37:42,480 --> 01:37:46,080
MML and prior to uh but one thing I want

2595
01:37:46,080 --> 01:37:48,000
to call out is the Prince George's

2596
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:50,639
Gateway Development Authority. We did

2597
01:37:50,639 --> 01:37:53,760
meet in June. Bladensburg hosted Senator

2598
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:55,760
Augustine was here and was delegate so

2599
01:37:55,760 --> 01:37:58,719
was delegate Ivy. And um we've had some

2600
01:37:58,719 --> 01:38:00,800
leadership changes within the authority.

2601
01:38:00,800 --> 01:38:02,719
And so it's just really important for us

2602
01:38:02,719 --> 01:38:05,840
to understand while we're codified just

2603
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:07,920
like West North and Baltimore, we have

2604
01:38:07,920 --> 01:38:10,000
some very distinct differences. And so

2605
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,920
state funding has been issued to the

2606
01:38:11,920 --> 01:38:14,480
authority. However, we don't have the

2607
01:38:14,480 --> 01:38:19,119
same level of um decision making as the

2608
01:38:19,119 --> 01:38:21,360
uh authority in Baltimore. And that is

2609
01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:23,600
not to put our legislators down. It's

2610
01:38:23,600 --> 01:38:25,360
just the reality of how they constructed

2611
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:28,639
that law. And so as such, we just needed

2612
01:38:28,639 --> 01:38:30,080
to do some level setting with

2613
01:38:30,080 --> 01:38:32,719
expectations to show that we will make

2614
01:38:32,719 --> 01:38:34,800
decisions in accordance with what our

2615
01:38:34,800 --> 01:38:36,800
authority is. We can't be looked at and

2616
01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:39,119
judged by the West North development.

2617
01:38:39,119 --> 01:38:41,280
But um for those who aren't aware, that

2618
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:44,239
money is really to help us revitalize

2619
01:38:44,239 --> 01:38:46,000
these inner beltway communities that

2620
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:47,840
tend to get less of the state funding.

2621
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:49,360
And so I think that's going to be a huge

2622
01:38:49,360 --> 01:38:53,280
help to us. Um, jumping to MML really

2623
01:38:53,280 --> 01:38:55,760
quickly, was honored to become president

2624
01:38:55,760 --> 01:38:58,800
during the uh, closing session, but one

2625
01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:00,800
of the honors that the administration

2626
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:02,960
extends is you get a sort of closed door

2627
01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:04,719
meeting with the governor. And so during

2628
01:39:04,719 --> 01:39:07,119
that time, as I mentioned earlier, uh,

2629
01:39:07,119 --> 01:39:08,719
there were a range of issues that we

2630
01:39:08,719 --> 01:39:10,800
covered, ICE also being one of them,

2631
01:39:10,800 --> 01:39:12,960
because we know that he is not on our

2632
01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:14,800
president's favorite list, and as such,

2633
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:16,560
that puts Maryland in a certain

2634
01:39:16,560 --> 01:39:18,159
category.

2635
01:39:18,159 --> 01:39:21,280
And my best advice is we will do what we

2636
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:23,520
can, but the reality is midterms matter.

2637
01:39:23,520 --> 01:39:25,360
Elections have consequences. And if you

2638
01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:27,199
really want to change this, then you

2639
01:39:27,199 --> 01:39:28,639
need to show up

2640
01:39:28,639 --> 01:39:31,750
>> and vote come November because that is

2641
01:39:31,750 --> 01:39:31,760
» and vote come November because that is

2642
01:39:31,760 --> 01:39:33,920
how you shift this. It's a federal issue

2643
01:39:33,920 --> 01:39:36,400
that's becoming a local issue and we

2644
01:39:36,400 --> 01:39:40,000
can't solve it all on our own. Um, I do

2645
01:39:40,000 --> 01:39:41,760
want to call out some of the things that

2646
01:39:41,760 --> 01:39:44,159
comproller Leman shared with us and I

2647
01:39:44,159 --> 01:39:47,040
think it's important to note. um she has

2648
01:39:47,040 --> 01:39:48,960
totally transformed that controllers's

2649
01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:52,639
office and um has reconstructed the

2650
01:39:52,639 --> 01:39:55,040
unclaimed property program and because

2651
01:39:55,040 --> 01:39:58,000
of her leadership $121 million has been

2652
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:00,639
returned to its rightful owners. If you

2653
01:40:00,639 --> 01:40:02,239
are in the state of Maryland and you

2654
01:40:02,239 --> 01:40:03,679
think you might have money out there

2655
01:40:03,679 --> 01:40:05,199
that's been left to you and you need

2656
01:40:05,199 --> 01:40:07,280
help claiming it, that website is

2657
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:10,239
www.claimitmd.gov

2658
01:40:10,239 --> 01:40:13,199
gov and you need to really go on there

2659
01:40:13,199 --> 01:40:16,400
to see um you know what resources may

2660
01:40:16,400 --> 01:40:18,159
have been left to you or a family

2661
01:40:18,159 --> 01:40:21,600
member. Um throughout the event it was

2662
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:23,360
great to have visibility not just from

2663
01:40:23,360 --> 01:40:25,040
the governor but the lieutenant governor

2664
01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:27,360
and the cabinet secretaries and so there

2665
01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:29,199
were some tremendous conversations that

2666
01:40:29,199 --> 01:40:31,360
I think are going to help us on all of

2667
01:40:31,360 --> 01:40:33,199
our fronts from Boswick House to the

2668
01:40:33,199 --> 01:40:35,040
municipal center. So I just look forward

2669
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:36,880
to the followup that comes from there.

2670
01:40:36,880 --> 01:40:39,119
And really quick, uh, president or mayor

2671
01:40:39,119 --> 01:40:41,840
privilege, um, I noticed the handout

2672
01:40:41,840 --> 01:40:43,360
that was supposed to be attachment

2673
01:40:43,360 --> 01:40:45,280
number one didn't come through. So, I'll

2674
01:40:45,280 --> 01:40:47,440
reprint that for the council, but it's

2675
01:40:47,440 --> 01:40:51,199
the civility pledge from um, National

2676
01:40:51,199 --> 01:40:53,199
League of Cities. So, their board signed

2677
01:40:53,199 --> 01:40:55,440
the civility pledge for a a code of

2678
01:40:55,440 --> 01:40:58,000
conduct for retreat, how we treat each

2679
01:40:58,000 --> 01:40:59,760
other as elected officials, how we

2680
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:02,320
engage respectfully. And so, I do want

2681
01:41:02,320 --> 01:41:04,080
to encourage the council to read the

2682
01:41:04,080 --> 01:41:06,480
pledge. I printed copies when I realized

2683
01:41:06,480 --> 01:41:08,080
it wasn't here and I'll give them to you

2684
01:41:08,080 --> 01:41:10,159
after the meeting. But I think we should

2685
01:41:10,159 --> 01:41:12,320
talk about this at the board retreat and

2686
01:41:12,320 --> 01:41:14,719
sign on to it as a public stance for how

2687
01:41:14,719 --> 01:41:16,480
we're going to not just treat each other

2688
01:41:16,480 --> 01:41:18,000
but how we're going to conduct ourselves

2689
01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:20,080
as community leaders. So with that, that

2690
01:41:20,080 --> 01:41:22,080
concludes my report. Again, it's written

2691
01:41:22,080 --> 01:41:24,800
and included with the staff reports.

2692
01:41:24,800 --> 01:41:26,560
That brings us to the end of our agenda

2693
01:41:26,560 --> 01:41:28,400
for tonight. Council, is there a motion

2694
01:41:28,400 --> 01:41:29,199
to adjurnn?

2695
01:41:29,199 --> 01:41:30,070
>> I moved.

2696
01:41:30,070 --> 01:41:30,080
» I moved.

2697
01:41:30,080 --> 01:41:31,830
>> Moved by council member Blunt. Is there

2698
01:41:31,830 --> 01:41:31,840
» Moved by council member Blunt. Is there

2699
01:41:31,840 --> 01:41:32,639
a second?

2700
01:41:32,639 --> 01:41:34,550
>> Second. seconded by council member

2701
01:41:34,550 --> 01:41:34,560
» Second. seconded by council member

2702
01:41:34,560 --> 01:41:36,320
Brown. Any comments or questions before

2703
01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:37,040
we adjourn?

2704
01:41:37,040 --> 01:41:39,830
>> Have a comment.

2705
01:41:39,830 --> 01:41:39,840
» Have a comment.

2706
01:41:39,840 --> 01:41:42,629
>> Um I just want to Can you hear me?

2707
01:41:42,629 --> 01:41:42,639
» Um I just want to Can you hear me?

2708
01:41:42,639 --> 01:41:44,950
>> Yes. Um thank you, Madame Mayor. I want

2709
01:41:44,950 --> 01:41:44,960
» Yes. Um thank you, Madame Mayor. I want

2710
01:41:44,960 --> 01:41:46,719
to say thanks to the police department.

2711
01:41:46,719 --> 01:41:50,159
I had a breakin at my house. Um well,

2712
01:41:50,159 --> 01:41:52,400
it's it's a car that was broke into my

2713
01:41:52,400 --> 01:41:55,520
driveway and I didn't call 911. We

2714
01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:57,119
called straight to Blazburg police

2715
01:41:57,119 --> 01:41:59,440
station and they came in less than like

2716
01:41:59,440 --> 01:42:01,760
a minute and you know took care of it.

2717
01:42:01,760 --> 01:42:04,639
chief got all the videos and stuff and I

2718
01:42:04,639 --> 01:42:06,560
just want to say thank you.

2719
01:42:06,560 --> 01:42:08,229
>> Thank you Sean for getting that raccoon

2720
01:42:08,229 --> 01:42:08,239
» Thank you Sean for getting that raccoon

2721
01:42:08,239 --> 01:42:10,159
out the street.

2722
01:42:10,159 --> 01:42:12,229
>> Thank you for those comments. So with

2723
01:42:12,229 --> 01:42:12,239
» Thank you for those comments. So with

2724
01:42:12,239 --> 01:42:14,159
that council I'll call for the vote. All

2725
01:42:14,159 --> 01:42:15,920
in favor say I.

2726
01:42:15,920 --> 01:42:19,750
>> I. Any nays? We no nays. We are journ.

2727
01:42:19,750 --> 01:42:19,760
» I. Any nays? We no nays. We are journ.

2728
01:42:19,760 --> 01:42:21,920
See you all in September. Happy summer.

2729
01:42:21,920 --> 01:42:26,040
All right. Byebye. Thanks.