The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners held a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, starting at 10:00 a.m. The agenda included an invocation, approval of the agenda, recognition of correctional academy graduates, a Board of Health presentation on cannabis use and youth mental health, a consent calendar, new business on transitional housing, a work session on ethics code updates, public comment, and commissioners' reports. The meeting recessed into executive session at approximately 11:45 a.m.
County Board of Commissioners at this time I'd like to ask Pastor Laird if he would come forward and give us an invitation, please. Thank you. And I have to say just a bit of humor. Katie, I had never met her before and called me. And she said I was the 50th pastor she'd called. So you know so you know how the adage goes, she called 50 good pastors who couldn't find it, so then she called me. What she didn't tell you is they have been here before, so they knew they're like uh-uh. But uh thank God for her persistence, and I'm really glad I could come. Lord God, we thank you for our nation for uh our states or our counties, our law enforcement. So many things, and just as the psalmist has said, and David said in Psalm 103, and bless the Lord. Oh my god, and forget not all of his benefits. And we have so many just coming over the bridge this morning. I thought of the beautiful water, the bridge, the clean highways, and yes, law enforcement. Um and we thank you for these who've gathered. Thank you for the kindness that we experience daily and the the grace and and the people of these uh two good counties. And I thank you also, Lord, for the the fact that you promised that you satisfy us with satisfy satisfies with so many good things, and we ask you to forgive us for the times that we've taken things for granted uh for the the freedoms we have in America. The psalmist also said that blessed is a nation who fears God, and we uh confess to you that many perhaps have forgotten you and have lost that fear of you, that due respect that we owe to you. We pray there'd be a great resurgence of people who love God and country. And we thank you, Lord, for the church. We thank you for the Bible, and we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray that you give wisdom today to those who serve us, give them grace and humility. May their comportment be that which is pleasing to you, and we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. So I was told I could say something about the church before we do that, and I'll sit down. Uh we have two campuses. One are the where the two big tents are. Uh there on as you go on Highway North, and then our campus is on uh the St. Mary's side. Thank you so much for inviting me. And she for which is under God. And Pastor Laird, I was gonna issue because I wasn't familiar with where your church was, but I everyone knows where the two tents are. Two tents are right, and I'm not the pastor there. Uh matter of fact, our lead pastor, his name is Larry Crabtree, and he works with law enforcement, one of the chaplains for many, many years here. So if you don't have a good church home, we'd invite you to come. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you for coming and joining us today. We appreciate it. So the next item on the agenda is approved the agenda. Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda as presented? None. I don't believe so. I move that we approve and adopt the agenda submitted. Second. I have a motion and second to approve the agenda as submitted. Any discussion on that motion hearing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye opposed, motion carries. So I do have some public service announcements today, and unfortunately, we have uh we lost uh Mr.