The Calvert County Board of Commissioners met on October 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting included an invocation, approval of the agenda, public service announcements, a consent agenda, a presentation on the Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center HVAC and roof replacement, a public hearing on a supplemental budget request, public comments, commissioner reports, and an executive session.
Osterfeld, if she'd come forward to give us an invitation. Good morning. Good morning. Right there. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for inviting me. I'm Reverend Jen Taber Osterfeld of Huntingtown United Methodist Church, and I'm honored to be here today. If you would bow with me for prayer. Lord God, on this beautiful day in Calvert County, fill this room of our leaders with your spirit. Grant them wisdom and courage to make the hard decisions. We live in a place blessed with diversity, and so remind us that as leaders our responsibility is to see the world through your eyes. Keep open hearts and minds, remembering that all people are created in your image. Keep before us the sacred task of servant leadership, drawing us close to one another so we can lean more into what we have in common than we do different. Help us to be good stewards of what we have, bless our county with abundance where it is needed, remove evil from our midst, and help us to see all people, especially those in our world that our world pushes to the margins. As leaders remind us to cherish the elderly, train up the children, and help the helpless and to love all because they are beloved by you. Make this time together fruitful and productive. We give thanks for all that you have done in our midst, and we ask all this in the name of Jesus, who was the example of the leadership we should follow. Amen. Thank you, Reverend Osfield. We really appreciate you coming in for us this morning. Next item on the agenda is to approve the agenda. Is there any corrections or additions to the agenda as presented? I don't believe so. I'll make a motion that we approve the agenda submitted. Second. A second to approve the agenda as presented. Any discussion on that motion, hearing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries. I do have a couple of public service announcements today. Coward County is going to participate in the National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th, which is this coming Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southern Community Center and the Northeast Community Center. The Southern Community Center is located at 20 Appeal Lane and Lesby. Northeast Community Center is located at 4075 Gordon Senate Avenue in Chesapeake Beach. Residents are encouraged to safely dispose of unused or expired medications by dropping them off at either location. Law enforcement officers and volunteers from the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse and the Calvert Behavioral Health will be on hand to assist with collection and provide resource information. For those unable to participate on October 25th, there are excuse me. The Maryland State Police Barry U on 210 Main Street in Prince Frederick. And the Calvert County CSO Dunkirk Station, which is the old bank at the corner of uh Ferry Landon Road. That's and the address for that is 10500 Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk. The next item on the public service announcement list today is Linda Kelly Linda Kelly Animal Shelter. We'll hold an October adoption promotion called Ghouls Just Wanna Have Home. Starting today through Friday, October 31st, you can come in and adopters can draw a prize from a spooky cauldron to win a waived adoption fee, half-off adoption fee, or treat bag filled with candy. Animals of all ages are available for adoption, including dogs, cats, rabbits, roosters, pigs, and more. Adoptions include spade or neuter surgery, microchipping, age appropriate vaccinations, and a starter care package. So that that will run through this through Friday, October 31st.