I pledge an allegiance of the United States of America.

And religious stands.

So first up on our agenda today, we have priority Carroll.

Commissioner Kyler, would you like to begin us?

Sure, thank you.

I hope everyone had a great set of holidays, Christmas, New Year's, uh, and and all the other holidays that we seem to get thrown in at year end and had good family time together.

Um several of us went to the uh chamber luncheon, which was good and good to hear from our uh delegates and senators of what they're what they're planning for this year.

Um I want to apologize to Tim Hare.

Uh I know they had a retirement party here, and we recognized him at the meeting, but uh I got back to the building at 311, and then the party ended at three.

So um I apologize my intentions were to make it on time, but sometimes you just don't that doesn't work.

Um Farm Bureau had their legislative dinner.

Um I think it went well.

Unfortunately, it was the same night as the Republican Club had their legislative night, so the the delegation was split up, but um good discussion and uh some good stuff.

And uh again back to uh family and uh and I always mention wrestling.

I try to always mention I I love Carroll County.

I think South Carroll Century Liberty just had a tri match, and South Carroll seems to be the power of the county again.

Um Winners Mill did beat Man Valley the same night, which hasn't happened in a few years, so uh maybe the fights for second place in the county.

Um but uh South Carolina, I know they're going to war on the shore this weekend, so we'll see how their wrestlers stack up with uh a lot of the uh private schools and strong public schools.

Um it was interesting over the holidays.

Again, there was a lot of family stuff.

I got to get it together with uh two of my college buddies, my big brother from the fraternity, and another friend that went there and and their families, and it was nice.

We uh we we beat up all the good old days.

I think uh every year I get smarter in college than I really was, so uh it's nice to talk about it.

So that's it.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Uh first and foremost, hope everybody had a good holiday.

And I'm not gonna tell you to have a good new year.

I'm gonna tell you to make it a good new year.

Um obviously, as a community and as a county, we all have various challenges facing all of us, both individually and collectively.

Um my hope this year and my desire this year is that we work together to see those issues dealt with by all of us.

We do a really good job in this community, and I want to see us continue to do that, and I hope we'll all do that.

I'm gonna mention a couple things real briefly.

On Monday, I had the honor of attending Mission Barbecue's annual day of service, which was at the Carroll County Veterans Independence Project.

So each year on the first Monday in January, Mission Barbecue closes all of their restaurants, not to rest, but to serve.

Uh it's an incredible effort, uh, which in which they're dedicated to serving veterans in the community, reminding us that our heroes that have served us, and it's now their turn to serve our heroes.

Uh was just very grateful to get to talk to a number of the veterans in the community as well as interact with a number of the uh individuals from Mission Barbecue, and as always, they do just such a wonderful job in our community.

Um also wanted to mention uh briefly, but I think it's important we mention this.

I want to thank the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for their continued investment, not only in Maryland, but importantly in Carroll County.

Um Carroll County Commissioners received $80,000 to continue the successful Fhinksburg facade invest uh improvement program.

Town of New Windsor received 100,000 to restore the historic 227-year-old dealman inn for to complete uh design and engineering plans to fortify that structure.

Town of Sykesville got a 125,000 to continue town facade improvement grant, as well as supporting exterior ADA compliance and historic relevant improvements.

Town of Sykesville received 500,000 or the area of sites where we see 500,000 for redevelopment of the 714 Sandusky Road and the town house lawn, including ADA improvements.

Town of Sykesville received 500,000 or the area of Sykesville received 500,000 for redevelopment of the 714 Sandusky Road and the town house lawn, including ADA improvements, City of Westminster received 140,000 to continue the city's facade improvement program for commercial establishments within the city's sustainable community design uh designated area.

And the thing about all this is obviously this is money we are receiving uh through the state, but this is just a wonderful investment for our community to be strengthened, both local economy, the historic character character we have here, and just improve accessibility for all our resident residents and visitors, and just want to thank them for their involvement in that as always.

Um and last but certainly not least, I want to bring up something community related on um, let's see, it is January 31st.

There will be an event held at the VFW post-467.

Chris, could you put that up for me, please?

So there's an event being held.

It's a uh fundraiser for a uh a young man, two-year-old Mac, who is a young boy from Westminster who is battling leukemia and will have extensive hospital stay where he will undergo a bone marrow transplant.

Uh this is an event that they are using to raise money to assist in that.

Um I think obviously we all in this community look out for each other quite well.

And I just wanted to share that this morning and uh wish both the uh family and obviously young Mac there the best with his upcoming uh uh health issues and that we uh hopefully can uh resolve that and assist in that.

And that's all for me this morning.

Thank you.

Commissioner Garrin.

Uh good morning, Carroll County.

And uh yeah, go cabs.

Um I'm always uh up here supporting a we're a Cavalier family.

Myself, my wife, my kids, we're we're always proud of uh of when those uh teams do well down there, and they they seem to be doing pretty good with golf and wrestling.