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The Charles County Board of Commissioners convened on May 5, 2026, with all five commissioners present. The meeting included the unanimous appointment of Britt Tuku to the Planning Commission and a detailed briefing from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) on its 15-year, $3 billion capital improvement plan (ECMP) and expanding public-private partnerships. Commissioners also discussed workforce development and economic opportunities on the county’s western corridor.
Good afternoon, Commissioners. We're going to begin this afternoon session with a roll call. Commissioner Bowling. Present. Commissioner Coates. Commissioner Stewart. Here. Commissioner Patterson. Present. And Commissioner Collins. Here. Thank you. Commissioners, the next item on your agenda is actions under boards and commissions. And what we're requesting is a motion to appoint Britt Tuku as member of the Planning Commission. So a motion to approve. So second. It's been moved and properly second. All in favor. Opposed. Yes, have it. Thank you. Commissioner Set now moves you into your next briefing for the afternoon. And that is a briefing on the Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC Indian Head Division Capital Improvement. Good afternoon, Commissioners. Thank you again for having us. My name is Michelle Fry. I'm the deputy director of economic development. I'm excited to introduce our individuals and our friends here from the Naval Surface Warfare Center. They're going to provide a brief update on the infrastructure and capital improvements program that are happening on the base. We have Miss Aaron Farreter, who's the chief of staff over at NSWC. We have Mr. Josh Phillips, who is right to my left. He's the director of corporate communications, and then we have Mr. Phil Cole, who is our senior project manager. And then I'm going to turn it over to them to give their presentation. All right. Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. For those who I've seen before, it's good to see you again. If you haven't seen me, I am Miss Aaron Farreter. I am the chief of staff. I've been here for a pretty long time at Indian Head. Um, born and raised in the area, grew up through the public school system, so it's always great to see what our local community can do. So I appreciate everything that you guys do for us. So with this, I wanted to make sure if you haven't been to Indian Head, some of you are remember from recent governor tours or other things, but I wanted to level set us on just our mission and where we're at since 1890. Indian Head has been purposely built and continually adapted the capabilities to meet the Department of War priorities. We are molecule to mission. We drive innovation and deployment of novel energetics and energetic systems to the warfighter, which is fly farther, hit harder. That's part of our um slogan.