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Charles County Liquor Board Approves Fundraiser and Cooking Class Licenses on July 9, 2026

County Commissioners & Boards — Thursday, July 9, 2026
BodyCharles County, Maryland
SessionCounty Commissioners & Boards
DateThursday, July 9, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker 1

0:29

Good morning.

0:29

Welcome to the July 9th, 2026.

Unassigned speaker

0:33

For

Speaker 1

0:33

the liquor board.

0:34

Ms.

0:34

Weshler.

Speaker 2

0:35

Our first application is an application received from fraternal order of police, Lodge 24 for one-day temporary class C beer, wine, and liquor alcohol beverage license on July 24th, 2026 from 8 a.m.

0:49

to 5 p.m.

0:50

at the Wife White Plains Golf Course, 1015 St.

0:55

Charles Parkway, White Plains, Maryland, for the team Katrina Golf Tournament Fundraiser with approximately 120 people expected to attend.

1:03

Represented by Mike Smith.

1:05

Good morning.

1:06

Can I get you to re first?

1:08

Can you push a button so it's on the green?

1:10

You got it.

1:12

Do you declare an affirm under the penalty of perjury?

1:15

That's testimony you're about to give us the truth.

Speaker 3

1:17

I do.

Speaker 2

1:18

Please state your name for the record.

Speaker 3

1:19

Michael Smith, President of Toronto Police Lodge 24, address 10285 Rose Oak River, La Plata, Maryland.

Unassigned speaker

1:29

All

Speaker 1

1:29

right, Mr.

1:30

Smith.

1:31

Good morning.

1:31

Good morning.

1:32

Please uh tell us about your event and how you ensure uh how you intend to ensure uh that no one under the age of 21 receives alcohol.

Speaker 3

1:39

Uh this is uh an event we're hosting to uh race bunny for uh the daughter of one of our members uh who's fighting an illness.

1:47

Um all golfers are gonna be show ID, get wrist bands, and the coolers beer will be manned.

1:53

So uh people who get it will don't know who's getting the beer.

Speaker 1

1:57

Okay.

1:57

Um will there be anyone under the age of 21 there?

Speaker 3

2:00

There could be people under the age of 21 there, but they won't receive the wrist ban, so they won't be given any alcohol.

Speaker 1

2:06

Okay.

2:06

So that I guess the S is one of my questions because it I guess in in the explanation it says that you're given wristbands, and then it says anyone that has wristbands won't receive alcohol, so you clear that up for us.

Speaker 3

2:17

Yeah, it's it also says white planes gold course, so there's a couple typos in there.

Speaker 1

2:24

All right.

2:24

Uh open it up for questions from the board.

2:26

Uh Ms.

2:27

Bronner.

Speaker 4

2:29

Good morning.

2:30

How are you doing?

2:30

Good cause.

2:31

Good cause, I like it.

2:33

Um the uh uh White Plains has their own alcohol uh they'll be serving the alcohol, the staff there.

2:42

No, we

Speaker 3

2:43

take it.

2:43

We take the liquor license over and serve it ourselves.

Speaker 4

2:45

Okay, all right.

2:46

And those people will be tip certified.

Speaker 3

2:49

Um tip certified.

2:50

We have several we have a bunch of people who are tip certified, so they'll be there to ensure that we're following the rules of the tips class.

Speaker 4

2:56

Okay,

Speaker 3

2:57

great.

2:57

Okay.

Speaker 4

2:57

I don't have any other questions.

2:59

Ms.

Speaker 3

2:59

Parker.

Speaker 5

3:01

Just a couple of questions.

3:02

So um, how many coolers or drinking or drink stations will you have?

Unassigned speaker

3:07

I

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Liquor Licensing█████████████████████████████████████████████73%
Procedural█████████15%
Legal Affairs██████10%
Personnel Matters█2%
Summary of Proceedings

Charles County Liquor Board Meeting Summary (July 9, 2026)

The Charles County Liquor Board met on July 9, 2026, to consider two one-day temporary Class C beer, wine, and liquor licenses. The board approved both applications unanimously after public testimony from the applicants.

Consent Calendar

  • No consent calendar was listed for this meeting.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No public comments were made by members of the public during this session.

Discussion Items

  • Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 24 – Team Katrina Golf Tournament Fundraiser
    • Applicant: Michael Smith, President of FOP Lodge 24, requested a one-day temporary Class C beer, wine, and liquor license for July 24, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at White Plains Golf Course, 1015 St. Charles Parkway, White Plains, Maryland.
    • Event: Team Katrina Golf Tournament Fundraiser benefiting the daughter of a lodge member who is fighting an illness. Approximately 120 people expected.
    • Smith explained that all golfers will show ID and receive wristbands; coolers will be manned so that anyone without a wristband will not receive alcohol. He noted the application contained typos (e.g.,

Meeting Transcript

Good morning. Welcome to the July 9th, 2026. For the liquor board. Ms. Weshler. Our first application is an application received from fraternal order of police, Lodge 24 for one-day temporary class C beer, wine, and liquor alcohol beverage license on July 24th, 2026 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wife White Plains Golf Course, 1015 St. Charles Parkway, White Plains, Maryland, for the team Katrina Golf Tournament Fundraiser with approximately 120 people expected to attend. Represented by Mike Smith. Good morning. Can I get you to re first? Can you push a button so it's on the green? You got it. Do you declare an affirm under the penalty of perjury? That's testimony you're about to give us the truth. I do. Please state your name for the record. Michael Smith, President of Toronto Police Lodge 24, address 10285 Rose Oak River, La Plata, Maryland. All right, Mr. Smith. Good morning. Good morning. Please uh tell us about your event and how you ensure uh how you intend to ensure uh that no one under the age of 21 receives alcohol. Uh this is uh an event we're hosting to uh race bunny for uh the daughter of one of our members uh who's fighting an illness. Um all golfers are gonna be show ID, get wrist bands, and the coolers beer will be manned. So uh people who get it will don't know who's getting the beer. Okay. Um will there be anyone under the age of 21 there? There could be people under the age of 21 there, but they won't receive the wrist ban, so they won't be given any alcohol. Okay. So that I guess the S is one of my questions because it I guess in in the explanation it says that you're given wristbands, and then it says anyone that has wristbands won't receive alcohol, so you clear that up for us. Yeah, it's it also says white planes gold course, so there's a couple typos in there. All right. Uh open it up for questions from the board. Uh Ms. Bronner. Good morning. How are you doing? Good cause. Good cause, I like it. Um the uh uh White Plains has their own alcohol uh they'll be serving the alcohol, the staff there. No, we take it. We take the liquor license over and serve it ourselves. Okay, all right. And those people will be tip certified. Um tip certified.

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