From Closed To Open
From Unplanned To Planned
From Special Interests To Consensus
Working Together For Results
From Closed To Open

  • Meetings and deliberations are televised
  • Open budget meetings
  • Monthly community forums
  • Monthly visits to the towns
  • Established a forum to enable close cooperation between the leadership of the towns and the County (Council of Governments)
  • Bi-weekly roundtable discussions with departments, bureaus and allied agencies
  • Bi-weekly community discussion meetings open to the public to discuss issues of importance to them
  • Live broadcasts of all public meetings on cable Channel 24
  • Meetings available on the County website


    • From Unplanned To Planned

  • Put teeth in adequate facilities enforcement
  • Launched a long range planning process (Pathways Program)
  • Developing capital facilities to meet current and future needs
  • Ensuring future water supplies
  • Enhancing communications for homeland security


    • From Special Interests To Consensus

  • Developers no longer have carte blanche
  • Residential growth rate cut nearly in half
  • Boards and commissions advocate for the citizen
  • Renewed energy devoted to economic development and a vibrant economy

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    Working Together For Results

  • Parr’s Ridge Elementary School - Done
  • North Carroll Middle School modernization - Done
  • Ebb Valley Elementary School - DONE
  • Northeast High School, South Carroll Middle School –Begun - Design phase
  • Freedom water supply system (Treatment Plant) – DONE
  • Route 26/32 improvements – Begun with County funding – Design phase
  • Prescription discounts for everyone – Done
  • Protection of water quality for all citizens – Reservoir Water Protection Act signed Water Resources Ordinance passed
  • North Carroll Senior Center – Done
  • South Carroll Senior Center – Begun - Design phase
  • Drug Treatment Center – Under construction
  • Creating a high performance staff – Done and constantly tuning
  • Finksburg Library – DONE
  • Providing for emergency medical services – 24/7 emergency coverage countywide
  • Community College Nursing & Allied Health Building – Done – Last year, 100% of the nursing graduates passed the State exam-the first class in the state ever to do so
  • Agricultural Land Preservation – 54,111 acres preserved
  • Providing for public safety – Expanded sheriff functions, increased support to volunteer emergency services and state police
  • Efficient budget management – We have the fewest employees per thousand population in our region (5.37 employees, compared with 9.87 in BaltimoreCounty,8.62 in Howard County, 9.15 in Frederick County and 6.0 in Harford County)
  • Parks – Leister Park & Krimgold Park – Design phase, West Carroll Park – Money budgeted

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