HomeMy WebLinkAbout931109NOVEMBER 9, 1993
MINUTES, CONT 'D.
1994 WEED CONTROL PROGRAM
Dr . Charl es Puf'f inbergiar, Assistant Secretary £or Plant I ndu str.i es and Pest
Manag ement for the State Depa rt me nt of Ag r.ic u lt u re; J osse Crook, Supervisor of
t h e Weed Control Program; and La n e Heimer , Coordinator of the . Weed Control
Prograrn for Wes tern Ma r.ylan d , met with the Commissioners to discuss the procedure
for administ er ing the weed conti::-ol program for 1994. Commi ssio n e r Ro ul ette
stated that the Co unt y wo uld like to have this p~ogram se t up for n ext y ear but
e xp ressed concerns wi t h authority of the Co unty i n f und ing a nd hiring procedur es .
After discussion of the concerns and pr oble ms e xp erienced during last y e ar 's
pr ogca m, severa l options wera co nsi d ered . Commissioner Roulett e asked that the
State get back to the County wit h wh at they would like t h e County to do with
boo kk ee ping if t h e State ware to a d mini ster th e pr og ram a nd the County will mak e
co n tac t wi th the m regardi ng wh at mod i ficatio n s t h ey wou ld like to see in the
selectio n process Eor hir in g procedure s .
CI TI ZEN PART XCI PATI ON
Do nald Allensworth spoke to the Commis sio n e s regardi ng rez o n i ng issues .
HEALTH I NSURANCE OPOATE
Alan Davis , Director of Pe rso nn el , and Fr an Smith , Benefits Coordinator, along
Vli t h Ed Wuenschell of BGS&G , me t with the Con11ni ss io n ers regardi ng the Cou nty's
health insurance program. Mr . Davis stated that t h e program ls in good shape ,
but he wan ted to advise the Commissioners of pot e n tial probl e m areas whi ch have
been ide nti fied and possible reco n11n endat ions fo r Eu ture modificat i o n s. Mr.. Dav is
su ggested that the County institute the following 3 c hang es at this time: 1) to
i ncorpo rat e manda tory hospital pre-certification for in-patients; 2) to abolish
the major medical reimburseme nt of prescript i on d r ug co-pa y; a nd 3 ) to increase
employee paym e nt for prescription dr ugs to $5 for ge n er ic a nd $1 0 for brand nam e
drugs .
Motion mad e by Commissioner Snook, seco nded by Bowers , to in stitute the fol l o win g
c h a nges to the County's healt h insurance policy : 1 ) to incocpo rate ma nda tory
hospital pre-certification for in-patients; 2) to abolish t h e ma jor medical
rei mbu rse ment of prescription drug co-pay; and 3 ) t o i n crease e mpl oyee payment
Eor prescriptio n drugs to $5 fo r generic a nd $10 for brand nam e drugs , to become
eff ective January 1, 1994. Un a n i mously app rove d.
APPROVAL OF MI NUT ES -NOVEMBER 2 , 1 993
Mot io n made by Commission er Irvin-Craig, seco nded by S nook , to approve the
rninut es of NoveT11ber 2 , 1993 , as s ubm itted . Unanimously approved .
APPROVA L OF NAMES -RECLAMAT I ON LANDF ILL AND PARK
Th e Commissioners agreed to name the n e w County par k o n Kemp s Mill Road, the
Conococh e agu e Park , a nd to name the n e w recla matio n f ill, the Wa s hingto n Co unty
Recla mation La ndfil l.
CHANGES -LI CENS I NG FEES FOR ELE CTR I CI ANS
Barry Teac h , Administrator , in for med the Commi ssio n ers t h at t h e n e w State l a w is
now in effect regar d i ng lic e nse fees and reg u latio n s o n e l ectricia n s . He stated
that the fees went fro m $30/year to $150/2 years a n d changed reg ul atio n s to
req ui re t h at electricia ns o n a n inactive status wh o reactivate their ticensias
mu s t take a n d pa ss anot h er writte n test . The Commission ers agreed to try to ha ve
the lic e nse fee l o wered to $100/2 yea rs a nd asked Mr . Teach to me et with the
Electrical Board Eor its reco mm endatio n.
GRANT ACCEPTANCE -PRICE'S BRI DG E
Motio n mad e by Co mmi ssio n er Snook , seco nded by Shank, to ac c ept a grant from the
Bowman Foundatio n in the a mo unt of $7 ,012 to be used for restoratio n of Price 's
Bridge . Unanim ous ly approved .
RECE S S -GROONDBREAK.ING AND DEDI CAT I ON
The Commissioner s recessed at 12:44 p .m. i n order to atte nd t h e grou ndbreaking
of t h e third pha se oE Ea ster n Boulevard and t h e dedication of th e Winebrenn er
Wast e wat er Treatm ent Pla n t by the Sanitary Co mm issio n.
Co mmissioner Bo wers was exc used from the Meeti ng.
AFTE RNOON SESSI ON
The Aft er noo n Sessio n was co nv ened at 3:11 p.m. by the Presid e n t , Richard E .
Reu l et te , with th e follo wing memb ers present: Comrniss ioners Linda C. Irv in
Craig , Johns. Shank , and Gregory I. Snook.
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SECRETARY I POSITION -HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The Commi ssio ner s agreed to advertise for a Secre tary I position for the Housing
& Co mmun ity Dev e l o pment Of fice as requeste d ra ther than t h e current Clerk Typi st
position .
BOARD/COMMISSION REPORT
Co mmi ssioner Shank reported o n t h e Recreatio n & Parks Board meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Mot i o n mad e by Commissioner Irvi n-Craig , seco nd ed by Shank , to adjourn at 3:38
p .m. Un animously approved .
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