KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

PUBLIC HEARING - 1/7/2003

A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 9:35 a.m. in the County Commissioners' Hearing Room in Chestertown, Maryland to permit any resident of Kent County to appear and testify concerning a proposed loan to the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, Rock Hall, MD, in the maximum aggregate amount of $2,000,000.00. The loan or interest thereon shall never constitute an indebtedness or a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the County Commissioners of Kent County, within the meaning of any constitutional or charter provision or statutory limitation and shall not constitute or give rise to any pecuniary liability of the County Commissioners of Kent County. The proceeds of such loan will be used to finance the construction of a new firehouse and community hall.

County Commissioners Roy W. Crow, Scott D. Livie, and William W. Pickrum, were in attendance. There was not representation of the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company.

Notice of public hearing was read into the record by Commissioner Pickrum.

The Commissioners recognized the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company as an improved organization which is authorized and required to provide fire protection, firefighting and emergency medical services in Kent County.

No one in attendance spoke for or against the project proposed by Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company.

A motion was made by Commissioner Livie, seconded by Commissioner Crow and made unanimous by Commissioner Pickrum to approve and execute the resolution for the financing anticipated by the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, in the amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 to be used solely to finance the construction of a new firehouse and community hall.

This hearing was taped for reference and adjourned at 9:42 a.m.