KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

PUBLIC HEARING

BETTERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 9:30 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 Betterton Volunteer Fire Company, Rock Hall, MD, in the maximum aggregate amount of $248,000.00. 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 acquisition of one 2003 Sparton Pumper Truck.

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

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

No one in attendance spoke for or against the project proposed by Betterton 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 Betterton Volunteer Fire Company, in the amount not to exceed $248,000.00 to be used solely to finance the acquisition of one 2003 Sparton Pumper Truck.

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