KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

Millington Community Volunteer Fire Company

PUBLIC HEARING - 3/19/2002

A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 10:00 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 Millington Community Volunteer Fire Company, Millington, MD, in the maximum aggregate amount of $242,152.00. 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 a new Pumper-Tanker Truck.

County Commissioners Ronald H. Fithian, Larry B. Beck, and W. Michael Newnam were in attendance as well as Wayne Pyle, representing the Community Volunteer Fire Company, and members of the media.

Notice of public hearing was read into the record by Commissioner Fithian as well as letter of request by the Board of Directors for the Commissioners' support for borrowing funds needed for the truck prepared by Catherine Willis, President, Community Volunteer Fire Company.

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

A motion was made by Commissioner Newnam, seconded by Commissioner Beck and made unanimous by Commissioner Fithian to approve the financing anticipated by the Millington Community Volunteer Fire Company, in the amount of $242,152.00 for the acquisition of a new Pumper-Tanker Truck.

This hearing was taped for reference and adjourned at 10:08 a.m.