January 11, 2019

NEW YEAR, NEW FACES, SAME MACo

2019 MACo President and Harford County Executive Barry Glassman

With the change of the new year, has come change in county government. During the MACo Winter Conference, several changes in leadership occurred. The 2019 MACo Board of Directors was installed, bringing 11 new faces to leadership. Of those 11, Queen Anne's County Commissioner Jack Wilson, was appointed as chair of the Rural County Coalition.Veteran board member and board officer, Baltimore City Council Member Sharon Green Middleton, took a position, along with 3 others, as the new faces of the MACo Diversity Caucus. 2019 MACo Board l Jack Wilson as RCC Chair Officers of Diversity Caucus

See How It Went: Photo Recap of #MACoCon “Charting the Course” 2018 Legislative Handbook Series - An Indispensable Reference Department Will Enforce New Animal Shelter Standards

2019 Summer #MACoCon Will Blow You Away: “Winds of Change” Queen Anne’s Commissioner Jack Wilson Elected New Chair of RCC at #MACoCon Diversity Caucus Installs 2019 Board at #MACoCon

Prince George’s County Offering Assistance to Struggling Federal Workers Mayor Selects Michael Harrison for Baltimore City Police Commissioner Belton Leaving DNR Post, Returning to Charles County

Prince George’s School Board Member Proposes Free Student Meals During Shutdown MSDE Awards Grants for Teacher Recruitment, Out-of-School Time Programs

Bill to Restore Full SALT Deduction Emerges in New Congress When Do State Tax Changes Spill Over into County Budgets?

Baltimore Sun Talks 2019 General Assembly Session on Facebook Fresh Faces to Watch in Annapolis

Franchot: Tax Refunds Won’t be Affected By Government Shutdown Maryland Winning Fiscal ‘Give & Take’ with Federal Government in 2017

State Receives $10.6M Grant for Early Learning Call in for a Federal Update — 5G, Clean Water Rules, Infrastructure, & Opioids

Conduit Street Podcast Corner:

2019 Session Preview

On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Michael Sanderson, Kevin Kinnally, and Natasha Mehu preview the 2019 session of the Maryland General Assembly. Education, healthcare, minimum wage, Tobacco 21, cannabis, sports betting, redistricting, public safety, and criminal justice issues are all hot topics.

Listen to any MACo Podcast Episode: www.mdcounties.org/Podcast

County Executives in Action

Baltimore

Howard

Prince George's

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski hosts his first town hall meeting

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball listens to constituents during two listening sessions

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks establishes aid package during federal shutdown

Corporate Partner Corner

Thank You Corporate Partners for sponsoring Winter MACo!

Platinum Partners: Local Government Insurance Trust Nationwide Retirement Solutions Gold Partners: Aetna AT&T BGE Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company Cigna Comcast Kaiser Permanente MD-DE-D.C. Beverage Association UnitedHealthCare Silver Partners : CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Motorola Solutions, Inc.

NORESCO, LLC WGL Energy Services, Inc. Bronze Partners: Constellation Correct Care Solutions LGIT Health Maryland Environmental Serivice NAIOP Maryland, Inc. Panasonic Pepco/Delmarva Power Energy Savings for Business PNC Bank Potomac Edison, A FirstEnergy Company Presidio PrimeCare Medical, Inc. The NorthEast Maglev Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC

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