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Legislative Session Recap Legislative Session Recap MAY / JUNE AWARDS ⊲ Lifetime Achievement ⊲ Municipal Achievement ⊲ Distinguished Service ⊲ Legislator The Maryland Municipal League representing maryland's cities and towns Since 2009, LGIT has returned $30,401,500 to its members In Premium Credits. That’s a lot of bucks. Visit us during MML’s Convention – Booths 322 & 323 Local Government Insurance TRUST We take our name seriously. 7225 Parkway Drive Hanover, MD 21076 Tel 443.561.1700 Fax 443.561.1701 www.lgit.org Since 2009, LGIT has returned $30,401,500 to its members MAY/JUNE 2018 CONTENTSLegislative Session Recap On the cover … In Premium Credits. MAY / JUNE After nine long years, municipal Highway User Revenue (HUR) funding was restored thanks to unanimous votes in the State Senate and House of Delegates. See related story on pages 14- That’s a lot of bucks. 22 for information about how AWARDS municipalities fared during the ⊲ Lifetime Achievement ⊲ Municipal Achievement 2018 General Assembly session. ⊲ Distinguished Service ⊲ Legislator The Maryland Municipal League representing maryland's cities and towns Updated Summer Conference Program ..... 6 MML Lifetime Achievement Award ..... 9 My Seat Pleasant App ..... 10 Gaithersburg Book Fair ..... 11 Distinguished Service Award..... 13 MML Membership #MadeitHappen in 2018..... 14 Legislator Awards ..... 23 Bravo Zulu, Karen Abendschein Bohlen ..... 24 Meetings & Upcoming Events ..... 26 Visit us during MML’s Convention Vol. 48 | No. 9 | May/June 2018 – Booths 322 & 323 Municipal Maryland THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE Scott A. Hancock Publisher Karen A. Bohlen Editor-in-Chief Paula Chase Hyman Contributing Editor Thomas C. Reynolds Contributing Editor Sharon P. Easton Circulation Municipal Maryland (USPS 331-980), a publication for and about Maryland's cities and towns, is published nine times a year (monthly November through April and combined May/June, July/August and September/October issues) by the Maryland Municipal League, 1212 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401. The Maryland Municipal League is a non-profit, non-partisan association of Maryland's cities and towns. Information in Municipal Maryland does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Municipal League. Postmaster: Send address changes to Municipal Maryland, 1212 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Second-class postage paid at Annapolis, Maryland 21401 For advertising rates contact: Natalie Whylie, Allegra Marketing+Print+Web, 8950 Old Annapolis Road, Suite121, Columbia MD 21045 Telephone: 410-267-1200, Fax: 410-267-1992, [email protected] Local Government Insurance TRUST Subscription rate: $40/year We take our name seriously. Telephone: 410-268-5514 Toll-Free: 800-492-7121 Fax: 410-268-7004 Web: www.mdmunicipal.org Email: [email protected] | | 7225 Parkway Drive Hanover, MD 21076 Tel 443.561.1700 Fax 443.561.1701 www.lgit.org Municipal Maryland May/June 2018 3 Maryland Municipal League Summer Conference Convention Center – Ocean City June 10-13, 2018 SAVE MONEY! Register on-line for reduced fees. Governor Larry Hogan Dinner Speaker – June 12 Visit mdmunicipal.org/registration for conference details and to register. ODB is the Source for Municipal Products The Largest Inventory of Replacement Municipal Products Anywhere Top Quality | Low Prices | Factory Direct Any Brand, Any Model, Any Part - Give us a Call Street Sweeper Repair Parts Street Sweeper Brooms Municipal Products Since 1910 Leaf Vacuum Repair Parts and Hoses ODB Leaf Vacuums ODB Company www.odbco.com 800-446-9823 4 | May/June 2018 | Municipal Maryland UPDATED 2018 MML SUMMER CONFERENCE PROGRAM SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018 12:00 - 1:00 Department Officers Briefing TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 (continued) 12:30 - 5:00 Coffee, Tea & Decaf 9:00 - 9:30 Snap Learning: Energy Efficiency Incentives 1:00 - 5:30 Registration 9:00 - 10:00 Public Works Department Meeting 1:00 - 5:30 Planning /Board of Appeals Training 9:00 - 10:15 Business Meeting 1:30 - 2:30 Municipal/First Time Attendees Orientation • Banner City/Town Award Recognition 2:45 - 3:45 Chapter Officers Briefing • Election: 2018-19 Board of Directors 2:45 - 3:45 Healthy Working Families Act 9:30 - 10:30 Coffee Break 2:45 - 4:00 Workshop: Medical Cannabis 9:30 - 2:00 Exhibits Open 2:45 - 4:45 Workshop: Structure of Municipal Government (C) Commerce Day 4:15 - 5:30 Workshop: Hot Button Legal Issues (E) 10:30 - 11:30 General Session – Matt Thornhill, Institute for Tomorrow Workshop: Keeping Volunteers Engaged (E) 11:30 - 2:00 Lunch 4:30 - 5:30 Board of Directors Meeting 12:00 - 1:30 MML Past Presidents Lunch 5:30 - 7:00 Welcome Reception & Gubernatorial Candidates Mixer Municipal Clerks Association Lunch 12:15 - 12:45 New Officials Meet and Greet MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2018 1:00 - 2:00 Exhibit Areas Open to Children 8:00 - 4:30 Registration 1:30 - 2:30 Workshop: Engaging Millennials in Gov’t Coffee, Tea & Decaf 1:30 - 3:00 Cabinet Secretaries Roundtable 8:00 - 9:45 Workshop: Consensus & Team Building (C) 2:00 - 2:30 Snap Learning: Sustainabilty According to Twain 8:30 - 9:30 Rehearsal for Parade of Flags 2:30 - 4:30 Workshop: Public Information Act (C) 8:30 - 9:45 Workshop: Effective Records Mgt. 3:00 - 4:30 Discussion Forums 8:30 - 9:45 Workshop: Keeping Municipalities Beautiful • Large Cities 9:00 - 9:30 Snap Learning: 2020 Census Update • Small Towns 10:00 - 11:30 Opening General Session • Tiny Towns • Presentation of Colors 6:00 - 9:30 Children’s Party* • Parade of Municipal Flags 6:00 - 7:00 Cash Bar • Achievement Awards 7:00 - 9:00 Dinner* • Keynote Speaker: Shannon Huffman Polson • Municipal Officials Hall of Fame Inductions 11:30 - 4:00 Exhibits Open • Lifetime Achievement Award 11:30 - 2:00 Lunch • Distinguished Service Award 12:00 - 1:30 Maryland Mayors Association Lunch • Remarks by Governor Hogan MCCMA Lunch • Induction of 2018-19 Board of Directors Municipal Attorneys Association Lunch • Background Music: On the Edge 1:30 - 2:45 Workshop: Building a Multi-Cultural Organization (E) 1:30 - 3:00 Workshop: Municipal Role Combating Opioids (E) 1:30 - 3:30 Workshop: Open Meetings Act (C) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 3:00 - 4:15 Workshop: Police Body-Worn Camera Update (E) 8:30 - 12:00 Registration 3:30 - 4:00 Snap Learning: Tips for Good Internal Controls 8:30 - 10:00 Women in Government Service (WINGS) Breakfast * 3:30 - 4:30 Young Elected Leaders Story Slam 8:30 - 11:30 Coffee, Tea & Decaf 4:00 - 5:00 Prince George’s Elected Women Meeting 9:00 - 10:30 Governor’s Smart Growth Subcabinet Meeting 6:00 - 9:00 Eastern Shore Chapter Dinner* 9:00 - 10:30 Workshop: Building Reuse 6:30 - 9:00 Montgomery Chapter Dinner* 9:00 - 11:00 Workshop: Basics of Risk Management (C) 9:00 - 12:30 Academy Graduate Class - Economic Development (G) * TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 10:30 - 11:00 Snap Learning: Stormwater/Bay Restoration Resources 7:00 - 8:45 Prince George’s County Municipal Association Breakfast* 11:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Nuisance Regulation 7:30 - 8:15 Resolutions Committee Meeting 11:00 - 12:15 Workshop: Responding to Civil Unrest (E) 8:00 - 9:00 Municipal Police Executives Breakfast 12:30 - 2:00 Board of Directors Lunch & Meeting 8:00 - 4:00 Coffee, Tea & Decaf 8:00 - 4:30 Registration 8:30 - 9:00 Credentials Desk Open Academy for Excellence in Local Governance Sessions 8:45 -10:00 Workshop: Municipal Election Issues C = Academy Core E = Academy Elective 8:45 -10:00 Workshop: Recruiting the Next Generation G = Academy Graduates Only of Staffers (E) *Ticket required - must purchase (in addition to the registration fee) prior to conference. Municipal Maryland | May/June 2018 | 5 COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHAEFER CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY GRADUATE PROGRAMS Applied Research & Consulting Graduate Programs that Prepare Services for Government Students to Lead In: Program Evaluation | Policy Analysis Criminal Justice Survey Research | Management Consulting Forensic Science – High Tech Crime Data Collection | Technical Assistance Global Affairs & Human Security LEARN MORE:scpp.ubalt.edu Health Systems Management Human Services Administration Justice Leadership & Management MARYLAND CERTIFIED Negotiations & Conflict Management PUBLIC MANAGER® PROGRAM Nonprofit Management & Social Entrepreneurship Public Administration Leadership Development for Public Managers A nationally accredited, comprehensive LEARN MORE:ubalt.edu/publicaffairs management development program open to state, local, federal, and nonprofit managers who want to upgrade their skills, improve the performance of their organization, and become a Certified Public Manager©. LEARN MORE:marylandcpm.ubalt.edu 6 | May/June 2018 | Municipal Maryland In addition to nearly weekly meetings of MML’s Legislative Committee, nearly 100 city and town leaders made a pilgrimage to Annapolis on two separate occasions during the winter months to show unified support for legislation to reinstate a predictable funding formula. By mid-March, compromises were being discussed and bill amendments drafted. By late March, after nine long years, a bill restoring the majority of munic- ipal road funding beginning in Fiscal Year 2020 finally made it out of committee and onto the House floor for a vote. It passed unanimously! The exact same result occurred just a week later on the Senate floor, 47-0! Not only did we see success with our road funding bills but MML achieved success with the other two 2018 The Incredible Power of ONE Voice! legislative priorities as well. Governor Hogan was By Scott A. Hancock, Executive Director even persuaded to include $4 million in additional road funds in one of his Fiscal 2019 supplemental Midnight on April 9, 2018 marked the end of million in highway revenue since that fateful budget proposals specifically for municipalities. one of the League’s most successful legislative August day in 2009. (The figure was later reduced to $2.1 million by sessions in its 82-year history! What was so For eight consecutive years, MML membership the General Assembly.) remarkable about this session was how success selected the restoration of predictable, formula Many of our members asked how and why we was achieved and the lessons we hope we based state-shared funding to maintain local learned from the experience.
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