Commissioners confirm appointments, approve consent agenda and pension‑board nominees

The Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 14 approved several administrative appointments and consent items, and confirmed new representatives to multiple boards.

Appointments and confirmations included redesignating Calvert County’s representative to the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Control Committee from Jessica Catano to Amaya Plek Tom (planner III) and replacing the Social Services Advisory Board representative from Jennifer Moreland to Jacqueline Culver (deputy director, Department of Community Resources). The board voted to confirm the recommended changes.

The board adopted the consent agenda, which included: a Department of Economic Development budget amendment for Economic Development Authority loan applications; a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Community Resources and the Calvert County Health Department for the 2025 Highway to Health program; the Department of Planning and Zoning’s Calvert County Flood Mitigation Plan annual update; and approval of the Department of Community Resources agency safety plan for bus transit.

On the Sheriff’s Office Pension Plan Board of Trustees, the board approved citizen appointments Suzanne Benedict, Megan Sutphin and John Trust to three vacant citizen positions and appointed Bobby Jones as the retired member; Commissioner Ireland recused himself from that vote. The board also reappointed William Bass to the Historic District Commission.

Each motion carried on voice vote. No fiscal appropriation beyond the consent items listed in the packet was debated separately during the meeting.