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I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF A DELAY. SO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE LIVE. READY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
IT'S 1102. LET'S CALL THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEETING.
THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT, ONLY ONE ABSENTEE.
AND TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL MEMBERS AND TO OUR ATTORNEY AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE A CLOSED SESSION REPORT. I HAVE TO READ.
A CLOSED SESSION WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 14TH UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
GENERAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE THREE 300 AND 5B1 TO DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN EMPLOYEE PRESENT WERE MYSELF, SUSAN CAMPOS, MARGARET THOMPSON, DANA CALLAHAN, WALTER PALMER, AND JARED DEMONS, DEMONS, DEMONS. STATE BOARD ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR WHO JOINED US VIRTUALLY.
AND THAT WAS ON NOVEMBER 14TH. I SAID THAT YOU DID SAY, OKAY, SORRY.
MY APOLOGIES. YOU TYPED IT ANYWAY. I DID. ALL RIGHT.
IT'S GOING ON THEN. IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 14TH, 2025.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
MARGARET MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 14TH.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SUZANNE. SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.
REQUEST CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE REST OF THE PACKET? ARE YOU COMING ALONG WITH YOUR ELECTION JUDGES? WELL, I'LL DO THE REPORT. SO. OKAY, THE STAFF VIRTUALLY ATTENDED MULTIPLE SB AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THE 2026 ELECTION PLAN THAT YOU GUYS REVIEWED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO WAS PRESENTED AT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH, AND IT WAS APPROVED.
VOTER REGISTRATION. I HAVE THE TOTALS REPORTS FROM NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER INCLUDED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE'RE STILL RECRUITING AND NEED SOME A FEW MORE REPUBLICAN JUDGES.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THE ELECTION JUDGE ASSIGNMENT REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 3RD.
AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS RELEASED THE 2026 ELECTION JUDGES MANUAL FOR LOCAL CUSTOMIZATION.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE MANUAL AND EDITING, ADDING IN WHERE WE CAN CUSTOMIZE FOR THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO US IN CAROLINE COUNTY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTION JUDGE ASSIGNMENTS REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED WHERE WE ARE NEEDING TO FILL VACANCIES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE IT'S VERY FEW THAT NEED TO BE FILLED.
TAMMY'S BEEN REACHING OUT TO JUDGES AND MAINTAINING THE LIST TO TRY TO GET THESE POSITIONS FILLED.
SO I THINK WE'RE STILL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
ANYTHING ELSE? OH. CANDIDATE FILING. AS OF DECEMBER 3RD, 14 CANDIDATES HAVE FILED FOR CANDIDACY AND LOCAL CONTEST IN CAROLINE COUNTY. WE'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH A LIST.
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AND ALSO AS ASIDE, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS UPDATED THEIR WEBSITE.AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. OKAY, JIM.
YES. WHEN I WAS MAKING THAT MOTION, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS APPROVING THESE MINUTES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROVING LIKE THE CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ON THE MINUTES.
I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I AM HERE, BUT AM I AWAKE? DO DO WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE MINUTES THAT WE CLOSED THE REGULAR MEETING, DOES THAT NEED TO BE IN THE MINUTES? BECAUSE IT'S NOT. I DON'T THINK IT IS UNDER CLOSED SESSION.
OKAY. SO IT'S, SO IT IS UNDER THERE THAT THAT COVERS THAT.
WE CLOSED THE REGULAR MEETING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN MY APPROVAL CAN STAY.
WELL, THAT'S TODAY'S MEETING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
OH, NO. ON THE MINUTE. THE OTHER ONE. THE FIRST SENTENCE.
OH, OKAY. SAYS THAT THE MEETING WAS CLOSED. YEAH.
IN THE NOVEMBER 14TH MEETING MINUTES. ON PAGE TWO, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE CLOSED SESSION AND. IS THAT OKAY? JUST SO JUST SO WE HAD IT IN THERE.
YES. YES IT IS. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? NOPE. NOTHING. OKAY.
BOARD ATTORNEY'S REPORT. HE'S GOT HIS MOUTH. HE'S GOT HIS MOUTH FULL OF CANDIES.
ANY OLD BUSINESS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.
NEW BUSINESS. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON AGAIN. NO PUBLIC HEARING.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SCHEDULE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO AS YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I'LL GET CALLED OR NOT.
SO I DON'T FORESEE ANY PRESSING BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN JANUARY.
IF YOU'RE FINE WITH SKIPPING JANUARY, I THINK JANUARY IS A SLOW SESSION.
SLOW MONTH. OKAY, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE HERE TEN MINUTES INSTEAD OF 15.
SO THAT WILL TAKE OUR NEXT MEETING TO FEBRUARY.
AND LET'S SEE. OH, FEBRUARY 13TH FRIDAY THE 13TH.
OH. IS THAT GOOD? YEAH. WE'LL SEE.
AND THE REGULAR 930? YES, AT 930.
OKAY. YEAH. CLOSED SESSION AGAIN. I HAVE ANOTHER PARAGRAPH TO READ HERE.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
GENERAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE THREE 300 AND 5B1 TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT.
EMPLOYMENT. ASSIGNMENT. PROMOTION. DISCIPLINE.
THE MOTION. COMPENSATION. REMOVAL. RESIGNATION.
EXCUSE ME, OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE INTO OR TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
ALL RIGHT. DANA MADE THE MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MARGARET. SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. NOW WE'LL ADJOURN THE OPEN MEETING.
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IS THERE A MOTION? WELL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE OPEN MEETING? I THOUGHT WE JUST DID THAT. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE TO GO INTO OPEN SESSION? JOURNEY. OPEN SESSION? NO. YOU MADE THE MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.OKAY. SO MOVED. SUZANNE MADE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE OPEN SESSION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. DANA MADE THE. DANA MADE THE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL PROCEED TO THE CLOSED SESSION.
THIS MORNING. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS VERY WELL. THANK YOU.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE EARS. YET AFTER. ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF TROUBLE. AND WHAT ARE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.