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ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026, THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS ENTERED INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

GENERAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE 3-305 B17. THE PURPOSE OF THE SESSION WAS TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CAROLINE, THROUGH THE COUNTY'S ON BOARD GOVERNMENT PORTAL, AND FOR COUNCIL TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. ALTHOUGH THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, THE BOARD RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THAT CAROLINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORWARD A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION.

THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT. OKAY. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS FOR THE

[Extension of Premise]

EXTENSION OF PREMISE FOR TWO LICENSEES. THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE CHOPTANK RIVER YACHT CLUB.

[Choptank River Yacht Club]

PLEASE COME FORWARD. STAND. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU HEREBY SOLEMNLY DECLARE AND AFFIRM, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THAT THE STATEMENT YOU MAKE IN THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

FIRST. KELLY DARLING 25590 ADAMS LANDING ROAD, DENTON, MARYLAND 21629.

NOW, YOU MAY BE SEATED. YES, PLEASE. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, TODAY WE HAVE CHOPTANK RIVER YACHT CLUB LOCATED AT 10287 RIVER LANDING ROAD IN DENTON. AND MISS KELLY IS IN STANDING, AND SHE'S REPRESENTING THE CHOPTANK RIVER CLUB ON BEHALF OF MR. WHALEY WHO HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER OF REQUEST FOR A TEMPORARY ONE DAY EXTENSION OF LICENSE PREMISE AREA FOR AN EVENT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH.

EXCUSE ME. SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 12 P.M. TO 9 P.M..

AND ACCORDING TO THE LETTER, THE SUBMITTED LETTER, EXCUSE ME, THE SERVING AREA EXPANSION WOULD INVOLVE THE INCLUSION OF A PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND RIVER LANDING ROAD INTO THEIR SERVICE AREA.

THE YACHT CLUB HAS MADE US AWARE OF FUTURE EVENTS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR AN EXPANSION OF SUCH PREMISE OF SAID PREMISE AREA LIKE THE TRUNK OR TREAT AT HALLOWEEN AND THE EASTER EGG HUNT.

SO THEIR HOPE IS TO NOT APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THESE ANNUAL EVENTS AND APPROVAL OF EXPANSION AREA THAT WE WILL DISCUSS LATER ON IN THE MEETING.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE, TRYING TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD.

THE INITIAL EXPANSION OF THE PREMISE AREA. AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GENTLEMEN.

LET ME SEE IF I GOT THE SITE PLAN UP. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. DID YOU DRAW THAT? I DID NOT. I THINK IT WAS MR. WHALEY.

HAVE YOU SEEN HIS REPORTS? YEAH, I HAVE. SO KELLY, YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR FUNCTION IS THAT YOU HAVE? SO WE HAVE THE EASTER EGG HUNT FOR THE KIDS.

EVERY YEAR, USUALLY THE WEEK BEFORE EASTER. WE JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO HAVE THE I'M SORRY. DO MY MIND EXPLAINING THIS? JUST YOUR FUNCTION.

JUST LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OR WHATEVER. YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A EASTER EGG HUNT FOR THE KIDS AND HAVE IT SO THAT IF THE ADULTS GET A BEVERAGE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE.

THE TRUNK OR TREAT THAT THEY DO FOR HALLOWEEN.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S VEHICLES OR BARRICADES THAT WOULD BE BARRICADED OFF OUT BY RIVER LANDING ROAD, SO NOBODY CAN GO BEYOND THAT POINT LIKE IT NORMALLY IS.

AND THERE WON'T BE ANY PARKING IN THERE AT THAT TIME. RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE.

THAT'S WHERE THE EGG HUNT WILL BE IN THAT AREA.

CORRECT. AND THEN THERE'S LIKE THE LITTLE GRASSY AREA.

YEAH. RIGHT THERE AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHERE WE.

YEAH, WE TRY TO DO THAT. AND YOU WON'T HAVE ANY BAR SET UP OUTSIDE.

YOU'LL STILL GO INSIDE TO GET DRINKS. JUST THE ABILITY TO BRING THEM OUTSIDE, FOR EITHER OF THEM. RIGHT. GLENN, YOU GOT ANYTHING?

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NO.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT GENEVA HAD MENTIONED AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS TO NOT HAVE TO APPEAR BACK BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A FUTURE EVENT. AND I KNOW IN THE PAST MEETINGS YOU HAD DISCUSSED DOING A THREE YEAR APPROVAL FOR OUR TEMPORARY LICENSE HOLDERS WHO HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT LIKE THE DU DINNER AT THE FEDERALSBURG FIRE HALL.

THE PRESTON DOES SOME CORNHOLE TOURNAMENTS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ANNUALLY.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT'S YOUR PERMANENT LICENSE HOLDER THAT'S SEEKING TO EXPAND THEIR LICENSE PREMISE FOR, YOU KNOW, A ONE DAY EVENT. SO GENEVA IS WORKING ON AND YOU'LL SEE THIS AS YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM AFTER YOUR TEMP LICENSES TO COME UP WITH AN APPROVAL FORMAT FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS IN THREE YEAR INCREMENTS.

WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THAT FORM. WE KIND OF MIRRORED IT AFTER THE OTHER ONE, BUT REALIZING THESE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT DATES, THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO FINALIZE IT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THIS TODAY AS PART OF YOUR APPROVAL WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE WRITTEN PART OF IT AFTER YOU'VE APPROVED THE FORM.

YEAH. SO YOUR NOTICE. WHEN WE DO GET IT SET, WE CAN LET THEM KNOW.

YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE CAN WHEN WE APPROVE IF WE APPROVE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE TO CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY.

IF WE APPROVE THIS WE CAN ALSO GIVE THEM A THREE YEAR A THREE YEAR PENDING ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING FINALIZED.

RIGHT JUST THIS EVENT OR YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THE EASTER EGG HUNT IN THE TRUNK OR TREAT BECAUSE THERE ARE ONES THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND THEY'VE HAD BEFORE THAT YOU COULD DO BOTH OF THOSE.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE LIQUOR BOARD OF THE DATE OF THE EVENT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO BASICALLY, KELLY, WE GET TO THAT POINT TO APPROVE THE EASTER EGG HUNT AND THE TRUNK OR TREAT YOU STILL HAVE TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OFFICE THAT THIS IS THE DATE. THIS IS THE TIME EVERY YEAR.

BUT YOU WON'T HAVE TO FOR THREE YEARS. YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK IN UNLESS THE INSPECTOR STOPS AND THERE'S A PROBLEM WHICH WE NEVER HAD.

SO. OR UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES OR SOMETHING LIKE YOUR PREMISE, YOU DECIDE NOT TO DO IT HERE.

YOU DECIDE TO DO IT OVER HERE OR WHATEVER. IF THAT CHANGES, THEN YOU HAVE TO.

YOU HAVE TO COME IN. OKAY, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CHOPTANK RIVER YACHT CLUB EXPANSION AREA FOR THE, EASTER EGG HUNT AND TO MAKE NOTIFICATION THAT UPON THE BOARD FINALIZING THE APPROVAL FOR EXPANSION AREAS OF THE THREE YEARS THAT THEN WE WOULD NOTIFY YOU GUYS THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THAT AND FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT AT THAT POINT. I SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS TEMP OR THIS EXPANSION, TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF THE PREMISE FOR THE CHOPTANK RIVER YACHT CLUB.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO CARRIED. THANK YOU, KELLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KELLY. I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH MR. WHALEY.

YES. YEAH. YES, SIR. YOU WILL HAVE TO GET WITH GENEVA.

FOR. SHE WILL HAVE TO. DOES SHE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AFTERWARDS.

GENEVA WILL CONTACT HER. YEAH, I'LL CONTACT HER.

EITHER YOU OR MR. WHALEY. I'LL CONTACT YOU. THANK YOU.

BEFORE YOU, MR. JIM, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I'LL HAVE YOU STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[American legion Caroline Post #29]

WE HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION. CAROLINE, POST 29 COMING IN FOR A LETTER OF REQUEST TO BUILD AN ADDITION ON YOUR LICENSE PREMISE.

PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I'LL HAVE YOU DO THE OATH.

DO YOU HEREBY SOLEMNLY DECLARE AND AFFIRM, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THAT THE STATEMENT YOU MAKE AND THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HARVEY, AND I AM A REPRESENTATIVE LICENSEE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY, GENTLEMEN WE HAVE AMERICAN LEGION, CAROLINE POST NUMBER 29, LOCATED AT 9238 LEGION ROAD IN DENTON. MR. HOWARD HAD SUBMITTED A LETTER OF REQUEST TO BUILD AN ADDITION ON THEIR

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LICENSED PREMISE. ACCORDING TO THE SUBMITTED LETTER, THE PURPOSE OF THE ADDITION IS TO PROVIDE AN OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO CONDUCT FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL BUSINESS NEEDS, AS WELL AS TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR DISABLED VETERANS FROM HAVING TO CLIMB STEPS AND OTHER EXISTING OBSTACLES, LIMITING THEIR ACTIVE AND ELDER VOLUNTEERS.

THIS NEW ADDITION WILL PROVIDE A SAFE EVACUATION IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.

THE ADDITION IS APPROXIMATELY 15 BY 35, WITH NO INTENT TO SERVE OR STORE ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

AND I WILL REFER THE APPLICANT BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AS TO WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON.

OH, WE HAVE AN OFFICE AREA THAT'S UPSTAIRS IN OUR BUILDING THAT IT'S MISERABLE TO GET UP THE STEPS.

WE'RE LIMITED IN SPACE UP THERE. IT'S PROBABLY 40 OR 50 YEARS OLD.

EVEN MYSELF, I HAVE LEG ISSUES. WE HAVE A FINANCE OFFICER WHO HAS HAD BYPASS SURGERIES, AND EVERYBODY'S GETTING OLD. EVERYBODY HURTS, AND WE'RE AFRAID SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME DOWN THE STEPS OR WHATEVER AND HURT THEMSELVES. WE PRESENT IT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND THEY AGREED THAT WE WOULD GET A CONTRACTOR AND WE'D GO AHEAD AND PUT UP A 15 BY 30, 35, WHATEVER THE THINGS ARE GOING TO END UP WITH.

TO A PLACE OF JUST A SPECIFIC OFFICE IN DOWNSTAIRS.

IT'S AN AREA THAT WE'VE CHECKED THE ZONING PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ANYTHING, AND WE JUST PLAN ON PUTTING THIS ADDITION THERE.

IT'LL HAVE A DESIGNATED ENTRANCE THAT WILL BE CONTROLLED ACCESS AND AN EMERGENCY EXIT OUTSIDE.

OKAY. YOU WON'T. I THINK I SAW IN YOUR LETTER YOU WON'T BE SERVING ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING OUT OF THIS.

THIS IS JUST AN OFFICE OR WHATEVER.

NO STORAGE? NO, SIR. RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T. I'M ALREADY AWARE OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK IT'LL HELP THE LEGIONNAIRES AND EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT NEEDS TO GET IN THAT OFFICE BECAUSE GETTING IT OFF THE SECOND FLOOR AND GETTING IT TO THE FIRST FLOOR. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'LL MAKE THE BUILDING LOOK NICER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BRING THAT WHOLE SIDE OUT TO SQUARE IT OFF AND EVERYTHING. GLENN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT? NO, I SUPPORT THIS. I'M LIKE MIKE. OH NOTHING ELSE FURTHER.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMERICAN LEGION'S ADDITION TO THEIR BUILDING.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE SIZE ON THIS, BUT ACCORDING TO THE DRAWINGS, IT'S ACTUALLY A 16 BY 30.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO ANY BIGGER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'LL FIT PROPERLY.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL THAT'S MY MOTION. I SECOND THAT MOTION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS LICENSE EXPANSION FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 29.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SO CARRIED.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR CONSTRUCTION.

SOME SNOW GOES AWAY. YEAH. IF IT GOES AWAY, YEAH.

EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE COMPLAINING. BUT. YES, SIR, WE WILL.

THINK THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD. ADMINISTRATION THEIR ANNUAL ONE DAY SPECIAL EVENT EXTENSION OF

[Administration]

LICENSED PREMISES AREA APPROVAL. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. I'VE SERVED AS YOUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

SO IT'S BEEN ME AND ONLY ME. SO KEEPING RECORDS HAS BEEN UP HERE THAT I KNOW THAT TEN YEARS AGO,

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YOU KNOW THE FEDERALSBURG FIRE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, YOU APPROVED THEIR DU DINNER TO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THE BOARD, BUT HAVE DISCOVERED AND HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATING FOR GENEVA WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS A LICENSE AND SHE'S DOING WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO, SAYING, YOU GOT TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SO SHE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT SETTING UP SOME, YOU KNOW, FORMS AND DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BETTER TRACK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE SO THAT THE BOARD'S AWARE, THE APPLICANTS ARE AWARE, AND THERE'S SOMETHING FOR THE FILE THAT WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF IT.

AND IT ALSO KEEPS EYES ON IT SO THAT AT LEAST IN THOSE THREE YEAR INCREMENTS, THEY'RE COMING BACK AND YOU'RE ASSURING THAT NOTHING'S CHANGED.

EVERYTHING'S STILL GOOD. AND SHE WORKED ON ONE TO KIND OF LOOK LIKE WHAT WE DID FOR THE TEMP LICENSE HOLDERS TO DO FOR THE PERMANENT LICENSE HOLDERS.

THE ONES THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IS THE YACHT CLUB HAS SOME EVENTS.

THE PUB USED TO DO THEIR SAINT PATTY'S DAY STREET EVENT.

I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE WERE ANY MORE THAT WERE PERMANENT LICENSE HOLDERS THAT DID ANY KIND OF OUTDOOR EVENTS, AND I'M NOT SURE THERE WERE.

AND YES, THE LEGION AS WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TURKEY SHOOTS BIKE SHOWS THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS THE.

THE VFW IN FEDERALSBURG BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME ANNUAL EVENTS.

RIGHT? THEY'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANY BEFORE, BUT I COULD SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE AS BEING ONE OF THOSE.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT FORM TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WOULD FOLLOW THE OTHER ONE, BUT THEN REALIZED THEY'LL BE DIFFERENT DATES AND WE CAN'T REALLY LIST THE DATES LIKE WE DID ON THE OTHER ONE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FINE TUNE THAT AND HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU, AND THEN WE CAN BRING BACK FOR THE YACHT CLUB FOR YOU TO SIGN THE ONE FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT AND THE EASTER EGG HUNT. AND THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE ALL THE LICENSE HOLDERS, LIKE IF FOR SOME REASON, LET'S JUST SAY ROADHOUSE DID SOMETHING. WELL, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD COME UP HERE BEFORE YOU AND THEY COULD REQUEST THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, IF IT'S A FIRST TIME EVENT, IT'S UP TO YOU TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT THEM TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR TO SEE HOW IT WENT BEFORE YOU GIVE THEM A THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD.

SO IF THEY WANT TO REQUEST THAT AS AN ANNUAL EVENT, THEY WILL, AND IT'LL BE UP TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO GRANT THAT OR HAVE THEM DO IT FOR A YEAR TO SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

OKAY. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO SAY, WELL, WELL, NOT THIS YEAR.

RIGHT. BUT IF YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL.

AND YOU REMEMBER YOU DID THAT WITH SAINT WITH THE PUB FOR A COUPLE YEARS JUST SAID COME BACK.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT WAS LIKE THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES AND YOU DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY AS LONG AS THEY NOTIFIED US.

YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, EVERYTHING I'M READING LOOKS FINE TO ME, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL CRITIQUE IT WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE JUST AT A LITTLE BIT OF.

YEAH A SIMILAR FORMAT IS JUST ALIGNING IT WITH WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO NEXT MONTH. IS THERE A CHARGE WITH THIS? NO, NO. SO IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO? WE HAVE TO MOTION ON THIS.

MAKE A MOTION ON TODAY. OR. I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE KIND OF THE FORMAT WE'RE GOING WITH FOR THE APPROVAL WILL BRING YOU THE FINAL ONE NEXT MONTH THAT. YEAH. IF IT'S ALL GOOD, YOU CAN YOU CAN VOTE ON IT TO OR YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT FOR THE YACHT CLUB.

DO YOU NEED US TO APPROVE THE DRAFT AS WRITTEN? IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH SETTING UP THIS PROCESS, THEN WE'LL FINALIZE THE FORM.

WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS ANY MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE LICENSE HOLDERS THAN WHAT IT IS.

AND, I MEAN, KELLY WAS THE FIRST TIME PERSON TODAY.

SHE WAS NERVOUS. BUT KELLY GETS NERVOUS. BUT, I MEAN, AND I GET IT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE COMING BEFORE SOMETHING. YOU'RE A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT IT.

SO I MEAN, WHAT I'VE READ OF THE DRAFT, I HAVE I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU WILL NITPICK SOMETHING IN THERE AND MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE WILL BE NEEDED. ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU COME TO THAT POINT BUT I WOULD APPROVE THE DRAFT AS WRITTEN TODAY TO BE FINALIZED AND BROUGHT BACK TO US NEXT MONTH. WE'VE GOT SOME CHANGES SO IT'LL HAVE SOME CHANGES.

BUT IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH PROCEEDING WITH HAVING THIS FORM FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE REQUESTED, THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IN A FINAL VERSION.

YEAH, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE DRAFT.

AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S BROUGHT BACK TO US NEXT MONTH BEFORE WE MAKE APPROVALS.

OKAY, I SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS DRAFT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LICENSED PREMISE AREA APPROVAL. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE.

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ALL OPPOSED. CARRIED. THANK YOU. I WILL FINALIZE IT, AND WE'LL HAVE IT FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

GENEVA, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND THE EFFORT.

OH. NO PROBLEM. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OUR NEXT IS OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.

[Board Administrator Report]

OH, YES. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US. I DO. IT'LL BE VERY QUICK.

BOARD ADMINISTRATOR REPORT WE HAD WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TEMPORARY LICENSE HOLDERS HAVE EVENTS THIS MONTH THAT WILL INCLUDE GOLDSBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY. THEY HAD THEIR SHRIMP DINNER ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH.

CAROLINE DORCHESTER FAIR BOARD. THEY HAD THEIR SPORTSMEN'S BASH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH.

THE FRIENDS OF CAROLINE COUNTY LIBRARY HAD THEIR MINI GOLF EVENT ON FEBRUARY 21ST.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST. AND TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER.

THAT EVENT, THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, THAT'S TOMORROW.

EXCUSE ME. THE 26TH FROM 4 TO 8 P.M.. EXCUSE ME.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, RED LIGHT LIQUORS PICKED UP THEIR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH, AND REOPENED THEIR BUSINESS THAT SUNDAY THE FIRST THAT CONCLUDES THE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.

GENEVA, DID YOU WANT TO ALSO ADD THE UPDATE ON THE RENEWALS? OH YES. YES. THE RENEWALS HAVE BEEN MAILED OUT TO ALL.

I THINK IT'S 36 BUSINESSES. AND THEY ARE TO HAVE IT IN HOUSE BY MARCH 31ST NEXT MONTH. YEAH. SO WE ARE MOVING ALONG. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S AN INSPECTOR REPORT.

TREY NEVER PROVIDED ANYTHING FOR ME. SO AT THIS POINT, WE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

[Meeting Adjournment]

I MOVE TO ADJOURN. I SECOND THE MOTION. SO MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SO CARRIED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.