Are Some Pandemic Quick Fixes Here to Stay? A Longer-Term Look at Short-Term Solutions
County Government and Structure / Human Resources / Summer Conference
Are Some Pandemic Quick Fixes Here to Stay? A Longer-Term Look at Short-Term Solutions

MACo’s Summer Conference is coming up August 18-21, 2021, and is completely IN-PERSON at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, MD. Join us for insightful and beneficial sessions focusing on local government challenges and priorities. MACo’s Summer Conference – “Resilient. Responsive…Ready.” will cover evergreen issues that impact counties, as well as many topics pertaining to response and recovery around the pandemic, such as those described in the session below: Are Some Pandemic Quick Fixes…

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July 20, 2021
Fun Fact: QUIZ…Can You Name All 24 Maryland County Seats?
County Government and Structure / County News / Fun Fact
Fun Fact: QUIZ…Can You Name All 24 Maryland County Seats?

A county seat is the town or city where county government is centered. It is where the executive and legislative branches of county government have their offices, and the county courthouse is found. Of the 50 states, Maryland is among those with the fewest number of local governments. Local government is found in Maryland's 23 counties, 157 towns and cities, including Baltimore City, and special taxing districts, which are created by state, county, and municipal…

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May 28, 2021
County Government and Structure / County News
Maryland in 35 Minutes? Fair or Not? Watch and Decide For Yourself

A YouTube series called "The US Explained" recently released its installment on the seventh state, Maryland. That is Interesting is a YouTube channel that recently undertook the adventure of going state by state, and profiling each of the Unite States with its own video, describing history, geography, and culture across each. The Maryland video, about 35 minutes long, was released this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EhpwWIqsJQ&t=100s What do you think? Does this snippet do our state justice? Did…

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May 27, 2021
County Government and Structure / Employee Benefits and Relations / Finance and Procurement / Intergovernmental Relations
The Next Census of Governments is Right Around the Corner

In 2022, the US Census will conduct its five-year Census of Governments, an inventory of public sector entities serving Americans at every level - be ready now for a streamlined survey effort ahead. Census of Governments The Census of Governments identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local government sector; provides authoritative benchmark figures of public finance and public employment. The U.S. Census Bureau is beginning its Census of Governments outreach and…

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May 17, 2021
Baltimore County Announces New Dept of Housing and Community Development
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Baltimore County Announces New Dept of Housing and Community Development

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today signed legislation creating the County’s first dedicated Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to help ensure access to affordable housing, provide housing stability support, and develop stronger neighborhoods by providing community revitalization supports in a timely and efficient manner. Of the state’s largest jurisdictions, Baltimore County is the only one that does not currently operate a dedicated housing and community development department. The County’s new Department of Housing…

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May 10, 2021
Coronavirus / County Government and Structure / Public Information and Ethics
Civic Participation: One Possible Upside of the Shutdowns?

An author on Route Fifty argues that wider use of remote access tools may mark an expansion in civic and public participation in governance. Megan Asikainen from CivicClerk (a component of CivicPlus, the company that developed and manages MACo's website), talks through the remote access mini-revolution born from the health pandemic...and finds a silver lining in making policy processes even more open to the public, through wider acceptance of online access tools. From the Route…

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April 29, 2021
Olszewski Announces Plans for County Department of Housing and Community Development
County Budgets / County Government and Structure / County News / Housing and Community Development / Now Hear This
Olszewski Announces Plans for County Department of Housing and Community Development

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced plans to introduce legislation that would create Baltimore County's first Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). The new DHCD would help ensure access to affordable housing, provide housing stability support, and develop stronger neighborhoods by providing community revitalization supports in a timely and efficient manner. From the press release: “Access to quality housing is a fundamental right and we must do whatever we can to build stronger,…

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April 1, 2021
Baltimore City Announces Chief Data Officer, Broadband and Digital Equity Director
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Baltimore City Announces Chief Data Officer, Broadband and Digital Equity Director

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott today announced two appointments for Chief Data Office and the City's first Director of Broadband and Digital Equity. Mayor Scott announced Justin Elszasz, currently the Deputy Director and Analytics Lead for the Mayor’s Office of Performance & Innovation, will serve as the administration’s Chief Data Officer. Jason Hardebeck has been appointed as the City’s first Director of Broadband and Digital Equity. Elszasz and Hardebeck officially assume their roles in the…

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March 22, 2021
County Government and Structure / Government Liability and Courts / Public Information and Ethics
Washington County Commissioners Vote to Remove Meinelschmidt Over Ethics Stir, Suit to Follow

The Washington County Commissioners voted to dismiss fellow Commissioner Cort Meinelschmidt from his seat, after a recent ethics matter. The action may end up in court, with authority for the move not fully clear. Cort Meinelschmidt, elected as County Commissioner in 2018, was removed from his seat by a vote of the other sitting Commissioners this week. Their action came in the wake of ethics concerns arising from a fledgling business connected to Meinelschmidt receiving…

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February 26, 2021
Mayor Scott to Hire Baltimore’s First Digital Equity Director
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Mayor Scott to Hire Baltimore’s First Digital Equity Director

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott today announced that he will hire Baltimore City’s first Director of Broadband and Digital Equity. This position will serve as Baltimore City’s primary representative for coordination with internal and external stakeholders focused on digital equity and broadband connectivity issues while working to expand public access for Baltimore residents. More than 60,000 Baltimore City households do not have internet access. Mayor Scott said the City will adopt a comprehensive approach to…

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February 25, 2021
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