Town Commissioners Minutes — 2026-01-22

QUEENSTOWN COMMISSIONERS

Special Meeting January 22,2026 PRESENT: CommissionersAl Hardee and Bryon Callahan, Town ManagerAmy Moore, Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan, Attorney's assistant Jennifer Dindinger, and Engineer James Cook.

SPECIAL MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 1:03 P.M.

Callahan motion to leave special meeting at l:03 p.m. to enter into a Closed Session to obtain legal advice on USDA project.from the Town Attornqt. Hardee second. VOTE: 2 alte - 0 nqt.

Callahan motion to adiourn Closed Session at 2: 17 p.m. and resume Special Meetinq. Hardee second. VOTE: 2 atte - 0 nalt.

There being no.further business before the Commissioners. Callahan motion to adjourn the Special Meeting at 2:17 p.m. Hardee second. VOTE: 2 aye - 0 nay.

Respectfully submitted, Amy W.

Town Manager

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tjxIjCtJl'lVE Sf.TSSION fcircle the scction olthe law which authorizes the closed session):

Open Mcctings Act. N'lar1'land ('or1c Annotatecl. Statc (ior,'ernment Article, :\10- -50ti(a), 2004 I{ept. Vol.

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(i) thc appointrneut. cmpltlymcnt. assignnrent, prontotion. cliscipline.

demotion" compcnsation. remtlr al. resignation. or perlortnallce evaluation of appointees. et-nploy'ecs, or olllcials r)ver rr,hoin it has .jurisdiction. or ( ii) any othc'r pc'rSt)nocl inafter that aflects I or n-Lore specific inclir, iduals:

(2) protect thc priv'acy ()r rcpLttation ol'intliritluals i,vith respect t() it matter

that is ntrt rclatcrl to puhlic busincss:

(i) considcr the acqLrisition ol'rcal propertl lbr ei public purpose and nretttcrs directll relatecl thercto:

(4) consiiler a nrattcr that conccrns the proposal Irtr a husincss tlr irrdustrial organization to locatc" cr1'rancl. or rcnrain in tltc Statc;

5) ( consittr:r the irrr cstmcnt ol'public lirnds:

(6) consider the marke ting ol'public secruritics;

consult r.r,'ith counsel to obtain legal advice:

(8) consult with staff-. or other individLrals about pending or potential

litigation;

(9) concluct collective bargaining negotiations or consider matters that relate to the negotiations;

( 10) discuss public securitv, if the puhlic body determines that public discussion wor-rld constitute a risk to the pLrblic or to the public security, including;

(i) the deployment of fire and police services and staf| and

(ii) the development and implementation o['emergency plans;

( I i ) prepare, administer. or grade a scholastic, licensing. or qualilying examination;

( 121 condLtct or discLrss an investigative proceeding on actrtal or possible criminal conduct:

( I 3 ) comply tvith a spcrcitic constitutional, stzrtutt.try, or judicially imposed recluiremcnt that prevents ptrblic ctisclosures about a particular proceeding or matter; or (14) beforc a contract is awarded or bids are openecl. discuss a matter directly if relatetl to a ne gotiating strategy or thc colttents of a bid or proposal, public cliscLrssion or clisclosure r.l'oultl aclversely impact the ability of the

public body to participatc in the competitive bidding or proposal process (-l) -I'OWN BOARI). AGLrN(lY. OR ('OMMISSTON PROPOSING (ll,OSED OR trXECt J]'lVE SIrSS ION :

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(9) 'I'OPICS

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(Or,,:{ioafi( I herchy certily tlrat I ant the presicling otllcc:r of QWz.Jhwl. ., public board, agency, commission. committee, clr other pr-rblic body of the Tor,vn of Mlaryland. I further certity that by a nrajority vote on the L1r"cl day of Queenstown, {onvaul the af'oresaici agency, board, committee, or commrsslon voted to t"rtU u meeting for the pLrrposes, anci to discr,rss the topics, set forth above, and that

no oth " e t r ,i r t d o d p ics were discussecl, and that the fbregoing is a true record of the closed mecting descrihed hercin. Ihe ('lcrk (ir Secrcttr) is dir,,:ctecl to maintain this docttntcnt as apublic r€ctrrtl ol'thc'lorrn olQuccnstor,,rt. attd ttl irppc'nd thc satnc ttl the ntitlLttcs trl' the next puhlic tnr'elinS trf the att,rcsai.i rlgenc)'. hoard, committe-e. ttr comt't.tissiott.

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