Southern Maryland Senate Delegation: Roy P. Dyson; Thomas M. Middleton; Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
Southern Maryland House of Delegates Delegation: John L. Bohanan, Jr.; Sally Y. Jameson; Sue Kullen; Murray D. Levy; Peter F. Murphy; Anthony J. O'Donnell; John F. Wood, Jr.
Calvert County Commissioners: Gerald W. Clark; Linda L. Kelley; Wilson H. Parran; Susan Ellsworth Shaw; Barbara A. Stinnett.
Charles County Commissioners: Reuben B. Collins; F. Wayne Cooper; Samuel N. Graves; Gary V. Hodge; Edith J. Patterson.
St. Mary's County Commissioners: Kenneth R. Dement; Lawrence D. Jarboe; Thomas A. Mattingly, Sr.; Daniel H. Raley; Francis J. (Jack) Russell.
Appointed by Southern Maryland Municipal Association: one vacancy
At-Large members: Craig J. Renner; Mary Lynn Stone; Robert L. Swann.
Nonvoting members: John A. Candela, John W. Dockery, Christopher J. Reynolds (County Economic Development Commissions); Joanne Ptack, John F. Taylor, Sr., John R. Ward (County Planning Commissions).
Nonvoting ex officio members: Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning; David W. Edgerley, Secretary of Business & Economic Development.
Wayne E. Clark, Executive Director
P. O. Box 745
15045 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville, MD 20637 - 0745
(301) 274-1922; (301) 870-2520 (Washington, DC area)
e-mail: info@tccsmd.org
web: www.tccsmd.org/
Formed on December 6, 1964, the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland fosters the economic and social development of the southern Maryland counties (Calvert County, Charles County, & St. Mary's County). In 1965, the Governor recognized the Council as the cooperative planning and development agency for Southern Maryland. The Council was established by statute in 1966 and became a tax-exempt corporation in 1970 (Chapter 586, Acts of 1966; Chapter 573, Acts of 1970). The Council's enabling law was reenacted as State general legislation in 1976 (Chapter 708, Acts of 1976). In 1984, the status of the Council as an independent agency was confirmed (Chapter 373, Acts of 1984).
The Council brings together local, State and federal resources to address issues in economic development; environmental protection; and regional resource management, which includes transportation, utilities, urban growth and development, housing, and public facilities and services. Annually, the Council submits its proposed programs and operating budget for the next fiscal year to the Department of Business and Economic Development. At least every four years, the Council reevaluates the General Development Plan for Southern Maryland, following the election of State and local officials (Chapter 36, Acts of 1979).
Thirty-seven members make up the Council. Twenty-nine are voting members, and eight nonvoting (Code 1957, Art. 20).
Appointed by Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland to 4-year terms: Lisa Barge; Joan Bearden; Chris Campany; Bert Dean; Earl E. Griffith; William Hittee; Carolyn McHugh; Thomas M. Middleton; Roz Racanello; Daniel Raley; Donna Sasscer; Stephen Walter; John F. Wood, Jr.
Special members appointed to 1-year terms: Suzy Hance-Wells; Mary Wood.
Ex officio (nonvoting): Lawrence D. Jarboe, Chair, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland; Earl F. (Buddy) Hance, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; Steven Wall, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Herb Reed, designee of Dean, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park.
Christine L. Bergmark, Ph.D., Director
P. O. Box 745
15045 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville, MD 20637 - 0745
(301) 274-1922
e-mail: cbergmark@somarylandsogood.com
web: www.somarylandsogood.com
The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission was convened in 2000 by the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland. At that time, the State of Maryland had instituted a voluntary tobacco buy-out program, administered by the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, to encourage farmers to stop growing tobacco.
The Commission assists farmers in transitioning from tobacco production to alternative crops and agricultural enterprises. With the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, the Commission also has developed and revised the Tobacco Transition and Southern Maryland Strategic Plan for Agriculture.
The Commission consists of twenty-one members. The Tri-County Council appoints fifteen members to 4-year terms, and two to one-year terms. Four members serve ex officio.
© Copyright July 06, 2007 Maryland State Archives