2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 2
Charles County Government Annual Report • 2024
CHARLES COUNT Y GOVERNMENT
2024
ANNUAL
REPORT
Charles Count y Board of Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Your Charles Count y Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Commissioner Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Resident Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Organizational Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Year In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recognition & Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
A Look Ahead in 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
RESILIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY
Heritage Center At Mallows Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
RESPONSE & SAFETY
Mallows Bay Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
New Animal Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Climate Action Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Public Safet y Radio System Update . . . . . . . . . . 33
Planting Native Seedlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mobile Integrated Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recycling & Lit ter Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
New EMTClass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
QUALITY OF LIFE
Sports & Wellness Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hot & Cold Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Expanded Recreation Of ferings & Parks . . . 20-21
Berr y Pointe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Calm Cove Sensor y Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Waldorf Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Children and Family Resource Academy . . . . . . 23
Western Charles Count y Technology Corridor . 38
Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25
Innovation In Economic Development . . . . . . . . 39
Housing Choice Voucher Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE
Public Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Charles Count y’s Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-42
Public Works & Infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29
Count y Goverment Recruitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Southern Mar yland Rapid Transit. . . . . . . . . . 30-31
Public Engagement & Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45
ABOUT CHARLES COUNTY GOVERNMENT
The mission of Charles County Government is to provide our citizens the highest quality service possible in a timely, efficient
and courteous manner. To achieve this goal, our government must be operated in an open and accessible atmosphere, be
based on comprehensive long- and short-term planning and have an appropriate managerial organization tempered by fiscal
responsibility. We support and encourage efforts to grow a diverse workplace. Charles County is a place where all people thrive
and businesses grow and prosper; where the preservation of our heritage and environment is paramount; where government
services to its citizens are provided at the highest level of excellence; and where the quality of life is the best in the nation.
It is the policy of Charles County to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, age,
national origin, religious or political affiliation or opinion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information,
gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by law.
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