Veterans Day: The Offices of the Charles County Government, and the Tri-County Animal Shelter in Hughesville, MD, will be closed on Monday, November 12, in observance of Veterans Day. The Charles County Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center and Composting Facility in Waldorf, and the Pisgah Recycling Center will be open. Curbside recycling service will not be affected.
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Permit Seminars: The Department of Planning and Growth Management’s Permits Administration will offer a free seminar on Sediment and Erosion Control Inspections on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 9 a.m. in theCommissioners’ Meeting Room in the County Government Building.
The topic and date for the final seminar of 2007 is: – December 7, 2007 – Semi-Annual Development Services Permit Final Closeout. Permit seminars are also shown on Charles County Government Cable Channel 95. The broadcast schedule is available on the Channel 95 website. If you would like to request a VHS or DVD copy of a seminar, please follow the link to download the appropriate form. For more information, please call 301-645-0692.
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Hazardous Waste Collection: The final 2007 household hazardous waste collection day will be on Saturday, December 1, 2007, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Charles County Sanitary Landfill on Billingsley Road East between Piney Church Road and Route 5.
Items accepted free of charge include pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer, gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, paint, cleaning supplies, pool chemicals, batteries, expired prescription drugs, and other poisons that are around your house. Please keep the materials in their original containers whenever possible, and bring them to the collection site in cardboard boxes to ease unloading.
For more information, please call the Charles County Department of Public Facilities at 301-932-3599 or 301-870-2778, or the landfill information service at 301-932-5656.
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County Administrator Re-Elected Association President: Charles County Administrator Paul W. Comfort, Esq. has been re-elected as President of the Maryland County Administrator’s Association. Mr. Comfort was re-elected for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term by his peers at the recent Maryland Association of Counties Administrators and Attorneys Conference held in Annapolis, Maryland.
Maryland Association of Counties Executive Director David Bliden said of Comfort’s re-election, Paul has demonstrated profound leadership during his past three terms of office for all of Maryland’s Administrative Officers and I look forward to continuing to work