CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND

World Wide Web sites:
Economic Development Dept.: http://www.co.cal.md.us
Libraries: http://www.somd.lib.md.us/CALV/Libraries

Form of Government: County Commissioners

Origin: In 1654, Calvert County was established by an Order in Council and called Patuxent County until 1658. The County name derives from the family name of Lord Baltimore, the Proprietary of the Maryland colony.


Budget	Executive Branch	Judicial Branch	Legislative Branch


Municipalities	Organizational Chart	U.S. Government Agencies

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:
Hagner R. Mister (D), President, At Large, 1998
Patrick M. Buehler (D), District 1, 1998
Linda L. Kelley (R), District 2, 1998
Mark R. Frazer, D.D.S. (R), District 3, 1998
Mary M. Krug (D), At Large, 1998

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 202 & 214
(301) 855-1243, ext. 202 & 214
fax: (410) 535-5594
TDD: (410) 535-6355

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Hagner R. Mister (D), President, At Large, 1998
(410) 535-1600, ext. 202 & 214

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:

County Administrator

COUNTY TREASURER
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Novalea Tracy (R), County Treasurer, 1998
(410) 535-1600, ext. 272

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Director

Manager

Goldstein Building
200 Duke St., Suite 1400
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-8815/7

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:

Chair

Appointed by Social Services Board:

Director

Goldstein Building
200 Duke St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-8700

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:

Chair,

Greg Jourdonais, 1997; Dagmar M. Taylor, 1997; Bonita A. Zook, 1997; Cheryl L. Emery, 1999; Wesley R. Thomas, 1999; one vacancy.

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Elected by Voters to 2- and 4-year terms:

President, District 3,

Vice-President, At Large,

District 1,

District 2,

At Large,

Student member (nonvoting) elected by students (grades 6-11) to 1-year term:
Jennifer Clarke, 1998

Appointed by Board of Education with approval of State Superintendent of Schools to 4-year term:

Superintendent of Schools,

1305 Dares Beach Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1700

COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT CALVERT COUNTY

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners to 4-year terms:

Chair,

Patricia W. Meagher, 1998; Joseph America, 1999; Maurice A. Dunkle, 1999; Isa N. Engelberg, Ed.D., 1999; Gary Jameson, 1999; Clifford G. Stewart, 1999; John S. Andrews, 2000; Diana Doswell, 2000; Merry Ellen Fallica, 2000; Sherry M. Kennedy, 2000; Judith A. MacWilliams, 2000; Michael J. McCarthy, 2000; Guffrie M. Smith, 2000; William O. MacArthur, Jr., 2001.

Ex officio: Mark R. Frazer, D.D.S., designee of Board of County Commissioners; William J. Moloney, Ed.D., designee of Board of Education.

Patricia H. Wheeler, Director

3205 Broomes Island Road
Port Republic, MD 20676
(410) 586-3056

PUBLIC LIBRARY
Patricia P. Hofmann, Director

30 Duke St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-0291
World Wide Web: http://www.somd.lib.md.us/CALV/Libraries

ELECTIONS

Appointed by Governor with Senate consent to 2-year terms:

President,

Alice E. Jones; Edwin F. King. Substitutes: Doris Ann Cochran; Raleigh R. Weckbaugh. Terms expire 1999.

P. O. Box 798
County Services Plaza, S-107
150 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 215

HEALTH

Appointed by Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene:

Health Officer

P. O. Box 980
975 Solomon's Island Road North
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-5400

LAW OFFICES

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:

County Attorney

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 291

STATE'S ATTORNEY
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Robert B. Riddle, Esq. (R), State's Attorney, 1998

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 369

ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Appointed by Public Defender:
Carl W. Buchheister, Esq., Assistant Public Defender

Goldstein Building
200 Duke St., Room 3301
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-8810

LICENSING

Appointed by Governor (who names chair) to 2-year terms:

Chair,

J. Allen Swann; Maurice E. Wood. Alternate: George Greene, Sr. Terms expire 1999.

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 306

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS & SUPERVISORS
Appointed by Governor to 2-year terms:
William L. Bowen, President, 1999

Daniel O. Baker, Jr.; Norman O. Bowen. Terms expire 1999.

Courthouse Annex
176 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 244

PLUMBING BOARD
Appointed by Governor to 2-year terms:
William E. Rausch, President, 1999

Samuel J. Hammett; Burley B. Maggard. Terms expire 1999.

Courthouse Annex
176 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 246

PLANNING

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:

Director

County Services Plaza
150 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 483
e-mail: cced@co.cal.md.us
World Wide Web: http://www.co.cal.md.us/

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING
Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:
Frank A. Jaklitsch, Director

Courthouse Annex
176 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 332

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:
Robert S. Taylor, Jr., Director

Courthouse Annex
176 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 216

PUBLIC SAFETY

Appointed by State Fire Marshal:

Deputy Fire Marshal

Goldstein Building
200 Duke St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-8845

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Appointed by Board of County Commissioners:
Robert L. Short, Director

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 303

Animal Wardens:

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Appointed by Governor:
Donald F. Hall, Director (410) 535-1600, ext. 301

FIRE, RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
S. Catherine All, Coordinator

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 406

Elected by Voters to 4-year term:

Sheriff,

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 464

Administrator

P. O. Box 9
325 Stafford Road
Barstow, MD 20610
(410) 535-4300

JUDICIAL BRANCH

CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (2 Judges):
Warren J. Krug, County Administrative Judge, 2009
Marjorie L. Clagett, Associate Judge, 2011

Courthouse
175 Main St.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 296

Elected by Voters:

Clerk,

Appointed by Circuit Court:

COURT AUDITORS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Mark J. Davis, Esq. (410) 535-1780
Robert S. Crum, Esq. (410) 535-3500
Daniel P. Sheridan, Esq. (410) 535-1070

STANDING EXAMINERS IN CHANCERY
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Lisa M. Ridge, Esq. (410) 535-6810
Michael K. Manning, Esq. (410) 535-9220