478/Maryland Manual

The Board consists of nine members appointed
by the Governor. Three are appointed from any of
the following agencies: Department of Budget and
Escal Planning; Department of Education; De-
partment of Personnel; Comptroller of the Trea-
sury; State Treasurer; State Retirement Agency; or
Maryland Higher Education Commission. Three
are appointed who are eligible to participate in one
or more of the plans. Three are public members not
eligible to participate in any plan. At least one public
member must have experience with deferred com-
pensation and salary reduction plans. Members
serve four-year terms. The Governor designates the
chairperson (Code 1957, Art. 73C, secs. 1-8).

TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
SOUTHERN MARYLAND

Chairperson: William T. Bowen

Southern Maryland Legislative Delegation: J.
Ernest Bell II; Bernie Fowler; Samuel C. Linton;
George W. Owings III; James C. Simpson; John F.
Slade III; Michael J. Sprague; John F. Wood, Jr.

County Commissioners: William T. Bowen,
Barbara Stinnett, Joyce L. Terhes (Calvert County);
Murray D. Levy, Thomas M. Middleton, Nancy J.
Sefton (Charles County); W. Edward Bailey, Robert
T. Jarboe, John G. Lancaster (St. Mary's County).

Appointed by Southern Maryland Municipal
Association: Warren A. Bowie

Members at Large: John T. Parran, Jr.; J. Frank
Raley; John Whisman.

Nonvoting members: Matthew Gambrill,
Raymond T. Tilghman, William E. Curtis (County
Economic Development Commissions); Edward M.
Blanchard, Maurice Lusby, Joseph M. Gough, Jr.
(County Planning Commissions); Edwin L. Thomas,
Office of Planning; Edward Wise, Department of
Housing & Community Development.

Gary V. Hodge, Executive Director

PO. Box 1634
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 884-2144
D.C. area: 870-2520

The Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
was formed on December 6,1964, as a cooperative
planning and development agency to foster the
economic and social development of the Southern
Maryland region comprising Calvert, Charles and
St. Mary's counties.

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 (Chapter 586, Acts
of 1966) and became a tax-exempt corporation in

1970 (Chapter 573, Acts of 1970). The Council's
enabling law was reenacted as State general legisla-
tion 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 attain regional goats and ad-
dress areawide issues. The Council is active in four
program areas: economic development; tourism
promotion; environmental protection; and re-
gional resource management, which includes issues
related to transportation, utilities, urban growth
and development, housing, and public facilities and
services. The Council, in 1979, was empowered to
reevaluate the General Development Plan for
Southern Maryland at least every four years, follow-
ing the election of State and local officials (Chapter
36, Acts of 1979).

The Council has helped shape State policies and
programs to restore the Patuxent River, and it also
cooperated with the Maryland Heritage Commit-
tee in the coordination and promotion of Mary-
land's 350th anniversary in 1984.

Annually, the Council submits its proposed work
programs and operating budget for the following
fiscal year to the Department of Housing and Com-
munity Development.

The Council consists of twenty-nine members.
Twenty-one are voting members. They include the
State senators and members of the House of Del-
egates representing Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
counties; three county commissioners from each
county; one member appointed by the Southern
Maryland Municipal Association; and one member
at large from each Southern Maryland county The
eight nonvoting members represent each County
Planning Commission and County Economic De-
velopment Commission of the Southern Maryland
counties; the Office of Planning; and the Depart-
ment of Housing and Community Development
(Code 1957, Art. 20).

TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
WESTERN MARYLAND

Chairperson: Arthur T. Bond

Allegany County members: David Edgerley;
Ronald May; George Wyckoff, Jr.; one vacancy.

Garrett County members: DeCorsey E. Bolden;
Ernest J. Gregg, Jr.; John Hinebaugh; Tom Jones;
Walter Younkin; one vacancy.

Washington County members: Leroy Burtner; R.
Lee Downey; William McLean, Sr.; Fred Papa;
Richard Parks; one vacancy.