OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
James J McGinty, Jr, Secretary

Goldstein Treasury Building, Room 213
60 Calvert St
Annapolis, MD 21401 974 3443

The Secretary of the Board of Public Works is
charged with certain administrative functions in
connection with matters brought before the Board
The office is responsible for preparing one of the
several agendas considered by the Board at its meet-
ings and for scheduling the appearance of persons
wishing to testify at meetings It must notify all
affected parties of actions taken by the Board It
prepares, distributes, and maintains the minutes of
each of the meetings A library of cape recordings
and transcripts of each meeting is also maintained
The office provides information to other State agen-
cies, the news media, and the public at large, and
undertakes research as requested The operating
budget of the Board of Pubhc Works, which con
tains a number of grant programs to private agen
cies, institutions, colleges, and universities, is
prepared and administered by this office

PROCUREMENTADVISORT COUNCIL
Chairperson James J McGinry, Jr , Secretary,
Board of Public Works

Public member (appointed by Governor) Herbert D
Coss,Jr

Ex officio Lucille Maurer, State Treasurer, Charles
L Benton, Jr, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal
Planning, Martin W Walsh, Jr, Secretary of
General Services, 0 James Lighthizer, Secretary of
Transportation, Donald N Langcnberg, Ph D ,
Chancellor, University of Maryland System

Sandra K Reynold, Procurement Advisor

Goldstein Treasury Building, Room 409
60 Calvert St
Annapolis, MD 21401 974 2375

The Procurement Advisory Council advises the
Board of Pubhc Works on problems with the
procurement process and recommends improve
mencs to that process In accordance with recom
mendanons of the Governor's Ad Hoc Committee
to Study Article 21—Procurement, and as
authorized by COMAR 21 02 01 09, the Board of
Public Works originally established the Council on
October 13, 1983 The Council was reconstituted
in 1986 to include the State Treasurer, the Chan
cellor of the University of Maryland System, the
Secretaries of Budget and Fiscal Planning, General
Services, and Transportation, and a pubhc member
The Secretary to the Board of Pubhc Works serves
as chairperson (Code State Finance and Procure
ment Article, sec 11 106)
A procurement advisor, appointed by the Board of
Pubhc Works, develops and implements procurement
regulanons, analyzes procurement problems and is
sues, staffs the Procurement Advisory Council, and
advises the Board on procurement related matters

ADVISOKT COUNCIL TO THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS ON HIGHER EDUCATION
FACILITIES ACTS
Chairperson Charles L Benton, Jr, Secretary of
Budget & Fiscal Planning

Appointed by Governor William M Bnsh, J
Elizabeth Garraway, David W Hornbeck, Brent
M Johnson, Henry J Knott, Parlett L Moore,
William A Ruhl, Sr , Jean E Spencer, one vacancy

Charles J Lietwiler, Executive Secretary

Dept of Budget & Fiscal Planning
Goldstein Treasury Building
60 Calvert St
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-2114

The Governor designated the Board of Public
Works to administer grant programs under the federal
Higher Education Act of 1965 (PL 89-329, as
amended) Title VII-A of the Act provides federal
grants to institutions of higher education to finance
construction of classrooms, laboratories, and hbranes