DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

COUNTY COUNCIL

FORMER MEMBERS

[photo, Jay L. Newcomb, Dorchester County Council, Cambridge, Maryland] JAY L. NEWCOMB
President, County Council (Democrat), 2008-14, 2019-22
Member, County Council, 2004-14, 2018-22

President, County Council, Dorchester County, December 16, 2008 to December 2, 2014, and December 3, 2019 to December 6, 2022 (member, representing District 1, 2004 to Dec. 2, 2014, 2018-22; vice-president, 2006-08 and Dec. 4, 2018 to Dec. 3, 2019).

Member, Board of Estimates, Dorchester County, 2004-22; Board of Health, Dorchester County, 2004-22; Board of [Liquor] License Commissioners, Dorchester County, 2004-22; Roads Board, Dorchester County, 2004-22 (president, 2006-08).

Member, Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2018-22.

Member, Board of County Commissioners, Dorchester County, representing District 1, December 1998 to 2004. Member, Board of Health, Dorchester County, 1998-2004; Board of [Liquor] License Commissioners, Dorchester County, 1998-2004.

Member, Board of Supervisors of Elections, Dorchester County, 1991-95. Member, Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-14; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04.

Acting County Manager, Dorchester County, 2014-15.

Attended Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Cambridge, Maryland. General manager, A. E. Phillips & Son, Inc. (seafood plant). Owner, Old Salty's Restaurant, Fishing Creek. Member, Dorchester County Democratic Central Committee, 1986-90. Member, South Dorchester Jaycees; Sons of American Legion. Life member, Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company (past president, vice-president, secretary & chief). Coach, South Dorchester Youth Soccer League. Member, St. John's United Methodist Church.

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