安妮·阿伦德尔（Anne Arundel）县议会周一通过了一项法案，要求特别活动主持人获得旨在保护大型活动公共安全的许可证。
该法案由塞鲁亚特·皮特曼（Steuart Pittman）代表塞鲁亚特·史密斯（Severn Democrat）的理事会主席皮特·史密斯（Pete Smith）赞助，旨在防止由于缺乏公共安全存在而导致交通拥堵或健康紧急情况等大型活动的紧急情况。在立法获得了数十次修正案并从活动赞助商那里获得了推迟后，该党通过了党的界限，理事会的民主党多数投票支持。
四名民主党人，史密斯（Smith），艾莉森·皮卡德（Allison Pickard）的格伦·伯尼（Allison Pickard），劳雷尔（Laurel）的朱莉·霍默（Julie Hummer）和安纳波利斯（Annapolis）的丽莎·罗德维恩（Lisa Rodvien）同意公共安全专业人员的意见，他们作证说，在大型活动中，有必要的程序是更好地保护与会者安全的必要过程。
Despite considering 30 amendments to the bill, Council Republicans Nathan Volke, of Pasadena, Amanda Fiedler, of Arnold, and Shannon Leadbetter, of Crofton, said it was still too vague and left too much to be interpreted by future county administrations who weren’t around for the discussions on the intention of the bill.
Amendments to the legislation from past meetings aimed to make the bill more specific and less burdensome on event organizers. Changes included免除某些费用，免除某些事件的要求，包括马里兰州Renaissance Festival和安妮·阿伦德尔县博览会and creating a more detailed timeline by which hosts must apply for the permits and the county must grant or deny them.
虽然该法案可能不是完美的，但史密斯和悍马表示，他们计划仔细关注该法案的实施方式，哪些事件被取消以及为什么在未来几年中。
史密斯说：“如果我们必须正确正确，我们可以做到这一点。”“如果我们开始看到一种针对个人而不是坏演员的趋势，而是……[造成]附带损害，我想重新审视这一点。”
悍马补充说，如果需要，该县总是可以重新检查该法案，但表示建立一个使该县可以监督活动安全的结构很重要。
亨默说：“如果我们发现这太严格了……我们总是可以重新审视这一点。”“我认为我们已经到了一个好地方。”
Leadbetter and Fiedler said flexibility to change the bill in the future wasn’t enough to make them feel comfortable enacting it now.
Leadbetter说：“来自我选区的绝大多数反馈并不支持这一点，我必须牢记这一点。”“从现在起，我感到舒适的10、15、20年，它有些歧义。”
For Fiedler, the bill was still too vague and that fear outweighed the good she thought it could do.
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“I don’t think any of us want to see an event go sideways,” Fiedler said. “But, the approach and where this bill is landing without further amendments is just too general for me and it could negatively impact some of the beloved community events.”
新法律将于下个月生效。
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另一项旨在限制该县使用塑料袋的法案将在5月15日的下次会议上再次听到，并可能投票。
批准该县的决议洛锡安的谷物电梯的采集来自珀杜农场的子公司珀达农业综合企业，以6-0的投票获得了批准。他提议澄清购买意图的两次修正案后弃权。
While farmers who testified raised concerns about buying the elevator and then not having anyone to run it, Buddy Hance, who currently serves as president of the Board of County Commissioners in Calvert County and formerly as state secretary of agriculture under former Gov. Martin O’Malley, said he has been working with someone interested in running the elevator.
汉斯说：“如果我们能把我们的东西放在一起，我们有一个有经验的人，有经验的知识。”
With the support of the majority of council members, the county will now complete its $1.25 million purchase of the machine that will ultimately be reimbursed by the state.