The members-elect of the nearly entirely new Howard County Council plan to become familiar with the process before making any major moves.
“I think the key thing we have to do as a group is not rush into anything and make sure we are all working together,” said lone Republican Greg Fox, who won in District 5.
Council Member Calvin Ball, D-District 2, said his experience as the sole incumbent would provide some institutional knowledge, particularly with the budget process.
The weeks ahead will require some straddling for Democrat Mary Kay Sigaty, elected in District 4.
She said she is determining how to resign her current School Board position; and after Thursday?s board meeting, she plans to focus on her new duties.
Sigaty will be one of three women on the council, a change from the previous all-male lineup.
Women have held council seats, and the previous group was an “anomaly,” she said.
Democrat Jen Terrasa, a former Planning Board member, said she plans to tackle some manageable issues, such as improving the public notice of Department of Planning and Zoning meetings and decisions. Democrat Courtney Watson, also a school board member, prevailed in District 1 and pledged to protect existing houses from infill development.
Part of the Baltimore Examiner’s 2006 election coverage
