Kamenetz Elected President Of Maryland Association Of Counties

From Baltimore County: Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was elected President of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) at its winter conference in Cambridge Thursday morning..

MACo, first organized in 1939, is a non-partisan organization that advocates the needs of local government to the Maryland General Assembly, representing all of Maryland’s 23 counties and Baltimore City.

“I am both proud and humbled to become President of MACo, where we will articulate the budgetary, education, land use and transportation needs of each county,” said Kamenetz. “MACo also provides a productive forum to exchange best-practice ideas."

Kamenetz is the fifth Baltimore County Executive to serve as President in the history of MACo, succeeding Christian Kahl, Dale Anderson, Dutch Ruppersberger and Jim Smith.

In his formal address, Kamenetz identified areas of common purpose that leaders in local government would promote, including issues of education, infrastructure, public health, environment, workforce development and fiscal responsibility.

With this new term, Kamenetz also becomes the longest serving current member of MACo, first joining in 1994 as a member of the Baltimore County Council.

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