LEONARDTOWN — Randy Guy will gavel his last meeting as president of the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County on Nov. 17, closing out 12 years in the board’s center seat as voters choose his successor today.
Guy, a Republican who has led the board since Dec. 1, 2014, told colleagues during commissioner time at the board’s Oct. 27 meeting that Nov. 17 will be his final session. The commissioners have no meetings scheduled on Nov. 3, Nov. 10 or Nov. 24, so the Nov. 17 session is the only one left on his calendar. The next president takes the chair Dec. 1, when the board meets again.
“It’s been a great enjoyable time,” Guy said, adding that he believes the county has accomplished “a lot of great things” over the last 12 years. He told whoever follows him that they will have “a handful” meeting residents’ expectations, and said he has been proud to serve.
Term-limited after three terms
Guy did not appear on this year’s ballot. He is term-limited, as the Chronicle reported when former District 1 Commissioner Tom Jarboe announced his run for the seat in February 2025.
Jarboe, who served on the board from 2014 to 2018, won the June 23 Republican primary for commissioner president and faces AnnMarie Abell in today’s general election, according to the Maryland Association of Counties’ primary roundup.
The presidency is not the only seat in play. The commissioner president is elected countywide, and all four district seats are on the ballot too. Incumbents Eric Colvin (District 1), Mike Alderson (District 3) and Scott Ostrow (District 4) are seeking new terms, while District 2, now held by Commissioner Mike Hewitt, will go to a new member. That means at least two of the five seats will change hands when the board convenes Dec. 1, more if any incumbent loses.
A full final day
Guy’s last meeting follows the board’s regular format, according to the draft agenda staff reviewed Oct. 27. It opens with four proclamations, for National Family Caregivers Month, Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, Giving Tuesday and the Great American Smokeout, followed by county administrator and commissioner time.
At 2 p.m., the commissioners are scheduled to cut the ribbon on the new Carver Community Arts Center & Makerspace in Lexington Park, a project the board backed with a $450,000 state arts capital grant. A public forum is set for 6:30 p.m.
Before Nov. 17, Guy has a busy Veterans Day. He said he will take part in Leonardtown’s parade on Nov. 11 and serve as master of ceremonies for the veterans celebration in Helen, where he lived as a young child. That event starts at 2 p.m., he said.
Guy used the same Oct. 27 remarks to urge residents to vote, noting he had cast his ballot early because he would be away on Election Day.
