CAMBRIDGE — The Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) presented Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-District 38) with a Legislative Recognition Award at the annual MACo Winter Conference Awards Banquet held at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Hotel in Cambridge from December 6-8.

The award recognizes Sen. Carozza as a strong advocate in supporting local government.

“I am humbled and grateful to be the recipient of MACo’s legislative award, and am proud to be a staunch advocate for local flexibility and decision making for our local governments,” she said.

Representing Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties, Sen. Carozza added, “I will continue to work with MACo and local elected leaders in each of the three counties that I represent and across the State of Maryland to advance policies local authority and flexibility.”

MACo is the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization for the elected officials and governments of all 24 Maryland counties. MACo’s membership consists of county elected officials and representatives from Maryland’s 23 counties and Baltimore City, and its members determine the organization’s policy and positions on executive and legislative proposals through an elected Board of Directors and a volunteer Legislative Committee.

Through MACo’s advocacy, training, education programs, and annual conferences, county-elected officials and staff use these opportunities to improve their capacity to serve Maryland residents.

Also at the conference, elected to represent Somerset County on MACo legislative committee was District 2 County Commissioner Darryl Webster, who succeeds District 1 Commissioner Craig Mathies Sr.

Somerset County Administrator Doug Taylor continues as an alternate.