F. Ports, Jr., Maryland Transportation Secretary, Chairman Dontae Carroll William H. Cox Jr. William C. Ensor III W. Lee Gaines, Jr. Mario J. Gangemi, P.E. John F. von Paris Cynthia D. Penny-Ardinger Jeffrey S. Rosen The chairman is always the Maryland Secretary of Transportation. The chair has an absolute veto on all decisions, that is, no policy can be adopted or action carried out without the "concurrence" of the chair. However, it seems this is rarely needed; meeting minutes show the board usually votes unanimously. The Capital Committee members include Ensor III, Cox, Jr., Gangemi and Gaines, Jr. The Finance Committee members are Penny-Ardinger, Carroll, Rosen and Von Paris. There are other standing committees which do not hold public meetings: Human Resources and Audit. Their status as "public bodies" under state law is uncertain. The MDTA Board and its two active standing committees (Capital Committee and Finance Committee) have been found in violation of the Maryland Open Meetings Act a number of times between 2009 and 2012. In response to one of the complaints, the MDTA began notifying the public of Finance and Capital committee meetings; allowing the public to attend them; and began putting meeting schedules and minutes of the two committees and the Board online. The MDTA maintains tape recordings of meetings at its offices on Broening Highway, Baltimore. Meeting audio or video is not available through their website. MDTA Police The Maryland Transportation Authority Police were established in 1971 as part of the MDTA. Their mission is protection of the Authority's facilities as well as several other transportation facilities including the Port of Baltimore and BWI Airport. Facilities Toll facilities The MDTA operates eight toll facilities: Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 40 (US 40) across the Susquehanna River between Harford and Cecil counties William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (Chesapeake Bay Bridge), which carries US 50/US 301 across the Chesapeake Bay between Anne Arundel and Queen Anne's counties Francis Scott Key Bridge, which represents the outer crossing of the Baltimore Harbor, by Interstate 695 (I-695), the Baltimore Beltway Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, which carries US 301 across the Potomac River between Charles County, Maryland, and King George County, Virginia John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, the section of I-95 that traverses northeastern Maryland from the Baltimore city line to the Delaware state line Fort McHenry Tunnel, which carries I-95 under the Baltimore