Ward 3's Rhonda Pindell Charles cast the lone no vote and explained that it was not a vote against the new director but rather a vote in protest of the process Mayor Buckley used to pick her. Roslyn Johnson, who has served in a similar role in Baltimore County.  She succeeds Archie Trader, who will be stepping aside after six years in the top job and 16 years with the department. In a January news release, Mayor Gavin Buckley said the switch would “move the department in a new direction."