Public Hearing For Former Pocomoke City Manager

(City of Pocomoke)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR FORMER CITY MANAGER

Public Hearing on city manager removal to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 6:00PM at Pocomoke Middle School located at 800 8th St, Pocomoke City, MD 21851.  Please note; members of the public who wish to speak must sign in upon entrance before the meeting begins and will be subject to reasonable time limitations.

(WMDT-TV)
https://www.wmdt.com/2019/06/public-hearing-set-for-former-pocomoke-city-manager-bobby-cowger/

Pocomoke City Mayor and Council Meeting

Written by: Bill Kerbin

POCOMOKE CITY -- In adopting an automatic residential fire sprinkler system rebate ordinance, the Pocomoke mayor and council have moved in a different direction on home-sprinkler regulations than other towns and counties in Maryland.

Many other subdivisions have voted to allow a Maryland law that requires sprinkler systems in new single family homes to take effect for them, or have voted to opt out of the rule. In a compromise, Pocomoke will not require the sprinkler systems to be a part of new homes but will reward homeowners who decide to put them in.

The town will give a rebate to any homeowner who decides to install a sprinkler system in his or her newly constructed home during the next three years. The owner will receive a rebate of $2,000 or 50 percent of the annual real property tax, whichever is less. The system must be on the building's plans and, after being installed, be certified by the fire marshal.

At a town meeting, Will Stevenson made a request for funding assistance for the Mar-Va Theater in the coming fiscal year. He said that heating and electricity are the largest costs for the theater, where its financial books are up more than $7,000 over last year just through the end of February. He thinks that part of the reason is that the theater is having more performances, and guessed that cold weather this winter helped convince people to seek entertainment indoors. He added that there has been a problem with the new heating equipment, which he hopes will be corrected with a grant that the city obtained for the theater.

Councilman Bruce Morrison told Stevenson that the council will take up the request when the budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year is discussed in coming weeks.

The city manager presented a plan from the EnerNoc Company to enter as an interface between Pocomoke City and Delmarva Power concerning power for the wastewater treatment plant. If the agreement is signed, Pocomoke City would turn on its generator at peak times during the year. The town should receive about $15,000 a year for making this move.

City Attorney Mark Tilghman raised some questions including the possibility of liability. He plans to contact the company to learn more about the agreement before the council takes any action.
The council also approved a bid from Renshaw Engineering for $1,791 for engineering services for the installation and wiring of power pedestals along the city dock.

Andrew J. Bowen, executive director of the Maryland Rural Water Association, was at the meeting to present the second-place National Rural Water Association award for the best tasting water in the country's rural areas. After winning the Maryland competition outright, Pocomoke's entry was sent to the national level where it won second place.

Under other business, the council authorized proclamations for Arbor Day and Fair Housing Month; authorized the renewal of a mutual aid agreement between the Pocomoke City Police Department and the Crisfield department; approved a proposal from PKS for auditing the town's books for the next three years; and authorized a full-page ad in the program for the Delmarva Firemen's Association Convention, to be held this year in Pocomoke City.
Source; delmarvanow.com

COMMUNITY CENTER/BANQUET FACILITY DEDICATION

This Sunday, April 25, exactly 2 years after the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company dedicated their new firehouse, the fire company is dedicating their adjacent Community Center at 1410 Market Street.

An Open House will be held from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM and will feature tours of the magnificent new Community Center banquet facility.

At 3:00 PM, a cornerstone ceremony will be held. The time capsule from the Fifth Street firehouse cornerstone dedicated in 1939 will be opened by the senior members of the fire company. The contents of the time capsule will be revealed and should prove interesting. A time capsule containing modern materials will then be set in the new cornerstone.

Following the cornerstone ceremony, the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Companys new tanker truck will be dedicated and placed in service. The purchase of the tanker was made possible through a Homeland Security grant to the fire service.

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