This week in government

Agendas of scheduled meetings this week of the Washington County Commissioners and Hagerstown's Mayor and Council (the Washington County Board of Education will not meet this week):



WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

County Administration Building
100 W. Washington St., Hagerstown
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8:40 a.m.

Agenda

• 8:45 a.m.: County transportation priorities submission to the Maryland Department of Transportation
• 9:05 a.m.: Commissioners’ reports and comments
• 9:15 a.m.: Other business
    (1) County attorney issues
    (2) Appointments to County boards and commissions
    (3) County administrator’s comments
    (4) Reports from County staff
• 9:25 a.m.: FY 2013 annual transit grant funding application
• 9:35 a.m.: Revisions to Economic Development Commission ordinance
• 10 a.m.: Appointment of the Community Organization Fund Committee
• 10:15 a.m.: FFY 2012 hazardous materials emergency preparedness grant
• 10:30 a.m.: Citizens participation
• 10:40 a.m.: Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget review
• noon: Recess
• 1:15 p.m.: CIP review continued/public safety budget discussion, law enforcement
• 3 p.m.: Closed session (to discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, compensation, and/or performance evaluation of appointees, employees, or officials over whom it has jurisdiction; and to discuss personnel matters that affect one or more specific individuals).
• 3:45 p.m.: Break
• 5 p.m.: City of Hagerstown photo session at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown
• 5:30 p.m.: Closed session (to consider a matter that concerns the proposal for a business or industrial organization to locate, expand, or remain in the State; and to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related thereto).



WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

• There will be no meeting Tuesday, Feb. 28.



HAGERSTOWN MAYOR AND COUNCIL

City Hall
1 E. Franklin St., Hagerstown
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Executive Session, Room 407, 5:30 p.m.

Agenda

• 5:30 p.m.: Executive session, Room 407
    (1) To consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related thereto, and to consider a matter that concerns the proposal for a business or industrial organization to locate, expand, or remain in the State
        — Property acquisition

Regular Session, Council Chamber, 7 p.m.

Agenda

• Announcements
    (1) Meeting schedule
        — Tuesday, March 6, work session, 4 p.m.
        — Tuesday, March 13, work session, 4 p.m.
        — Tuesday, March 20, work session, 4 p.m.
        — Tuesday, March 27, regular session, 7 p.m.
• Appointment
    (1) Joseph Marschner, Board of Traffic and Parking, term to expire March 24, 2016
• Citizen comments
• Public hearing
    (1) Land management code text amendments, multi-family dwelling design requirements
• Minutes: Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24 and Jan. 31
• Consent agenda
    (1) Department of Community and Economic Development
        — Contract for July 4 fireworks at Fairgrounds Park for FY 2013, 2014 and 2015, Fireworks Extravaganza, Rochelle Park, N.J., $17,500 per year ($52,500 for all three years)
    (2) Department of Utilities
        — Water
            * Fire hydrants and lugs, HD Supply Waterworks LTD, Martinsburg, W.Va., $35,058.60
            * Pressure transducers, ABB Inc., Wickliffe, Ohio, $30,142.96
        — Wastewater
            * Rebuild nitrified recycle pumps, AR&E, Hagerstown, $25,078
• New business
    (1) Introduction of an ordinance, land management code amendments for kennels and conversion districts
    (2) Approval of a resolution, lease agreement for parking with Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation for Central Lot
    (3) Approval of a resolution, lease agreement for parking with Maryland State Department of the Judiciary for North Potomac Street Parking Deck
    (4) Approval of a resolution, authorizing renaming Gerber’s Alley to Gerbers Avenue
    (5) Approval of a resolution, approving and consenting to the ninth amended and restated trust agreement with Local Government Insurance Trust (LGIT)
    (6) Approval of Hagerstown Suns fireworks schedule 2012
    (7) Approval of a memorandum of understanding, agreement creating the Washington County Emergency Communications Center Governing Board
    (8) Approval of water division upgrade to the remote input/output cabinet and DCU at the W. M. Breichner Water Treatment Plant, ABB, Inc., Wickliffe, Ohio, $285,377
    (9) Approval of request to use vacant lot at South Potomac Street/West Memorial Boulevard for carnival
• City administrator’s comments
• Mayor and Council comments
• Adjourn
       

• Arrangements can be made in advance for people with disabilities who want to attend any of these meetings. For the County Commissioners, call 240-313-2216 (Voice/TDD). For City Council, call Bruce Zimmerman at 301-797-6617 (Voice/TDD).