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Parks manager reports pier work, porta‑potties and skate‑park cutbacks; advisory board backs groundskeeper request
Summary
Parks Division reported recent pier work, increased maintenance enabled by mild winter weather, porta‑potties at high‑use parks in March, and reductions to skate‑park winter hours for budget reasons. The advisory board voted to authorize a letter supporting a new groundskeeper position if funding becomes available.
David Guider, St. Mary's County Parks Division manager, updated the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board on March 6 about recent maintenance and capital projects, park operations and budget pressures, and he described a set of short‑term changes designed to manage winter costs.
Guider said crews completed a pier replacement at 12 Timbers on Herring Creek and added an ADA ramp to the lower landing. “We completed a pier replacement project at 12 Timbers on Herring Creek ... the new pier is similar in size and dimensions and also includes, an ADA ramp down to our lower landing,” Guider said. The division is awaiting state permits to replace a pier at Paul Ellis in the 7th District.
He told the board that a milder winter allowed staff to get onto athletic fields earlier for soil amendments, topsoil and landscaping work. The county has also had “relatively minor” vandalism in…
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