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Taneytown reports: water main repair unearths buried sewer, parks and police highlight fall programs
Summary
City manager reported an unexpected sewer line over a water main at Roberts Mill requiring concrete encasement; parks and recreation, planning and police presented updates on events, planning efforts and training statistics.
Taneytown city staff reported an unplanned utility conflict during a recent water-main repair, and council members summarized parks programs, planning work and police training at the Sept. 8 meeting.
City Manager Jim said crews repairing a leaking valve near Roberts Mill at Riffles Lane discovered a transite sewer main placed above a ductile-iron water main. “It turns out that the transite main is a sewer, actually a sewer line, that somebody put above a water line, which is really the opposite of the way it's supposed to go,” Jim said. The work required cutting a section of the water line to reach the leak. He said the sewer line will be encased in concrete where it is close to the water main and that repairs will take about another day to finish.
Council member Colin Colinoff reported on parks projects and events: Arrow will resubmit the Memorial Park expansion site plan to the State Highway Administration; larger riprap will be placed around Roberts Mill Park to discourage people from removing rocks from the shoreline; a Story Stroll at Memorial Park has new metal frames; a library-hosted playtime in the park is scheduled for Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; the annual photography contest accepts entries through Oct. 31; the Harvest Festival is set for Sept. 27 at Memorial Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and tickets are on sale for the Birds and Bourbon stroll at Bollinger Park on Oct. 18.
Council member Mead summarized planning and zoning business: the Planning Commission approved a variance to change setbacks for a Commerce Street corner lot and forwarded a water plan to Carroll County for inclusion in the county water plan. Mead encouraged residents to attend upcoming comprehensive-plan meetings scheduled for Sept. 23 and Sept. 29.
Mayor Pro Tim Miller delivered the police report, listing training and monthly statistics for August: 501 dispatched or generated calls for service, 43 citations, 52 warnings, seven adult arrests and seven juvenile arrests. Miller also detailed multiple specialized training sessions attended by officers in August and community outreach events, including National Night Out and a department appearance at a library event.
Councilors asked staff to share schedules and application information publicly and to bring technical questions about street and stormwater construction specifications to engineering staff for the October follow-up.
