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Taneytown ethics commission dismisses complaint against Councilman Christopher Tillman
Summary
The Taneytown Ethics Commission voted to dismiss a complaint alleging Councilman Christopher Tillman used his office to avoid a 2017 beneficial assessment. Tillman presented water‑use data and requested reconsideration; the panel voted to dismiss the complaint with one abstention.
The Taneytown Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint on June 4 alleging Councilman Christopher Tillman used the prestige of his office to thwart collection of a beneficial assessment tied to a 2017 public works agreement.
The commission’s decision follows a hearing in which Tillman, who owns Georgia’s on York at 10 York Street, read a prepared statement and submitted water‑use data he said show average daily usage below the city’s 250‑gallon‑per‑day equivalent development unit (EDU) threshold. Tillman told the commission, “the computed average for the 5 year span from 2020 through the first quarter of 2025, the average is 226.6 gallons per day, well under the 250 gallon per day EDU.”
Why it matters: The complaint charged that Tillman used his position on city bodies to impede collection of…
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