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Pocomoke City discussion focuses on fairgrounds repairs, permits and grant accounting
Summary
Fair Committee members and city staff discussed where responsibility lies for grandstand and fencing repairs, the status of permits for the upcoming fair, handling of donations and a state grant that may only cover stone dust at the race track.
POCOMOKE CITY — Members of the Fair Committee and city staff spent a majority of a recent meeting sorting responsibilities for repairs, confirming permitting status for the summer fair and pressing for clearer accounting of donations and state grant money.
The most immediate items were grandstand and fencing repairs and whether those responsibilities fall to the Fair Committee Inc. or the city. Mike White, identified in the meeting as code enforcement, confirmed that existing permanent facilities attached to the building are city property; Fair Committee members said the committee is responsible for the building itself and any attachments. "The fair committee is responsible for the building, anything attached to the building," said Sarah, a Fair Committee member. Committee members said proposed new permanent fencing would be the Fair Committee’s choice and responsibility if they decide to install it.
Committee members also briefed the group on wetland mitigation work and other site cleanup. "The piles were…
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