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Council discusses decoupling Salisbury and Wicomico planning commissions and creating a county-only commission
Summary
County planning director and legal counsel presented a draft bill to dissolve the joint Planning and Zoning Commission and form a separate Wicomico County Planning Commission; topics included membership size, representation, appointment process and city/county administrative burdens.
Wicomico County officials proposed dissolving the existing joint Planning and Zoning Commission shared with the City of Salisbury and creating a separate Wicomico County Planning Commission, saying administrative burdens and heavy city agendas have strained county staff time.
Tracy Taylor, director of the county Department of Planning and Zoning, told the council the city’s agenda increasingly contains the majority of items and the county has continued to perform staff work — agendas, notices, reports and minutes…
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