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Wicomico County Council approves FEMA grant amendment, investment policy amendments and legal appointments
Summary
Wicomico County Council on March 18 unanimously adopted several resolutions, including a $29,482.50 FEMA grant amendment for Cove Road acquisition and cleanup, investment-policy changes, confirmation of a public works director, and retention of special counsel for personnel manual work.
The Wicomico County Council took several formal actions on March 18, adopting multiple resolutions by unanimous vote and recording one administrative notice under the county charter.
Key actions at a glance:
- Resolution 36-2025: Council amended the FY25 capital budget to accept a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pre-disaster mitigation grant of $29,482.50 for the Cove Road acquisition project. The amendment supplemented an earlier 2020 FEMA award of $188,819.10 to complete demolition and cleanup after earlier costs exceeded estimates. The council approved the resolution unanimously.
- Resolution 37-2025: Council approved amendments to the county investment policy. The item was presented with staff from the finance department and passed unanimously.
- Resolution 38-2025: Council confirmed the appointment of Mustafa Kilcarson, PE as director of public works by unanimous vote (separate from the subsequent salary discussion recorded under Resolution 39-2025).
- Resolution 40-2025: Council authorized retention of special legal counsel—Kevin Karpinski, Esquire and Karpinski, Cornbrooks & Karp, P.A.—to advise Wicomico County on personnel manual revisions. The resolution passed unanimously.
Administrative notice: The council recorded a charter-related notice concerning Legislative Bill 2025-01 (commercial dog kennels). County staff stated that under charter section 4.11, the county executive did not return an amended bill within the 21-day period; therefore the administrator recorded the executive's failure to return the bill and the bill became law as provided under the county charter.
Votes and tallies: The public meeting transcript records unanimous passage for Resolutions 36, 37, 38 and 40. Several items were presented by department directors: Steve Miller (Recreation, Parks & Tourism) presented the FEMA grant matter; Pam Olin and Charles Meccle presented the investment policy amendment; Bunkie Luffman presented the public works appointment item; and the county's personnel/legal staff presented the special counsel matter.
Ending: These measures were adopted during the legislative session; the council moved on to local board of health business and additional work-session items afterward.
