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Taneytown ethics board schedules closed session to review complaint that a council member may have avoided benefit assessment fee
Summary
The board heard an update on an ethics complaint originating in fall 2023 alleging a sitting council member did not pay a water/sewer connection benefit assessment required by a recorded public works agreement and agreed to meet in closed session March 26 to review the evidence and provide the accused an opportunity to respond.
The Taneytown Ethics Board said it will hold a closed session to review an investigation into an ethics complaint alleging a sitting council member failed to pay a required benefit assessment fee tied to water and sewer connections.
City Attorney Jay Gullo briefed the board on the complaint, which he said was filed in fall 2023. Gullo told members the commission had obtained a recorded public works agreement (PWA) that required payment of a benefit assessment fee when the business connected to the city’s water and sewer. “The…
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