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Frostburg departments report permits, audits, paving plans and a new leak-adjustment program
Summary
Department heads reported July activity including 10 permits, progress on CSR phases, audit work scheduled with SB and Company, the start of a paving contract on First Street, and a Serveline leak-adjustment program launched Aug. 1.
Department directors briefed the Frostburg City Council on July activity and near-term work during the Aug. 27 meeting.
Community development staff reported 10 permits issued in July — largely small projects and commercial signage — and said one single-family building permit was issued for Pritchard Farms with roughly six more applications in plan review. Staff noted a new operator is taking over the Wildflowers Early Learning Center on Main Street, replacing the Jennifer Dunn Jones Early Childhood Center. Code enforcement opened 31 cases in July; 23 have been resolved, three were referred to the police department and two citations were issued. The department said rental-housing inspections are underway after Jay Hovatter passed the International Code Council property-maintenance exam and that IT is addressing a data-transfer hiccup in the rental-housing portal.
Finance reported that July marks the start of the new fiscal year and that SB and Company (Owings Mills) has been engaged to perform the FY25 audit with preliminary on-site work complete and a return visit expected in October. The city cited net taxable real-estate assessments of roughly $444 million after homestead credits, producing about $3.1 million in real-estate tax revenue, a 6% increase over last year. Staff encouraged e-billing and online payments (2.95% processing fee applies to card transactions) and said the Serveline leak-adjustment program for single-unit residential customers went live Aug. 1; customers who previously opted out face a 30-day waiting period to re-enroll.
Public works said street crews are focused on pothole patching and that a paving contract began on First Street, with other paving and roundabout bid work underway. The water department reported work to repair the final identified service-line leak on a homeowner's tap and the department said it would assist to minimize service interruptions. Parks and recreation continue routine mowing and event preparation (including a craft-beverage festival and cruising Main Street). Engineering said phases of the CSR project are proceeding, with Phase 8C and 9D ahead of schedule and bidding for later phases opening Sept. 4.
The chair asked for acceptance of the department reports, and the council approved that motion by voice vote.
