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Pocomoke City moves to formalize grants from budgeted donations, considers stronger code enforcement including fines on water bills
Summary
Council signaled support for converting budgeted donations into a competitive grant program with deliverables and reporting, and agreed to pursue a work session to draft policy on trash receptacles, code enforcement steps and adding code fines to water billing; legal counsel noted municipal fine caps increased to $5,000.
Pocomoke City councilors signaled consensus to shift the city pproach to donations and to pursue stronger, clearer code enforcement tools.
The mayor (Speaker 1) proposed converting routine budgeted donations to nonprofits, businesses and churches into a grant program that requires measurable community benefit: "We should be utilizing this money ... as grants to enrich the lives of the city," the mayor said. Manager Matthews (Speaker 7) supported the idea, noting a grant template…
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