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Port Deposit council adopts FY2027 tax rates and four CDBG plans; motions pass unanimously
Summary
The Port Deposit Town Council on May 5 approved the FY2027 tax and fee schedule and unanimously adopted four plans required for Maryland Community Development Block Grant compliance. Several routine motions, including approval of minutes and a contract award, also passed without recorded opposition.
The Port Deposit Town Council on May 5 adopted Resolution 06-2026 setting fiscal year 2027 tax and revenue rates and approved four additional resolutions updating plans required for Maryland Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) compliance.
The council lowered the real property tax rate from 0.4835 to 0.4761. Personal property tax remains at zero; the public utility tax remains $2.20; the refuse charge remains $310 per unit; annual boat trailer parking remains $50 and daily trailer parking remains $10. Deputy Mayor Kevin Brown moved to adopt Resolution 06-2026; Councilwoman Randa Thiele seconded the motion, which the minutes record as passing unanimously.
In the same session the council reviewed and adopted Resolutions 07-2026 through 10-2026 to update the Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan, the Minority Business Plan, the Citizen Participation Plan and the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Plan—documents required to maintain eligibility for Maryland CDBG funding. Councilwoman Thiele and Deputy Mayor Brown sponsored and seconded several of the motions; Councilman Daniel Berlin seconded one motion as noted in the minutes. All four measures are recorded as adopted unanimously.
Other procedural business included approval of the April 7, 2026 meeting minutes (motion by Thiele, second by Brown) and the council's acceptance of a contractor bid for Visitor Center electrical service (see separate coverage). The minutes state these motions passed unanimously; the record does not list individual roll-call vote tallies.
The council took no recorded dissent on the measures and did not set new rates beyond the items above. The minutes list no abstentions or votes against any action taken during the meeting.
