(May 11, 2017) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Town Council meeting on Monday night:
Special event request
The councilmembers approved a pair of special event requests.
St. Paul United Methodist Church will host its annual 5K walk/run on May 27. The course will start on Branch Street in front of the church and run about 3.1 miles.
The Berlin Fire Company was granted a one-day permit to host a fundraiser there from 4-10 p.m. on May 13.
Request for funding
Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagel and President Allyson Bernard-Church asked the council to include a $10,000 grant for the nonprofit in its fiscal year 2018 budget, which is being reviewed.
Church said Diakonia, based in West Ocean City, provided emergency housing for 162 people during the 2016 calendar year, amounting to more than 10,000 “bednights” and more than 53,000 meals for area individuals in need. She said 20 percent of those people were from Berlin and 67 percent were from Worcester County.
Councilman Dean Burrell clarified that bednights referred to the amount of days a person spent in a bed at that facility. He said that averaged about 30 people per day.
“That is tremendous,” Burrell said.
Additionally, the Diakonia food pantry served more than 3,000 households in 2016, 92 percent of those families coming from Worcester County. Church said more than 120 volunteers put in more than 15,000 hours of work for the nonprofit last year.
Sign permit waiver
The council agreed to waive a $60 permit fee for a sign in Stephen Decatur Park advertising the edible forest there. The project, about two years in the making, is sponsored by the Berlin Parks Commission and Assateague Coastal Trust and has included the efforts dozens of volunteers from Stephen Decatur Middle School.
Cannery Village deed
Andrew Hanson, Vice President of Osprey Property Company LLC, said the 45-lot subdivision Cannery Village on Flower Street is finished and had been approved as meeting town standards.
He said he worked the project for about four years and it cost more than $14 million, from the purchase of the land to the installation of streetlights. Hanson estimated about 20 percent of those funds were invested in the town, including the installation of public works, electric and other infrastructure.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said town engineers had reviewed and inspected the project and accepted it. The development was deeded over to the town and related bonds were zeroed out. A two-year warrantee period was triggered, which requires the developer to pay for any maintenance during that time.
(May 11, 2017) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Town Council meeting on Monday night:
Special event request
The councilmembers approved a pair of special event requests.
St. Paul United Methodist Church will host its annual 5K walk/run on May 27. The course will start on Branch Street in front of the church and run about 3.1 miles.
The Berlin Fire Company was granted a one-day permit to host a fundraiser there from 4-10 p.m. on May 13.
Request for funding
Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagel and President Allyson Bernard-Church asked the council to include a $10,000 grant for the nonprofit in its fiscal year 2018 budget, which is being reviewed.
Church said Diakonia, based in West Ocean City, provided emergency housing for 162 people during the 2016 calendar year, amounting to more than 10,000 “bednights” and more than 53,000 meals for area individuals in need. She said 20 percent of those people were from Berlin and 67 percent were from Worcester County.
Councilman Dean Burrell clarified that bednights referred to the amount of days a person spent in a bed at that facility. He said that averaged about 30 people per day.
“That is tremendous,” Burrell said.
Additionally, the Diakonia food pantry served more than 3,000 households in 2016, 92 percent of those families coming from Worcester County. Church said more than 120 volunteers put in more than 15,000 hours of work for the nonprofit last year.
Sign permit waiver
The council agreed to waive a $60 permit fee for a sign in Stephen Decatur Park advertising the edible forest there. The project, about two years in the making, is sponsored by the Berlin Parks Commission and Assateague Coastal Trust and has included the efforts dozens of volunteers from Stephen Decatur Middle School.
Cannery Village deed
Andrew Hanson, Vice President of Osprey Property Company LLC, said the 45-lot subdivision Cannery Village on Flower Street is finished and had been approved as meeting town standards.
He said he worked the project for about four years and it cost more than $14 million, from the purchase of the land to the installation of streetlights. Hanson estimated about 20 percent of those funds were invested in the town, including the installation of public works, electric and other infrastructure.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said town engineers had reviewed and inspected the project and accepted it. The development was deeded over to the town and related bonds were zeroed out. A two-year warrantee period was triggered, which requires the developer to pay for any maintenance during that time.
Berlin library update
Several department heads provided brief updates on the Berlin Library to be built on Harrison Avenue.
Electric Utilities Director Tim Lawrence said his department had replaced a utility pole near the site. Planning Director Dave Engelhart said a building permit was issued for the library and that construction could start soon.
Several department heads provided brief updates on the Berlin Library to be built on Harrison Avenue.
Electric Utilities Director Tim Lawrence said his department had replaced a utility pole near the site. Planning Director Dave Engelhart said a building permit was issued for the library and that construction could start soon.
Special event request
The councilmembers approved a pair of special event requests.
St. Paul United Methodist Church will host its annual 5K walk/run on May 27. The course will start on Branch Street in front of the church and run about 3.1 miles.
The Berlin Fire Company was granted a one-day permit to host a fundraiser there from 4-10 p.m. on May 13.
Request for funding
Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagel and President Allyson Bernard-Church asked the council to include a $10,000 grant for the nonprofit in its fiscal year 2018 budget, which is being reviewed.
Church said Diakonia, based in West Ocean City, provided emergency housing for 162 people during the 2016 calendar year, amounting to more than 10,000 “bednights” and more than 53,000 meals for area individuals in need. She said 20 percent of those people were from Berlin and 67 percent were from Worcester County.
Councilman Dean Burrell clarified that bednights referred to the amount of days a person spent in a bed at that facility. He said that averaged about 30 people per day.
“That is tremendous,” Burrell said.
Additionally, the Diakonia food pantry served more than 3,000 households in 2016, 92 percent of those families coming from Worcester County. Church said more than 120 volunteers put in more than 15,000 hours of work for the nonprofit last year.
Sign permit waiver
The council agreed to waive a $60 permit fee for a sign in Stephen Decatur Park advertising the edible forest there. The project, about two years in the making, is sponsored by the Berlin Parks Commission and Assateague Coastal Trust and has included the efforts dozens of volunteers from Stephen Decatur Middle School.
Cannery Village deed
Andrew Hanson, Vice President of Osprey Property Company LLC, said the 45-lot subdivision Cannery Village on Flower Street is finished and had been approved as meeting town standards.
He said he worked the project for about four years and it cost more than $14 million, from the purchase of the land to the installation of streetlights. Hanson estimated about 20 percent of those funds were invested in the town, including the installation of public works, electric and other infrastructure.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said town engineers had reviewed and inspected the project and accepted it. The development was deeded over to the town and related bonds were zeroed out. A two-year warrantee period was triggered, which requires the developer to pay for any maintenance during that time.
(May 11, 2017) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Town Council meeting on Monday night:
Special event request
The councilmembers approved a pair of special event requests.
St. Paul United Methodist Church will host its annual 5K walk/run on May 27. The course will start on Branch Street in front of the church and run about 3.1 miles.
The Berlin Fire Company was granted a one-day permit to host a fundraiser there from 4-10 p.m. on May 13.
Request for funding
Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagel and President Allyson Bernard-Church asked the council to include a $10,000 grant for the nonprofit in its fiscal year 2018 budget, which is being reviewed.
Church said Diakonia, based in West Ocean City, provided emergency housing for 162 people during the 2016 calendar year, amounting to more than 10,000 “bednights” and more than 53,000 meals for area individuals in need. She said 20 percent of those people were from Berlin and 67 percent were from Worcester County.
Councilman Dean Burrell clarified that bednights referred to the amount of days a person spent in a bed at that facility. He said that averaged about 30 people per day.
“That is tremendous,” Burrell said.
Additionally, the Diakonia food pantry served more than 3,000 households in 2016, 92 percent of those families coming from Worcester County. Church said more than 120 volunteers put in more than 15,000 hours of work for the nonprofit last year.
Sign permit waiver
The council agreed to waive a $60 permit fee for a sign in Stephen Decatur Park advertising the edible forest there. The project, about two years in the making, is sponsored by the Berlin Parks Commission and Assateague Coastal Trust and has included the efforts dozens of volunteers from Stephen Decatur Middle School.
Cannery Village deed
Andrew Hanson, Vice President of Osprey Property Company LLC, said the 45-lot subdivision Cannery Village on Flower Street is finished and had been approved as meeting town standards.
He said he worked the project for about four years and it cost more than $14 million, from the purchase of the land to the installation of streetlights. Hanson estimated about 20 percent of those funds were invested in the town, including the installation of public works, electric and other infrastructure.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said town engineers had reviewed and inspected the project and accepted it. The development was deeded over to the town and related bonds were zeroed out. A two-year warrantee period was triggered, which requires the developer to pay for any maintenance during that time.
Berlin library update
Several department heads provided brief updates on the Berlin Library to be built on Harrison Avenue.
Electric Utilities Director Tim Lawrence said his department had replaced a utility pole near the site. Planning Director Dave Engelhart said a building permit was issued for the library and that construction could start soon.
Several department heads provided brief updates on the Berlin Library to be built on Harrison Avenue.
Electric Utilities Director Tim Lawrence said his department had replaced a utility pole near the site. Planning Director Dave Engelhart said a building permit was issued for the library and that construction could start soon.