(Dec. 24, 2015) A Berlin Mayor and Council meeting originally scheduled for Monday, Dec. 14 – then rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 21 – has been canceled.
Town Administrator Laura Allen confirmed in a phone interview last Friday that the council was unable to establish a quorum in both cases.
On the agenda was approval for the town’s sixth annual New Year’s Eve celebration, Thursday, Dec. 31, in the downtown area on Main Street. Allen said the council was able to approve that item via email, as allowed under Maryland law.
“It works well for things that I consider to be straightforward, noncontroversial topics, so we went ahead and did that.” Allen said.
Other items on the agenda included a resolution for a general bond obligation to acquire the former Tyson’s Chicken plant, a Maryland Smart Energy Community Energy Efficiency and Renewal Energy Plan, a motion to approve an engineering proposal for a tennis court replacement presented by consulting firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., and an audit presentation by PKS & Company and a related motion to approve the fiscal year audit.
Allen confirmed the town would not attempt to reschedule the meeting again. The majority – it not all – of the agenda items will likely be on the docket during the next regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, Jan. 11 at town hall, starting at 7 p.m.
Town Administrator Laura Allen confirmed in a phone interview last Friday that the council was unable to establish a quorum in both cases.
On the agenda was approval for the town’s sixth annual New Year’s Eve celebration, Thursday, Dec. 31, in the downtown area on Main Street. Allen said the council was able to approve that item via email, as allowed under Maryland law.
“It works well for things that I consider to be straightforward, noncontroversial topics, so we went ahead and did that.” Allen said.
Other items on the agenda included a resolution for a general bond obligation to acquire the former Tyson’s Chicken plant, a Maryland Smart Energy Community Energy Efficiency and Renewal Energy Plan, a motion to approve an engineering proposal for a tennis court replacement presented by consulting firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., and an audit presentation by PKS & Company and a related motion to approve the fiscal year audit.
Allen confirmed the town would not attempt to reschedule the meeting again. The majority – it not all – of the agenda items will likely be on the docket during the next regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, Jan. 11 at town hall, starting at 7 p.m.