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Thurmont and Emmitsburg by James Rada, Jr. Town to Hire Summer Maintenance year decreased around $82,015, and
Town Hall Reports Worker overall expenses increased around
Thurmont will hire a seasonal
$62,652.
The town had $14.6 million in
March 2016 employee to maintain town parks revenues from sources for 2015 and
and trails this summer. The expected
cost for this position is $10,560 for expenses of $12.8 million, leaving
Emmitsburg pumping station, it still has to be an employee who works forty hours the town with a $1.8 million surplus.
Although the audit was fine, a couple
per week at $12.00 for twenty-
New Website Up and Running paid for. Emmitsburg will be the first two weeks. The position’s duties deficiencies were noted that need
municipality in the country with this
The town has launched its new technology. include picking up trash, cleaning to be addressed. One is that some
website design. You can still view it bathrooms, and emptying the trash journal entries are needed to reconcile
at www.emmitsburgmd.gov, but it Deputies Want to Start Rocket Club cans in the parks. The purpose of some accounts at year end. The audit
has a new, updated look that includes The Frederick County Community this new hire will be to free up other notes, “we suggest that management
many new features, such as county Deputies are planning on starting a town staff for work that requires perform monthly reconciliations and
alerts, streaming of old meetings, rocket club for youth in Emmitsburg. greater knowledge and skill, such as more routine reviews that include all
a business directory, and an online The group will meet once a month street maintenance. funds and accounts.”
incident report. to build model rockets and then Despite the additional cost, the Town staff has done this both
“This is light years beyond launch them. “We want to encourage Department of Public Works is still individually and on an overall fund
what we have had in the past,” youth to come out and feel more expected to come in under budget for basis for the cash accounts. They
Commissioner Glenn Blanchard said comfortable with us and to have a the fiscal year, which ends on June 30. are working on performing monthly
after the presentation. positive impact on them,” the deputy Thurmont Receives Clean Audit reviews for the journal entries and
The website went live in mid- told the Emmitsburg mayor and The Thurmont mayor and account balances. This will hopefully
March, and the town staff is seeking commissioners. commissioners received their annual be accomplished by augmenting the
pictures that can be posted on the Other deputies had run a rocket audit during the February 23 town accounting staff.
website, particularly pictures of town club once before in town and found meeting. McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Another note on the audit was
events that show people. it to be a popular club. Hammond of Frederick (MKS&H) that the same person who signs
Pumping Station Gets Power Star For more information on the town of conducted the audit for the fiscal year checks can also write checks and
Power Star energy monitoring Emmitsburg, visit www.emmitsburgmd. ending June 30, 2015. Megan Baker post them to the general ledger. The
equipment will soon be installed on gov or call 301-600-6300. and Barbara Walker of MKS&H audit recommended that “another
the Emmitsburg pumping station, presented the highlights of the audit individual should be trained to
which is guaranteed to decrease Thurmont to the commissioners and answered generate the checks for payment and
electric costs at the pumping station questions. then post the checks once they have
by at least ten percent. New Basketball Courts Approved The town received a clean, been approved and signed.” This will
Emmitsburg Zoning Technician On March 2, 2016, the Thurmont unqualified, and unmodified also hopefully be accomplished once
Jerry Muir said that the equipment is mayor and commissioners approved opinion, which is good. Total assets the accounting staff is augmented. In
manufactured in Europe and inhibits a bid to have Playground Specialists increased $2 million, most of which the meantime, Mayor John Kinnaird
unneeded power into the station. “If build two new basketball half-courts are infrastructure improvements. routinely reviews monthly bank
we need 426 volts, we don’t get 440, at Pleasant Acres Park and Woodland Total liabilities increased $3 statements and cancelled checks.
that’s where you get the savings,” Park. Playground Specialists million. Most of this comes from For more information on the town of
Muir said. presented the low bid of $37,875. Of accounting changes that require a Thurmont, visit www.thurmont.com
This is because even if the this amount, $37,800 will be paid for different way of reporting pension or call the town office at 301-271-
electricity isn’t used, if it goes to the by Program Open Space funds. liabilities. Overall, revenues for the 7313.
From the Mayor Stavros is open—welcome home! restaurant drew customers from all the town in 2000 by the State of
Go men’s Mount Rugby team.
Emmitsburg The team is ranked No. 1 in the over. Mike was also known for his Maryland working in concert with
strong patriotic views to which he
the Conservation Fund. This is a
by Mayor Briggs country Small College Division always stood steadfast. Both men dream project of Commissioner Tim
and will play for the National will be missed. O’Donnell.
The Doughboy is up. What took Championship in Denver in late Work on replacing sidewalks along I attended the March monthly
two seconds to knock down took April. South Seton Avenue by the State meeting of county executive, mayor
eight months to reinstall. After what It seems every day that we lose Highway Administration (SHA) is and burgesses. The main agenda
seemed like an endless state protocol part of history with the passing of underway. This is the first installment item was going over the results of
process, nationally known sculptor another member of our community. of the Emmitsburg downtown the SHA Tourist Area and Corridor
Gary Casteel did the repair work in Over the last month we lost Richard revitalization project. When the work (TAC) signage program. All through
three and half months. Shining, the “Dick” Waybright, a seventh- is complete on South Seton Avenue, the process northern Frederick
doughboy rests atop a new 6,500 generation dairy farmer, like few the plan is to immediately shift to County tourism stakeholders were
pound sandstone pedestal extracted others. Dick was internationally continue side walk replacements given the opportunity to be involved
from the same quarry as the original renowned and visited over 80 on North Seton Avenue. The whole in the decisions on tourist road
base. Welcome home. countries and along with his brother, Seton Avenue work is projected to be signage that will appear in the not
Horace, developed cutting edge completed in two months. too distant future.
technology needed for the modern Emmitsburg was featured in the Recently I participated in the
Advertise dairy farmer. It’s the only dairy February 2016 edition national “Read Across America” program
in The Catoctin Banner farm I know of with a theatre to mountain bike magazine “Dirt at Mother Seton School. I had the
accommodate its many visitors. We Bag”. Purportedly, the magazine honor of reading to the fourth-
• Full Color • also lost Donald “Mike” Fitzgerald, has a readership of over 200,000. grade class and it was a phenomenal
Affordable • Effective the proprietor of the Shamrock The article was written by Brice experience. Last year Reese Fryer
• 301-447-2804 • Restaurant, a northern Frederick Shirbach who grew up in the from the town office, Libby and I
• [email protected] • County landmark. He was a area. The mountain bike trail was read to first graders at Emmitsburg
The Catoctin Banner, serving Northern restaurateur like few others. Known developed on town owned land of Elementary School which was an
Frederick County, Maryland, since 1995 for its Irish décor and menu, the which 550 acres was donated to equally great experience.
Thurmont and Emmitsburg by James Rada, Jr. Town to Hire Summer Maintenance year decreased around $82,015, and
Town Hall Reports Worker overall expenses increased around
Thurmont will hire a seasonal
$62,652.
The town had $14.6 million in
March 2016 employee to maintain town parks revenues from sources for 2015 and
and trails this summer. The expected
cost for this position is $10,560 for expenses of $12.8 million, leaving
Emmitsburg pumping station, it still has to be an employee who works forty hours the town with a $1.8 million surplus.
Although the audit was fine, a couple
per week at $12.00 for twenty-
New Website Up and Running paid for. Emmitsburg will be the first two weeks. The position’s duties deficiencies were noted that need
municipality in the country with this
The town has launched its new technology. include picking up trash, cleaning to be addressed. One is that some
website design. You can still view it bathrooms, and emptying the trash journal entries are needed to reconcile
at www.emmitsburgmd.gov, but it Deputies Want to Start Rocket Club cans in the parks. The purpose of some accounts at year end. The audit
has a new, updated look that includes The Frederick County Community this new hire will be to free up other notes, “we suggest that management
many new features, such as county Deputies are planning on starting a town staff for work that requires perform monthly reconciliations and
alerts, streaming of old meetings, rocket club for youth in Emmitsburg. greater knowledge and skill, such as more routine reviews that include all
a business directory, and an online The group will meet once a month street maintenance. funds and accounts.”
incident report. to build model rockets and then Despite the additional cost, the Town staff has done this both
“This is light years beyond launch them. “We want to encourage Department of Public Works is still individually and on an overall fund
what we have had in the past,” youth to come out and feel more expected to come in under budget for basis for the cash accounts. They
Commissioner Glenn Blanchard said comfortable with us and to have a the fiscal year, which ends on June 30. are working on performing monthly
after the presentation. positive impact on them,” the deputy Thurmont Receives Clean Audit reviews for the journal entries and
The website went live in mid- told the Emmitsburg mayor and The Thurmont mayor and account balances. This will hopefully
March, and the town staff is seeking commissioners. commissioners received their annual be accomplished by augmenting the
pictures that can be posted on the Other deputies had run a rocket audit during the February 23 town accounting staff.
website, particularly pictures of town club once before in town and found meeting. McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Another note on the audit was
events that show people. it to be a popular club. Hammond of Frederick (MKS&H) that the same person who signs
Pumping Station Gets Power Star For more information on the town of conducted the audit for the fiscal year checks can also write checks and
Power Star energy monitoring Emmitsburg, visit www.emmitsburgmd. ending June 30, 2015. Megan Baker post them to the general ledger. The
equipment will soon be installed on gov or call 301-600-6300. and Barbara Walker of MKS&H audit recommended that “another
the Emmitsburg pumping station, presented the highlights of the audit individual should be trained to
which is guaranteed to decrease Thurmont to the commissioners and answered generate the checks for payment and
electric costs at the pumping station questions. then post the checks once they have
by at least ten percent. New Basketball Courts Approved The town received a clean, been approved and signed.” This will
Emmitsburg Zoning Technician On March 2, 2016, the Thurmont unqualified, and unmodified also hopefully be accomplished once
Jerry Muir said that the equipment is mayor and commissioners approved opinion, which is good. Total assets the accounting staff is augmented. In
manufactured in Europe and inhibits a bid to have Playground Specialists increased $2 million, most of which the meantime, Mayor John Kinnaird
unneeded power into the station. “If build two new basketball half-courts are infrastructure improvements. routinely reviews monthly bank
we need 426 volts, we don’t get 440, at Pleasant Acres Park and Woodland Total liabilities increased $3 statements and cancelled checks.
that’s where you get the savings,” Park. Playground Specialists million. Most of this comes from For more information on the town of
Muir said. presented the low bid of $37,875. Of accounting changes that require a Thurmont, visit www.thurmont.com
This is because even if the this amount, $37,800 will be paid for different way of reporting pension or call the town office at 301-271-
electricity isn’t used, if it goes to the by Program Open Space funds. liabilities. Overall, revenues for the 7313.
From the Mayor Stavros is open—welcome home! restaurant drew customers from all the town in 2000 by the State of
Go men’s Mount Rugby team.
Emmitsburg The team is ranked No. 1 in the over. Mike was also known for his Maryland working in concert with
strong patriotic views to which he
the Conservation Fund. This is a
by Mayor Briggs country Small College Division always stood steadfast. Both men dream project of Commissioner Tim
and will play for the National will be missed. O’Donnell.
The Doughboy is up. What took Championship in Denver in late Work on replacing sidewalks along I attended the March monthly
two seconds to knock down took April. South Seton Avenue by the State meeting of county executive, mayor
eight months to reinstall. After what It seems every day that we lose Highway Administration (SHA) is and burgesses. The main agenda
seemed like an endless state protocol part of history with the passing of underway. This is the first installment item was going over the results of
process, nationally known sculptor another member of our community. of the Emmitsburg downtown the SHA Tourist Area and Corridor
Gary Casteel did the repair work in Over the last month we lost Richard revitalization project. When the work (TAC) signage program. All through
three and half months. Shining, the “Dick” Waybright, a seventh- is complete on South Seton Avenue, the process northern Frederick
doughboy rests atop a new 6,500 generation dairy farmer, like few the plan is to immediately shift to County tourism stakeholders were
pound sandstone pedestal extracted others. Dick was internationally continue side walk replacements given the opportunity to be involved
from the same quarry as the original renowned and visited over 80 on North Seton Avenue. The whole in the decisions on tourist road
base. Welcome home. countries and along with his brother, Seton Avenue work is projected to be signage that will appear in the not
Horace, developed cutting edge completed in two months. too distant future.
technology needed for the modern Emmitsburg was featured in the Recently I participated in the
Advertise dairy farmer. It’s the only dairy February 2016 edition national “Read Across America” program
in The Catoctin Banner farm I know of with a theatre to mountain bike magazine “Dirt at Mother Seton School. I had the
accommodate its many visitors. We Bag”. Purportedly, the magazine honor of reading to the fourth-
• Full Color • also lost Donald “Mike” Fitzgerald, has a readership of over 200,000. grade class and it was a phenomenal
Affordable • Effective the proprietor of the Shamrock The article was written by Brice experience. Last year Reese Fryer
• 301-447-2804 • Restaurant, a northern Frederick Shirbach who grew up in the from the town office, Libby and I
• [email protected] • County landmark. He was a area. The mountain bike trail was read to first graders at Emmitsburg
The Catoctin Banner, serving Northern restaurateur like few others. Known developed on town owned land of Elementary School which was an
Frederick County, Maryland, since 1995 for its Irish décor and menu, the which 550 acres was donated to equally great experience.
