Advisers urge county to add transfer tax to impact fee
Frederick County capital funding panel urged the commissioners to start a transfer tax for school construction funding, saying impact fees on new homes are below expectations. The panel projects impact fee revenues drop to about 2.6 million annually, proposes allocating seven percent of general fund revenue to the capital budget, and notes debt limits will tighten.
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Capital Funding Committee
Frederick County
Alan Imhoff
Imhoff
Mr. Imhoff
Mark Sneadner
David Gray
High school students teach freshman model rocketry at Urbana Elementary
Ninth graders from Urbana High led a fourth grade model rocketry lesson at Urbana Elementary. The design production class members demonstrated assembly, glued, cut, and launched kit rockets while a video camera shared the process. Students plan more rockets and a 12 by 8 foot hot air balloon project.
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Urbana
Urbana High
Becky Boteler
David Sanchez
Becky
David
Dennis Soboleski
Soboleski
Linda Spohn
Virginia Wills
Urbana High Technology Department
Lloyd Sedillo
Virginia
Frederick Rec director seeks 10 million sports complex
Frederick's recreation director Roekey Myers advocates a 10 million multi use sports complex with ten fields for softball soccer lacrosse hockey and outdoor inline skating. proposed site in an industrial zone off Monroe Avenue would be away from homes and include lighting parking and restrooms. funding would come in the 1997 1998 budget cycle. he pins hope on industrial land to spur recreation and business alike.
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Frederick
City Recreation
Roekey Myers
Myers
Mr. Myers
Monroe Avenue
Stepfather's murder trial opens in Florida case
West Palm Beach jurors hear that John Zile and wife Pauline allegedly covered up the death of Christina Holt by staging abduction claims from a Fort Lauderdale flea market. Prosecutors say Christina was repeatedly beaten. defense concedes responsibility but argues accidental death.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Poolesville
John Zile
Pauline Zile
Mr. Zile
Zile
Christina
Life Technologies expands operations in Frederick facility
Life Technologies, Inc. of Gaithersburg will consolidate all manufacturing and distribution in Frederick. About 50,000 square feet will be leased at Omega Center for a distribution facility, while Executive Way remains a manufacturing site. Corporate HQ stays in Gaithersburg. The project aims to open in 8 to 12 months with PF Obrecht-Phoenix as contractors. 1,400 employees worldwide and annual sales around 272 million dollars.
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Life Technologies, Inc
Gaithersburg
Frederick
Omega Center
Executive Way
R.K. Mason
Facil
Ity
Pf, Obrecht-Phoenix
Mason
Omega Properties Group
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