Frederick OKs 38.2 million budget with 3 percent pay raise
Frederick's Board of Aldermen approved a 38,263,000 fiscal 1993 budget with a 3 percent pay raise for municipal workers and a 3 cent drop in the property tax rate to 1.56 per 100 assessed value. The package includes funding for police, transit, and homeless services, and advances the Carrol Creek flood control project with a state grant.
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Frederick
Michael Williams
Keith Brown
Public Works Committee
Paul Gordon
State Water Resources Administration
Carrol Creek
Mass Transit Administration
City police approve new three year pact
Frederick city and the Fraternal Order of Police ratified a three year contract offering a 3 percent cost of living salary increase. The pact covers retirement benefits and opens wage talks during its term. Drug testing for applicants and officers, limited uniform use for certain secondary jobs, and residency requirements within 25 miles of Market and Patrick streets are new provisions. City leaders praised improved relations and welcomed the agreement as a win for officers and residents.
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Order of Police
Frederick City
William Thompson
FDP
Pat O’brien
FOP
Frederick County
Square Corner
Market
Patrick Streets
Frederick Eyes Annexation Over Water Woes on Butterfly Lane
Frederick officials plan annexation of homes along Butterfly Lane and Mount Phillip Road if the county health department requires city water hookups. Mayor Paul Gordon urged a regional approach to water issues dating back to the 1950s. The city recently connected two Butterfly Lane homes after well contamination and extended a water survey to six Mount Phillip Road homes. Health tests are set for June 16. annexation may follow if hookups are mandated.
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FOP
Thompson
James Grimes
Paul Gordon
Frederick
Sgt. O'Brien
Regis Raffensberger
Sgt
O’brien
Gordon
Butterfly Lane
Mount Phillip Road
Health Department
Butterfy Lane
Sally Murphy
Bush seeks leadership at Earth Summit amid biodiversity dispute
President Bush joins the Earth Summit in Rio to defend U S environmental programs while balancing growth. He faces resentment over refusing to sign a biodiversity treaty as delegates from 178 nations critique U S resource use and leadership.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Bush
U.S
Jose Goldemberg
Goldemberg
United States
Panama
Panama City
Frederick County Farm Population Falls Sharply in 1980s
Frederick County saw farm residents decline 28.25 percent from 4 112 in 1980 to 2 950 in 1990 surpassing the national drop of 24.1 percent. Maryland and U S data show fewer farmers with many earning income off the farm a trend linked to drought and economic pressures.
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Frederick County
United States
Maryland
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S
Census Bureau
Harold Lenhart
Frederick
Jan Staley
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Poole
Ms. Staley
County approves 140.5 million budget plan for 1993
Frederick County Commissioners finalize a 140.5 million operating budget for fiscal 1993 after a month of debates over small line items. A 34 million capital budget funds Myersville Elementary expansion and track upgrades at Middletown Linganore high schools while surplus funds support several programs and services amid 3-2 votes.
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Frederick County
Myersville
Middletown
Linganore
Family Partnership
Department of Social Services
Sue Ann Yingling
Bruce Reeder
Kemptown
Lewistown
Yingling
Bartlett revamps Roscoe Bartlett campaign staff again
Roscoe G Bartlett reshuffles his campaign team for the second time in a month naming Timothy Woodford as a key adviser and Lawrence Hogan Sr as co chair. Richard Leggitt resigns his strategist post amid an ongoing internal friction noted by Hogan and Bartlett. Woodford, 43, re joins after leaving earlier this week. Hogan, 63, shifts to a broader strategic role while Woodford oversees campaign administration.
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Roscoe G. Bartlett
Timothy Woodford
Lawrence J. Hogan Sr
Richard B. Leggitt
Woodford
Bartlett
Leggitt
Hogan
New Design Road
Tim Woodford
Mr. Woodford
State Republican Central Committee
Scott Plecs
Plecs
Congress
Prince George’s
Roscoe
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