City approves police pay hike and 6 percent raises for 194 workers
Budget discussions highlight pay inequities and a plan to raise 194 city employees salaries by 6 percent annually until parity is reached while 175 employees receive a one step correction. The Fraternal Order of Police backs a 5 percent officer raise plus COLA and a joint pay scale committee. The council also approves a 1.4 million loan, a 15000 grant, a city curfew, fee increases, and a disadvantaged business plan.
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John Sica
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Lynn Board
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FOP
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Frederick
Frederick County Salaries and Transfer Tax Proposal Stirs Debate
The proposed legislative package includes county salary figures for various offices and a plan to implement a 5 percent transfer tax on property sales to replace the current $2,000 impact fee. Proponents say the tax would keep home prices affordable, while opponents warn it could raise housing costs. Other items include tax district legislation, gaming law revisions, and a development commission proposal.
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Somerset
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Baltimore City
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Rhoderick
Gray
Public Economic and Community Development Commission
Investigators probe criminal links in ValuJet crash
Federal investigators consider possible crimes in the ValuJet crash that involved an illegal cargo of hazardous oxygen canisters. ValuJet Airlines acknowledged the probe, reported by Business Week.
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New York
ValuJet
ValuJet Airlines
Business Week
Tragic Workplace Accident At Boonsboro Site Claims Worker
An employed operator at a Boonsboro construction firm may have suffered a heart attack leading to a fatal collapse at a Himes Avenue site. OSHA and Frederick police investigated while the crew halted work. the victim’s widow, Lydia Summers Miller, was informed. A separate Ballenger Creek Pike incident injured David Glant, 28, of Walkersville when a steel piece fell from rafters. he was hospitalized.
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Miller
Ijamsville
Himes Avenue
Butterfly Lane
U.S. 340
William Shook
Shook Excavating
Mr. Shook
State Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Frederick
Joseph Simmons
Eric Stanley
OSHA
Overlook
Ballenger Creek Pike
Maryland
David Glant
Walkersville
Glant
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Summit Interior Contractors
State
Mr. Glant
News-Post
Susan C. Nicol
Noise dispute over church day care prompts barrier plan
State inspector suggests a sound-attenuating barrier along the property line to ease yard disturbances caused by a church day care. Church officials are reluctant to proceed until legal challenges to the day care's existence are resolved, and the resident doubts a wooden wall would stop the noise.
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David Jarinko
Department
Quentin Banks
Banks
dJarinko
Teets
Town Planning Commission
Jarinko
MDE
Bear sighting may explain missing dog in Western Maryland
Walkersville residents reported bear sightings near Gas House Pike Rose Hill Manor and the airport road amid a missing dog case. State officials note Bernese dogs resemble bears and will compare footprints after a Frederick visit to determine if the dog’s size coat and paw prints fit the reports.
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Gas House Pike
Fairgrounds
Rose Hill Manor
Walkersville
Patricia Manown
State Department of Natural Resources
Ms. Thomas
Maryland
Fort Detrick to study facilities for new conference complex
Col. Tuell notes a market survey to determine needed facilities for a proposed community conference center at Fort Detrick. The project aims to attract many users with its size and technology. Local officials and developers show interest while Congress weighs the concept plan and potential approval or rejection.
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Fort Detrick
Col. Tuell
Congress
President Clinton waves at Arizona middle schoolers
President Bill Clinton paused after an early morning jog at Fort McNair to chat with fewer than a dozen Shay Middle School students from Phoenix. The group gathered outside the base gate, took pictures, and waved as the president spoke briefly with military personnel.
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Arizona
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Fort McNair
Shay Middle School
Phoenix
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