NEWSLETTER
July 30, 2010
CITYHALL
Community News Website: The City has set up a Community News Weblog at http://cityoffruitland.blogspot.com to provide an informal venue for community sports, business, and nonprofit news and pictures. Submissions can be sent to rkonrad@cityoffruitland.com.
Annual Newsletter: The annual newsletter “The Grapevine” is completed and will be mailed within the next two weeks along with the tax bills.
Dog Ordinance Pending: A revision of Ordinance #186 is now being considered. Our current Ordinance gives the responsibility of dealing with dog complaints to Wicomico County. Unfortunately the County has cut their enforcement arm in the Humane Society and has turned over dealing with these issues to the Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff’s Department has no interest in dealing with our local problems in this matter.
Gateways and Image Enhancement Plan Being Studied: The City Manager, Assistant City Manager and Code Enforcement Officer are working together to craft a plan for upgrading welcome signs and other public areas to enhance the City’s image with guests and citizens.
City Council Election: Just a reminder that Candidates may file Petitions of Candidacy through Monday, September 6, 2010 for Fruitland’s General Election to be held on Monday, October 4, 2010; as of this writing, no Petitions of Candidacy have been filed.. Visit the City Website for more detailed information and to download filing forms.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The regular monthly meeting (August 3) of the Planning Commission has been canceled due to the lack of agenda items. Minutes of the July 3 meeting are enclosed with this mailing for members review.
POLICE
“National Night Out” will commence on Tuesday evening, August 3, 2010, at the Fruitland Little League Park. The public is encouraged attend.
Good job to officers in making an arrest of a suspect in connection with the burglary of Cooper Insurance and other previous burglaries within the city.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Staff removed one of three sewage pumps from Clyde Avenue Pumping Station for a 20,000 hour overhaul and performance evaluation. The remaining two units will be serviced once the above referenced unit is returned to service.
The water service to 106 Gurney Drive was replaced due to leakage failure.
OTHER
A Live Demonstration for a Proposed All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Park will be held on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at 613 Cedar Lane. This FREE demonstration is open to the Public and ALL are welcome!
On This Day In History
On July 30, 1966, the Troggs take their signature hit, "Wild Thing," a three-chord masterpiece, to #1 on the charts and it instantly took its rightful place in the rock-and-roll canon.
Today’s Quote
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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4 comments:
If you want to enhance Fruitland's image how about sending the code officer to some of the dumps in town and fix Main Street.
I'm still waiting to pay my bill via credit card as promised over two years ago. Can't blame the previous city manager for this one. One person is to blame in the finance dept. Maybe she'll have it up and running before she retires.
At least the police dept does something right. National Night Out is a great deal, everything is free!
improve Fruitland's image by giving us something to show for our tax dollars other than stupid signs
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