MARCH 22ND COMMUNITY FORUM POSTPONED

March 21, 2012 -- The Office of the County Executive regrets that tomorrow’s meeting (March 22nd) at the Civic Center has been postponed. An emergency meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in Annapolis with top legislators in the House of Delegates to discuss HB 1412 and the negative effects of maintenance of effort rebasing.

County Executive Pollitt is hopeful that tomorrow’s meeting will convince the House leadership that while he shares their commitment to support education funding to the maximum affordable extent, the current proposal before the legislature will be devastating to Wicomico County’s fiscal health. Pollitt will be accompanied by Director of Administration Wayne Strausburg, County Attorney Ed Baker, Director of Finance Andrew Mackel, and Public Information Officer Tamara Lee-Brooks.

The proposed legislation before the General Assembly would cause a more than $14 million gap in next year’s operating budget; something Pollitt maintains cannot be resolved without extreme and virtually unworkable measures on the county’s part.

The following is the REVISED SCHEDULE of upcoming community forums:

WHO:

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

WHAT:

COMMUNITY FORUMS – FISCAL 2013 OUTLOOK

WHEN:

(1) THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 @ 7:00 PM,

HEBRON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

200 S. MAIN STREET, HEBRON (parking/entry behind the fire hall)

(2) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 @ 7:00 PM,

WICOMICO YOUTH & CIVIC CENTER – MIDWAY ROOM

500 GLEN AVENUE, SALISBURY

(3) MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 @ 7:00 PM,

PITTSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

7442 GUMBORO ROAD, PITTSVILLE

All citizens are urged to attend and actively participate with comments and questions.

Please forward this notice. If you are interested in having this presentation at your next organizational meeting please email tleebrooks@wicomicocounty.org

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