TOWN OF EASTON
2024-2025 Employee Yearbook
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The second edition of the Town of Easton Employee Yearbook. It’s amazing to be able to look back and see how much has changed over this past year, and to know that each of you had a major part to play in the tremendous progress we made in 2024.
While some of us work at separate buildings, in different parts of town, or on different shifts, we are all contributing to the same cause. I hope that even if you don’t cross paths with all your fellow coworkers, this yearbook will be a valuable asset for you to recognize a face from an email interaction, or to place someone from a department you may rarely encounter.
So please take a look through and explore these pages, marveling at how similar, and different, we all can be. Even with just a small photo and a few questions, you’ll be able to see the brightness of your coworkers personalities shining through. To see more, be sure to click on the month of the year to visit its corresponding newsletter for each month.
Lastly, I want to personally thank each of you for your contributions to our Town, both as an organization and as a place where so many people enjoy to live, raise their families, work at, and visit. I’m so proud of the work we have accomplished together, and can’t wait to see what we can get done in 2025. It will be a joy to watch it all unfold, one day at a time.
Mayor Megan Cook
Alan Lowrey
Chief
Aaron Sadberry
Construction Inspector Department: Engineering
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Football and Basketball
Favorite Part of 2024: Commanders having a good season
Looking forward to in 2025: For everything to be better in 2024, knowing it takes hard work.
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Working out, church, learning about smoking food
Favorite Part of 2024: Being able to spend time with my mom before she passed.
Looking forward to in 2025: Being a police chief.
Allen Orrison
Patrol Sergeant
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 16
I Enjoy: Competitive Duck Herding
Favorite Part of 2024: The Election of President Trump
Looking forward to in 2025: Not Having to Complete a Yearbook Submission for Another Year
Andre Magee
Street Sweeper
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 20
I Enjoy: Shopping, Cooking, Car Shows, Car Audio, Traveling
Favorite Part of 2024: Celebrating my grandma’s 88th birthday
Looking forward to in 2025: New Opportunities Andrew Hubbard
Tree Crew Maintenance
Department: Public Works Years Served: 1
Andrew Griffith
Park maintenance crew Department: Public Works Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Coaching football, working out, and reading Favorite Part of 2024: Helping out with national night out Looking forward to in 2025: Making Easton a better place to visit and live
I Enjoy: Playing slow pitch softball, shooting pool and playing video games
Favorite Part of 2024: Being selected to represent Maryland in Florida for softball
Looking forward to in 2025: Winning the lottery
JANUARY
The year kicked off with some big arrivals, and some big departures! We saw the ribbon cutting to the new dog park on Brewer’s Lane, hosted the MLK Jr Basketball Classic, and enjoyed a little taste of snowfall. We also held a retirement party for Mayor Bob Willey, and saw Hugh Grunden announce his upcoming retirement from Easton Utilities.
Andrew Roberts
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: <1
I Enjoy: Line Dancing
Favorite Part of 2024: Finishing my Bachelor’s degree
Looking forward to in 2025: Interacting more within the community
Ashley Bayne
Corporal
Andy Coleman
Building Inspector
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Golf, Hunting and fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: The election is over Looking forward to in 2025: continuing to enjoy my inspector jobs
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 13
I Enjoy: Hunting and Long Range shooting
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting engaged!
Looking forward to in 2025: Our family trip to Puerto Rico and our wedding
Autumn Hayden
Police Officer
Ashley Groce
Administrative Specialist Department: Finance Department
Years Served: <1
I Enjoy: i like cooking , traveling , shopping, and spending time with my friends and family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Traveling to Japan
Looking forward to in 2025: to still be alive, travel more, and make more memories with my family
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Ant Farming and Competitive Duck Herding
Favorite Part of 2024: The last time to fill out this form. Looking forward to in 2025: Moving out of Maryland.
Barry Slaughter
Division Manger of Sanitation
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 25
I Enjoy: Traveling and spending time with my family
Favorite Part of 2024: Hearing I am going to be a Grandfather
Looking forward to in 2025: Meeting my grand baby
Bert Murphy
Shop Administrator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 16
I Enjoy: Old cars
Favorite Part of 2024: when Trump won the election
Looking forward to in 2025: Trump doing his thing
Bill Murdoch
Beverly Williamson
Administrative Assistant
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 20
I Enjoy: Spending time with family and going to the beach
Favorite Part of 2024: Vacation at Tybee Island
Looking forward to in 2025: Taking a trip to Ireland
Division Manager Maintenance/Park Maintenance
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Golfing, fishing and lacrosse
Favorite Part of 2024: Traveling to the beach with my extended family for a weeks vacation
Looking forward to in 2025: Improving my golf game and spending time with my daughters
Blair Barstar
Police Officer
Bill Willis
Machine Operator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 25
I Enjoy: Hunting and Fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: Completing Town projects
Looking forward to in 2025: Taking care of the farm
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Sports and Hiking
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting engaged!
Looking forward to in 2025: Many things
Bob Haase
Technical Inspector
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 9 (part time)
I Enjoy: Sporting Clay Shooting, Fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: Driving cross country in two seat MGA
Looking forward to in 2025: Shooting Better
FEBRUARY
This month we enjoyed the Fire & Ice Festival, with fun activities and ice sculptures adorning downtown Easton. We also said goodbye to Carlene Phoenix, who served as Easton’s Supervisor of Elections for over 20 years. The first ever EPD Community Police Academy was well underway, and our town saw a visit from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin.
Brandon Watkins
Laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Fishing, traveling, spending time with family and friends.
Brandon Miles
Laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Playing Ice Hockey, softball, and cornhole
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting married
Looking forward to in 2025: Happy and healthy year
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting engaged
Looking forward to in 2025: Getting married
Brian Carroll
Corporal
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 6
I Enjoy: Driving all the way to Mexico to race
Favorite Part of 2024: November
Looking forward to in 2025: July
Carol Callahan
Finance
Officer
Department: Finance
Years Served: 24
I Enjoy: Camping
Favorite Part of 2024: N/A
Looking forward to in 2025: New opportunities for learning
Carolinne Kahane
Administrative Specialist Department: Finance
Years Served: 4
I Enjoy: Spending time with family & friends, Traveling, Crafting and painting
Favorite Part of 2024: New adventures with my family
Looking forward to in 2025: Travel more with my family
Catelin Vanderlinden Trams
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 4
I Enjoy: Traveling
Favorite Part of 2024: Marrying my best friend
Looking forward to in 2025: Traveling
MARCH
March is home to the always fun St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Potato Races. While our team “Starch Your Engines” didn’t win, they put up a great fight! We also saw Public works personnel undergo CPR and first response training from Talbot County DES, and safety operating training from STIHL. This month, Senator Chris Van Hollen visited Town.
Charles Connolly
Assistant
Finance Officer
Department: Finance
Years Served: 4
I Enjoy: Riding my Harley
Favorite Part of 2024: The renovation of the Doverbrook apartments
Looking forward to in 2025: Expansion of affordable housing for the people that need it most
Chris Mueller
Patrolman
Chris Doyle Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 4
Looking forward to in 2025: President Donald Trump
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Hunting / fishing, motorcycles, antique tractors / vehicles.
Favorite Part of 2024: Learning and growing in a new career.
Looking forward to in 2025: New experiences.
Christy Spindler
HR Generalist
Department: Human Resources
Years Served: 1
Chris Westerfield
Police
Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 12
I Enjoy: Spending time with my family, sports, music and lifting weights
Favorite Part of 2024: Watching Jayden Daniels play quarterback for my favorite NFL team lol
Looking forward to in 2025: Continue watching Jayden Daniels play football for my favorite NFL team lol
I Enjoy: I enjoy traveling unknown roads to unknown places to capture the best picture!
Favorite Part of 2024: I enjoyed living in the moment with family and friends!
Looking forward to in 2025: I am looking forward to my youngest son’s high school graduation!!
Clarence Gould
Bulk
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 50
I Enjoy: Baseball
Favorite Part of 2024: Hitting 50th year mark
Looking forward to in 2025: Better year
Cody Bland
Police officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 7
I Enjoy: Golf, fishing, hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: My daughter being born
Looking forward to in 2025: Going to the 2025 us open
Cody Gaertner
Equipment operator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Hunting and fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting married and having a kid
Looking forward to in 2025: More overtime
Colin Jones
Stormwater Management Tech
Department: Engineering
Years Served: 7
I Enjoy: Woodworking, boating, traveling, cooking
Favorite Part of 2024: Watching the O’s
opening day with friends from High School.
Looking forward to in 2025: Traveling more with family.
Colton Insley
Construction laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Fishing
Colin Woodard
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Travel
Favorite Part of 2024: Traveling
Looking forward to in 2025: Travel
Favorite Part of 2024: Got a new truck
Looking forward to in 2025: Good times
Cordero Proctor
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Working out, Traveling, Spending time with family
Favorite Part of 2024: Time spent with family
Looking forward to in 2025: To learn and accomplish more new things
APRIL
This month saw some big announcements and at least one major milestone. EUC announced John Horner as the incoming President and CEO, the Doverbrook Apartment Complex broke ground, and our very own Clarence Gould marked 50 years of service to the Town! Two team leaders began Shore Leadership training, and a near-total lunar eclipse darkened the skies above.
Craig Tatum
Crew member
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Baseball, football, hunting
Cory Schuch Detective
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: hunting, detecting
Favorite Part of 2024: All of the cases I got to detect
Looking forward to in 2025: detecting more cases
Favorite Part of 2024: Killing my first sika stag.
Looking forward to in 2025: Learning more trades.
Dan Reading
Patrolman
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Being a Police Officer
Favorite Part of 2024: All of them
Looking forward to in 2025: Working with Pfc Reeley
Daniel Farmer
Sanitation
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 18
I Enjoy: I’m a gamer, bowling, biking
Favorite Part of 2024: I got married
Looking forward to in 2025: Having a good year
Dawn Hutchison
Purchasing & Grants Clerk
Department: Finance
Years Served: 8
David L Wroten
Supervisor of Parks and Recreation
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 12
I Enjoy: Surfing, Snorkeling, The Bible and Church Favorite Part of 2024: On Vacation with my family Looking forward to in 2025: Vacation
I Enjoy: Traveling with my husband in our motorhome. Favorite Part of 2024: Adding a new grandson to our family. Looking forward to in 2025: Family time, getting together with friends, and seeing what new adventures unfold.
MAY
In addition to welcoming back the warm weather, May brought the ribbon cutting for the BAAM Athletic Field at Moton Park, an employee breakfast celebrating Clarence Gould’s 50 year milestone, and National Public Works Week. Elsewhere Talbot County celebrated the 250 year anniversary of the Talbot Resolves.
Dorothy Stichberry
Meter
Enforcement Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 24
I Enjoy: Bowling, reading, camping
Favorite Part of 2024: going on a cruise
Looking forward to in 2025: spending time with family
Dustin Otto
Drequan Stevens
Garbage pickup
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Listening to music and spending time with family
Favorite Part of 2024: The Christmas, It was party was fun.
Looking forward to in 2025: The Spring and summer weather
Division Manager of the Construction Crew and Shop
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 14
I Enjoy: Camping
Favorite Part of 2024: 9-night cruise to the Caribbean
Looking forward to in 2025: My planned camping trips
Frank Creegan
Police Officer
Eric Kellner
Sergeant
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 22
I Enjoy: Hunting, fishing, camping, sports
Favorite Part of 2024: Family Vacation in OBX
Looking forward to in 2025: Healthy and Prosperous 2025
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 23
I Enjoy: Traveling
Looking forward to in 2025: Traveling
Frank Sova
Detective
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 8
I Enjoy: Making Fat Frank’s Fire BBQ, playing guitar, hunting, fishing, and spending time with my family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Surviving a trip to Atlanta, Georgia.
Looking forward to in 2025: Not returning to Atlanta, Georgia.
Garey Fike
Construction crew laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 7
I Enjoy: Hunting, Fishing, and slowpitch softball
Favorite Part of 2024: My vacation to Myrtle Beach
Looking forward to in 2025: Happy and healthy year
Greg Hall
Corporal
Glenn Towers
Construction Division supervisor Department: Public Works Years Served: 13
I Enjoy: Hunting, Camping, Favorite Part of 2024: Camping
Looking forward to in 2025: Happy and healthy year
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 10
I Enjoy: anything sports related
Favorite Part of 2024: Making rank of Corporal
Looking forward to in 2025: My youngest daughter and family moving back to Easton area.
Gregory Webb
Park’s specialist
Department: Parks & Recreation
Years Served: 18
I Enjoy: Watching movies chilling with family and taking trips
Favorite Part of 2024: Took my first trip to the Bahamas.
Greg Mueller
PR/Communications Specialist
Department: Communications
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Being silly with my kids, playing guitar, listening to music, video games, horror movies, Liverpool FC, sports, cooking brisket, being outdoors
Favorite Part of 2024: The birth of my son Martin!
Looking forward to in 2025: I’m looking forward to another year of watching my kids grow, spending more time with my wife, and hopefully living a more healthy life!
Looking forward to in 2025: Just trying to keep moving forward and accomplish more of my goals for this year.
Gregory Wright
Deputy Chief of Police
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 37
I Enjoy: Drawing, writing, and Philadelphia Eagles Football
Favorite Part of 2024: The summer, having our daughter home from college
Looking forward to in 2025: Seeing what the “unexpected” brings
JUNE
In June, the Town of Easton leadership team underwent its very first “Strategic Planning Session” dedicated to building a plan forward for collective improvement. EPD hosted their annual Special Olympics Torch Run, and they also enjoyed a “Cops vs Kids” community dodge-ball game at the local YMCA. Bluepoint Hospitality hosted their 4th annual First Responders Celebration.
Jake Towers
Construction crew
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Working
Heather Hanson
Detective/Sergeant
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: Traveling
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting Married
Looking forward to in 2025: Getting one year closer to retirement!
Favorite Part of 2024: Over time on Locust St.
Looking forward to in 2025: More overtime because of Glenn!
Jay Horner
Records Clerk
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Camping, watching sports, spending time with family and friends.
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting to know the people I work with.
Looking forward to in 2025: Continuing to grow my responsibility within the department.
Jeff Olds
Truck Driver
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 10
I Enjoy: Golfing, fire department
Favorite Part of 2024: When me and my wife went away for a week
Looking forward to in 2025: Many more enjoyable days at public works
Jessica Plugge
Jen Kellner
Sergeant - Special Operations Division Department: Easton Police Department Years Served: 17
I Enjoy: I like experiencing new things with my family. Favorite Part of 2024: My family went on a trip to the Outer Banks this summer. We surf fished during the sun rise. Experiencing that with them was my favorite memory from the year. Looking forward to in 2025: I have some big trips planned this year, so I am looking forward to that.
Management Assistant Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 14
I Enjoy: I enjoy going to baseball games, watching my son play baseball, and spending time with my family.
Favorite Part of 2024: My son making his travel ball team, and watching him get a signed baseball from LA Angels first baseman. Looking forward to in 2025: Baseball season. :-)
JULY
The middle of summer saw us celebrating National Parks and Recreation Month. We highlighted various parks throughout the Town, as well as celebrating the employees who make up our Parks & Rec team. Ed Forte was sworn in as the new Supervisor of Elections, and the Easton Interactive Traffic Dashboard went live.
Jill Garvey
MA II / Future Chief
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 25
Favorite Part of 2024: The Mouse
Looking forward to in 2025: Accountability
Joanne Drummer
Accounts Payable Manager
Department: Finance Dept.
Years Served: 44
I Enjoy: Camping
Jill Sherwood
Assistant Finance Officer
Department: Finance
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Spending time with my family & watching my boys play sports
Favorite Part of 2024: Our trip to Murrell’s Inlet! Great place!!!
Looking forward to in 2025: A New Year is always full of possibilities! Can’t wait to see what it has in store!!!
Favorite Part of 2024: Made it through another year
Looking forward to in 2025: To make it through another year
Joey Schinault
Police Officer
Joey Faulkner
IT Support Specialist
Department: IT
Years Served: 9
I Enjoy: Vacation/Traveling, Boating on Weekends
Favorite Part of 2024: OBX Vacation
Looking forward to in 2025: Vacationing In Florida
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 13
I Enjoy: Spending time with family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Sending Greg Mueller pictures of Cordero Proctor eating to be put in the photo spotlight. Looking forward to in 2025: See above
John Greene
Sanitation
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 22
I Enjoy: basketball
Favorite Part of 2024: living life
Looking forward to in 2025: being happy
Jon McDougald
Construction
worker
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: Fishing and hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Relaxing on the beach
Looking forward to in 2025: Being health
Josh Maxwell
Desktop/Network Specialist
Department: IT
Years Served: 3
Joseph Mayer Plan Reviewer
Department: Planning and Zoning
Years Served: 6
I Enjoy: Spending time with my family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Birth of my first granddaughter
Looking forward to in 2025: warm weather
I Enjoy: Spending time with Family and Helping in my local church and community
Favorite Part of 2024: All the family fun.
Looking forward to in 2025: New and exciting memories and opportunities with my family.
Juan Sanchez
Maintenance Crew
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 1
Josh Turner
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Oil painting
Favorite Part of 2024: Spending time with family around the holidays. Looking forward to in 2025: Being reunited with my wife.
I Enjoy: One of my favorite hobbies is going fishing on a warm sunny and being outdoors. Camping has always an interest of mine. I really enjoy spending time with my family.
Favorite Part of 2024: My favorite memory of 2024 would be the birth of my baby girl, Luna. Looking forward to in 2025: I am looking forward to a great year of learning and achieving many goals I have!
Julie Carroll
Engineering Design Tech
Department: Engineering
Years Served: <1
I Enjoy: Daily Wire, Being creative & resourceful, Making things pretty, Cutting wood & being outside (water & woods), Live music, <3-Derek Palo & Tiva
Favorite Part of 2024: The Best Birthday Marathon EVER! Looking forward to in 2025: -MAGA-
AUGUST
This month brought us EPD’s National Night Out celebration at Moton Park, a repaving project across a major section of our Rails to Trails paths, a Planning and Zoning special presentation from Urban3 founder Joe Minicozzi, and a visit from MD Secretary of Housing & Community Devlopment Jake Day to discuss affordable housing. Sadly, August also saw the untimely passing of recently retired 1st Sergeant Gordon Lee.
Justin Jones
Supervisor
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 11
I Enjoy: Hunting and sports
Justin Conaway
Supervisor of Construction
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Hunting, fishing, spending time with my family Favorite Part of 2024: My daughters first birthday! Looking forward to in 2025: Health, wealth, knowledge!
Favorite Part of 2024: Too many to narrow down. Looking forward to in 2025: Happy and Healthy New Year
Justin Reibly
Detective
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 6
I Enjoy: Spending time with friends and family / sports
Favorite Part of 2024: The many high profile convictions our unit has obtained throughout the year Looking forward to in 2025: Being at full staffing
Kathy Ruf
Town Clerk
Department: Administration
Years Served: 33
I Enjoy: traveling, reading, grandchildren
Favorite Part of 2024: Milestone birthday celebration and trip with my children.
Looking forward to in 2025: Summer and sunshine!
Kaylan Rinehimer
Records Administrator
Kay Spence
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Police Department: Easton Police Department Years Served: 37
I Enjoy: Reading,Shopping & spending time at the beach Favorite Part of 2024: Going on a cruise with friends. Looking forward to in 2025: Spending more time with the family.
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 8
I Enjoy: spending time with family
Favorite Part of 2024: spending my birthday in Nashville
Looking forward to in 2025: traveling
SEPTEMBER
The end of summer brought on some new surprises and opportunities to our Town. Talbot County hosted the 9/11 Day of remembrance event, and MD Secretary of Transportation Paul Wiedefeld visited Easton for a discussion and walk through Rails to Trails. EPD saw two officers promoted, and they got to show off their new cruisers in style. Chief Human Resource Officer Rick Farr set up the “missing Man Table”
Kody Cario
Director of Engineering
Department: Engineering Department
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Mountain biking, adventure racing, camping.
Favorite Part of 2024: Summer travel to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Looking forward to in 2025: Any new adventure!
Laura Diem
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Department: Finance
Years Served: <1
Kyle Hardy Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Hunting and fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: Sending Greg Mueller photos of Cordero Proctor eating food for the photo of the month contest
Looking forward to in 2025: Seeing a photo of Cordero Proctor eating food win the photo of the month contest and make the front cover of the employee newsletter
I Enjoy: Fishing, Boating, Baking, Volunteering
Favorite Part of 2024: Too many to pick one.
Looking forward to in 2025: More time with family and friends.
Lynn Thomas
Town Planner
Department: Planning and Zoning
Years Served: 33
Lorraine Gould
Director of Parks and Recreation
Department: Parks and Recreation
Years Served: 19
I Enjoy: Reading, traveling, sports and spending time with family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Taking a family vacation
Looking forward to in 2025: Family time, good health, wealth and prosperity.
I Enjoy: Soccer, Golf, Disc Golf, Genealogy
Favorite Part of 2024: Trips to visit my daughters
Looking forward to in 2025: Completion of Town’s Comprehensive Plan Update
Mark Hrobar
Commander, Support Services Division
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 33
Mark Schinault
Patrolman First Class
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Buying my first house
Looking forward to in 2025: using my new boat
Mark Turner
Technical Inspector
Department: Building Department
Years Served: <1
I Enjoy: Mountain Biking, Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking and Home Projects
Favorite Part of 2024: Short Vacation with my wife and sons to the Finger Lakes and Niagara Looking forward to in 2025: More time with Family
Marleni Baltazar
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Soccer, reading
Favorite Part of 2024: Graduating the police academy
Looking forward to in 2025: Going above and beyond to achieve my goals.
Mary E. Moyer
Evidence Custodian
Marwin Lewis
Bulk Supervisor
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 24
I Enjoy: Health
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 25
I Enjoy: Coin Collecting, Camping, Working out
Favorite Part of 2024: Being named Employee of the Year for 2023
Looking forward to in 2025: Closing in on Retirement
Matthew Cordrey
Laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Dirt track racing four wheelers and hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Starting the restoration on my 1996 ford pickup
Looking forward to in 2025: Working in the shop and spending time with friends, family, and my co-workers
OCTOBER
The spookiest month of the year turned out to be quite busy! Easton Police Department held their 22nd Annual Honor Guard Training Conference, Planning and Zoning held the “East End Charette” generating lively conversation between the public and planning experts, and we held several appreciate events as well! The Public Works Crab Feast, an employee appreciation breakfast, and a Pickleball & Potluck clinic all took place.
Megan Coxon
Police Officer
Megan Cook
Mayor
Department: All of them
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: tennis/pickleball/hiking
Favorite Part of 2024: Employee breakfasts and the end of year party
Looking forward to in 2025: Working with everyone!
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 13
I Enjoy: spending time with my family
Michael Dickerson
Director of Public Works
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 39
I Enjoy: Traveling, watching the Ravens, Orioles and Capitals
Favorite Part of 2024: Witnessing Clarence Gould reach the 50 year milestone of employment with the town. It is a testament to how wonderful of a place this is to work. This is the second employee that I have worked with that had 50 years of service. Looking forward to in 2025: I am looking forward to be able to continuing to be part of the team that helps keeps this town a beautiful, clean and a safe community. I am also looking forward to the upcoming projects that Public Works will be a part of constructing and looking forward to reaching my 40th anniversary with the town.
Michael Dueñas
Equipment Operator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Hunting, heavy equipment, golfing
Favorite Part of 2024: 4th of July
Looking forward to in 2025: 4th of July
Michael Young
Michael Epstein
Sanitation Driver
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 8 (at EPD) 9 (at Public Works)
I Enjoy: Traveling, live music, firearms
Favorite Part of 2024: Vacations in Las Vegas, Florida and South Carolina
Looking forward to in 2025: International travel
Assistant to the Director of Public Works
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: Blacksmithing, fixing and using old excavating machines
Favorite Part of 2024: Buying a new house
Looking forward to in 2025: paying off the new house
NOVEMBER
There was a lot to be thankful for this month! We enjoyed the Waterfowl Festival, held our Turkey Giveaway, and our leadership learned about leveraging their strengths in a training seminar. The ARC saw the opening of the “Port Street Commons” facility, and we recognized our Veterans through Operation Green Light and banners that we posted around Town. Our Public Works teams made sure the Town was beautiful for the season by displaying all of the holiday decorations.
Miguel Salinas
Director
Department: Planning and Zoning
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Volunteering, the arts, bicycling, running
Favorite Part of 2024: Biking the Great Allegheny
Passage to the Eastern Continental Divide
Looking forward to in 2025: Doing some traveling in Mexico and Spain
Mike Whitby
Bulk truck driver/operator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 14
I Enjoy: Fishing/hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Just being able to get the job done
Mike Thume Services Technician
Department: Buildings and Facilities
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Turkey Hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Spring Turkey Season
Looking forward to in 2025: Spring Turkey Season
Looking forward to in 2025: A productive and safe year
Mitchell Reeley
Patrolman First Class
Milton Orellana
Lieutenant Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 23
I Enjoy: Spending time with family.
Favorite Part of 2024: Vacationing with family. Looking forward to in 2025: Looking forward to 2026.
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Being outdoors/Sports
Favorite Part of 2024: Vacation
Looking forward to in 2025: Summer
Nancy Pinkney
Administrative Specialist
Department: Engineering Years Served: 9
I Enjoy: Spending time with family and friends
Favorite Part of 2024: I don’t have one.
Looking forward to in 2025: Staying healthy
Nicholas Everngam
Detective
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Weight Lifting, Shooting, Flying Drones
Favorite Part of 2024: Surviving Hurricane Milton
Looking forward to in 2025: Fighting Crime And Protecting The Citizens of Easton From evil-doers.
Nick Johnson
Town Planner - Current
Department: Planning and Zoning Years Served: 2
Nick Ewing
Code Enforcement Officer
Department: Code Enforcement
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Long walks on the beach
Favorite Part of 2024: ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Looking forward to in 2025: Lower egg prices?
I Enjoy: Surfing, skiing, biking, and video games
Favorite Part of 2024: Traveling to the Outerbanks with friends and family
Looking forward to in 2025: Beach Season
Patrick Sally
1st Sergeant
Nick Lange
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 4
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 23
I Enjoy: my wife (Heather), hunting and cooking
Favorite Part of 2024: being with my wife (Heather)
Looking forward to in 2025: trips with my wife (Heather)
Rashida Johnson
Crossing guard
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Spending time with family and I love to make things like clothes
Favorite Part of 2024: Getting engaged and working for Saint Peter and Paul elementary school I love seeing all my students in the mornings smiling at me it’s good to know I can make someone day
Looking forward to in 2025: To new opportunities, to grow to push for greatness
Ray Rodgers
Shop Supervisor
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: racing, drinking, hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: trump being elected
Looking forward to in 2025: trump presidency
Renee Pierce
Administrative Specialist
Department: Records
Years Served: 16
I Enjoy: Shopping
Favorite Part Of 2024: Having My Grand-Daughters With Me
Looking Forward To In 2025: My Birthday And Vacation
Renthia “Bushy” Thomas
Meter Enforcement Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 10
I Enjoy: Being with my family/ making a difference in others lives.
Favorite Part of 2024: paying off my car, starting a 16 day vacation on the same day
Looking forward to in 2025: Blessings
Rick Van Emburgh
Town Engineer
Department: Engineering
Years Served: 9
I Enjoy: Spending time with Family, Coaching, Masons, Boating
Rick Farr
Chief Human Resource Officer
Department: Human Resources
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Boating, traveling to the islands, spending time with the family
Favorite Part of 2024: Spending time with the family at the beach and on the boat
Looking forward to in 2025: Continue to provide leadership development programs to our staff
Favorite Part of 2024: Family Vacation to Florida
Looking forward to in 2025: Summer Family Vacation
Ronald Dixon
Sanitation Driver
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 17
I Enjoy: Fishing for snakeheads and cheering on the Baltimore Ravens & Orioles
Favorite Part of 2024: Winning the Apple
Ipad and PowerBeats Pro Earbuds at the Employee end of the year party. Looking forward to in 2025: Attending the parade in Baltimore after the Orioles win the World Series. LETS GO BIRDS!
DECEMBER
The final month of 2024 was as exciting and eventful as ever. Before ringing in 2025, we enjoyed the Holiday Parade, an End of the Year Party for Town staff, and saw two employees graduate from Shore Leadership. EPD had a very busy month as they brought some holiday cheer to those lose fortunate with Shop with a Cop and their annual Toy Drive, both very successful. They also welcomed in 3 new officers after their police academy graduation.
Sam Pearson
Driver Department: Public Works
Years Served: 5
I Enjoy: Hunting
Favorite Part of 2024: Crab feast
Ryan Heckler
Plans Examiner / Building Inspector
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 8
I Enjoy: Spending time with my family; cooking; puzzles. Favorite Part of 2024: Taking the family to the Heckler Plains Farmstead in Lower Salford Township, PA to see where the very first Heckler settled when he immigrated from Alsace Lorraine. Looking forward to in 2025: I’m looking forward to being one year closer to retirement.
Looking forward to in 2025: Good memories
Samantha Smith
Administrative Specialist
Department: Planning and Zoning
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Attending live music and theatre, gaming, exercising, being a cat mom to tripawd kitties.
Favorite Part of 2024: Taking solo trips to see so many different types of shows. Looking forward to in 2025: Buying a house.
Scott Finch
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Hunting, Softball, Golf
Favorite Part of 2024: Being selected for K9
Looking forward to in 2025: Officially becoming a K9 Officer and training with my K9 Lee
Shelby Ruf
Permit Tech
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 4
Scott Messick
IT Director
Department: IT
Years Served: 39
I Enjoy: Photography, Fishing
Favorite Part of 2024: None (Bad Year)
Looking forward to in 2025: A better year than 2024
I Enjoy: Spending time with friends, family, traveling or being at the beach.
Favorite Part of 2024: Visiting Destin, Florida
Looking forward to in 2025: More trips to the beach.
Stacy Slaughter
Administrative Specialist
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 24
Sierra Clem
Engineering
Department: Engineering
Years Served: 8
I Enjoy: Traveling, Skiing, Hiking
Favorite Part of 2024: Having a daughter
Looking forward to in 2025: Family time
I Enjoy: spending time with my family, traveling, reading, crocheting
Favorite Part of 2024: My brother and his family coming to visit from Minnesota
Looking forward to in 2025: The arrival of our first grandbaby
Susan Filbird
Code Enforcement Officer
Department: Code Enforcement
Years Served: 25
I Enjoy: road cycling, pickleball, spending time w/family
Favorite Part of 2024: Going to Europe for birthday celebration
Looking forward to in 2025: healthy year
Thomas Diem
Code Official
Department: Building Department
Years Served: 15
I Enjoy: Golf, Fishing, Hunting , RC pilot
Favorite Part of 2024: Time with family
Looking forward to in 2025: Better Health
Tim Streckfus
Street Sweeper Operator
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 12
Tim Larrimore
Patrol Commander
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 25
I Enjoy: Fishing, hiking
Favorite Part of 2024: Lazy Sunday afternoons fishing on my kayak.
Looking forward to in 2025: Lazy Sunday afternoons fishing on my kayak.
Timmy Lyons
Maintenance Laborer
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 26
Tim Tarrant
Facilities Tech
Department: Buildings and Facilities
Years Served: 4
I Enjoy: Guitar
Favorite Part of 2024: Christmas
Looking forward to in 2025: Spring
I Enjoy: Hunting, fishing and love cutting firewood
Favorite Part of 2024: shooting a big deer
Looking forward to in 2025: My children getting married and retirement
Tony Cullings
Police Officer
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 6
I Enjoy: Dog and Cats
Favorite Part of 2024: Looking at the yearbook from 2023
Looking forward to in 2025: Looking at the yearbook for 2024
Tony Nagle
IT Network Specialist
Department: IT
Years Served: 2
I Enjoy: Acrylic painting, movies, anything outdoors
Favorite Part of 2024: Rescuing our 3 year old Beagle Weazy
Looking forward to in 2025: Don’t want to jinx it. Haha...
Tyquan Beckett
Patrolman
Trevor Newcomb
Director of Buildings and Facilities
Department: Buildings and Facilities
Years Served: 17
I Enjoy: Traveling, boating
Favorite Part of 2024: Traveling with family to Puerto Rico
Looking forward to in 2025: Traveling with family, summertime boating and water activities
Department: Easton Police Department
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Playing sports, gaming and playing drums
Favorite Part of 2024: Achieving life goals I have set
Looking forward to in 2025: What the new year has to bring and continuing being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!
Tyrone Perry
Tree specialist
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 3
I Enjoy: Spending time with family
Tyrell Pierce
Sanitation Supervisor
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 17
I Enjoy: gym,sports, spending time with family
Favorite Part of 2024: Going on vacation
Looking forward to in 2025: More Vacation
Favorite Part of 2024: My first live interview
Looking forward to in 2025: Whatever the year brings me
Tyrone Pinder
Maintenance worker
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 1
I Enjoy: Learning new stuff
Favorite Part of 2024: Seeing how the ponds change
Looking forward to in 2025: Seeing the improvements that’s coming on rails to trails
Vincent Barnett
Facilities Technician
Department: Buildings and Facilities
Years Served: 10
I Enjoy: Fishing, bowling, yard work
Favorite Part of 2024: Living to see 2025
Looking forward to in 2025: A bigger raise
Zachery Christ
Mechanic
Department: Public Works
Years Served: 4
I Enjoy: Hunting, fishing, and racing
Favorite Part of 2024: Going out on the boat with my friends
Looking forward to in 2025: Going on a cross country hunting trip
Staff,
Following a discussion in one of our 2024 leadership training sessions, it became clear that the Town was missing a critical piece of guidance for us to take things to the next level: A Vision Statement.
Created by collecting staff input and workshopping with Town leadership, the new Town of Easton Vision Statement represents a collective goal that we can all work together to achieve.
Vision statements are meant to be aspirational, and to give an organization something to strive towards in unison. Being “the best place to live and work on Maryland’s Eastern Shore” is aspirational, but it’s also something we can, and arguably do, achieve. Our day-today work, and what we bring to the table in each of our roles should always aim to hit this mark. If we are all giving our best, then our Town will reflect that in kind.
We also took this opportunity to update the Mission Statement and Core Values. Please take the time to read each of these, internalize them, and interpret what they mean to you and your role with the Town.
Much like the Vision Statement, the Mission Statement and Core Values will help each employee understand who we are as an organization, and where our priorities lie in regards to service to the Town. Whatever your role here is, our responsibilies are fundamentally the same: Provide Services to the Town, keep our residents, visitors, and employees Safe, and to work and function with high moral Character.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to contrubute to the creation of these new directives. We hope that they help to instill, and inspire the direction we need to (continue to) be the best!
It is our mission safety and
well-being OUR VISION:
To be the best Easton sets diverse, and finest modern character and OUR
CORE
CHARACTER
Our morals and do and the services Honesty, integrity, We are also committed essence of Easton SAFETY Safety is paramount power to ensure SERVICE We are a premier amenities that we are receiving the the standard for OUR MISSION:
MISSION:
mission to provide excellent municipal services that ensure the well-being of residents and visitors of Easton.
VISION:
best place to live and work on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. the bar for other towns, fostering a safe, welcoming, culturally and sustainable environment for its constituents. We provide the modern amenities and conveniences, while maintaining the historical and small-town charm that makes Easton vibrant and unique.
CORE VALUES:
standards are the backbone of our organization. We take pride in the work we services we provide, acting as responsible stewards of the Town and its resources. integrity, and kindness are essential to accomplishing the future we wish to see in Easton. committed to preserving the long standing character and history of our Town. The Easton as a small, welcoming, and charming Town is to be maintained in perpetuity.
paramount to our organization. Across all of our branches, we do everything in our ensure the safety and well-being of our residents, visitors, and employees.
premier destination on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, built up by the services and we provide. We go out of our way to ensure that our Town and its constituents the best care that we can provide. Our organization leads by example and sets for municipalities and government organizations in our region.
