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Members of the Ocean City career and volunteer fire departments pose on Monday behind dirt and shovels set up for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Fire Station 3 in front of the public safety building on 65th Street.
New station Baltimore Ave. talk gets testy gets symbolic Gehrig, Meehan exchange shovel salute sharp remarks about how to fund planned upgrades By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 31, 2023) A request to look into funding a portion of planned upgrades to Baltimore Avenue in the fiscal 2024 capital improvement plan got heated Tuesday before a City Council majority decided to stick with original plans to hold off on the project for another year. Councilman Peter Buas, a staunch advocate for the long-running plans to bury utility lines, widen sidewalks
and perform other updates to Baltimore Avenue from North Division to 15th streets, asked staff members earlier this month to determine the cost of burying the utility lines without the other upgrades. The request came after a council majority agreed to pull the project from a fiscal 2024 bond issue to give staff more time to find money for the estimated roughly $44 million price tag. City Manager Terry McGean and City Engineer Paul Mauser presented a potential alternative on Tuesday that would allocate $26.2 million, phased out over the next three fiscal years, for only undergrounding the
utilities. The scenario would include widening the east side sidewalks, as the west side would no longer be feasible, in fiscal 2028. While Buas was intrigued by the idea, the rest of the council members were not. They ultimately voted, with Buas opposed, to stick to the original plan of delaying any improvements on Baltimore Avenue until fiscal 2025. Before the vote, however, Councilman John Gehrig argued passionately against the alternative plan. He began by challenging claims that the project would increase property values and spur development See ARGUMENTS Page 4
By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 31, 2023) With loud banging and beeping from nearby road construction in the background, Ocean City officials and fire department personnel gathered in the parking lot of the public safety building early this week to mark construction of a new midtown station. “I wish that was our construction starting,” International Association of Firefighters President Ryan WhittingSee STATION Page 4
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Resort unveils fiscal 2024 budget with focus on staff By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 31, 2023) With a heavy focus on staffing and a concerted shift toward more room tax-funded revenues, Ocean City’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget looks relatively similar to the one set to end on June 30. City Manager Terry McGean presented the first draft of the $155.6 million package to City Council members on March 23. Over the following days, department officials summarized the details in a series of hearings with City Council members, who will approve the final document in the coming weeks. According to the draft, the city is projecting an increase of a little more than $3.3 million from last fiscal year in the general fund, from more than $101.5 million to nearly $104.9 million. The total budget, including the capital improvement plan and other funds, came out just below last year’s total at just over $155.6 million. McGean said one of the biggest focuses in the fiscal 2024 budget, similar to last year, is employees. “In my opinion the greatest challenge that the city has faced over the past 24 months has been the decreasing availability of part-time employees,” he said. “The shortage has hit almost every department and we have implemented different strategies to address it, including increased pay, signing bonuses, retention bonuses, referral bonuses and housing stipends, and all of those things are continued in the proposed budget.” McGean said the staffing shortages began when covid hit and have not let up since, with public safety the most
affected. To remedy the situation, the budget includes funds to hire eight to 12 full-time firefighter/emergency medical technicians and four new fulltime police officers. “We really have no choice but to continue the transition from a seasonal to a more full-time, year-round workforce in order to maintain the high levels of service that our residents and visitors demand,” he said. The budget draft also adds four part-time positions in public works, finance and the convention center, and includes 3 percent step increases for general employees as well as cost-ofliving boosts for police and firefighters, as detailed in their union contracts. Overall, Budget Manager Jennie Knapp said the pay bumps, as presented, constitute more than $910,500 of the general fund. Fire department staffing Council members discussed the public safety budgets in detail at a work session Monday. During the discussion on the fire department’s budget, Chief Richard Bowers reported the concerning numbers that led officials to the decision to transition to more full-time staff. “It’s gone from … when I first arrived here, almost four years ago, from 82 part-time personnel to now under 45 personnel, roughly … That really affects day-to-day operations,” he said. Ideally, department officials told McGean, they need 12 full-time firefighter/EMTs to adequately cover shifts. McGean allocated enough money in the budget for eight, with the other See CITY Page 6
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Arguments aside, street project still delayed Continued from Page 1 along the corridor. He even suggested that Buas, who lives and owns a home along the street, recuse himself from voting on and discussing the project. “I guess the point here is if you’re saying that the value, property values, are going to increase — which I disagree with by the way but if you think that — then you probably shouldn’t discuss it. Certainly not vote, but even discuss,” Gehrig said. Gehrig challenged Buas’ business and personal property connections along the corridor, to which Buas said he has no affiliation with the businesses, and spat back in defense. “That’s so ludicrous I’m not even going to comment on it.” he said. “ … An increased property value would be beneficial for the whole town, not one person. If I was even a beneficiary, which I’m not, that concept is crazy.” Gehrig later backtracked the statement, explaining that he does not believe Buas has an ulterior motive in supporting the project. The digs did not stop there, though. Gehrig later took shots at both Buas and Mayor Rick Meehan when they tried to liken Gehrig’s suggestion to
have the nearby property owners pay for the undergrounding to street paving throughout the city. Gehrig accused them of “lying to the people” in comparing the matters, as street paving is performed in every neighborhood and no citywide plan exists to bury utility lines. The comment set Meehan off. “Lying is not acceptable. Nobody is lying up here,” he said firmly as Gehrig continued to argue his point. “… You use that term frequently. Nobody up here is lying. We may disagree with what we think the ultimate goal is …” The exchange got more heated before leveling off as Gehrig argued that the utility burying is a “pet project” that benefits the residents in the area more than anyone else, among other points. The argument turned out to be moot, as only Buas supported the alternative plan, but the points were made and could come back during future project discussions. In the meantime, McGean said he will pursue grants for the project and, at Gehrig’s request, pull data on development that has occurred along the corridor with the utility lines in place and sidewalks unwidened.
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Utility lines and poles are shown along the east side of Baltimore Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets. City Council members discussed an alternative plan on March 28 that would fund some of the costs of burying utility lines from North Division to 15th streets this fiscal year but ended up going with a previous decision to hold off on the entire project until fiscal 2025.
The final vote on the $30 millionplus capital improvement plan also moved a working sports complex to fiscal 2025. The total CIP is more than
half of what it would have been if the sports complex and Baltimore Avenue expenses were included in the bond issue.
Station called ‘Crown jewel for public safety’ Continued from Page 1 ton jokingly said of the background noise to the modest crowd who attended the groundbreaking of the new Fire Station 3 Monday at the 65th Street site. The 23,500 square-foot building will replace the existing, smaller station at 74th Street. In summarizing the current station’s age, size and setup at a City Council work session last month, Fire Chief Richard Bowers called the working and living conditions “deplorable”
for the paid and volunteer firefighters and other staff who use it. He also said that having a bigger station with more storage and living space would be an obvious benefit, and added that response time to midtown streets is also expected to improve. And while Bowers’ reasoning was not enough to convince three council members — Council President Matt James and Councilmen John Gehrig and Peter Buas — to spend more than
$10 million on the project, a four-member majority agreed the facility is needed and now is the time to build it. The project carries a $10.6 million price tag, should take 12 months to complete, and will be paid for with bonds issued last year. At Monday’s groundbreaking, Whittington shared details of the project, including increased storage, larger living areas, and driver apparatus bays on the first floor, which are independently
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ventilated with turnout gear storage and a decontamination suite. “The turnout gear storage and decontamination suite are particularly important as we focus on preventing cancer in our firefighters,” he explained. Bowers called the new facility “a crown jewel for public safety” and thanked Mayor Rick Meehan, members of the City Council, and staff members for their support in making the project a reality. “The new midtown fire house will immediately better serve the community, the residents, visitors and the department, now and for many decades to come in the future,” he said. Meehan contended that after years of planning and discussions, now is the right time for the project. “It will provide the infrastructure and really will provide a type of building that’s essential for all of our city employees and all of our firefighters who are serving,” he said. “It’s a step forward.” Councilwoman Carol Proctor and Councilmen Frank Knight, Tony DeLuca and Will Savage, who is a volunteer firefighter, all attended Monday’s groundbreaking along with Meehan, multiple career and volunteer firefighters and staff, as well as other officials and dignitaries. Proctor, Knight, Savage and DeLuca were the four council members who voted in favor of the construction contract last month. The council members who voted against it did not attend the groundbreaking.
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City getting increased funds from room tax, other charges Continued from Page 3 four set to come from reimbursements for Medicaid patient transports. Bowers said the new program, which will issue recurring funds once state officials give the final approval, will provide $400,000 to $500,000 annually to the department. McGean said he expects to receive approval for the program in the next couple of months, at which time the four remaining department employees can be hired. The plan was not good enough for Councilman Tony DeLuca, though, who pushed to put the money for all 12 staff members in the budget now. He received some support from other council members, and McGean agreed to look at the numbers and come back with a more detailed assessment at the budget wrap-up hearing set Thursday. The council members were expected then to make a final decision on the positions. Revenue breakdown As for revenues, McGean said 57 percent of projected funds in next year’s budget are coming from room taxes, service charges and funding from other agencies, while 43 percent are set to derive from property taxes. The shift to getting more revenue from room taxes and other sources has been brewing, McGean said, and has helped officials balance budgets and add services and programs over the last decade. “Although this is a positive development, since it means that the cost of our services is more equitably distributed among those who use them, these fees can be much more volatile compared to property tax,” McGean explained.
The budget also contains $1 increases to the bus and tram fares, although it does not project any jumps in room tax rates, amusements or parking rates. “This budget assumes room tax revenue will remain at projected FY 23 levels,” McGean said. “As required by code, it sets aside 42 percent of room tax revenue for advertising, sponsorships and related uses.” The city’s fund balance also “continues to be healthy,” McGean said, with $1.5 million set for transfer to the capital maintenance fund. Another $1.86 million will be used for other one-time equipment costs such as variable message sign replacements, playground equipment and cardiac monitors. “We are still exceeding a minimum 17 percent reserve and leaving additional funds set aside for potential pension impacts,” McGean added. Budget wrap Council members were expected to wrap up discussion on the budget at the end of this week, with full approval later. The hearings began with the city clerk, mayor and council, human resources, planning, outside agencies and several more on March 23 and continued with public works March 24. They picked back up March 27 with public safety, which included fire, police and Beach Patrol, and wrapped up with rec and parks, tourism and advertising March 29. On Thursday, council members were set to finalize the details discussed and tie up loose ends, with a final vote on the budget set later. Once approved, the fiscal 2024 budget will go into effect July 1.
OC set to keep same tax rate for FY24, earn $478K By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 31, 2023) Ocean City is poised to keep its current tax rate for fiscal 2024, resulting in a revenue increase that will cover 12 new full-time public safety positions. “The additional revenue, $478,005, from assessment increases above the constant yield is what is needed to cover the gap to fund the eight firefighter EMT positions and the four new full-time police officers,” City Manager Terry McGean said of the proposed tax rate at a budget hearing last week. Each year, City Council members set the property tax rate and decide whether to leave it as is or raise or lower it to the constant
yield. The constant yield is the tax rate that would produce the same revenues as the prior year based on assessment estimates. For fiscal 2024, McGean said the constant yield is 44.76 cents per $100 of assessed value, which is down from the existing rate of 45.26 cents per $100. Therefore, if council members go with staff members’ proposal and keep the existing rate, property owners whose holdings have not changed in value since last year won’t see a difference. The additional real estate tax revenue projected in the fiscal 2024 budget would derive from growth in the tax base driven by new development.
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‘Political’ opposition to room tax bill chided Lawmakers distressed over Democrats’ opposition to local, enabling legislation By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 31, 2023) A bill that would authorize the Worcester County Commissioners to raise room tax rates by 1 percent is on thin ice as local lawmakers fight what they have deemed politically charged opposition. “This is a local bill representing the four code counties on the Eastern
Shore that currently have a room tax at 5 percent,” Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan said this week of the proposed legislation that would allow Worcester, Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne’s counties to raise room tax rates from 5 to 6 percent. “It’s enabling legislation only to enable it to be raised to 6 percent. Worcester County would still need the unanimous approval of the county commissioners,” Meehan continued. “It’s become a political issue, or so based on the votes, and I think that’s unfortunate because it is a local issue.
We’re trying to work our way through it and hopefully move it to the floor for a vote.” With support from all of the Eastern Shore counties, the bill passed the House 109-23 on March 20 and made it through a Senate committee hearing and two readings with no issues. But it ran into a snag on the Senate floor on March 22, which prompted supporters to send it back to a committee in an attempt to salvage it. Del. Wayne Harman (R-38C) said several Democratic senators spoke against the bill, arguing that they do
not want to support tax-enabling legislation spearheaded by Republicans that does not seem to have support from the entire party. “On the Senate side, the bill was referred back to committee. It seemed like even the Republicans were resistant to it and I believe talking to the Democrat, Sen. [Benjamin] Kramer, who really led the strongest revolt against it, he felt that more of the Senate Republicans needed to support the bill,” Hartman said of the opposition. “In essence, the Democrats See BILL Page 8
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Licensed in MD & DE
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BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT DEAL ISLAND
Brenda
Nohe
REALTOR®
Licensed in MD & DE
410-493-3847 BrendaSG1944 @icloud.com
Large Loft, BR/2BA. Experience Island Living, Rare Navigable Waterfront w/180 Ft. Bulkhead. Breathtaking Sunrises and Sunsets! Main Floor has Open Floor Plan - Living Room, Kitchen, w/New Granite Counters! Upper-Level Loft has 2 Spacious Rooms w/Fabulous Water Views of Tangier Sound!! Watch Boaters Sail by from the Marina. Home has Laundry Room, Double Car Garage w/High Bay Doors to Store Extra Large Items! Public Boat Ramp Less than 5 Minutes! Bring Your Boat, Jet Skis, Kayaks, Canoes. Owner Has More Renovations to Complete and will Work with Buyers to Choose Some Renovations of Their Choice! All Negotiations thru Listing Agent. New Price! $390,000 Don't Let This Pass You By!!
ONE OF A KIND!
Rare opportunity to own a Riverfront Island Home on 3.6 Acres with private bridge access. Spacious 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home with nearly 4000 sq.ft. Enter into an impressive 2 story Great Room with 6 skylights. Each Bedroom has its own bath. Natural Shoreline includes a private boat dock with boat lift & 2 jet ski lifts. $1,550,000
Cindy
Crockett REALTOR®, GRI
Licensed in MD
410-430-0587 Cell Cindy@HilemanReal Estate.com
BRIGHT & CHEERFUL WATERFRONT HOME
Debora E.
on oversized lot with huge wraparound deck! Dock your boat in your backyard, just a short distance to open water. Vaulted ceilings, skylights, gas fireplace, kitchen prep area. Loft area for extra guests, kid’s playroom, or studio! Includes a garage & extra storage under the elevated deck. $699,000
STRAY FOX WATERFRONT LOT with a private boat pier offering stunning waterviews and access to Newport, Sinepuxent, and Chincoteague Bays! Peaceful, well-kept community with oversized lots and low fees.Close to Ocean City, Assateague Island, Historic Berlin, and many more attractions! Ready for you to build the home you've always wanted!
Hileman OWNER/BROKER GRI & CRS Licensed in MD, DE
443-235-5982 Cell Debbie@Hileman RealEstate.com
Sonia
Zaffiris Associate Broker GRI, CRS
Licensed in MD, DE
410-251-6217 soniasez@aol.com
$489,900
BEST LOCATION IN WEST OC
Best of Both Streets…Driveways on Keyser Point Road, and on Bonita Drive. This home offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Updates all over home. Kitchen has soft closed cabinets, GE stainless appliances. Nice layout with plenty of room for everyone. New HVAC system was installed with Duckless splits. Large patio's both sides of home. Hot tub is approx. 4 years old, and nice privacy. Plenty of yard space and shed for extra storage. Buyers should do their own due diligence to measure property and confirm all information to their satisfaction including but not limited to schools, sizes, tax information. $535,000
Lynette
Bridges-Catha CRS, PMN, GREEN, SRES
Licensed in MD, DE
443-497-3128 Cell Smilin4shore@comcast.net