Citizens For Greater Centreville

[copied from the Town’s Web site]

The letter below was sent to “parties of interest” who had expressed interest in the MDE permit process for the Wharf property: Read the rest of this entry »

May 13, 2008
5:00 p.m.
At The Goodwill Fire Department

The Town Council will hold a Special Meeting, pursuant to section 204 of the Town Charter, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. at the Goodwill Fire Department.

I. Convene –President Frank C. Ogens

II. Discussion of Following Topics:

The Wharf

III. Citizen’s Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their comments to 3 minutes)

IV. Motion to Adjourn – President Ogens

The April 17, 2008 Town Council reorganizational meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Council President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Norman Pinder, Council President; Mary Roby, Council Vice President; Frank Ogens, Council Member; Chief Dino Pignataro; Greg Swartz, Public Works Director; Steve Kehoe, Town Attorney; Lori Peddicord, Finance Officer; PJ Townsend, Town Clerk; and Norma Robinson, Secretary. Read the rest of this entry »

The April 3, 2008 Town Council Public Hearing was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Council President Norman Pinder in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Norman Pinder, Council President; Mary Roby, Council Vice President; Frank Ogens, Council Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Chief Dino Pignataro; Greg Swartz, Public Works Director; Steve Kehoe, Town Attorney; PJ Townsend, Town Clerk; and Jane Saulsbury, Administrative Aide. Read the rest of this entry »

The April 3, 2008 Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. by Council President, Norman Pinder in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Norman Pinder, Council President; Mary Roby, Council Vice President; Frank Ogens, Council Member; Chief Dino Pignataro; Greg Swartz, Public Works Director; Steve Kehoe, Town Attorney; PJ Townsend, Town Clerk; and Jane Saulsbury, Administrative Aide. Read the rest of this entry »

The state’s plan to build a $704 million U.S. 301 bypass near Middletown cleared another hurdle when the Federal Highway Administration signed off on the project last week. The federal “record of decision” allows the Delaware Department of Transportation to move forward with land acquisitions, final design and construction, which is supposed to begin in 2011.

Read more in the Wilmington News Journal

Click on the number at the beginning of each paragraph to access the audio clip for that section.

Council Vice-President Mary Roby was absent from this meeting.

1. Tom Delorimer presented updates on the Little Kidwell and Chesterfield paving projects and an estimate for the removal of rails and repaving of Railroad Ave. railroad crossing.

2. The Town awarded a contract to provide education the residents of the Corsica River watershed using a line item from a current EPA grant.

3. The Town received a Chesapeake Bay Partner Community Award from the Chesapeake Bay Alliance.

4. Lori Peddicord and Bob McGrory presented the year-to-date spending and discussed the process for establishing next year’s budget. (This is a 6 megabyte audio clip that runs 50 minutes)

5. The Palmers wrote a letter to the Town complaining about the lack of enforcement of speed limits and the lack of speed limit signs on Brooke Run Lane in Northbrook. Chief Pignataro explained why the Town Police cannot enforce speed limits on streets that have not been conveyed to the Town.

6. Bob McGrory discussed the Town’s designation as a Target Investment Zone for capital grants to be applied for from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority.

7. Chief Pignataro reported enforcement statistics and that he attended a Train-the-Trainers Program for protecting soft targets at the University of Las Vegas.

8. During the Council Roundtable, Norman Pinder expressed opposition to a County Text Amendment TA 08-06 and requested that the Town Attorney draft a response. The Town Council also explored options on how to proceed with the Town Noise Ordinance and decided to schedule a meeting at 4:00 pm on Thursday May 22nd for all interested parties to discuss this matter. The time was changed to 7:00 pm at Bo Oristian’s suggestion.

May 1, 2008 Read the rest of this entry »

Centreville`s Farmers market will be open from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm every Saturday and Wednesday beginning May 3rd until the end of October. The market is located on Lawyers Row adjacent to the Courthouse Square.

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