Town Commissioners Agenda — 2024-06-12

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This is the agenda for the Queenstown Commissioners meeting on June 12, 2024 (4:00 PM regular meeting; 6:00 PM public hearing), with in-person and Zoom participation options. The regular session includes a Sunrise Solar update on solar options for town-owned property, committee and town clerk reports, town manager updates, and old-business items covering infrastructure (I&I project; new water tower including interim financing, bond counsel, and Wall St. tower maintenance; membrane clean/valve automation; lead service line inventory), marine Federal Channel dredging, and policy matters. Policy items highlight proposed clarifications to the Water/Sewer Connections Code, Road and Sidewalk Standards, and Ordinance No. 24-04 to adopt the FY25 general and enterprise budgets with tax rates of $0.2312 per $100 (real property), $0.58 per $100 (commercial/business personal property), $2.00 per $100 (public utilities), and an eight percent (8%) increase to monthly water and sewer consumption rates. Development business lists the Wheatland’s Project and Ordinance No. 24-01 (pending revisions). The 6:00 PM public hearing will consider Ordinance No. 24-04, followed by a vote; the agenda also includes attorney updates, public comment, and a possible closed session if needed.

Sunrise Solar FY25 budget Ordinance 24-04 water/sewer rates new water tower I&I project Federal Channel dredging Wheatland's Project

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AGENDA
                          QUEENSTOWN COMMISSIONERS
                                June 12, 2024
                          4:00 PM – Regular Meeting
                          6:00 PM – Public Hearing

                  In-Person and Zoom options are available


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4:00 p.m. - REGULAR MEETING CALLED TO ORDER


GUESTS –
    • David Castle and Richard Stoltzfus, Sunrise Solar
      RE:  Update on solar options for town owned property


COMMITTEES/DEPARTMENTS
         • Public Works
         • Planning Commission
         • Safety & Speeding Task Force
         • Finance Committee
         • Code Enforcement/Harbormaster
         • Events Committee

TOWN CLERK
   1. Treasurers/Finance Report
   2. Minutes
           May 22, 2024 (Closed session)
           May 22, 2024 (Regular meeting)
   3. Correspondence/Requests/Info – Sent and Received

TOWN MANAGER UPDATES

OLD BUSINESS   (Items will remain until complete)


      INFRASTRUCTURE –
          1. I & I project
          2. New Water Tower & Infrastructure Project
              a. Interim Financing
              b. Bond Counsel
              c. Wall St. water tower maintenance
          3. Membrane clean – valve automation
          4. Lead Service Line Inventory Project




      MARINE PROJECTS –
           1. Federal Channel dredging


      POLICY –
           1. Water/Sewer Connections Code – proposed clarifications &
              revisions
           2. Road and Sidewalk Standards
           3. FY25 Proposed Budget - ORDINANCE NO.  24-04
              AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF  QUEENSTOWN  ADOPTING  A  GENERAL
              BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024 AND  ENDING
              JUNE 30, 2025 AND ESTABLISHING A REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE OF  $
              .2312 PER $100 OF ASSESSED REAL PROPERTY VALUE,  A  TAX  RATE
              OF $ .58 PER $100 OF  ALL  ASSESSED  COMMERCIAL  OR  BUSINESS
              PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND A  TAX  RATE  OF  $2.00  PER  $100  OF
              ASSESSED PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND ALSO  ADOPTING  AN  ENTERPRISE
              BUDGET FOR THE  TOWN'S  WATER  AND  SEWER  OPERATIONS,  WHICH
              INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO MONTHLY WATER AND  SEWER  CONSUMPTION
              RATES BY EIGHT  PERCENT  (8%),  AS  ADOPTED  JUNE  22,  2022.
              (Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m.)


      DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS –
           1. Wheatland’s Project
              a. DRRA & PWA
                 ORDINANCE NO. 24-01 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS  OF
                 QUEENSTOWN APPROVING AND ADOPTING A DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS  AND
                 RESPONSIBILITIES  AGREEMENT  BY  AND   BETWEEN   THE   TOWN
                 COMMISSIONERS OF QUEENSTOWN  AND  WATERMAN  FAMILY  LIMITED
                 PARTNERSHIP,  PURSUANT  TO  THE   QUEENSTOWN   TOWN   CODE.
                 (pending revisions)


NEW BUSINESS


ATTORNEY UPDATES


PUBLIC COMMENT


**NOTE:  DEPENDING ON TIMING, MEETING MAY BE ADJOURNED AT THIS POINT  FOR  A
BREAK UNTIL 6:00 P.M. SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING**


6:00 p.m. – REGULAR MEETING RECONVENED AND PUBLIC HEARING CALLED TO ORDER

ORDINANCE NO.  24-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSTOWN ADOPTING A  GENERAL  BUDGET  FOR  THE
FISCAL  YEAR  BEGINNING  JULY  1,  2024  AND  ENDING  JUNE  30,   2025   AND
ESTABLISHING A REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE OF $ .2312 PER $100 OF  ASSESSED  REAL
PROPERTY VALUE,  A TAX RATE OF $ .58 PER $100 OF ALL ASSESSED COMMERCIAL  OR
BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND A TAX RATE OF $2.00  PER  $100  OF  ASSESSED
PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND ALSO ADOPTING AN  ENTERPRISE  BUDGET  FOR  THE  TOWN'S
WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO MONTHLY WATER  AND
SEWER CONSUMPTION RATES BY EIGHT PERCENT (8%), AS ADOPTED JUNE 22, 2022.

ADJOURN PUBLIC HEARING


VOTE ON ORDINANCE NO. 24-04


CLOSED SESSION
(Only if needed, authorized by Section 3-305(b) of  the  General  Provisions
Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, and voted upon in Open Session)


DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION ON CLOSED SESSION MATTERS IF APPLICABLE


ADJOURN