Tomorrow is October 31st! The Town will be celebrating Halloween, and our young citizens will be out “trick or treating” between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Though this is always a fun filled time for our little people, please REMEMBER to use caution and care, so that the event is a safe and enjoyable experience for all participants!

The Town Commissioners would like to stress the importance of choosing areas in Town that are walkable, well lighted, and away from heavy traffic roadways. The Town wants everyone going out Halloween night to enjoy the festivities, get lots of candy, and above all else, RETURN HOME SAFELY!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

TOWN OF PITTSVILLE
“Position Opening”
Water Treatment Plant Operator/MDE Class IV Operator

The Town of Pittsville, Maryland is accepting applications for the position of WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR (certified). The successful candidate must have an MDE Class IV Operator’s License and will be responsible for operating the water treatment plant independently while executing all maintenance and other critical tasks to include testing with minimal supervision under the Superintendent of Public Utilities. Applicants must have a valid Class C drivers license, be available for weekends and holidays, as well as the ability to perform manual and required clerical work, and other duties as assigned.

The Town offers the following: paid holidays, vacation days, sick leave, personal days with a competitive employee benefit package to include required participation in the State of Maryland’s Employee Pension System, health care benefits, short term and long term disability, life insurance plus a positive work environment with support from the Town staff.

Starting salary for certified MDE Class IV Operator is $30.00-$35.00 per hour depending on qualifications. Applications along with a letter of interest should be submitted to the Town Manager, Pittsville, Maryland at 7505 Gumboro Road, Pittsville, MD by November 30,2026. Position opened until filled.

Any questions, please contact the Pittsville Town Hall at 410-835-8872.

The Town of Pittsville is an equal opportunity employer.

JOSEPH A MANGINI, Jr
Town Manager

Help Keep Pittsville’s Sewer System Flowing!

Did you know that flushing disposable wipes can clog sewer pumps, leading to costly repairs, time-consuming maintenance, and system downtime? Even wipes labeled “flushable” don’t belong in the toilet!

The rule is simple: Only flush human waste and toilet paper.

Please keep these items out of your toilet:
– Disposable wipes
– Tampons and sanitary pads
– Paper towels and facial tissues
– Cotton swabs, dental floss, and hair
– Medications, condoms, and other objects

When in doubt, throw it out! Dispose of wipes and other waste in the trash.

Thank you for helping prevent clogs, reduce maintenance costs, and keep our wastewater system running smoothly!

LEGISLATION

There are two (2) pieces of legislation for consideration of ADOPTION tonight. Ordinance # 2026-02 amends the Town’s FY 26 municipal operating budget AND Ordinance #2026-03 amends the present Town FY 27 municipal operating budget. Both measures address the increase in the overall surplus in town funds.

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES APPOINTMENTS

There are no appointments to consider at this time.

FINANCE

Along with the amending budget ordinances, the other financial news is that the Town is still waiting to hear back from the State’s DHCD regarding approval on our TOWN MANAGER/CIRCUIT RIDER GRANT application submitted several months ago. This is very disturbing since in years past the application was approved and the grant agreement signed and in place BEFORE October. We are now into the 2nd quarter pending approval. All the other member circuit rider programs are in the same position we are! Along with this, our CDBG grant application for the storm drainage ditch maintenance project is still pending approval as well! Also, the Town has received the final grant/loan disbursement recommendation and close out letter for the WTP PHASE IV UPGRADE project from MDE. The final loan proceeds to be received will be $290,492.00. These funds will reimburse the Town for the remaining local share monies the Town had to upfront while the project was in progress. And since the project came in “under” budget by $76,900.00 the loan schedule for payment back to the State will be revised since we will not need to use those funds.

The Town this quarter has sent out the utility/trash billing notices in the amount of $216,133.09 with payment due 31 Oct 26. To all our consumers, please remember that the new late fee of $25 will be assessed 15 days AFTER the due date!

The water/sewer rate study is underway and should be completed by the end of the year. As I have mentioned before in my earlier monthly reports, with the new water meters being installed throughout the year, our goal is to have the first new meter billings based on actual usage in place by 1 Jan 28!

With the potential decrease in state local share and grant funding, the Maryland Municipal League has conducted a thorough report study identifying all the different avenues of revenue producing that local governments can consider adopting in the future. PITTSVILLE has been very aware of these issues and WE have been doing just that. We need only look at what the Town has done thru the MLGIP interest revenue producing tool that does NOT increase any additional costs on our citizens. I have requested a hard copy of the MML report for us all to review.

The total available funds for the Town as of this month by percentage is the following: General Fund 49%, Water Fund 10.6 %, and Sewer Fund 40.4%!

Effective 1 Jan 27, the Wicomico County landfill fee will be $100 per ton! What this will mean is that I am sure any new trash removal contract we enter into next year will be much higher that we have been used to. So an increase in our trash fee will certainly need to be addressed for FY 28!

PLANNING/ZONING

The Planning/Zoning Commission met on 14 Oct to hear updates from the Town Manager/Planning & Zoning Administrator on the following:
a) New business being considered (Shower Glass Doors) on the former Barnes property on Sixty Foot Road across from Dollar General in the Mixed Use Employment/MUE district
b) Planned expansion of the Pittsville Self Storage Facility located on Friendship Road
Both will need to submit site plans for review by the Planning/Zoning Commission before moving forward. Also, total number of building permits to date are 16 with building permit fees totaling $6,323.08

Since the next planned monthly meeting would be on November 11 (VETERANS DAY), I am recommending that the Planning/Zoning Commission’s monthly meeting be held on the 18 Nov which would be the 3rd Wednesday of the month with a public notice being on the town web site/face book.

PITTSVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

The PEDC monthly meeting was held on 23 Sep with the members being briefed on town capital projects plus new business interests in the Town Next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 28 Oct commencing at 5:30 pm in Town Hall

TOWN PUBLIC WORKS/PUBLIC UTILITIES

Dale is here to give his monthly report.

TOWN ENGINEER

Rob is here to give his report.

TOWN ATTORNEY

Our Town Attorney will be completing the final paperwork for the Town to finally have in our possession the Smith property located between Main Street and Old Ocean City Road that was purchased at tax sale. Also, condemnation proceedings have commenced for the Town to obtain the warehouse property located between Railroad Avenue and Main Street with the intention and goal to make it a municipal parking lot to serve the Town Park and local businesses in the area with the addition of electric charging stations to be installed. Also, due to recent activities and concerns regarding the Town’s “NUISANCE ORDINANCE”, both the Town Attorney and Town Manager believe the ordinance needs to be amended or replaced in order to best address the public’s needs at large.

PERSONNEL

Our Town Treasurer is on a much deserved vacation and will be back the first of November

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Halloween is Saturday 31 Oct and will be held on that date from 6-8 pm. Please be very careful while traveling thru Town while our young citizens are about enjoying their “special” day! And be generous in passing out your candy!!!

VETERANS DAY is November 11 and is a federal, state, town holiday so Town Offices will be closed.

Bulk Trask pick up day is Thursday 19 Nov 26 and notices will be posted for the public. Since THANSGIVING Day always falls on a Thursday, our normal pick up day, trash collection will be on the following Saturday 28 Nov 26 with appropriate notification being made.

Residents may notice intermittent water discoloration over the next few days. This is temporary and is caused by sediment being stirred up during the activation of the new water main for Solomon’s Place. The system remains fully operational, and the issue should resolve on its own. Thank you for your patience.

ALL BUSINESS ITEMS MUST BE SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE TOWN MEETING IN ORDER TO BE HEARD.

October 19, 2026 – 7:00 PM
AGENDA

1. Call to Order
   1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of the Minutes of September 21, 2026
3. Town Treasurer’s Report of Balances of General and Utility Accounts
4. Department of Public Safety
   1. Fire/EMS Report
   2. Police Report
   3. Code Enforcement Report
5. Department of Public Administration
   1. Town Manager’s Report
   2. Department of Public Works
   3. Department of Public Utilities
6. Town Engineer Report — Robert Duma
7. Old Business
   1. Consideration of Ordinance # 2026-02 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville To Amend the FY26 Municipal Operating Budget”/ADOPTION
   2. Consideration of Ordinance # 2026-03 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville To Amend the FY 27 Municipal Operating Budget/ADOPTION
8. New Business
9. Town Commission/Committee Reports and Commissioner/Public Comments
10. Adjournment of Meeting

The Town Commissioners reserve the right to close a portion of this meeting as authorized by Section 3-305(b) and Section 3-104 of the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Next Meeting Date – November 16, 2026

Please note that Under Public Comments, limit all public comments to three (3) minutes or less, any written material may be presented to the Town Commissioners. Any derogatory remarks, personal attacks, obscene language, or disruptive behavior will not be tolerated and will upon order from the Presiding Officer be grounds for removal of the individual from the meeting.

LEGISLATION

There are two (2) pieces of legislation for introduction tonight. Ordinance # 2026-02 amends the Town’s FY 26 municipal operating budget AND Ordinance #2026-03 amends the present Town FY 27 municipal operating budget. Both measures address the increase in the overall surplus in town funds.

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES APPOINTMENTS

There is the re-appointment of Erika Moore Lecates to another three (3) term as a member of the Town’s Board of Zoning Appeals

FINANCE

Along with the amending budget ordinances, the other financial news is that the Town is still waiting to hear back from the State’s DHCD regarding approval on our TOWN MANAGER/CIRCUIT RIDER GRANT application submitted several months ago. On the positive side, both our partnering Towns, WILLARDS, and finally SHARPTOWN have committed to providing a cash contribution, as required by the State and PITTSVILLE to assist with the local share funding for the program. Also, the Town has received final inspection on the WTP Phase IV Upgrade project with over $500,000 in state loan funds being recommended for release to PITTSVILLE. These funds will reimburse the Town for all the local share monies the Town had to upfront while the project was in progress. As a reminder, though the MDE funds are initially considered a loan to the Town, fifty percent (50%) of the proceeds after ten (10) years will be “loan forgiveness” and thus an actual grant to the Town. Thus, the WTP Upgrade project was funded by 87.5% of grant funds!

The Town has received a letter from the Maryland Department of Transportation/MDOT that all “highway user fees” distributed to municipalities will be reduced from the present 20% of allotment to the original 15.6% due to the state law mandating the increase expiring. For PITTSVILLE, it will be a loss of about $33,500. I would expect this formula not to be changed in the coming future.

In the presently adopted Fee Resolution, there was added a $25 late fee for failure to pay the utility bill when due. The Town Commissioners, at that time wanted staff to review and provide a policy to implement so the late fee was not assigned to the July 2026 bills, but will be assessed on the soon to be outgoing Oct utility bills WHICH ARE DUE 31 Oct 26!. During the past quarter there were 120 accounts late out of a total 630 billed, a delinquency rate of 19%. By the time of shut offs, that number was reduced to 28 or 4.5%.

The recommended proposed “DISCONNECT POLICY” will be the following:

1. Utility bills will be sent quarterly with payment due within a normal thirty (30) day period.
2. If payment NOT RECEIVED within the normal thirty (30) day period, the late fee will be assessed on the fifteenth (15) day after the original due date. This amounts to a total of forty-five (45) days to pay the bill. Final notices of termination of services to those accounts still in delinquency will be sent with payment due by the end of the “grace period month”! This basically allows an additional fifteen (15) days to pay the bill.
3. If payment still not received thirty (30) days after due date, then cutoff notices will be sent to those remaining unpaid accounts with termination of services within fifteen (15) of notice.

Appropriate notices will be mailed, posted on the town’s web page, with final termination of services hand delivered to the delinquent account property with NO EXCEPTIONS!

PLANNING/ZONING

There was no monthly meeting of the Planning/Zoning Commission this month due to a lack of a quorum. However, for those who did attend, we conducted a work session. Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 14 Oct 26 commencing at 6:00 pm in Town Hall. Building permits to date are fifteen (15) with permit fees collected at $5,884.43. We have six (6) developer escrow accounts still opened with a total of $10,573.00 invested. Once a project is cleared, whatever is remaining in the escrow accounts will be returned to the appropriate developer. There is also a Board of Zoning Appeals scheduled for Thursday 24 Sep to hear a request for a variance for an oversized accessory structure from Ashley Wilson of Casher Wells Road to accommodate the storage of hay and equipment for the horses on her property previously approved by the BOZA.

PITTSVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

The PEDC next monthly meeting will be on 23 Sep 26 commencing at 5:30 pm in Town Hall.

PUBLIC WORKS

Dale is here to give his monthly report.

TOWN ENGINEER

Rob is here to give his report.

PERSONNEL

Our Town Treasurer, ANA KETTERMAN, recently completed her tenth (10th) year of service with the Town on 16 Sep!

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

COLUMBUS DAY is October 12 and is a federal, state, town holiday so Town Offices will be closed.

Bulk Trask pick up day is Thursday 19 Nov 26 and notices will be posted for the public. Since THANSGIVING Day always falls on a Thursday, our normal pick up day, trash collection will be on the following Saturday 28 Nov 26 with appropriate notification being made.

With the new water meters being installed this year, the Town is conducting a new water/sewer billing rate structure study for implementation once all meters are installed. I expect this to be in place by Jan 28!

The Town Commissioners have received an invitation from WICOMICO COUNTY to attend the annual Legislative Breakfast to be held on Friday, 16 Oct 26 commencing at 8:30 am at the CIVIC CENTER. Please let Judy know by 9 Oct if you plan to attend!

At their regular monthly meeting held on Monday, 21 Sep 26 the Town Commissioners of Pittsville introduced the following ordinances for consideration of adoption:

1. Ordinance # 2026-02 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville to Amend the FY 26 Municipal Operating Budget”
2. Ordinance # 2026-03 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville to Amend the FY 27 Municipal Operating Budget”

The Ordinances will be considered for adoption at the 19 Oct 26 regular Town Meeting commencing at 7:00 pm in Town Hall. Copies of the ordinances are available for public review at the Town Hall during normal business hours.

JOSEPH A MANGINI, Jr.
Town Manager

View: Ordinance 2026-02 – Ordinance 2026-03

PUBLIC NOTICE
Board of Zoning Appeals
Case #2026-02
24 Sep 26 – 5:00 pm

There is scheduled a public hearing/meeting of the Town of Pittsville’s Board of Zoning Appeals on Thursday, 24 Sep 26 at Town Hall commencing at 5:00 pm to hear the following:
“A request for a variance from Ashley Wilson of 34605 Casher Wells Road, Pittsville, Maryland to construct an accessory use structure that is larger than that permitted by the Town’s Zoning Code”

Interested parties are invited to attend and provide comments.

JOSEPH A MANGINI, Jr
Town Manager/Planning/Zoning Administrator

ALL BUSINESS ITEMS MUST BE SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE TOWN MEETING IN ORDER TO BE HEARD.

September 21, 2026 – 7:00 PM
AGENDA

1. Call to Order
   1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of the Minutes of August 17, 2026
3. Town Treasurer’s Report of Balances of General and Utility Accounts
4. Department of Public Safety
   1. Fire/EMS Report
   2. Police Report
   3. Code Enforcement Report
5. Department of Public Administration
   1. Town Manager’s Report
   2. Department of Public Works
   3. Department of Public Utilities
6. Town Engineer Report — Robert Duma
7. Old Business
   1. None
8. New Business
   1. Consideration of Ordinance # 2026-02 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville To Amend the FY26 Municipal Operating Budget” / INTRODUCTION
   2. Consideration of Ordinance # 2026-03 “An Ordinance of the Town of Pittsville To Amend the FY 27 Municipal Operating Budget” / INTRODUCTION
   3. Consideration of Re-Appointment of Erika Moore-Lecates to the Town’s Board of Zoning Appeals for a three (3) year term commencing 21 Sep 26 and Ending 21 Sep 29
   4. Parkside Marching Rams Capital Campaign/Request for Contribution – Stacy Smith
9. Town Commission/Committee Reports and Commissioner/Public Comments
10. Adjournment of Meeting

The Town Commissioners reserve the right to close a portion of this meeting as authorized by Section 3-305(b) and Section 3-104 of the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Next Meeting Date – October 19, 2026

Please note that Under Public Comments, limit all public comments to three (3) minutes or less, any written material may be presented to the Town Commissioners. Any derogatory remarks, personal attacks, obscene language, or disruptive behavior will not be tolerated and will upon order from the Presiding Officer be grounds for removal of the individual from the meeting.