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100TH ANNIVERSARY
1911-2011 Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Board of Commissioners

Members
examine
budget
proposal
Work sessions to be held
before May 24 deadline
BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Changes to the recommended Fiscal Year 2012
Budget are expected to come from the new, five-
KEN KOONS/STAFF PHOTOS member Carroll County Board of Commissioners
Century High School’s Jacob Harrison and South Carroll High School’s Alena Hedden sample goat cheese as it meets with agencies in the upcoming weeks
quiche during French Day at McDaniel College in Westminster Tuesday. to discuss the proposal.

Lessons in French
Director of Management and Budget Ted Zaleski
developed the recommended budget and the
FY12-17 plan, both of which give commissioners a
projection of revenues and expenditures.
Zaleski told commissioners Tuesday that he an-
ticipates the operating budget for FY12 will be
$354.3 million, approximately $5.3 million more

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McDaniel holds event to teach high school students about college classes than FY11 budget.
According to the recommended FY12 budget, 85
of 104 agency budgets are either flat or smaller
BY MEGAN MCKEEVER than FY11. Commissioner Doug Howard, R- Dis-
TIMES STAFF WRITER
trict 5, said the board has already surveyed county
lena Hedden loaded up a plate with rice, agencies to determine possible cost savings in
goat cheese quiche and French bread. their operations.
“I’ve got thirds of almost everything,” the The board expects to have a few challenges with
17-year- old senior at South Carroll High School the budget, Howard said. It’s important, he said,
joked. “I could eat that the board lowers overall spending while also
this every day.” trying to provide residents with tax relief.
Hedden was one Online “The next challenge is to dig into this stuff and
of more than 200
high school stu-
video see where we have some flexibility,” Howard said.
“We have an excellent starting point but I also
dents who kicked think that we want to go line- by- line through this
off Fat Tuesday stuff.”
with a traditional While revenues from property and recordation
French celebration taxes are expected to be lower than FY11, Zaleski
at McDaniel Col- said he anticipates revenues from income taxes,
lege. carrollcountytimes.com interest and other funding sources will be higher
The fourth an- in FY12.
nual French Day The board has until May 24 to pass the budget.
hosted students enrolled in various levels of
French at Carroll and Washington county high Please see Budget, A8
schools. Some students in attendance had only
been taking French for a month, said McDaniel
French professor Martine Motard- Noar.
Memory of African Culture performed during French Day at Mc-
Please see French, A8 Daniel College in Westminster Tuesday. TODAY IN THE TIMES

Police investigate bus incident

Schools look into allegations student was struck by vehicle
BY RYAN MARSHALL
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Police and officials from
Carroll County Public
Schools are investigating al-
legations that a North Car-
roll Middle School student
was injured when a school
bus slid on some ice at the
boy’s bus stop Monday
morning.
Andrew Binks said his son
Austin, 11, was standing at
his bus stop on Back Woods
Road around 7 a.m. Monday
when the school bus slid on
some ice and hit him.
Binks said his son initially
thought he was all right and
got on the bus, but then went
to the nurse’s office when he
got to school and com-
plained that his arm hurt.
He then went to the doc-
tor’s office and the hospital
to be treated for a broken
arm, Binks said.
Maryland State Police are
investigating an allegation
that the bus struck the boy,
but the incident remained
Cheese, please
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Please see Bus, A8 artisans tout unpasteurized dishes. C1

Sykesville council to consider sidewalk ordinance

Proposal would require residents to clear snow, make repairs
BY CAROLINE HAILEY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
After hearing complaints from
residents about town sidewalks
not being cleared after snow-
storms, the Sykesville Town
Council is considering an ordi-
nance that would require resi-
dents to maintain the sidewalks
on their property by clearing
them of snow and also repairing
them when necessary.
While the city of Westminster
and many towns in the county al-
ready have similar language in
their codes, Sykesville is just
starting to consider it after hear-
ing that some children were
forced to walk in the streets to get
to their bus stops when sidewalks
hadn’t been cleared of snow after
recent snowstorms, according to
Mayor Mike Miller.
“Because this was mounting
into a safety issue, it seemed rea-
sonable to make an ordinance
stating that residents are respon-
sible for snow removal within
some time period,” Miller said.
The proposed ordinance states
that residents can be cited if their
sidewalks aren’t cleared of snow
within 24 hours of the end of a
snowstorm.
If they fail to remove the snow
IF YOU GO
What: Public hearing on sidewalk ordinance
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Town Hall, 7547 Main St., Sykesville
Call: 410-795- 8959
within 24 hours of receiving the The proposed ordinance also
citation, the town has the power gives the town the ability to deem a
to remove the snow and ice itself sidewalk in question as unsafe, re-
and charge the resident for the quiring the owner of the property
work, according to the proposed
ordinance. Please see Ordinance, A8

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