The following is from the November town meeting minutes:
"Joe went back to the Ethics Board nomination. He said in the past, when an individual has been serving on a commission, and has been inquired about it and wants to be reappointed, the normal thing has been that the commissioners have reappointed that individual. If there are other people who are interested in serving, there are other commissions and committees to get involved in. We have an individual who for two months has stated that he would like to be reappointed, and he feels it is disrespectful to him to hold this off. The policy has been in the past that if the name is brought up, unless there is something dramatically wrong, or some concern, that the individual would continue for at least another term."
Herman Dunst was reappointed. Last month Jeff Garrett asked the he be reappointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission and forwarded his application to the Commissioners who tabled it. There is someone else interested but by applying the Town Managers own words above, this request should be channelled into another commission. What is the difference between these two commissions and commissioners?
Our Planning and Zoning meetings haven't been the most pleasant recently as we continue to stand up to pressure to approve anything that comes before us. It's not the Planning Commissions job to undo the Town Manager's deficit. We have ordinances on the book which have succeeded in keeping Ridgley a great small town. Despite the pressure, we have been upholding these ordinances. We have not been too popular with the Town Manager. Removing long serving Planning Commissioners and changing the Planning Commission make up might make the whiz from Westover happy but will leave Ridgely seriously at risk.
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I GUESS THIS EXPLAINS WHY EXISTING VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS BY CITIZENS TO POINT THEM OUT.
Enforcement is administrative. P&Z decides based upon the ordinances and it's up to the administration to enforce. Sadly, it has been lacking--look at the controversy over the gaming parlor--that was a needless waste--the administration should have followed proper procedure to start with. People on P&Z, myself included, are among those citizens who have pointed things out and then let those in the "chain of Command" to do their task. There are, unfortunately, some missing links here.
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