Aberdeen City Council meets at 7 p.m. Monday at Aberdeen City Hall.
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See what else the City Council will discuss during its Jan. 28 meeting.
Aberdeen City Council meets at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall.
Aberdeen City Council will hold a public hearing and discuss three other pieces of legislation when it meets Monday night at City Hall. The regularly-scheduled council meeting is set for 7 p.m. Find the full agenda here. After opening with a public hearing regarding Ordinance No. 12-O-11, pertaining to the city code on utilities, the legislative session will include a resolution and two ordinances: The meeting will also include information about a recycling sticker contest. Stay with Patch for updates. ___ For more Aberdeen government articles, click here. Also, sign up for our newsletters.
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Aberdeen's regular trash collection schedule includes yard waste removal.
Aberdeen residents receive one perk after the holidays: trash pick-up includes your Christmas tree. City residents can dispose of their trees at the curb on Fridays this month. Residents in Zones 1 and 2 (who have trash picked up on Monday and Tuesday) can put yard waste at the road on the first and third Fridays of each month. They can leave their tree at the road before 6 a.m. on Jan. 18. Residents in Zones 3 and 4 (who have trash picked up on Wednesday and Thursday) can put yard waste at the road on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Those residents may leave their trees at the curb before 6 a.m. on Jan. 25. Don't want to wait? Bring your tree to the back of the parking lot at the Moose Lodge on Rogers Street, and city staff …
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Trash collection resumes Wednesday, delayed one day for Aberdeen residents.
Monday trash collection remained on schedule, but Aberdeen's Department of Public Works will not be collecting your waste Tuesday morning. Zone 1 collection will remain on schedule Monday, but there will be no Tuesday pick-up. Instead, Zones 2, 3 and 4 will see collection delayed by one day. Yard waste collection in Zones 1 and 2 will be delayed until Jan. 5. Yard waste was picked up for Zones 3 and 4 on Dec. 29. Bulk trash collection is postponed for the two-week stretch surrounding the holidays. Aberdeen's Department of Public Works asks that all residents have their containers at the curb by no later than 6 a.m. For more information about city services, visit Aberdeen's city website.
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Aberdeen Patch is collecting coats for families in need this winter.
The temperatures Monday didn't call for heavy coats. But cold weather is right around the corner, and some Aberdeen children are in need of coats and winter apparel. Patch is here to help. We are collecting coats for children that attend Hall's Cross Roads Elementary School this month. After two successful coat drives in Havre de Grace, Patch reached out to Harford County Public Schools to learn that Aberdeen children may be in need of winter coats, hats, gloves, etc. this winter. After a quick text exchange with Mayor Michael Bennett, the coat drive was underway. Starting Tuesday morning, donate your coats and other winter items in the lobby at Aberdeen City Hall. Just look for the green bin and drop your items off. If the bin is full, …
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Aberdeen City Council will meet next on Nov. 26.
Aberdeen has canceled the scheduled City Council meeting for Nov. 5. The next City Council meeting is set for Nov. 26 at City Hall. To contact the City of Aberdeen, call 410-272-1600 or visit the city's website. For more government coverage, read here and follow Aberdeen Patch on Facebook and Twitter.
Aberdeen Mayor Michael Bennett proposed a fund for the more than $2.5 million settlement.
During Monday night's city council meeting, the mayor of Aberdeen proposed creating a fund for the approximately $2.5 million awarded to the city in a water contamination settlement. Between 2004 and 2005, Aberdeen's water well field was contaminated by a gasoline spill, according to Mayor Michael Bennett. After the city paid more than $3 million for cleanup and mitigation of the spill out of its own water fund, it filed suit. The city recently received a $2,577,140.33 settlement, and Bennett said the ordinance he introduced at Monday's meeting would create a "revolving loan program" with it. Through the program, the city could use the money to repair aging infrastructure—namely water and sewer projects—while also setting aside future …
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Aberdeen City Council met Monday afternoon to make a change in legal representation.
Aberdeen City Council voted unanimously to appoint new legal representation for the city during a business meeting Monday. Council and Mayor Michael Bennett voted, 5-0, to appoint Fred Sussman of Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A. to serve as the city's attorney. Amid a number of career highlights, Sussman has served as the city attorney for Annapolis. Suellen Ferguson, another attorney at the practice, will serve as the backup for the city. "Both of these attorneys have a very long and distinguished career in municipal government in the State of Maryland," Bennett said. Council moved into a closed session before returning after about 20 minutes to announce the vote. The appointment is effective immediately. Stay with Patch for …
