FROSTBURG – The city of Frostburg has begun the laborious, time-consuming process of crafting a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, releasing a budget-preparation schedule that provides for four months of formulation and deliberation of the new spending plan.
The process began with a Jan. 10 work session in which the schedule was discussed, followed by the release of the budget process outline on Jan. 19.
The next significant date is Feb. 10, when the various department heads in city government must submit funding requests to the Finance Commissioner.
On Feb. 14, the Mayor and City Council will discuss the departmental requests at a public work session. Also slated for that meeting's agenda is discussion of tax and utility rates.
The process continues with a March ...

FROSTBURG – Two incumbents have gotten a jump on the June elections in the city of Frostburg.
As of Jan. 25, Mayor Robert Flanigan and Public Safety Commissioner  Walter Mackay are the only two candidates to have filed for city office.
The deadline to file for the June 5 election is Tuesday, May 8.
Flanigan was appointed mayor by the other City Council members when former mayor Arthur Bond resigned the post last year. Mackay was appointed to fill the Public Safety Commissioner seat vacated by Flanigan when he became mayor.
In addition to Mayor and Public Safety Commissioner, other Council seats up for election are Commissioner of Finance, Commissioner of Public Works and Commissioner of Parks & Recreation.
The terms are for two years.
The deadline to register to vote in ...

FROSTBURG – The Frostburg Board of Elections released the schedule for the city's upcoming election at this month's meeting of the Frostburg City Council.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 is election day in Frostburg, with the four Council members and Mayor up for re-election.
The coming months will see a number of election-related developments, as the city's Board of Elections gears up for the every-other-year balloting. Any city resident registered to vote in federal, state or county elections is automatically eligible to vote in the city election.
The deadline to register to vote in the city election is Monday, May 7. The filing deadline for candidates for the Council seats or Mayor's office is Tuesday, May 8.
The deadline for applying for an absentee ballot is Tuesday, May 29. ...

The following statement was issued by Frostburg Mayor Robert Flanigan during last weeks' monthly meeting of the City Council:

This month the city of Frostburg will begin the difficult process of building the budget for the new fiscal year that will start on July 1, 2012. All indications are that revenue will remain stable, not growing or declining, for the next fiscal year, as compared to the current year.
The Mayor and Council will be faced not only with developing the dollars-and-cents numbers of the budget, but even more important, setting the priorities for the city for the coming year. At a time when the national economy is still very weak and the actions of the state government may result in reduced resources and/or increased taxes at the county level, small cities ...