The City Council has a light agenda for its meeting at 7 p.m. Mondayat the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department hall, East Main Street.
Included on the council's calendar is a number of building permits, including one from Ridge Residences Inc. for an 80-unit housing project for the elderly at 102 Timber Ridge Drive; from Di Maio Brothers for six homes at 529 through 539 Congressional Drive; and from Robert Awalt Builders for a home at 867 Elmwood Court.
In addition to monthly reports from the mayor and council committees, the council is expected to consider an application from a new taxicab company and an extension of time for scheduling a public hearing on the historic district zoning.
There were no ordinances or resolutions listed on the agenda, which was released Friday.
DIXON IS ELECTED TRUSTEE
Delegate Richard N. Dixon, D-Carroll, was elected a trustee of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools at its annual business meeting Dec. 13.
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is the parent association of the Commission on Higher Education, the Commission on Secondary Schools and the Commission on Elementary Schools for the Middle States Region.
The association includes schools in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as a number of institutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
For the past seven years, Dixon has served as a trustee on the Commission on Secondary Schools, which accredited secondary schools in the Middle States Region.
He previously served as a member of the Carroll County Boardof Education from 1970 to 1978.
SSTAP MEETING SLATED
WESTMINSTER -- The Department of Citizen Services will have a public meeting to discuss the Statewide Special Transportation Assistance Program and the Rural Public Transportation Program (Section 18) at 2 p.m. Jan. 21 in Room 07 of the County Office Building, 225 N. Center St.
The meeting room is handicapped-accessible. An interpreter for the hearing impaired can be made available upon request to the department on or before Tuesday.
Carroll County is applying for a minimum of $160,720 in operating funds and $76,000 in capital funds to provide a comprehensive transportation system for the county.
As part of the overall program, special service is planned for the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Citizens interested in assisting in the planning process for an improved transportation system should contact the county before the meeting.
Any written information can be submitted to the Department of Citizen Services, 7 Schoolhouse Ave., Westminster, 21157.
Information: 876-3363, 848-4049, 875-3342 or TDD 848- 5355.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
SYKESVILLE -- Rebecca Herman was re-elected chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission at the monthly meeting Dec. 30.
Other officers are Carole Norbeck, vice chairman;Dorothy Schaefer, secretary; and Thelma Wimmer, treasurer. Town Councilman Wiley Purkey is the liaison to the commission.
Herman said the treasurer's position was newly created to handle the group's fund-raising. Previously, the vice chairman had charge of commission finances, she said.
It was announced that the commission would not be getting the use of the gatehouse across from Millard Cooper Park. Springfield Hospital Center, which owns the building and had offered it to the commission for $1 annual rent, decided to use the house for another purpose, Herman said.
The commission had hoped to use the building as a museum for its artifacts.
The commission's next meeting is at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Town House and is open to the public.
Information: 795-6390.
HEARING SET ON STREAMS
ELDERSBURG -- The state Secretary of the Environment has scheduled a public hearing on upgrading the classification of four county streams, which are tributaries to Liberty Reservoir.
The proposal would change the use of Snowdens Run, Stillwater Creek, Carroll Highlands Run and Autumn Run to Use III-P for natural trout waters and public water supplies. At present, they are classified for Use I-P, which includes water contact recreation, protection of aquatic life and public water supplies.
The hearing will be at 3 p.m. Jan. 31 at Eldersburg Library, 6400 W. Hemlock Drive.
Residents are encouraged to address written comments to Deanna L. Miles-Brown, regulations coordinator, at 2500 BroeningHighway, Baltimore, Md. 21224.
Comments will be accepted until the date of the hearing.
Information: (410) 631-3173.
COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW
TANEYTOWN -- A discussion of how to repair several manhole covers that have deteriorated over the years will be among the issues before the council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting tomorrow in City Hall.
City Manager Neal Powell said the council will get some engineering advice and discuss what to do about the problem. A repair project could cost about $100,000, Powell said.
"We have about 400 manholes of the old brick type," in addition to several cast-iron covers, hesaid. A problem with the manhole covers is ground water that leaks into the sewer system, throwing off the wastewater treatment process, Powell said.
In other business, the council:
* Will talk about a proposal to go along with county government's plans to plant and preserve trees according to the new state forest conservation act.
*Will discuss clarifying an existing ordinance that allows residential dwellings in a local business district. Powell said the wording of the law may not make it clear such dwellings are allowed.
* Will open bids for a police cruiser and work on a new roof for a utility building.
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
WESTMINSTER -- A new after-school program for sixth- through eighth-graders opens its doors at 3 p.m. tomorrow in West Middle's cafeteria.
Run by the Carroll County Parks and Recreation Department, the program is designed to offer supervisedactivities as well as a safe place for adolescents to be between thetime school lets out and parents get home from work, said Leslie Hinebaugh, child-care coordinator for the county.
The program is in eight-week schedules, at a cost to parents of $25. Students may go every day 3 to 6 p.m. and must have their parents' permission.
The activities will be: Monday -- coed cheerleading; Tuesday and Wednesday -- drama; Thursday -- journalism; and Friday -- bowling at County Lanes after meeting at the school.
Children will get snacks when theyfirst arrive, Hinebaugh said.
The program is open to all students-- regardless of whether their parents work -- at both East and Westmiddle schools. Students from East, however, will need to walk or get their own transportation to West.
Hinebaugh said the program will continue with a new cycle of activities and lessons in its second eight-week session starting in March, with volleyball and magic lessons.
The county received a $7,000 state grant to start the program, which came about after Carroll County Public Library staff complainedof middle-school students who gathered there and throughout the downtown after school because they had nothing to do.
MCFALLS IS PRESIDENT
The Carroll Board of Education unanimously selected Cheryl A. McFalls as president and Carolyn L. Scott as vice president during its annual reorganization last week.
McFalls, who served as vice president last year, succeeds John D. Myers Jr. McFalls is the only board member up for re-election this year. Challenging her for the six-yearpost are Neil F. MacGregor, a Westminster independent newspaper contractor, and Scott Stone, an engineer with AT&T; Network Systems who lives in Hampstead.
Scott has previously served as vice president. Both women were nominated by board member Ann M. Ballard. There were no other nominees.
CALENDAR UNDER REVIEW
A proposed 1992-1993 school calendar that calls for classes to begin Sept. 8 and end June 18 met some resistance from school board members.
The board last week asked the staff to offer an alternative calendar with classes beginning the week before Labor Day, allowing school to end earlier.
The board is expected to approve a 1992-1993 calendar in February.
LEGISLATIVE PLANS OK'D
Carroll educators will ask the county's legislative delegation to support a pilot truancy citation program and targetedfunding levels of the school aid program known as APEX -- A Plan forEducational Excellence.
The school staff presented district stances on several legislative issues to the Board of Education last week.The board didn't make any revisions.
Supporting the targeted funding level for APEX would provide an additional $6.5 million to the school system next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
The truancy citation program would allow police in Carroll and Frederick counties toissue civil citations to student caught skipping school.
If approved by the legislature, the program would begin in September and would be limited to Carroll and Frederick counties/
Educators also will ask Carroll lawmakers to oppose any proposals to continue a budget-cutting plan that gives county executives and commissioners the authority to make cuts in school budgets during the school year.
The measure was approved by the Legislature last year to help county executives resolve funding woes. The measure is set to expire June 30 but educators are worried there may be a push to continue it.
BOARD REVIEWS POLICY
Complying with a new federal law, Carroll school officials revised the district's policy regarding workers with AIDS.
Underthe revised guidelines, workers with AIDS will be allowed to remain on the job as long as they pose no health threat to others and can perform their job duties, school officials said.
The school district, in complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act, will be required to make reasonable accommodations to help any workers with AIDS fulfill their job obligations.
William R. Rooney, director of personnel, said school official are not aware of any workers with AIDS.
MANAGER TO GIVE REPORT
SYKESVILLE -- Town Manager James L. Schumacher will give his annual report for 1991 at the Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Town House.
He also will announce open bids for the train station portico work and give an update on Spout Hill Road county sewer pipe-related damage.
The Department of Public Works will report on the status of the newspaper recycling trailer and Christmas tree recycling program.
Also on the agenda is a possible budget amendment to reflect state budget cuts and a Raincliffe Center update.
Information: 795-6390.
ANNEX HEARING SET
MOUNT AIRY-- The Town Council will hold a public hearing tomorrow on a requestfor annexation and rezoning of the former VanZandt property.
The council also will take public comment on a requested rezoning from "community/commercial" to residential for 13 acres near the Mount Airy Shopping Center. The town Planning Commission had recommended denial of that request, which seeks zoning that would allow eight units per acre.
The annexation and rezoning hearing on the VanZandt propertyis scheduled for 8 p.m. at Town Hall. The rezoning hearing on the Mount Airy Shopping Center tract will be at 9 p.m.
The first requestcomes from Main Street Limited Partnership. It asks for annexation of 4.6 acres on North Main Street, and rezoning to a residential designation that allows six housing units per acre. That would be an increase in density from what the parcel is currently designated under county zoning.
The partnership also will ask for the same upgrade in zoning of a 1.9-acre parcel that is contiguous to the first, but already is part of the town.
NEW DIRECTOR PICKED
Keith R. Kirschnick has been selected as the new director of the county Department of Public Works, the county commissioners announced Thursday.
Kirschnick,the former assistant public works director, succeeds John T. "Jack" Sterling Jr., who retired earlier this month. Sterling had been director since 1979.
"Keith knows the departmental operations very welland is familiar with the projects and programs on which we have placed priorities," said Commissioner President Donald I. Dell in announcing the move.
Hired as assistant director in 1987, Kirschnick cameto Carroll from Leesburg, Va., where he had been assistant director of engineering and public works. Previously, he had been assistant director of engineering and planning for the Maryland State Aviation Administration.
He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering fromthe University of Maryland and has done postgraduate work in economics and finance. Kirschnick will assume his new duties at his current salary of $50,796. Sterling's salary was $62,927.
Dell said the vacancy created by Kirschnick's promotion will not be filled, and will be "phased out" over time as the commissioners continue the effort tostreamline county government operations in the face of declining revenues.