Bel Air town officials said the town handled Hurricane Irene well despite at least one major electrical challenge.
Police Chief Leo Matrangola told town commissioners at Tuesday's work session four trees fell on cars, but "the biggest electrical problem was in Hickory Village, where five trees fell on a big feeder line."
That knocked out a power station on Ellendale Street, which left a large surrounding area with no power.
"It affected people all up and down Churchville Road," Matrangola said.
He said BGE crews "did a great job," however, in getting the area back up and running.
He and public works director Randy Robertson also said they were pleased with how few problems there were from the town's traffic lights being down.
Matrangola said there were only two very minor accidents.
"Nobody really ran into each other," he said.
Robertson added he was very impressed with the courtesy drivers showed.
"It really flowed pretty well," he said about traffic. "I was pleasantly surprised, to be honest with you. I didn't expect it to be that orderly."
Robertson said his department staff worked about 150 hours overtime because of the storm.
He also said the town's water system, including a new culvert near Del Haven Plaza, fared very well.
About 30 cubic yards of debris were hauled to the Scarboro landfill, he said.
Also at the meeting, town administrator Chris Schlehr said the town is renegotiating its annual lease with Rockfield Manor.
The new lease would change the insurance requirement from $1 million to $2 million and have more financial oversight, he said.
"We are going to do a fairly comprehensive financial review once a year on their tax filings," Schlehr said, assuring the organization had not done anything wrong financially.
"They have done well over the years," he said. "We are just going to provide an extra set of eyes to make those reviews."
The town maintains the grounds and buildings as far as mowing grass and providing snow removal, while Rockfield Manor controls the manor house, barn and upper field.
Commissioner Terry Hanley noted that noise complaints from the facility seem to have been mitigated.
"It just seems like in the past, there was some struggle, but it seems like they have got those issues resolved," he said.
Robertson also said the public works department hopes to buy a new dump truck, at a cost of $67,000.
Only one bid was submitted, for about $300 more than budgeted, but he said he was "pretty confident we can get that money out of the snow plow budget or something like that."
At the next town meeting, the commissioners also plan to vote on a resolution supporting The Red Devils, a non-profit that helps breast cancer patients and their families.
The Baltimore-based group is asking for $30,000 in state tax credits for its work providing food, drug payments and other financial assistance to families faced with breast cancer.
It will be working with 19 area hospitals, including Upper Chesapeake.