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Fiscal Year Proposed Budget Information

A line item listing of the proposed Fiscal Year 2012 Budget for the City of Cumberland is listed below. 

*All files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, which can be read using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Proposed FY 2012 General Fund Budget

Water Fund Proposed FY 2012 Budget 

Sewer Fund Proposed FY 2012 Budget

Trash Fund Proposed FY 2012 Budget


MPA Fund Proposed FY 2012 Budget

  
DDC Proposed FY 2012 Budget

Departmental Budget Presentations

The following presentations were provided during the April 26, 2011 Public Meeting.

Administrator's FY12 Budget Overview

Economic Development FY12 Budget Presentation

Fire Department FY12 Budget Presentation

Engineering Department Capital Improvements and Street Projects FY Budget Presentation 

City of Cumberland Organizational Chart

Where we’ve been, where we’re going 

 In 1787, the Maryland General Assembly made the wise move of establishing the town of Cumberland through an act passed during that legislative session.  Of course, that act simply provided the stamp of officialdom to a community that had been in existence, in one form or another, for thousands of years. 

Artifacts pointing to civilizations in existence before the time of Christ have been found in the area, so we can only assume that people have been living here forever, a fact that those of us who now live at the confluence of Wills Creek and the Potomac River can understand, given the level of natural beauty that surrounds us. 

For generations an American Indian village, then a western outpost of roughshod cabins established by European Americans, Cumberland eventually became a stop for many in the push west.  In this role, the city grew into a transportation hub, first as the starting point of the first National Road - now known as Route 40, or National Highway - and then as home to numerous railroads and the western terminus of the famous C&O Canal. 

As the city raced through the 19th century and into the 20th, it became less dependent on railroads as more industry moved to the area.  Glass manufacturing and brewing were big, as were tires and steel. 

Cumberland experienced the same fate as many American cities in the latter quarter of the 20th century; many industries closed their doors, battering the local populace.  But the natives here are resilient if nothing else, so Cumberland looked around and noticed that a lot of people traditionally traveled here for our rich history.  Small firms began to crop up focusing on the tourism trade, and Cumberland was off and running into its next era. 

The economy continued to perk up as a number of technological firms moved to the area.  The future looks brighter now than it has in years, essentially because we have something here most people want - a quality of life hard to come by today. 

So come along, and we'll show you our town, a beautiful little city nestled among the Appalachian Mountains, home to those who seek tranquillity, peace, and friendly neighbors.  

City Vital Signs 

Items of Interest for Those Wishing to Move their Large ( or small) Companies to a city with an innovative, self sufficient workforce: 

Utilities: City supplies water and sewer services, electricity by Allegheny Power, natural gas by Columbia Gas of Maryland. 
 

Other City Services of Note: Full time police and fire departments  
 

Create the Workforce You Want: How to accomplish this mammoth task?  Try Allegany College.  A few years back, this local community college took up the gauntlet in training the local workforce for the jobs of tomorrow.  Through its Center for Continuing Education, Allegany College works with local employers in molding employees for an individual employer's 
workplace. 
 

The initial consultation is free and provides a basic assessment of your training needs.  From there, the school will design and implement your training programs, which will make your life a lot easier.  Topics covered range from core business topics (accounting, marketing, etc.) to areas such as sexual harassment awareness, management development, customer service and sales and licensure and certification. 
 

In addition, the school is involved in the state Interactive Distance Learning Network, which allows Allegany College students to participate in course work in classrooms all over the state.  Need some hard-to-find training?  If Allegany College doesn't have it on-site, they can probably find a program for you through the Interactive Distance Learning Network.  Also allows users to network with others in their industry, and with professional and industrial associations without leaving town.  Cool. 

And Don't Forget FSU: Not only does Cumberland have Allegany College, the city also has access to Frostburg State University just 10 miles away.  Two computer labs on campus provide training opportunities for area businesses, the school's Center for Regional Progress offers technical and research assistance, its Western Maryland Regional Geographic Information Systems Center provides infrastructure delineation and environmental assessment graphics, and conference facilities are available with long-distance interactive meeting sites. 

And While We're on the Subject of Schools: 

To Your Health 

Hospitals:  The New Western Maryland Regional Medical Center located on Willowbrook Road offers a comprehensive range of general and specialty services for mdeical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetrical patients.  

The health care system here consists of a sizable network of physicians - over 200 - who practice over 30 medical specialties.  We also have the Allegany County Health Department, which offers services for patients of all ages, the Thomas B. Finan Center provides mental health care, the Brandenburg Center offers care for developmentally disabled adults, and we have day care facilities for people afflicted with mental illness and mental retardation through the Archway agency and the Friends Aware agency, respectively. 

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CITY OF CUMBERLAND
- Regulations for the Government of the City Council –

The following rules and regulations are hereby prescribed for the government of the City Council:

RULE 1 – REGULAR MEETINGS
The City Council shall meet on a regular bi-weekly basis, on such day and at such time as may be prescribed by order of the City Council, unless the same be a public holiday, in which event they shall meet the next day at such time as may be prescribed by order of the City Council; provided, however, that such bi-weekly meeting may, by a majority vote of the City Council, be postponed, when said City Council considers such postponement necessary, to another day at such time as the City Council shall, by order, determine.

RULE 2 – MEETING PLACE
The place of meeting of the City Council shall be in Room 212, Council Chambers, City Hall, and no meetings of said body shall be held elsewhere except by a majority vote of all the members elected.

RULE 3 – CALL TO ORDER
Precisely at the time designated by order, the President of the City Council shall take the chair and call the Council to order.

RULE 4 - ORDER OF BUSINESS
The order of business for regular meetings of the City Council shall be as follows:

I.Roll Call
II.Proclamations
III.Certificates and Awards
IV.City Administrator's Report
V.Director's Report
VI.Approval of Minutes
VII.Public Hearings
VIII.Unfinished Business
IX.New Business
X.Public Comments
XI.Adjournment

RULE 5 – SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special Meetings of the City Council may be held at any time on the call of the President or two members, upon forty-eight hours notice to every member of the Council; provided, however, that the requirement of a notice shall not be binding in any special meeting at which all members of the Council are present, nor where special circumstances so require.

RULE 6 – PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
The Mayor of the City of Cumberland shall act as President of the City Council; he shall preside at all meetings when present and preserve order and decorum; provided, that in the absence of the President, the members present shall elect a president pro tem.  He may designate what other member shall take the chair when he may desire temporarily to relinquish the same. He may speak on all questions before the City Council and shall have the right to vote upon all questions before the Council, except in cases of appeal from his decisions; provided, however, that he shall not have the authority to move or second a matter for consideration or action by the Council.  He shall appoint all committees unless otherwise directed by the City Council.

RULE 7 – MOTIONS / REDUCED TO WRITING
Every motion of proposition shall be reduced to writing on the call of  any members, and a motion made and seconded shall be deemed in possession of the City Council and shall be stated by the President or read by the City Clerk previous to debate, and may be withdrawn at any time previous to a vote being taken.

RULE 8 – DISCUSSION OF PENDING QUESTION
After the previous questions has been seconded and the main questions ordered, the member who has introduced, or the City Administrator who has reported the matter under consideration, shall have one-half hour in which to discuss the proposition pending, at the close of which the vote shall be taken.

RULE 9 – APPROPRIATION OR EXPENDITURE OF MONIES
The passage of all ordinances, resolutions or orders appropriating money shall be by “yeas” and “nays,” and the vote shall be recorded in the journal, and any order, ordinance, resolution or motion for the expenditure of any sum of money in excess of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) shall go to the next meeting before action can be taken thereon, except by unanimous consent, and shall then be taken up under its proper head in the regular order of business.

RULE 10 – ORDINANCES / CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTIONS AND READINGS
Every ordinance and charter amendment resolution shall be read three times by title before a vote is taken upon its passage; and no ordinance or charter amendment resolution shall be amended except upon its second reading, and the second reading can only be dispensed with by unanimous consent. Every ordinance and charter amendment resolution shall be read the first time at the meeting at which it shall be introduced, and shall then lie on the table until the next regular meeting, when it shall be read the second time, and it may then be read the third time and final action taken thereon; provided that by unanimous consent, any ordinance or charter amendment resolution may be passed at the meeting of its first reading. After an ordinance or charter amendment resolution has been read a third time, the only business in order is the call of the role upon its final passage.

RULE 11 – ORDINANCES / AMENDING
It shall be the duty of the City Council, in amending any part of an ordinance previously passed, or of a code or ordinances, to ordain the same as the chapter, section and subsection would read when amended.

RULE 12 – CONSENT AGENDA
Every council order shall be placed on a consent agenda; provided, however, that any member of the Mayor and City Council may request to have an order removed from the consent agenda and voted on separately.

RULE 13 – PROTESTS
It shall be matter of right and privilege to have received and entered in the journal a protest of a member against any action taken by the City Council.

RULE 14 – REPORTS
All reports to the City Council shall be in writing, signed by the individual making the report, and shall specify at the close of the report such action as the individual may recommend as proper for the City Council to take.

RULE 15 – CHARGES
Charges against an officer of the City or member of the city Council shall always be preferred in writing, and such proceedings had thereon as are provided by the City Charter.



RULE 16 – DESTROYING QUORUM
No member shall retire from a meeting of the City Council, or remain away for the purpose of destroying a quorum. Any member violating this rule may be arraigned before the City Council and if found guilty may be fined or expelled in the discretion of the City Council.  Proceedings for the violation of this rule shall be in the manner and form provided by the City Charter.

Rule 17 – PUBLIC COMMENT
Any person desiring to address the Mayor and City Council shall first secure permission from the presiding officer. Upon securing said permission, such person must approach a microphone and state his or her name and address. Remarks must be directed to the matter being considered except during the portion of the agenda for request to be heard.

Each person desiring to address the Mayor and City Council shall be allotted five (5) minute to do so as to each agenda item as well as during requests to be heard. 

RULE 18 – DECORUM
During public meetings of the Mayor and City Council, all persons shall preserve order and decorum. Any person making personal attacks, impertinent, slanderous, offensive or threatening remarks, or becoming boisterous shall be barred from further attendance at the meeting by the presiding officer unless permission for continued attendance is granted by a majority vote of the City Council.

Meetings of the Mayor and City Council shall be conducted in a courteous manner. Members of the public shall be permitted to state their position subject to the time restrictions set forth in Rule 17 and the restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraph.

The Chief of the Cumberland City Police Department shall, upon request of the presiding officer, designate one of the officers of the said Police Department to serve as sergeant-at-arms at the meetings.  Upon the direction of the presiding officer, the sergeant-at-arms shall eject such persons from the meetings who violate these rules and regulations unless such persons continued attendance is permitted by majority vote of the City Council. 

RULE 19 – PRESENTATIONS
Any presentations made to the City Council under Item #9 of the Order of Business (Presentations) shall be made in writing and presented to the City Clerk at least five days before the date of the meeting at which the item presented will be considered.

RULE 20 – VOTING
Each member shall be entitled to one vote, in person.  There shall be no voting by proxy.  A vote may be taken by mail, provided that the question to be voted upon shall be fully set forth on a ballot prepared for that purpose, providing spaces to be filled in or marked so as to record an affirmative or negative vote.  Meetings and vote may be conducted through telephone conference calls, provided that each participant can communicate with all other participants. The minutes of the meetings shall record the vote of each member on each action.  If no member votes against a proposed action, the vote shall be recorded as unanimously in favor; if any one or more members vote “no,” the minutes shall record the names of those voting “yes” and those voting “no.” Any member may voice abstention from the vote for any reason.

RULE 21 – CLOSED MEETINGS
Meetings of the Mayor and City Council shall be open to the public; provided, however, that the Mayor and City Council may meet in closed session or may adjourn an open meeting into a closed session for any of those purposes enumerated in Section 10-508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Written minutes shall be kept of all closed meetings held by the Mayor and City Council.  These minutes shall be prepared as soon as practicable under the circumstances and shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours; provided, however, that minutes of a meeting lawfully held in closed session may be open to public inspection except for the reasons provided in Section 10-509 (c) (4) of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. A statement of the time, place and purpose of any closed meeting, the record of the vote of each member by which any meeting was closed, a citation of the statutory authority for closing the meeting, and a listing of the topics of discussion, persons present, and each action taken during the closed meeting, shall be included in the minutes of the next regular meeting of the Council. 

RULE 22 – SUSPENSION OF RULES
The rules of order, other than those prescribed by law, may be suspended at any time by consent of a majority of the members present at any meeting.



RULE 23 – ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER
Except when in conflict with the foregoing provisions, Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the deliberations of the City Council.


Amended Date: January 9, 2007
Mayor and City Council Order No. 24,496

Procedure for Closing Public Right-of-Ways

1.                   Resident submits request for closing to the City Clerk.  (Download Form I)

Public Information Policy (4MB)

Public Information Request Form (183 KB)

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Mayor and City Council of Cumberland

PUBLIC INFORMATION MISSION STATEMENT

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland adopted a Public Information Policy to address procedures under the Public Information Act for filing and processing requests for the inspection and copying of public records of the City..

The city is dedicated to serving all members of the Cumberland community including residents, visitors, merchants, and media representatives.  All public inquiries will be promptly answered.  

Information requests should be direct to the City Clerk as the "Official Custodian of Public Records."   Team Leaders will been designated in each department of the city for the purpose of receiving and responding to public information requests. (Team Leaders will be listed on the website in the near future.)  The City maintains communication 24 hours a day with, and receives feedback from, the public via the City web site.

Public Information Act Request Forms are available in all City Departments as well as through the web site, and are linked above.  These forms should be completed, signed, and submitted by mail, fax, or email** to:

Margie Eirich
City Clerk
City of Cumberland
P.O. Box 1702
57 North Liberty Street
Cumberland, Maryland 21502
Fax (301) 759-6438
Email:  meirich@ci.cumberland.md.us

**Please note: Emailed forms require a signature and therefore must be sent as an attachment.

Ordinances Fiscal Year 2012  

(Ordinances passed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012) 

Ordinance No. 3702 - Discharge of Fire Arms Exceptions Section 11-93

 Pending Ordinances

Ordinance No. (Pending) - To amend the zoning map to rezone property located at 313-315 Springdale Street from R-U to R-R to allow for the establishment of a coin-operated laundromat on the first floor and two residential apartments on the second floor.  A  public hearing is scheduled for January 17, 2012.  The 2nd and 3rd readings are scheduled for January 31, 2012.

Ordinance No. (Pending) - To amend the zoning map to provide for certain corrections and clarifications and to rezone 24 parcels on Willowbrook Road from B-H to R-O.  A public hearing is scheduled for January 17, 2012.  The 2nd and 3rd readings are scheduled for January 31, 2012. 

RESOLUTIONS  2011

• Adopted for January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 

Resolution No. R2011-01 

• Adopted February 8, 2011
• Effective February 8, 2011
• Property Tax Credit for years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 to Carver Community Center 

Resolution No. R2011-02

• Adopted March 15, 2011
• Effective March 15, 2011
• Lease Purchas Agreement With M&T Bank for  Ambulance and Police Cars Not to Exceed $329,550

Resolution No. R2011-03

• Adopted April 12, 2011
• Effective April 12, 2011
• Tax Credit for Tax Year 2007-2008 to Carver Community Center

Resolution No. R2011-04

• Adopted April 12, 2011
• Effective April 12, 2011
• Property Tax Credit for years 2009-2010 to Covenant Counseling Ministries, Inc.

Resolution No. R2011-05

• Adopted April 26, 2011
• Effective April 26, 2011
• Authorizing refunding of 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007 Bonds and 2010 TAN Second Issue

Resolution No. R2011-06

• Adopted May 10, 2011
• Effective May 10, 2011
• Modification of 2006 Public Improvement Bonds

Resolution No. R2011-07

• Adopted May 10, 2011
• Effective May 10, 2011
• Flexible Spending Plan Amendment

Resolutioni No. R2011-08

• Adopted May 24, 2011
• Effective May 24, 2011
• Amending Resolution R2011-02 - Purchas of Ambulance and 3 Police Vehicles

Resolution No. R2011-09

• Adopted August 16, 2011
• Effective August 16, 2011
• Afterschool Programming at YMCA

Resolution No. R2011-10

• Adopted August 16, 2011
• Effective August 16, 2011
• Sustainable Communitiy Designation

Resolution No. R2011-11

• Adopted August 16, 2011
• Effective August 16, 2011
• Property Tax Credit for year 2011-2012 to Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Development Corporation, Inc.

Resolution No. R2011-12

• Adopted August 16, 2011
• Effective August 16, 2011
• Mayor and City Council Support the construction of a new Allegany High School within the corporate boundaries of the city

Resolution No. R2011-13

• Adopted September 13, 2011
• Effective September 13, 2011
• Property Tax Credit for tax year 2011-2012 to Cumberland Outdoor Club

Resolution No. R2011-14

• Adopted October 11, 2011
• Effective October 11, 2011
• Community Legacy Application $635,000

PENDING RESOLUTIONS

Resolution No. (Pending) - To adopt the December 2011 Neighborhood Element of the City's 2013 Comprehensive Plan.  A public hearing is scheduled for January 17, 2012.  The final reading is scheduled for January 31, 2012.

View recent meetings of the Mayor and City Council here.

City of Cumberland Mayor and Council Meeting - January 3, 2012

December 6, 2011 Mayor and City Council Meeting

November 22, 2011 Mayor and City Council Meeting

November 8, 2011 Mayor and City Council Meeting