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Briefing
4 towns
Town recaps: Easton, St. Michaels, Oxford, Trappe
Talbot has four incorporated towns. The county council in Easton is not a substitute for those boards.
Filed Sept. 18, 2026. Updated Sept. 21, 2026 — next-meeting lines only. Sept. 21 Easton votes are not in this packet.
Easton
Town Council, Mon. Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m., 14 S. Harrison St. (1st and 3rd Mondays).
The East End Small Area Plan still needs a Town Council hearing after a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation; the FY2027 budget and the 52-cent town rate are already adopted.
East End plan — Planning Commission forwarded it after March 26 and April 16; Council hearing and adoption remain the open step. No closed hearing date on the Engage page as of the Sept. 18 filing.
FY2027 general-fund budget adopted June 1 by Ordinance 855 at $30,375,486.
Town real-property rate 52 cents per $100 for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 (Ordinance 856: ordinary 46¢ + special/bond 6¢).
Commissioners legislative session, Wed. Sept. 23, 5–7 p.m., St. Michaels Community Center, 103 Railroad Ave.
This week’s paper is the Sept. 23 legislative session; the last working session put San Domingo Creek Park Phase II and a 100 Mulberry Street rezoning application on the public record.
Sept. 23 agenda still draft until meeting day.
Sept. 9 working session — staff recommended Bridges Land Management for San Domingo Creek Park Phase II demolition / West Chew entrance-parking (path totaling $495,980 plus a $75,000 electrical allowance in the staff memo), plus an MDE 319h Phase II grant item.
Planning Commission Sept. 3 listed a rezoning of 100 Mulberry Street from Residential (R-2) to Central Commercial (CC) — agenda listing only; no Sept. 3 PC outcome locked in this filing.
Commissioners, Tue. Sept. 22, 6 p.m., 101 Market St. Closed session the same date at 10 a.m.
This fortnight’s paper is the Robert Morris Inn, the community-center lease, ethics, and the election-charter process.
Sept. 22 open stack includes Friends of the RMI on preserving the inn; a second amendment to the Oxford Community Center lease; FEMA/MDEM escrow releases; work session on trash/recycling, ethics, and purchasing/charter amendments.
Sept. 8 — Resolution 2601 introduced (Charter election/absentee/write-in timing); FY27 authorizations on the agenda for Granicus permitting software and First State zoning review.
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