ELKTON CITY COUNCIL CHOSE TO DO NOTHING LAST NIGHT REGARDING A POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TODD COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION.
                FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIKE BAKER JOINED BOARD MEMBER AND ELKTON RESIDENT ESTON GLOVER IN ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL’S CONCERNS. BAKER SEEMED TO BECOME FRUSTRATED WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD, SAYING MAYOR NANCY CAMP IS A MEMBER AND HAS ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGARDING ANY POTENTIAL PROSPECTS.
                BAKER AND MAYOR CAMP HAD MORE THAN ONE EXCHANGE REGARDING WHAT THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD COULD DO TO BETTER INFORM THE COUNCIL.
                GLOVER ASSURED CITY COUNCIL THE BOARD COULD GIVE UPDATES ONCE EVERY FOUR MONTHS OR MORE OFTEN WHEN NECESSARY AND SAID IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE FOR ELKTON TO NOT SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION.
              COUNCIL MOVED ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE THE CONTRIBUTION.
               THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO KEEP THE REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE AT 24.8 CENTS PER 100 DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE—THE SAME RATE AS LAST YEAR.
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