20080622 Maryland Municipal League President 2006-2007 David E. Carey of Bel Air

Maryland Municipal League President 2006-2007 David E. Carey of Bel Air

David E. Carey, Immediate Past President, Commissioner, Bel Air

Serves on MML's Legislative Committee.

Elected to a four-year term on the Bel Air Board of Commissioners and the Harford County Democratic Central Committee.

Past chair of the Town of Bel Air's Economic and Community Development Commission.

Member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, the National Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, and the American, Maryland and Harford County Bar Association.

Information retrieved June 22, 2008

20080622 Maryland Municipal League President 2006-2007 David E. Carey of Bel Air

20080619 Westminster Street Department Superintendent Larry Bloom to be recognized MML employee of the year

Westminster Street Department Superintendent Larry Bloom to be recognized MML employee of the year

The City Connection

Bringing Employees Together

May 2008

From Marge Wolf

One of the rewards of managing in municipal government is supervising employees who grew up in the community and lived in the municipality all their lives. They bring a sense of dedication and commitment to the job that embodies small town values at their best.

While the City of Westminster is extremely fortunate to have a number of these home grown employees, I was able to select only one of them for nomination as the MML Employee of the Year.

In part, the nomination read as follows:

“Mr. Larry Bloom is the Superintendent of our Streets Department in the Department of Public Works. He does an exceptional job of organizing and directing a crew of 24 in maintaining 317 acres of City property, spreading 1400 tons of salt to keep the streets clear of snow and ice, maintaining 10 municipal buildings, sweeping streets, responding to 4300 calls for bulk trash pickup as well as miscellaneous activities such as decorating for holidays and events, displaying banners, planting trees, and staffing approximately 20 special events.

Like all DPW Superintendents, he accomplishes these activities with ingenious, creative scheduling, “duct tape and paperclips” to keep recalcitrant vehicles and equipment operating and encouraging an exceptional work ethic in his employees. However, while his exemplary job performance alone would merit a nomination, it is the following activities which are above and beyond the scope of his job description that Larry is being recognized by this nomination:

· Mr. Bloom received a “Cost Saving Award” from the City for his idea to purchase a hybrid vehicle to save gas and reduce our emissions. So far, this vehicle has reduced our gas consumption from 21 miles per gallon to 13 miles per gallon and the projected savings keep increasing with the price of gasoline.

· He has participated in the establishment of a Safety Committee to produce a city-wide safety manual. When he realized how much it was costing the City to send our employees off site to training seminars on traffic control, he enrolled in the Trainer’s Course, became certified, and now provides that training on site to all employees at no cost.

· When our new health care provider suggested that we institute an employee wellness program, Larry was the first to again volunteer—the next time we heard from him was to receive an invitation to participate in the Tuesday and Thursday morning walks with his Streets Department employees.

Mr. Bloom had mapped out a mile long walk to start the day’s activities as the initial activity of the Wellness Committee and challenged the other departments to follow suit! At our annual Employee Wellness Day, he enlisted Wellness Committee members to join him in baking Weight Watchers cookies to provide a health(y) dessert.

Mr. Bloom approaches these extra activities with the same intensity that he approaches his regular duties—full steam ahead—with gusto! His contribution and leadership in these other activities extends far beyond his own division and he provides a good role model for other managers.

It is for his exemplary work ethic and leadership that we nominate Larry Bloom
as the MML Employee of the Year.”

A panel of City Administrators reviewed the nominations and selected Larry for this honor.

Larry Bloom will receive his award at the Maryland Municipal League Convention in late June. Please offer Larry congratulations on his selection as the MML Municipal Employee of the Year.

20080619 Westminster Street Department Superintendent Larry Bloom to be recognized MML employee of the year

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Westminster Dept Public Works Street Dept Superintendent Larry Bloom
Westminster Dept Public Works Street Dept
Maryland Municipal League

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Please find an overview of the organization here: http://www.mdmunicipal.org/about/overview.cfm

Briefly: The Maryland Municipal League, founded in 1936, works as a advocate for municipalities throughout the State of Maryland, strengthening the role and capacity of municipal government through research, legislation, technical assistance, training and the dissemination of information for its members.

MML is a statewide organization in Maryland composed solely of municipal officials.

The Maryland Municipal League represents 157 municipal governments and 2 special taxing districts throughout the state of Maryland. The MML is a voluntary, nonprofit, nonpartisan association controlled and maintained by city and town governments.

Disclosure: I served on the Maryland Municipal League Board of Directors annually for five consecutive years, from June 2000 to May 2005.

I graduated from the University of Maryland Academy for Excellence in Local Government in June 2001.

I served on the Maryland Municipal League’s Legislative Committee in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002.

I served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League for five years (12/07/1999 – 05/16/2005).

I was first elected to the Westminster City Council in May of 1999 and served as the Mayor of Westminster from May 2001 until May 16th, 2005.]

20050707 Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

by Judson Berger Staff Writer , July 7, 2005

Eleven years of involvement with the Maryland Municipal League will culminate this week for Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady (At-large), who after a week as first vice president will be named president.

The appointment comes as Havre de Grace mayor and recently-elected MML president David Craig is tapped for the County Executive seat in Harford County.

No longer a municipal leader, Craig will be forced to leave his MML position, and Brady will step in.

"This is a culmination of 11 years of being involved," Brady said Wednesday. He served as an at-large board member for five years, and was elected as first vice president at the end of June. "I feel I've got something to give to the group, and I think it benefits the city."

Brady said once in his role as president, he will start lobbying in Annapolis for municipal funding.

The MML is headquartered in Annapolis, and represents 157 municipalities in the sta

20050707 Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

20050700 2007 MML president Dennis Brady Bowie

People Maryland Craig – David Craig

20050516 199905 Maryland Municipal League Disclosure

Maryland Municipal League Disclosure

May 1999 to May 16, 2005

Please find an overview of the organization here: http://www.mdmunicipal.org/about/overview.cfm

Briefly: The Maryland Municipal League, founded in 1936, works as a advocate for municipalities throughout the State of Maryland, strengthening the role and capacity of municipal government through research, legislation, technical assistance, training and the dissemination of information for its members.

MML is a statewide organization in Maryland composed solely of municipal officials.

The Maryland Municipal League represents 157 municipal governments and 2 special taxing districts throughout the state of Maryland. The MML is a voluntary, nonprofit, nonpartisan association controlled and maintained by city and town governments.

Disclosure: I served on the Maryland Municipal League Board of Directors annually for five consecutive years, from June 2000 to May 2005.

I graduated from the University of Maryland Academy for Excellence in Local Government in June 2001.

I served on the Maryland Municipal League’s Legislative Committee in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002.

I served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League for five years (12/07/1999 – 05/16/2005).

I was first elected to the Westminster City Council in May of 1999 and served as the Mayor of Westminster from May 2001 until May 16th, 2005.]

October 2004 Maryland Municipal League Fall Conference

October MML Fall Conference

November 3^rd, 2004 by Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff (528 words)

Labels: Maryland Municipal League see MML, MD MML Muni League Disclosure, MD Municipal League qv MML, MML, MML Municipal League

By the time you read this, the 2004 Presidential election will be over and hopefully, if there is a merciful higher being, we will have a clear cut winner.  Hopefully you voted.  Hopefully, it is now safe to watch TV again without getting an instant migraine.  Now that it is over, continue the aspirin therapy until the flashbacks of the obnoxious TV coverage of ugly charges and counter charges and counter-counter charges are over.  Can you say “Where’s the beef?”

Getting back to local matters, on October 21-23, I had the privilege to join Carroll County leaders such as Suzanne Albert, Laurell Taylor, John Medve, Haven Shoemaker, Jim McCarron, Frank Johnson, Bob Flickinger and Wendy Peters at the Maryland Municipal League’s (MML) Fall Conference.  While the MML’s legislative agenda for the upcoming Maryland General Assembly remains a priority, the conference has been greatly expanded in recent years. 

This year, over 225 elected officials from 70 municipalities, joined statewide leaders such as Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Lt. Governor Michael Steele in an agenda that included nine workshops that touched upon issues that are affecting citizens today, including everything from environmental issues, growth and development to the Main Street program.  The main issues were growth and planning issues, and that five letter word: ‘water’.  The issue just doesn’t seem to go away.  Local officials, John Medve and Steve Horn gave excellent presentations on planning issues. 

Each year, the MML chooses several priority issues that directly affect the well-being of Maryland’s municipal citizens.  The MML then ushers these issues through the legislative process.  This year's legislative platform addresses public safety, restoring municipal resources and electric aggregation.

All three issues greatly impact the lives of local citizens, with the biggest priority being the issue of restoring funds that have been lost over the last three years because of problems in the state budget.  For the FY 2005 budget, approximately 36% of Maryland’s municipalities instituted or increased cost recoveries or user fees, 45% laid off employees or eliminated cost of living salary increases, 46% delayed construction projects and capital purchases, 48% used money from their savings accounts to pay operating expenses, and 18% increased property taxes. 

The most hotly debated issue was municipal electric aggregation.  The 1999 electric deregulation legislation specifically did not allow municipalities a reasonable opportunity to pool our citizens’ electric bills in an attempt to minimize the impact of electric deregulation and rising electric bills. The General Assembly has consistently said that it will not even entertain MML legislation to remedy this situation until 2006 at the earliest. 

Understanding this, the MML leadership wanted to change the Electric Aggregation Priority to request a Taskforce, instead of remedial legislation.  After a floor fight conducted by about 60 mayors, who dusted the cobwebs off the deep arcane corners of Roberts Rules and went on a parliamentary procedure safari trading motion and counter motion for 30 minutes, it was decided to attempt the legislation with a fall back position of a Taskforce.  Can you say – more aspirin please? 

The conference was time well spent.  We learned a lot about cutting edge challenges and creative solutions.  It is certainly a never-ending learning curve. 

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