Meetings
Next public hearing: Wetlands Board Meeting, November 10. That week →
The Board of Supervisors put off a decision on Anthony Mangano's Conditional Use Permit for a 195-foot communications tower until its regular meeting on April 9, 2026.1 The Board also voted 5-0 to approve $5,311,742 for the School Board, the fourth and final quarterly appropriation.2 The Wetlands Board on March 10 denied Marie Johnson's bulkhead request without prejudice and approved Margaret Short's 130 linear feet of riprap revetment on Indian Creek for three years.3,4,5
Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.
Where each sentence comes from
- “for a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower” … “Motion to table a decision to next month's regular meeting on April 9, 2026.”Board of Supervisors · meeting of March 12 · minutes posted, date not in the records
- “Motion to approve the fourth (final) quarterly appropriation for the School Board in the amount of $5,311,742.”Board of Supervisors · meeting of March 12 · minutes posted, date not in the records
- “Denied, unanimously on March 10.”Promise settled · Wetlands Board
- “Albert Fisher made a motion to deny the project without prejudice”Wetlands Board · meeting of March 10 · minutes posted, date not in the records
- “Margaret Short: install 130 linear feet of riprap revetment (Indian Creek)” … “unanimously approved for three years”Wetlands Board · meeting of March 10 · minutes posted, date not in the records
Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.
Decided, and posted this week
From the minutes the county posted this week, often for a meeting held weeks earlier.
Wetlands Board, meeting of March 10
Posting date not in the records · Read the minutes
- The Wetlands Board denied without prejudice Marie Johnson's request to remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead on Taskmakers Creek.
- The Board approved for three years the Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust request to install a 6’ return wall and 75 linear feet of riprap revetment on Hull Creek.
- The Board approved Margaret Short's request to install 130 linear feet of riprap revetment on Indian Creek for three years.
- The Board approved Blair Thurmond's request to install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment on Reason Creek for three years.
DeniedMarie Johnson: remove an existing timber bulkhead and install 83 linear feet of bulkhead in the same footprint (Taskmakers Creek)
County business
ApprovedDeborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust: remove a 38’ portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, install a 6’ return wall into remaining timber bulkhead and install 75 linear feet of riprap revetment (Hull Creek)
County business
ApprovedMargaret Short: install 130 linear feet of riprap revetment (Indian Creek)
County business
ApprovedBlair Thurmond: install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment (Reason Creek)
County business
Board of Supervisors, meeting of March 12
Posting date not in the records · Read the minutes
- The Board of Supervisors approved the fourth (final) quarterly appropriation for the School Board in the amount of $5,311,742.
- The Board tabled a request for a Conditional Use Permit to build a 195-foot communications tower until the regular meeting on April 9, 2026.
- The Board approved a resolution in support of recognizing 911 telecommunication officers as first responders.
- The Board voted to hire Mr. Austin Mothershead as Sanitary District Wastewater Operator/Maintenance at a starting salary of $37,907.17 effective April 1, 2026.
AuthorizedUpdate from Northumberland County Public Schools
Reports · $2,916.00
ApprovedTransfer of Funds - School Board Request
Grants and budget · $125,690.33
ApprovedSupplemental Appropriation - School Board
Grants and budget · $5,311,742.00
ApprovedRe-appointment - Heidi Wilkins-Corey Planning Commission District V
People
ApprovedSupplemental Appropriation - Sheriff's Department
Grants and budget
ApprovedAppointment - Gregory Basye Economic Development Commission District I
People
ApprovedSupplemental Appropriation - Opioid Abatement Settlement Fund
Grants and budget · $75.74
ApprovedSupplemental Appropriation/Transfer of Funds - Sheriff's Department
Grants and budget · $10,000.00
ApprovedSupplemental Appropriation - Emergency Services
Grants and budget · $9,400.00
ApprovedL3 Harris Radio High Capacity Batteries Request
County business · $13,125.00
ApprovedTransfer of Funds - Emergency Services
Grants and budget · $18,222.16
ApprovedSheriff's Department Toughbook Quotes
Spending · $10,051.36
CarriedLittle Wicomico Dredging Project Update
Property
ApprovedApproval of Check Register
Spending · $510,186.20
ApprovedAction Taken from Closed Meeting, Mobile Classrooms Removal Award
County business · $4,500.00
CarriedAction Taken from Closed Meeting, Sanitary District Wastewater Operator/Maintenance
County business · $37,907.17
TabledRequest by Anthony Mangano, owner, for a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower on property zoned B-1, Business General. The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 8-B(1)-116 and is located on Movie Hall
Property
Tabled (county’s record, Mar 12, p. 12)Board · Mar 12
To come backSet for April 9
Each line opens to the motion, the vote, the documents and the record. Votes to approve the agenda and minutes, to enter and leave closed session, and to adjourn aren’t listed.
Moved forward, and new
- Tue10Mar
Margaret Short: install 130 linear feet of riprap revetment (Indian Creek)
NewIn the Wetlands Board minutes
- Tue10Mar
Blair Thurmond: install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment (Reason Creek)
NewIn the Wetlands Board minutes
- Tue10Mar
Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust: remove a 38’ portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, install a 6’ return wall into remaining timber bulkhead and install 75 linear feet of riprap revetment (Hull Creek)
NewIn the Wetlands Board minutes
Put off earlier, and taken up this week
Tabled (county’s record, Feb 10)Wetlands Board · Feb 10
Taken up againDenied, unanimously · Mar 10
Put off earlier, and still waiting (1)
Zoning ordinance change: § 148-150 (Piers)
A second look promised (county’s record, Feb 12, p. 24)Board · Feb 12
To come backSet for February 13, 2027