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Glade Valley Government 

Changes to Alert FC

Frederick County - News Flash

As of June 1, 2020, Frederick County’s emergency text alert service will change how it delivers long messages. Longer text messages will no longer be received in their entirety or across multiple text messages. Instead, a text will include a web link to the entire message. The change is a result of new formatting from Everbridge, the vendor who provides the Division of Emergency Management’s AlertFC service. Users of AlertFC may find receiving messages through the mobile Everbridge app provides a better message experience. The benefits of using the app…

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Glade Valley Government 

Temporary Outdoor Seating Application Now Available

Frederick County - News Flash

The Frederick County Division of Planning & Permitting is pleased to announced the Temporary Outdoor Seating Application for Restaurants and Food Service Establishments is now live. Included in the application is the State of Maryland guidelines for Best Practices for Businesses to Reopen Restaurants. For additional information, visit https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/7974/Permits-and-Inspections. Applications may be submitted electronically via email to Ashlye Bonomo, Manager of Permitting Services at ABonomo@FrederickCountyMD.gov. Further questions may be directed to the Department of Permits & Inspections at 301-600-3463.

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County Expands Phase One Re-Opening and Announces $2 Million for Volunteer Fire & Rescue

GladeValley.net Staff

After two-weeks of a decrease in acute care beds and a plateauing of ICU beds used for COVID-19 patients, fewer patients needing ventilators, and the delivery of 100,000 gowns, N95 masks, and gloves this week, Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner announced the expansion of Phase One Re-Opening tomorrow. Gardner noted that the 100,000 clinical gowns delivered on Tuesday were three weeks late in being delivered. The reliability of obtaining PPE continues to be a concern for handling COVID-19 patients and protecting health care workers. The Frederick County Health Department is…

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Glade Valley Government 

Walkersville Lowers Property Tax Rate

GladeValley.net Staff

The Town of Walkersville’s Town Commissioners voted to lower property taxes last night at their Town Meeting. After discussing persistent budget surpluses year after year, Town Commissioners felt the town could easily afford reducing the property tax rate. Walkersville already has the lowest tax rate in Maryland for a municipality with more than three-thousand residents. The current tax rate is 16¢ per hundred dollars of assessed real property value. During discussions in a budget workshop two weeks ago, Burgess Chad Weddle explained that the constant yield tax rate for fiscal…

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