July 12, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 37 CityConsiders Emergency Mutual Aid Agreement By TRAVIS BROWN STAFF WRITER SAILSBURY – Salisbury may be joining a short list of municipalities in Maryland to adopt a standardized public works mutual aid Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for assistance in emergencies. “MML [Maryland Municipal League] and the Maryland Public Works Association drafted this agreement, their attorneys went through it and they’re really asking municipalities to accept it verbatim,” Salisbury Acting Public Works Director Amanda Pollack told the City Council last week. The MoU is not overly restrictive, continued Pollack, and in general exists just to organize responses should a municipality encounter Soil Board Nominations Sought SNOW HILL – Nominations for an appointment to the Worcester Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors are being accepted by the Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee. The appointment will be for a term to expire Aug. 10, 2018, and will fill the expired term of David Hudson. Nominations should be sent to State Soil Conservation Committee, Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Room 306, Annapolis, Md. 21401. Any interested individual or organization may submit a recommendation. Nomination forms are available at the Worcester Soil Conservation District Office, 304 Commerce St., Snow Hill, Md. 21863-1008. Nominations should be received by the State Soil Conservation Committee by Sept. 1. The form is also available at www.mda.maryland.gov (click on Conservation, then committees). some need to request help from other towns in the state. “We are not obligated to provide resources in the event of an emergency,” Pollack said. “This just sets the framework in the event that either we need to provide mutual aid or we need to have mutual aid in our town. It makes the resources available to us from other municipalities.” So far Aberdeen, Bel Air, Berwyn Heights, Cheverly, College Park, Frederick, Greenbelt, Hampstead, Landover Hills, Morningside, Mt. Rainier, Port Deposit and Riverdale Park have all singed up to take part in the MoU. Pollack noted that none of those communities are in proximity to Salisbury. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, she added. “As you can see, there’s none really close to us right now but in the event of an emergency that’s probably just as well anyway,” said Pol- lack. “We’d probably be looking for help from somebody who isn’t right nearby and may have been suffering from the same emergency.” City Attorney Mark Tilghman suggested that the MML might need to clarify some points before the city adopts the MoU, such as which municipality is responsible should a dispute occur at a time when aid is being lent. Councilwoman Laura Mitchell said that, while she is “glad to see this come forward,” there were a few language usages in the MoU that she would like ironed-out, such as requiring a municipality to contact the affected city or town after a disaster to say whether they’ll be sending aid or not. The current MoU only requires that they contact the area if aid will be given. The MoU would be a one-year contract with an automatic one-year renewal if adopted. Free Wi-Fi Kids Menu • Keno Happy Hour M-F, 4-7pm Sports Bar With TVs Featuring Hand-Patted Burgers & Hand-Cut Fries Great Steaks & BIG Crabcakes A JEWISH Deli In Ocean City! Open Daily 8am-Noon For Full Breakfast! With Omelettes, Pancakes, Creamed Chipped Beef & Other Favorites Enjoy George’s Bloody Marys, Mimosas, Crushes & More FRIDAY, 9PM-1AM: DJ Jeremy $5 Boh Personal Pitchers • $4 Fireball DINNER SPECIALS, 4-10 P.M. MONDAY: $21 Twin Crabcake TUESDAY: $17 Stuffed Flounder WEDNESDAY: $6 Burgers & Chicken Sandwiches THURSDAY: $19 Steak & Cake FRIDAY: $19 Seafood Platter 1/2 Price Bottles Of Wine With Entree SATURDAY: $18 Prime Rib SUNDAY: $14 Grilled Pork Loin *Starts 1pm* OPEN 7:30 A.M.-9 P.M. 7 DAYS A WEEK 63rd Street & Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 410-520-0283 www.RosenfeldsJewishDeli.com Plenty Of Free Parking In Our Marked Parking Lots On 63rd Street, Bayside! SATURDAY 9PM-1AM: $1 Natty Boh Cans $6 Domestic Personal Pitchers $6 George’s Bloody Mary’s Plus $6 Frozen Drinks & Crushes DJ Jeremy On Our Deck 5-9 pm $7 Malibu Buckets, 5pm-close SUNDAY ALL DAY: MONDAY: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Or Just A Nosh Eat-In, Take Out, Platters And Catering Meats, Lox, Cheese, Smoked Fish & Deli Salads Sold By The Pound Fresh Bagels, Whole Challahs & Rye Breads! “Treat Your Belly To Our Jewish Deli!” TUESDAY: Attention Softball Players, Come See Us In Uniform & Get $2 Bud Lt. 16 oz. Drafts $6 Cheesesteaks WEDNESDAY 9PM-1AM $2 Miller Lt. & Coors Lt. 16 oz. Drafts $3.50 Frozen Margaritas Attention Softball Players, Come See Us In Uniform & Get $2 Bud Lt. 16 oz. Drafts $6 Cheesesteaks THURSDAY: ENJOY OUR GREAT OUTDOOR DECK! Ocean City, MD 21842 facebook.com/theblueox 12601 Coastal Hwy. info@theblueox.com 410-250-6440 theblueox.com