WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND

MUNICIPALITIES IN WICOMICO COUNTY

Wicomico County has two incorporated cities - Fruitland and Salisbury - and six incorporated towns: Delmar, Hebron, Mardela Springs, Pittsville, Sharptown, and Willards.

DELMAR

Incorporated 1888 (Chapter 167, Acts of 1888)
Population (1990 census): 1,430

Half of Delmar lies in Maryland, half in Delaware (the dividing line runs down the middle of State Street). The Town's Maryland voters elect a town commission. The Town's Delaware voters elect a town council.

Elected by Town's Maryland Voters to 4-year terms (November):
P. Douglas Niblett, Mayor (2-year term), 1999
Leonard Parks, 1999
Joan C. Tisinger, 1999
Joseph L. Weeks, 1999
Anna Humphreys, 2001
Larry Points, 2001
Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 p.m.
100 South Pennsylvania Ave.
Delmar, MD 21875
(410) 896-2777
fax: (410) 896-9055
ADMINISTRATION
Roberta Neilson, Town Manager (410) 896-2777

POLICE DEPARTMENT
Harold E. Saylor, Chief (410) 896-3132

FRUITLAND
(formerly Forktown)
Incorporated 1947 (Chapter 662, Acts of 1947)
Population (1990 census): 3,511

CITY COUNCIL
Elected by Voters biennially (October):
Valerie J. Mann, President, 1998
Howard L. Outten, Treasurer, 1998
Leslie M. Williams, 1998
Theodore O. Lokey, 2000
Gloria J. Ortiz, 2000
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
P. O. Box F
401 East Main St.
Fruitland, MD 21826 - 0120
(410) 548-2800
e-mail: fruitlnd@sea-east.com
fax: (410) 548-2808
World Wide Web: http://www.skipjack.net/le_shore/fruitland
ADMINISTRATION
Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., City Manager & Clerk (410) 548-2800

FINANCE
Amy B. Caton, Deputy Treasurer (410) 548-2802
OFFICE OF LAW
Andrew C. Mitchell, Jr., City Solicitor (410) 546-9993
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Paul R. Jackson, Chief (410) 548-2804
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
P. Cooper Townsend, Director (410) 548-2807
UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Joseph P. Derbyshire, Director (410) 548-2805

HEBRON
Incorporated 1931 (Chapter 90, Acts of 1931)
Population (1990 census): 665

TOWN COMMISSION
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (April):
James E. Ware, President, 1999
Oswald L. Wilkinson, Vice-President, 1998
James A. Penuel, Jr., Treasurer, 1999
Doris Hall, 1998
Theresa Morris, 1999

Meetings: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.
P. O. Box 299
Hebron, MD 21830 - 0299
(410) 742-5555
fax: (410) 742-2303

MARDELA SPRINGS
Incorporated 1906 (Chapter 325, Acts of 1906)
Population (1990 census): 360

TOWN COMMISSION
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (August):
Wallace G. Catlin, President, 2001
E. Stanford Robinson, Vice-President, 1999
Kathy Wanex, 1999
Anthony (Tony) Severn, 2001
Jeanne M. Cohee, 2001
Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.
P. O. Box 81
Mardela Springs, MD 21837 - 0081
(410) 749-5820

PITTSVILLE
Incorporated 1906 (Chapter 499, Acts of 1906)
Population (1990 census): 602

TOWN COMMISSION
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (June):
David A. Fitzgerald, President, 1999
Denver C. Moore, Treasurer, 2001
Michael Farlow, 1999
E. James Jones, 2001
Anthony Webster, 2001
Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.
P. O. Drawer A
7505 Gumboro Road
Pittsville, MD 21850
(410) 835-8872
fax: (410) 835-8461
WASTEWATER PLANT
William Gordy, Superintendent (410) 835-2493
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
William H. Hastings, Superintendent (410) 835-2386

SALISBURY
Incorporated 1854 (Chapter 287, Acts of 1854)
Population (1990 census): 20,592

CITY COUNCIL
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (May):
O. Palmer Gillis III, President (chosen by Council in May, 2-year term), 2002
Robert P. Cannon, Jr., Vice-President, 2000
Frank R. Himelright, Jr., 2000
James Ireton, Jr., 2002
Lavonzella Siggers, 2002
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7:00 p.m.
P. O. Box 4118
125 North Division St.
Salisbury, MD 21803 - 4118
(410) 548-3100
e-mail: slsbury@shore.intercom.net
fax: (410) 548-3102
World Wide Web: http://www.intercom.net/salisbury/
MAYOR
Elected by Voters to 4-year term (May):
Barrie Parsons Tilghman, Mayor, 2002

ADMINISTRATION
John R. Pick, Executive Officer (410) 548-3100

BUILDING, HOUSING & ZONING DEPARTMENT
William T. Holland, Director (410) 548-3130
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Roger T. Baskerville, Director
143 South Division St.
Salisbury, MD 21801
(410) 548-3110
FIRE DEPARTMENT
William E. Higgins, Chief (410) 548-3120
PLANNING & ZONING
(410) 548-4860
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Coulbourn M. Dykes, Chief
110 West Church St.
Salisbury, MD 21801
(410) 548-3165
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Wilmer O. Elliott, Director (410) 548-3170
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Carol M. Turner, Director (410) 548-3190

SHARPTOWN
Incorporated 1874 (Chapter 465, Acts of 1874)
Population (1990 census): 609

TOWN COMMISSION
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (December):
Herman D. Wheatley, President, 1998
Jean Cordrey, 1998
Charles D. McGee, 1998
Philip D. Gosnell, 2000
Paul Keplinger*, 2000 *(appointed January 1998 by Town Commission to replace Paul Brandenburg, who died November 1997.)
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m.
P. O. Box 338
104 State St.
Sharptown, MD 21861 - 0338
(410) 883-3767
fax: (410) 883-3772

WILLARDS
Incorporated 1906 (Chapter 195, Acts of 1906)
Population (1990 census): 708

TOWN COUNCIL
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (May):
Joan E. Calloway, President, 2001
Steven E. Warren, Vice-President, 1999
Richard D. Gordy, Treasurer, 2001
Ralph A. Seaton, 1999
Harold (Leslie) Morris, 2001
Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m.
P. O. Box 98
7360 Main St.
Willards, MD 21874 - 0098
(410) 835-8192
fax: (410) 835-3549

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