Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Chevy Chase Village Public Works Supervisor Jerry Lesesne received a special recognition at the village's 99th annual meeting on Monday, April 15.
Chevy Chase Village Public Works Supervisor Jerry Lesesne received a special recognition at the village's 99th annual meeting on Monday, April 15. Lesesne is the village's most tenured employee, and celebrated 30 years with the village last summer, Village Manager Shana Davis-Cook told Patch. Village Board Chair Patricia Baptiste presented Lesesne with a framed certificate and two tickets for a Potomac River cruise on the Odyssey. Each year at its annual meeting, the Chevy Chase Village Board "recognizes the contributions of specific employees and residents who have made special contributions to the community," Davis-Cook explained. Last year, Chevy Chase Village Police Sgt. Adventino Dasilva was recognized for his work as acting police …
Monday, April 15, 2013
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers is back to being a full board of seven members.
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers is back to being a full board of seven, after two residents stepped up to run for the two seats left vacant after two former board members resigned in advance of a new state disclosure law taking effect. Chevy Chase Village residents Robert Goodwin and Elissa Leonard will join current board members Patricia Baptise, Gary Crockett, Michael Denger, Richard Ruda and David Winstead to comprise the board for the next year. As only six candidates ran for six open spots (Michael Denger was not up for re-election), an election was not needed. "We were really heartened to find out that there [are] sufficient residents who want to see our government continue," Charlotte Jones–Carroll, chair of the village's …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The new state ethics disclosure law is making it hard for Chevy Chevy Village to attract candidates to run for a position on the village board.
With the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers down two members, the tables at the front of the room at Monday's board meeting looked a little empty. And they could get emptier still. Last Thursday, the village was denied (for the second time) an exemption from the state's new stricter disclosure law for elected officials, which is set to take effect on April 26. The new disclosure law is making it hard for the village to retain a full board of managers. Last October, Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson resigned from the board in advance of the new law, which will require members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to disclose to the public all real property interests, stocks and bonds, regardless of the properties', stocks' or…
Friday, March 15, 2013
Because of the new stricter disclosure requirements set by the state, two Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers members have resigned, and more resignations are likely, The Gazette reported.
The Maryland State Ethics Commission denied on Thursday—for the second time in a row—Chevy Chase Village's request to be exempted from a new state disclosure law affecting elected members of municipal boards and councils, The Gazette reported. The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers already is down two members since the resignation of Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson last October, in advance of the state ethics law taking effect to require members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to disclose all real property interests, stocks and bonds, regardless of the properties', stocks' or bonds' connection to the village, Patch reported. The disclosure forms are to be available to the public. On Thursday, "[with] three of five …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Chevy Chase Village is expected to save about $14,000 by eliminating municipal mowing in village rights-of-way from the village budget.
Chevy Chase Village no longer will provide municipal mowing in village rights-of-way—the grassy strips between village sidewalks and curbs. Village board members voted 4-1 last month to eliminate municipal mowing in village rights-of-way, according to the village website. Slashing right-of-way mowing from the budget is expected to save the village about $14,000 a year, the website added. Village board members discussed the possibility of eliminating right-of-way mowing in the village at the board's October meeting at which Village Manager Shana Davis-Cook noted that newer residents often were surprised that the village provided the service. In December and January, the village ran articles in its monthly newsletter and on its homepage and…
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers has been down two members since last fall, when the state ethics commission determined that the managers would not be exempt from stricter disclosure requirements.
Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers members may be exempted, after all, from the state's new, stricter disclosure requirements, according to The Gazette. Or, they may not. But at least the village is getting a second hearing with the Maryland State Ethics Commission on the matter, The Gazette reported. Chevy Chase Village is still down two members since the resignation of Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson last October, in advance of a state ethics law taking effect to require members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to disclose all real property interests, stocks and bonds, regardless of the properties', stocks' or bonds' connection to the village, Patch reported. The disclosure forms would be available to the public. …
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers has had trouble filling the two spots left vacant after the resignation of two board members over new state disclosure requirements, The Gazette reported.
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers is still down two members since the resignation of Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson last month. Kilborn and Jackson resigned in advance of a state law about to take effect requiring members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to disclose all real property interests, stocks and bonds, regardless of the properties', stocks' or bonds' connection to the village, Patch reported. A month has passed since their resignations, and the village is having trouble filling their spots, The Gazette reported. "Village leaders have put out a call for volunteers, but many have said they will not serve due to financial disclosure requirements, wrote Board Chair Patricia Baptiste in an email," The …
Friday, November 2, 2012
The state ethics law that led to the resignation of two board members in Chevy Chase Village will not go unchallenged at the next meeting of the state's General Assembly, The Gazette reported.
A new state ethics law that requires all of Maryland's elected officials to file lengthy documentation about their personal finances for public scrutiny will not go unchallenged in the next meeting of the state's General Assembly in Annapolis, The Gazette reported. State Senator Jamie Raskin, (D-District 20) of Takoma Park, will challenge the new law, from which many smaller municipalities have been exempted, but which poses a burden on the elected officials of non-exempted small municipalities, such as Chevy Chase Village. Two of Chevy Chase Village's board members—Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson—recently resigned in advance of the state law about to take effect requiring members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A new state law requiring "onerous" financial disclosure statements from members of municipal boards and councils has prompted two of Chevy Chase Village's board members to resign.
Of the seven board members for Chevy Chase Village, only five are left. Two—Peter Kilborn and Thomas Jackson—recently resigned in advance of a state law about to take effect requiring members of municipal councils and boards—and their spouses—to disclose all real property interests, stocks and bonds, regardless of the properties', stocks' or bonds' connection to the village. This type of disclosure is called 'strict compliance.' Previously, "the state required municipal officials to be [only] in 'substantial compliance' with the state ethics disclosure standard," The Gazette reported. The State Ethics Commission now requires these stricter disclosures for all state officials—from the governor to members of small municipal councils. Many …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
For long-term sustainability, the village's reserve funds shouldn't be used for village expenses, says Gary Crockett, assistant treasurer on the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers.
Discussion of village finances was unusually colorful at Monday night's Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers meeting. Assistant Treasurer Gary Crockett, elected to the board last spring, livened up what might otherwise have been a dull and hard-to-picture litany of monetary amounts with a three-dimensional bar chart—tall cardboard tubes striped with colors illustrating (on one tube) how the village spends its funds, and (on the other tube) what the village's monetary resources are. The village spends money on village operations, speed camera operation and capital projects. The village draws money from income tax, property tax, the speed camera tickets and miscellaneous reserves, as well as from the main reserve fund of the village. "For …
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