MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor: Jennifer P. Dougherty

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 2, 2002

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MAYOR CALLS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Frederick, Md. --- Mayor Jennifer P. Dougherty has called for a Special Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take place on Wednesday, August 7, at 2 p.m., at City Hall. At this meeting purchasing and contract items, which were scheduled for the Regular Public Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen’s August 15 Public Meeting, will be addressed. At the commencement of the Special Meeting, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen will move convene their regularly scheduled Workshop.

The Public Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen scheduled for August 15 has been cancelled. The next Public Meeting of the Mayor and Board Aldermen will take place on Thursday, September 5, at 7 p.m., at City Hall.

For additional information please contact Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer for the City of Frederick, at 301-360-3842.

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