WICOMICO COUNTY COUNCIL P U B L I C N O T I C E   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Commencing at 6:00 P.M.   in the Council Chambers of the Government Office Building, Salisbury, Maryland, in conformity with Section 311(d) of the Charter of Wicomico County, on the following Bill, which was introduced for consideration at a Legislative Session of said County for the year 2026. The following Bill may be called for final reading and consideration commencing immediately after the aforesaid public hearing.   Legislative Bill No. 2026-07: AN ACT to authorize and empower Wicomico County, Maryland to borrow on the faith and credit of Wicomico County, Maryland an aggregate principal amount not exceeding Eleven Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($11,050,000) and to evidence such borrowing by the issue and sale from time to time of one or more series of general obligation bonds of the County, the proceeds thereof to be used by Wicomico County to finance, refinance or reimburse the costs of certain projects as further described herein for the following departments: Public Works-Roads, Recreation & Parks, and Airport, as well as a Bond Contingency; authorizing the issuance and sale from time to time of one or more series of general obligation refunding bonds in order to currently refund or advance refund any of the bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this Act, provided that the aggregate principal amount of each such series of refunding bonds does not exceed one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the aggregate principal amount of bonds refunded therefrom; exempting all such bonds and refunding bonds from the provisions of Sections 19-205 and 19-206 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland; authorizing the issuance and sale from time to time of one or more series of general obligation bond anticipation notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Eleven Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($11,050,000) prior to and in anticipation of the sale of any of the bonds authorized hereby in order to finance, refinance or reimburse costs of such projects on an interim basis, capitalized interest and financing costs; authorizing the County Council to pass resolutions prior to issuing all or any part of the bonds, refunding bonds or bond anticipation notes in order to fix, prescribe, determine or provide for the details of such obligations and the issuance and sale thereof; providing that all such bonds, refunding bonds and bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the County to which the faith and credit of the County are pledged and authorizing annual appropriations to pay the principal of and interest on said obligations and the levying of taxes to meet said appropriations, subject to any lawful limitations on the County’s taxing power set forth in the Charter, as that taxing power may relate to such obligations; providing for the disbursement of the proceeds of the bonds, refunding bonds or bond anticipation notes authorized hereby; providing certain rules of construction and that the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed; providing that the provisions of this Act shall be separable; and generally relating to the issuance and sale of such bonds, refunding bonds or bond anticipation notes authorized hereby.   If the foregoing Bill No. 2026-07 is enacted, it will take effect sixty (60) days from the date it becomes law, subject to the referendum provisions of the Charter of Wicomico County, Maryland. COUNTY COUNCIL OF WICOMICO COUNTY   BY: Laura Hurley, Council Administrator 7/20/2026 & 7/27/2026