Development Review

Carroll County recorded 796 residential lots in 110 subdivisions in 1992 -- the most since 1988, when 806 lots were recorded, said Frank G. Schaeffer, chief of the county's Bureau of Development Review.During the past five years, the county has recorded an average of 705 lots in 124 subdivisions, Mr. Schaeffer said in a report to the county Planning and Zoning Commission yesterday.

TODAY County Council -- The Baltimore County Council will meet for a work session at 2 p.m. on the second floor of the old courthouse, 400 Washington Ave., Towson. 410-887-3196. Police meeting -- Baltimore County Police Precinct 01 (Wilkens) will hold a Police Community Relations Council meeting at 7 p.m. at the Baltimore County District Court, 900 Walker Ave. 410-744-1584. Police meeting -- Baltimore County Police Precinct 09 (White Marsh) will hold a Police Community Relations Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the station, 8220 Perry Hall Blvd.

the Department of General Services and the Sheriff's Department -- took their turns Thursday before the commissioners, submitting what were described as "maintenance" budgets.J. Michael Evans, director of the Department of General Services, submitted proposed spending plans for fiscal 1993 for five bureaus, including administration, development review and permits and inspections, and for other programs under his charge, such as recycling.Budget requests within the Department of General Services ranged from a 7.1 percent increase in spending for the Bureau of DevelopmentReview to a 4.6 decrease in the central warehouse, a storage facility for county agencies.

Officials from Edenwald, a Towson retirement community, asked Baltimore County's Development Review Committee yesterday to postpone consideration of plans for a $40 million expansion and renovation project so that it could continue meeting with members of the surrounding community. "We want to be good neighbors. So, we want to listen to what they have to say," said Sal Molite, Edenwald's president. "We want to know what their concerns are." Molite said members of the nearby Towson Gate condominium complex asked for more time to review the plans and offer their input.

The Carroll County commissioners recently held their 27th annual recognition program for 101 government employees who marked anniversaries and exhibited outstanding performances last year. The Employee Awards Recognition Program included employees marking service milestones with Carroll County government. Honorees included: Five years of service: Thomas Bader, Latisha Mayne, Gail Moscati, Dolores Rhodes, State's Attorney; Dale Baker, Richard Brenner, Karen Brown, Joe Hernandez, Robert Letmate, Melissa Taylor, Sheriff's Department; Beverly Baldwin, Hashawha; Rodney Bupp, Roads Operations; Timothy Burke, Kimberly Millender, Sandra Stultz, County Attorney; Stacy Conaway, Mark Rhoads, Utilities; Jodi Daroja, Housing & Community Development; Verna Lynn Daubert, Rebecca Unglesbee, Accounting/Collections; Jorge David, Facilities; Cindy Eppley, Christopher Letnaunchyn, Engineering; Nancy Grove, Sonia Wimert, Information & Technology Services; Sheree Lima, Budget.

Developers planning to turn the historic Oella Mill into upscale apartments have reversed themselves and will not try to avoid formal public comment on the project. Forest City Residential Group of Cleveland had asked to be exempted from Baltimore County's development review process. Yesterday, it pulled its request from the county's Development Review Committee agenda. Had the request been approved, no input meeting would have been required, nor would there have been a hearing before a county zoning commissioner.