Budget funding, UPS lot permitting, tax deadline and street closure concerns

The Front Royal Town Council meeting of Monday, May 13, saw:

• first-reading approval of appropriations to support its $47,538,060 Fiscal Year 2019/2020 budget;
• approval of UPS’s request for a special use permit to expand its commercial parking area at its 470 South Commerce shipping facility contingent upon nine conditions recommended by the planning commission to protect the habitability of a nearby residential neighborhood;
• extension of the deadline for payment of Town real estate and personal property taxes from June 5 to June 21 this year;
• and the reading of several proclamations into the record.

See these actions and Downtown Bakery proprietor Keith Menefee’s “Public Comments concern about the event-long extent of East Main Street’s road closure during the Family Fun Day event of the previous Saturday on the Royal Examiner video: