OXFORD, MARYLAND — The Commissioners of Oxford held a regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at 6 p.m. at 101 Market Street. The town streams meetings on Town Hall Streams. The published agenda, amended the evening of Sept. 5, opened with commissioner announcements and a Talbot County Sheriff’s Office line for Lt. James Dobson. Management listed the Town Manager’s report from Holly Wahl. Consent covered Aug. 11 and Aug. 25, 2026, regular-meeting minutes plus Public Works and Finance reports.

Under ordinances and resolutions, the agenda introduced Resolution 2601 — a resolution amending Article V of the Oxford Charter to lengthen the time in which a qualified voter must register to vote by absentee ballot, lengthen the time in which a candidate must file a certificate of nomination, and lengthen the time in which an individual must submit a certificate of nomination to be a qualified write-in candidate. The agenda did not record a final vote on that resolution in the posted packet.

New business ran eleven numbered items. Reappointments listed: Peter Clancy and Philip Dietz to the Board of Appeals; Steve Mroczek to the Planning Commission; Karen Saum to the Board of Elections Supervisors for a shortened term through Dec. 31, 2026. Appointments listed: Karina Paape and Veronica Wainwright to the Historic District Commission. Item 7 asked authorization for a May 22, 2027, Oxford Fire Company and Talbot County Volunteer Fire & Association centennial celebration and parade, with street closures on East Strand, Mill, Tilghman, Norton, Banks, and Stewart until the parade ends.

Contract items on the same agenda: Granicus permitting software, FY27 Planning and Zoning Admin, implementation $11,378.82 and year-one enterprise annual fee $6,046.77; First State Inspections zoning reviews against a FY27 Planning and Zoning Admin line budgeted at $97,500, recovered through applicant permit fees; Lywood Electrical Automation surge protection for Town Hall at $2,983 and for the wastewater plant at $4,405 from named FY27 lines. A work session followed on Ethics Ordinance recommendations and purchasing-policy charter amendments.