Planning Administration

Division Manager – Clare Stewart - Manages and supervises the operations and work program of the Division, including all land use and functional plans, master plan implementation, historic preservation, rezonings, municipal annexations, zoning code text amendments, demographic reporting and forecasting, and coordination on land use issues with the County’s eight municipalities. This position also represents Carroll County on the Technical Committee for the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board.

Clare Stewart cstewart@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2258

Administrative Assistant - Gail Hawkins - This position assumes chief responsibility for coordinating the business calendar for the Deputy Director; performs numerous administrative assignments delegated by the Deputy Director; and provides scheduling assistance for the Division. This position also serves as the Clerk to the Carroll County Planning & Zoning Commission, preparing and distributing Planning Commission meeting agendas, attending Planning Commission meetings, and preparing related correspondence and minutes.

Gail Hawkins thawkins@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2132

Meet the Planning Staff

Comprehensive Planner – Tiffany Fossett

• ·   Geographic Areas: Freedom, Town of Sykesville, and Town of Mount Airy; Election Districts 5, 9, 13, & 14
•     Planning Processes: Annual Planning Report, Freedom Small Area Plan Amendment, Citizen’s Guide to Zoning
•     Planner: Housing, Legislation
•     Committees and Commissions: Freedom District Citizen Association

Tiffany Fossett tfossett@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2137

Comprehensive Planner - Carlisle Fillat

• ·    Geographic Areas: Finksburg and City of Westminster; Election District 4 & 7
• ·    Planning Processes: Annexations, Board of Zoning Appeals and Zoning Administrator review, Sustainable Communities Program
• ·    Planner: Historic Preservation, Revitalization
• ·    Committees and Commissions: Finksburg Planning and Citizens Council, Secretary to the Historic Preservation Commission

Carlisle Fillat cfillat@carrollcountymd.gov 401-386-2512

Comprehensive Planner - Ethan Strickler

•     Geographic Areas: Town of New Windsor, Town of Union Bridge, and City of Taneytown; Election District 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, & 12
•     Planning Processes: Agricultural Preservation Program consistency review, Patapsco Regional Greenway, Finksburg Bike-Ped Planning
•     Planner: Bicycle and Pedestrian, Water and Sewer
•     Committees and Commissions: Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Group for the Baltimore Regional Transportation, Monocacy River Board, Water Resource Coordination Council

Ethan Strickler estrickler@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2139

Comprehensive Planner – Scott Graf

• ·    Geographic Areas: Town of Manchester and Town of Hampstead; Election District 6 & 8
•      Planning Processes: Piecemeal Rezonings, Coordination of Transportation Projects
•      Planner: Transportation, Legislation
•      Committees and Commissions: Transit Advisory Council

Scott Graf sgraf@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2246

Comprehensive Planner - Vacant

Comprehensive Planner - Vacant

GIS Analyst – Kathleen Comber 

• Responsibilities: This position prepares maps and GIS data for various planning projects and provides demographic updates for the County.
• Planning Projects: Annual Planning Report, Triennial Water & Sewer Updates.
• Maintains various maps and GIS layers for PUB and for the County's site on ArcGIS Online, including water/sewer layers, annexations database, future land use updates.
• Planning Processes: Demographics
• Committees and Commissions: Cooperative Forecasting Group for the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board

Kathleen Comber kcomber@carrollcountymd.gov or 410-386-2023