November 21st, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The importance of transparency in government is important to its citizens. Recent issues that were uncovered at Allegany County commissioners meetings have made other municipalities check their procedures.  For the City of Cumberland, Mayor Ray Morriss said he is glad to have the attention of City Solicitor Michael Cohen keeping their meetings on track…

   

“Our City Solicitor works very hard to make sure we stay in compliance with open meetings acts. When it comes to – whenever we have a closed session – I can assure you he’s taken a good purview of it to make sure that the discussion fits in with the bounds of the Maryland state open meetings laws.”