Ocean City’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, sand soccer tournaments and events at Fiesta Park all received approvals from members of the City Council this week.
Details of the votes held at the council’s last regular meeting on Feb. 6 are as follows:
St. Patrick’s Day parade
After three years of cancelations, the organizers of Ocean City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade are hoping the holiday event will come back this year and asked council members to approve an agreement to use space on 45th Street.
According to a staff report, members of the tourism department and the city solicitor are developing a formal contract with the Delmarva Irish American Club to hold the event this March.
Monday’s approval was for an application to use parking spaces on 45th Street for the parade and festival for the next five years. The request will be formally heard on Feb. 23.
The staff report said the organizer will pay the town $87.50 in private event fees and provide in-kind labor and assets in support. The support is not to exceed $40,000 and the organizer is responsible for costs incurred over that amount.
The parade is set for March 11 and would be the first since 2019. Organizers canceled it in 2020 and 2021 because of covid, and did not hold it last year because of bad weather.
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