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Mayor & Council

The Cumberland Mayor and City Council meet bi-weekly on Tuesday evenings beginning at 6:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 57 North Liberty Street.  

Time is allocated for the public to address the Mayor and City Council at the end of the meeting and is limited to five minutes per individual.  You may also request to be placed on the formal agenda by contacting the City Administrator's office at 301-759-6424.  

 

  

To contact the Mayor and Council:

 

Brian K. Grim, Mayor
301-759-6414   
briangrim@verizon.net

 
 
Brian grew up in Cumberland and graduated from Fort Hill High School, Allegany College of Maryland, and Frostburg State University, where he completed a double major in Political Science and Justice Studies.  He went on to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Frostburg State.  Brian currently works for the Department of Natural Resources at Rocky Gap State Park, where he serves as a Park Ranger.  He also serves in the community as a volunteer, having volunteered in Maryland’s State Parks since 1992, amassing over 12,000 volunteer hours.  He serves on Cumberland’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission, the Cumberland Economic Development Commission, the Cumberland Blight Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Fort Hill High School Scholarship Fund, as well as dozens of other community Boards and organizations.
 
Brian was elected to the Cumberland City Council in November 2008 and was sworn into office in January 2009. Brian was elected to a four-year term as Mayor of Cumberland in November 2010 and was sworn into office in January 2011. 
 
For his participation in the community, Grim has been honored as a “Community Quarterback” by Parade Magazine, the NFL, and the Baltimore Ravens, for outstanding service to the community.  Governors O’Malley, Ehrlich, and Glendening, have all recognized Brian to be a community leader, each awarding him with service awards and certificates of appreciation.  In 2007, Grim was awarded a Citation by Speaker Busch and the Maryland House of Delegates for dedication to the community.  Grim has also been recognized by President Bush on two occasions in 2006 and again in 2007, for his volunteer service, acknowledging him with back-to-back “Call to Service” volunteerism awards and again by President Obama in 2010 and 2011 with “Call to Service” awards.  Grim was named in 2007, by the President of the United States, to be a “Daily Point of Light” Award recipient, recognized nationally for his community service efforts.  In 2007, Brian was recognized as one of Allegany County’s “Most Fascinating People” by Allegany Magazine.

 

 

 

Harold L. "Butch" Hendershot, Councilman
301-759-6416
Hhendershot@allconet.org


 

During his early adult life, Butch had a paper route to pay his way through Bishop Walsh high school; he stuffed inserts for the Cumberland Times-News to help pay his way through Allegany Community College; he served his country as a security police officer in the US Air Force; he sold insurance (Monumental Life); he sold shoes (Shinamon’s); and he was a brakeman and a locomotive engineer for the Western Maryland Railway (Chessie System).  He did all that before he was 30! 

Since then, he has settled into a career supporting people who have psychiatric disabilities.  He has worked at Archway Station, Inc., since 1981.  Archway is a psychiatric rehabilitation agency supporting 200 adults who have serious mental illness and 50 children who have serious emotional challenges, all of whom reside in Allegany County, MD.  Butch is currently the Director of Residential Services.

Butch believes strongly that we need to give back to our community and with that as a guide, he is a member or past member of numerous local boards or committees in the human service field.

He was first elected to the Cumberland City Council in 1994 and has been re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.  Butch graduated, earning 'Fellow' status from the Academy for Excellence in Local Governance (University of Maryland), in 2009.  Butch founded the Let's Beautify Cumberland! Committee in 1996.

Butch is a member or past member of numerous boards or committees representing the City of Cumberland including the Western Maryland Station Center; the Planning and Zoning Commission; the Evitts Creek Steering Committee (oversight of the watershed for Cumberland's drinking water); and the Human Resources Development Commission.

Butch graduated from Bishop Walsh High School in 1972.  He was awarded Distinguished Alumni status in 2005.  He graduated from Frostburg State University with a BA in Psychology.  He has five children:  Jennifer, Amy, Benjamin, Christopher, and Gregory.  He resides in Cumberland with Jennifer, his wife of 31 years.  He enjoys studying history, nature, and science; and he enjoys reading and collecting items of interest.

 
 
David F. Kauffman, Councilman
301-759-6421
dfkauffman@allconet.org


David Kauffman currently serves as the Director of Bands at Mountain Ridge High School.  His responsibilities include directing the Marching Band, Concert Band, and Mountain Ridge Jazz Orchestra. 

David has been actively involved in the redevelopment of Downtown Cumberland.  In addition to having owned a downtown business, he served as president of the Downtown Cumberland Business Association for four years.  He coordinated several renovation projects downtown including the development of Windsor Hall at Town Centre.

A graduate of Great Mills High School and Frostburg State University, he is actively involved with the Cumberland Jazz Society and Queen City Performing Arts Development, Inc.   He is the founder of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra – a contemporary big band featuring representatives of the finest collegiate music programs in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

He has been serving as City Councilman of Cumberland since 2011.  As a member of Council, Kauffman serves on the Economic Development Commission and the Planning & Zoning Board.  He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church on Washington Street.

David and his wife Jennifer have two children, Kaitlyn and Sam.
 
 

Mary Beth Pirolozzi, Councilwoman
301-759-6417
mpirolozzi@allconet.org




Mary Beth Pirolozzi currently is the Executive Director of County United Way, Inc. which serves counties in Maryland and West Virginia.  Her 41-year career has included over 18 years in state government as District Administrator to state senators in addition to working for 16 years at Frostburg State University in personnel, finance, development and alumni programs. 

A graduate of Bishop Walsh and Frostburg State University, she continues her active community involvement as a member of the Cumberland Rotary, Horizon Goodwill Board, WMHS Board of Directors, and the Bishop Walsh School Board.  Pirolozzi recently completed many years of service on the FSU Foundation Board of Directors and previously on the FSU Alumni Board, having served as president.

She has been serving as City Councilwoman of Cumberland since 2007.  As a member of Council, Pirolozzi works with the Neighborhood Advisory Commission and the Recreation Advisory Board.

She is a member of the Church of St. Patrick, Cumberland. MD. She has one son, Keith, a pharmacist with Pharmacare at Willowbrook and a daughter-in-law, Valerie, who is a registered nurse at WMHS.  The loves of her life are her two grandchildren, Paige and Aiden.


Nicholas J. Scarpelli, Councilman
301-759-6420
nick@scarpellifh.com 




Nicholas J. Scarpelli was born in Cumberland and graduated from Bishop Walsh High School.  He received his Bachelors Degree from James Madison University.  After graduation from James Madison “Nick” went on to receive his Mortuary Science Degree from Catonsville Community College and received his MBA Degree from Frostburg State University.

 He has been associated with the Scarpelli Funeral Home for over twenty five years.  He is a member of Our Lady of the Mountains Parish, Cumberland, MD., South Cumberland Business and Civic Association, Cumberland Rotary, Canal Place Authority, Historic Preservation Committee, Allegany Museum Board of Directors, NAACP, Catholic Family Foundation of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the Bishop Murphy Foundation.  He also serves on the advisory board of directors of Standard Bank.

 Councilman Scarpelli ran for City Council and was elected in November 2010.  He was sworn into office January 2011.  This is his first term on the Council for the City of Cumberland.

He is married to Tama (Smith) Scarpelli and has two children, Leah, a law student at American University and Victor, a student at Bishop Walsh School.