For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Montgomery Council to approve
FY18 operating budget agreement
Also on: Thursday, May 25: Formal approval of
Bethesda Downtown Plan,
appointment to Planning Board
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 24, 2017—The Montgomery County Council at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, is scheduled to formally approve a $5.4 billion County operating budget for Fiscal Year 2018, a 2.8 percent increase over the approved budget for FY 2017. The budget strongly supports Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery College, the County’s public safety programs and the safety net services provided by the County and non-profit organizations.
The Council unanimously gave preliminary approval to the budget on May 18.
The Council spent the previous six weeks intensely reviewing County Executive Ike Leggett’s recommended budget after holding five public hearings in which members of the public provided input. The budget will go into effect on July 1.
Updated information about the budget is available at http://tinyurl.com/mp2o2gj
Video statements of all nine Councilmembers regarding their views of the budget can be accessed by going to http://tinyurl.com/lwtecro .
The Council’s session will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. The session will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM). The channel can be viewed on Cable Channels 996 (high definition) and 6 (standard definition) on Comcast; Channels 1056 (HD) and 6 (SD) on RCN; and Channel 30 on Verizon.
The session also will be available live via streaming through the Council web site at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8 .
During the morning session, the Council also is scheduled to formally approve the Bethesda Downtown Plan. The Council reached tentative agreement on the plan earlier this month.
The Council also is expected to name a new member to the Montgomery County Planning Board. The Council on May 11 held public interviews with four finalists for the position. The applicants selected for interviews were Peter Myo Khin of Silver Spring, Tina Patterson of Germantown, Dan Reed of Silver Spring and Bruce Romer of Bethesda. Information about the four finalists is available at: http://tinyurl.com/n6fawct .
The meeting will begin with the presentation of a proclamation to Jennifer Lowndes, the principal at Rock Creek Forest Elementary School. She was nominated by Montgomery County Public Schools as a finalist for The Washington Post’s annual Principal of the Year honors.
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