For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Council Committee Meetings for April 18
The following Committee meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, April 18. Individuals interested in attending a Committee meeting should confirm the information on the day of the meeting by visiting the Council’s web page at https://tinyurl.com/CountyCouncilMeetings or by calling the Council’s Legislative Information Office at 240-777-7931. All meetings are held in the Council Office Building (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Md), unless otherwise noted.
Meeting: Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 18 at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Seventh floor hearing room
GO Committee: Council Vice President Nancy Navarro (chair), Councilmember Sidney Katz and Council President Hans Riemer
Topic: Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Operating Budget
- Office of Human Resources
The County Executive's FY19 Recommended Operating Budget for the Office of Human Resources is $277,930,491, an increase of $25,983,027 or 10.31 percent from FY18. The staff report can be viewed here. - Board of Elections
For FY19, the County Executive recommends $8,053,422 for the Board of Elections, which is a 1.95 percent decrease from FY18. The staff report can be viewed here. - Community Engagement Cluster
The total FY19 recommended budget for the Community Engagement Cluster is $3,849,082, an increase of $9,712 or 0.25 percent from FY18. The County Executive recommends reducing administrative costs for Regional Services Centers by $15,000, and reducing support for Community Events by a total of $47,900. The staff report can be viewed here. - County Attorney
For FY19, the County Executive recommends $6,189,525, a decrease of $129,957 or 2.06 percent from FY18. The staff report can be viewed here. - Public Information Office
For FY19, the County Executive recommends $5,361,431 for the Office of Public Information, an increase of $282,080 or 5.55 percent from the FYl8 approved budget. The staff report can be viewed here. - MC 311
In FY19, the County Executive recommends $3,857,697 for the MC311 Customer Service Center, decreasing the budget from FY18 by $37,169 or 0.95 percent. The MC3ll budget appears as a program within the Office of Public Information. The staff report can be viewed here.
Meeting: Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment (T&E) Committee
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 18 at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Third floor conference room
T&E Committee: Councilmembers Roger Berliner (chair), Nancy Floreen and Tom Hucker
Topic(s): FY19 Operating Budget and FY 19-24 Capital Improvements Program (CIP), Transportation:
- CIP: Transportation projects
The committee will review and have a straw vote on the following CIP Executive revisions and deferred projects:
- Gold Mine Road Bridge
- Park Valley Road Bridge
- Metropolitan Branch Trail
- Seminary Road Intersection Improvement
- Snouffer School Road
- Street Tree Preservation
- Goshen Road South
- North County Maintenance Depot
- Funding switches- The County Executive recommends funding switches in the Resurfacing: Residential/Rural Roads, Pedestrian Safety Program, Traffic Signal System Modernization and Traffic Signals projects to reconcile his proposed spending with available funds. None of these changes would affect the scope or timing of the work.
- Streetlighting
- Goldsboro Road Sidewalk/Bikeway
- Facility Planning-Transportation
- White Oak Local Area Transportation Improvement Program
General Fund For FY19, the County Executive recommends $45,714,082 for the transportation programs in the General Fund, a $4,095,838 (8.2 percent) decrease from FY18. Non-departmental Account (NDA): HOA Road Maintenance Reimbursement The County Executive's recommendation for this NDA is $61,051 which is for the State reimbursement program for private roads. NDA: Rockville Parking District The County Executive is recommending $415,000 for this non-departmental account, which is $2,800 (0.7 percent) more than FY18. This NDA pays for three categories of costs associated with parking in the Rockville core. These include: an annual payment in lieu of taxes; an annual payment for outstanding debt for the garages in the parking district; and reimbursement to the parking district for revenue lost due to free parking provided to County employees in the Rockville Library building. NDA: Vision Zero The County Executive is recommending $100,000 for Vision Zero, which is the same funding level as FY18. The staff report can be viewed here. The staff report for the above items can be viewed here.
Meeting: Joint Health and Humans Services (HHS) and Education (ED) Committee
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 18 at 2 p.m.
Location: Seventh floor Hearing room
HHS Committee: Councilmembers George Leventhal (chair), Roger Berliner and Craig Rice
ED Committee: Councilmembers Craig Rice (chair), Marc Elrich and Council Vice President Nancy Navarro
Topic: FY19 Operating Budget
- Early Childhood Services, Infants and Toddlers, Child Care Subsidies, School Health Services, Linkages to Learning, High School Wellness Center, Public Private Partnerships, Children’s Opportunity Fund, and the Kennedy Cluster Project
The staff report will be available here by Wednesday, April 18.
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Release ID: 18-113
Media Contact: Sonya Healy 2407777926, Juan Jovel 2407777931