For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The Council meeting on Wednesday, May 15 will begin at 9:30 a.m. Individuals interested in attending a Council meeting should confirm the information on the day of the meeting by visiting the Council’s web page or by calling the Council’s Communication Office at 240-777-7832. All meetings are held in the Council Office Building (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD.) in the third-floor hearing room, unless otherwise noted.
Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Operating Budget and FY19-24 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Amendments:
Overview of FY20 revenues and expenditures
The Council will receive an overview of the County’s FY20 revenues and expenditures. The tracking report includes Committee recommendations that may differ from the County Executive's budget recommendations. Some of the updates included in the report are as follows:
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Property tax options: amount, rate, and Income Tax Offset Credit
Every year, the Council considers recommendations from the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee with respect to the amount of property tax revenue, the amount of the credit and the weighted average real property tax rate. The GO Committee unanimously recommends setting the property tax revenue at the Charter Limit, setting the Income Tax Offset Credit at $692 and setting the rate such that the weighted average rate is $0.9786 per $100.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Community Grants
The Council is scheduled to review a resolution to approve community grants. Through a formal annual application process, the Council accepts funding requests from nonprofit organizations that provide services in Montgomery County to county residents. A community Grants Advisory Group appointed by the County Council assists in the review process by evaluating proposals. The Council makes decisions on funding these proposals as part of its actions on the operating budget.
There is no Council staff report for this topic.
Resolution to establish FY20 Solid Waste Service Charges
The Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to establish FY20 Solid Waste Services Charges. In the County Executive’s proposed budget, solid waste charges for FY20 single-family units would increase by four to 12 percent, depending on the services provided, in order to cover increases in refuse and recycling costs in FY19 and FY20; multi-family units would increase by 0 to 0.9 percent. The Transportation and Environment (T&E) Committee recommends approval.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Resolution to Establish FY20 Water Quality Protection Charge
The Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to establish the FY20 Water Quality Protection Charge. The County Executive recommends an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) rate of $104.25, which is the same rate as approved for FY19. The T&E Committee recommends approval.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Resolution to Approve the Enterprise Fund Stabilization Factor
The Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to approve the Enterprise Fund Stabilization Factor (EFSF). The director of the Department of Permitting Services (DPS) must calculate an EFSF each year to be applied to each fee on July 1 of each year. The EFSF is the factor by which the fee calculation is adjusted, up or down, to cover DPS labor and operating costs and to manage the DPS reserve policy. The County Executive’s Recommended FY20 Operating Budget for DPS assumes that fees will be increased by five percent. The Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee recommends approval.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Resolution to approve WSSC System Development Charge
The Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to approve the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s (WSSC) System Development Charge. This is a charge to new applicants for WSSC service that is intended to recover growth costs. It may be adjusted annually by the change in the Consumer Price Index for the Washington metropolitan area (CPI-W). Historically, the charge has been adjusted by the maximum allowable amount based on the change in the November CPI-W. The T&E Committee concurs with WSSC to maintain System Development Charge rates for FY20 at current approved levels, but to increase the maximum chargeable rate (the rate the charge could be increased in the future) by a CPI adjustment of 1.5 percent as allowed for under state law.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
The Council meeting 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 Council meeting also will be available live via streaming through the Council web site at:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html .
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Release ID: 19-168