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The Department of Health and Human Services (H&HS) will hold a briefing on Thursday, March 27, to discuss the County Executive’s FY 2015 recommended operating budget of $277,734,808, which is an increase of $16,330,330 or 6.2 percent from the FY 2014 approved H&HS budget. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the […]

Here’s a quick look at five things you need to know today, March 18, in Montgomery County. 1.Montgomery County public schools are opening on time today and superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr is holding a student Town Hall meeting at Watkins Mill High School. 2. The Montgomery County Council is meeting today and on the agenda: […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett presented his recommended operating budget for FY 2015, highlighting his budget priorities for the upcoming year. View the complete recommended budget on the County’s website here. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke is following the announcement and its discussion on Twitter: There are some challenges ahead, said County Executive Ike Leggett, but noted […]

Just this week,  the County Council’s Education Committee held a worksession on items in the current Capital Improvements Program. Included on that agenda is the reuse of the Old Blair High School auditorium. As Susan Kenedy reports Council members are taking this project one step at a time. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will present his recommended operating budget for fiscal year 2015 at noon on March 17. The presentation will take place in the auditorium of the Executive Office Building. You can watch the budget presentation live on Montgomery Channel 21. For more information, visit the county’s website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov.

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has released its Preliminary Proposed FY’15 Operating and Capital Budget for public hearing purposes. The $1.3 billion preliminary proposed budget includes a combined average rate increase of 6% in water and sewer rates, which meets the Spending Affordability Guidelines adopted by the two counties in fall 2013. The increase will […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice talks about the upcoming budget process at the County’s Executive recent budget forum in Germantown. Related posts:

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett held his first budget hearing of the new year on Jan. 6 at the BlackRock Center for the Arts on what may have been the coldest night of the year. Despite the cold temperatures outside, MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that dozens of residents turned out to ask questions and to […]

The day after action by the Congress to reopen the federal government after a 16-day shutdown, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett travels to New York with Council President Nancy Navarro and key County officials on Oct. 17 to brief Wall Street bond houses on the County’s economic recovery and Leggett’s success on putting the county’s […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) will be holding five public forums on the county’s next six-year capital construction budget during July. The forums will help define construction and planning priorities for the regions in the County as officials develop the fiscal years 2015 to 2020 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) budget. Leggett and members of […]