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The Montgomery County Council today adopted a $5.08 billion total county operating budget for Fiscal Year 2016. The budget reflects a 1.7 percent increase over the approved budget for FY 2015. “This budget effectively addresses the top priority concerns of County residents while holding the line on taxes,” said Council President George Leventhal. The Council […]

Here’s your daily look at the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 21, in Montgomery County: 1. County executives from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are expected to meet with Gov. Larry Hogan today on the Purple Line project. Here’s what County Executive Isiah Leggett has to say about the meeting. 2. […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal talks about the impact of the Wynne case decision on the county’s current and future budgets. Levethal said he believes the fiscal year $10 million impact from the Wynne case can be absorbed by the reserve fund. However, he said the county’s financial standing should be reexamined by mid-year […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with the media Monday and talked about the recent developments in the Purple Line, the Exelon-Pepco merger and the search for the next superintendent of the county’s school system. You can watch that news briefing in its entirety here.

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, issued the following statement today after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced he would not release Geographic Cost of Education Index (GCEI) funding to support Montgomery County Public Schools: “I am extremely disappointed with Governor Hogan’s decision not to release the Geographic Cost of Education […]

The budget reflects a 1.7 percent increase over the approved budget for FY 2015. The Council is scheduled to formally adopt the FY16 operating budget and amendments to the Fiscal Years 2015-20 six-year Capital Improvements Program on Thursday, May 21. The budget will go into effect on July 1. Council Vice President Nancy Floreen cast the […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner wants to know if police officers are volunteering (or being assigned) for the department’s body worn camera pilot program. Police Chief Tom Manger said 100 officers will pilot the body worn camera program this summer.

Two Montgomery County Councilmembers are urging hospitals in the county to voluntarily stop using pesticides. Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal, who chairs the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, and Councilmember Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, wrote to the leaders of the five organizations that operate hospitals […]

The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to hold a budget meeting today and on the agenda are the budgets of the Montgomery County School System and the county’s police department. The discussion includes more than $622,000 in funding for body cameras for police. Details about that discussion are here. The schools’ agenda item can be found […]

Here’s your daily rundown of the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 11, in Montgomery County: 1. Homicide Investigation: A Rockville couple was found deceased in their home on Sunday afternoon and Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths as homicides. 2. President’s Briefing: Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal meets […]