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October 2, 2015 | Sonya Burke

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County Report This Week (VIDEO)

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about a recent report from the Office of Legislative Oversight, the county’s Library Summit and more.

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July 13, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Leventhal Calls for OLO Study of County Managers’ Salaries (VIDEO)

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal is calling for an Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) review of the salaries of Montgomery County’s “high level managers.” In a memo to Councilmembers on July 13th, he said: “Our managers do an excellent job, but my sense is that in many cases their salaries are well above those […]

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March 10, 2015 | Krista Brick

County Council Meets Today

The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to meet today at a11 a.m. to receive a report from the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) evaluating the County’s Commission on Common Ownership Communities. The report on the commission that oversees regulations for Homeowners Associations and Condominium Associations includes four significant findings and three recommendations. The presentation of […]

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March 3, 2015 | Krista Brick

County Council Postpones Discussion on Major Renovations to Council Office Building

A discussion on a proposal that could have the county council government either moving out of its space on Maryland Avenue and into a another county-owned building in Rockville or renovate its current building was pulled from the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. According to Adam Fogel, chief of staff […]

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February 13, 2015 | Staff Writer

County Report This Week (VIDEO)

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on school start times, the new public safety training academy, a report about the Department of Liquor Control, the high school swim and dive championships and more.

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February 12, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Council in Brief (VIDEO)

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which features reports on an Office of Legislative Oversight report on the Department of Liquor Control, artificial turf fields and more. You can watch the Montgomery County show here: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

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February 10, 2015 | Staff Writer

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Leventhal on Ad Hoc Liquor Control Committee (VIDEO)

The Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control will hold its first meeting on Feb. 27. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal explains the work ahead: The Office of Legislative Oversight delivered a review report about Alcohol Control to the Montgomery County Council on Feb. 10. You can read a summary […]

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February 10, 2015 | Krista Brick

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Report: County Has Five Options to Improve Liquor Distribution

There could be a big change in the way alcohol is sold here in Montgomery County if county leaders buy into one of the changes suggested by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight. A report released Tuesday by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) that analyzes the County’s Department of Liquor Control […]

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July 30, 2014 | Krista Brick

New Report: Wide Range of Times to Get Development Projects Through County Review

Some development projects take more than three years to clear Montgomery County’s planning hurdles, according to a report released by the Office of Legislative Oversight Tuesday. The report  examines the review and approval timeframes for preliminary plans, site plans and record plats for development projects in Montgomery County. The report found that certain projects that are […]

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April 8, 2014 | Staff Writer

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OLO Report on MCPS High Schools

The Montgomery County Council today received the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report on “Performance of Montgomery County Public Schools’ High Schools—A FY2014 Update.” The report describes changes in the demographics and performance of the school system’s 25 comprehensive high schools. The report updates OLO’s 2009 high school consortia report that found that neither the […]

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