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Howard County Council approves $2.55 million in additional appropriations, including H5N1 preparedness and jail land reappropriation
Summary
The Howard County Council on April 22 approved Ordinance 2025-HCCO-12 to appropriate $2,552,926.94 across multiple funds, including $8,000 for an H5N1 preparedness grant, $1.993 million to reappropriate land purchase funds for a new jail and $500,000 for correctional facilities care of individuals.
The Howard County Council on April 22 approved Ordinance 2025-HCCO-12, appropriating $2,552,926.94 across county funds to cover pandemic preparedness, a land payment for a planned jail site, corrections expenses and smaller program allotments.
The appropriation package included $8,000 for a state H5N1 grant to the health department for vaccines, antivirals and public education; $1,993,071.94 to reappropriate funds tied to a land purchase related to the new jail project; $500,000 to the correctional facilities fund for “care of individuals,” and smaller appropriations for sheriff work-program equipment and public-health printing and outreach.
The additional-appropriations measure “was necessary to appropriate more money than was…
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