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State’s attorney, circuit court, family support and detention center give FY26 summaries
Summary
Several departments presented brief FY26 budget highlights: the state’s attorney and circuit court outlined modest operating increases; the family support center requested converting a long-tenured part‑time position to full time; detention staff described grant-dependent medical costs.
Multiple departments presented short highlights of their FY26 budgets in the workshop.
State’s Attorney: The state’s attorney’s office described two main changes: converting a long-time, part-time administrative specialist role (held by an employee described as working there about 17 years) to full time to retain institutional knowledge, and a modest operating increase (~$5,622) to upgrade security (cameras and card-access) for the office. Capital expenditures were described as unchanged.
Circuit Court: Judge Marco thanked the board for recently approved lobby renovations and described an operating increase tied to converting the new access-control system to a cloud-based service with recurring fees (quoted as about $8,000/year). He also noted that a previously expected state payment for court-recording (CourtSmart) fees will not continue, leaving the county to budget that annual charge going forward.
Family Support Center (Maryland Family Network): Lisa Mazingo presented the center’s FY26 request. Grant funding from Maryland Family Network was reported as stable at $360,000 (including about $30,000 federal funds). The county contribution request increased by about $33,000, driven primarily by a request to convert one long-tenured part-time child development specialist role to full time with benefits to aid retention and succession planning; the speaker said many positions have been hard to recruit and remain critical to the program.
Detention Center: Detention leadership summarized medical and operational line-item changes tied to grant applications (a MAC/MAT grant was described as pending with notification expected in June). If the grant is not approved, staff said opioid restitution funds could temporarily cover a one-year MAT program cost. The detention presentation also discussed prisoner food costs and the financial impact of holding federal inmates (the per-diem for US Marshals was referenced at $69/day currently, with efforts underway to seek increases).
Ending
Each presenter offered to provide more detail if commissioners had questions; budget items without confirmed grant awards were noted as contingent on future decisions and grant outcomes.
