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St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners approves budget for public hearing; commissioner objects
Summary
The St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners voted to send a proposed county budget to a public hearing. An unnamed commissioner said they voted no, calling the measure "a bad budget" and saying it "flat funds the BOE" and does not provide needed resources to partnering agencies.
The St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners voted to send a proposed county budget to a public hearing, an unnamed commissioner said they voted against the measure and called it "a bad budget."
The comment came during the meeting when the speaker said, "We approved as a board, the board approved a budget to take to public hearing today. I voted no on this budget and I'll repeat what I said before it's a bad budget. It's not a fair budget, but the good news is there's still time to fix it."
The speaker also said the proposal "flat funds the BOE" and "doesn't provide needed resources to some of our partnering agencies," signaling concern that allocations outside county government and supports for partners were insufficient. The board nevertheless approved moving the document to a public hearing; the transcript does not record who made or seconded the motion or a complete roll-call tally.
Discussion recorded in the transcript consisted of the unnamed commissioner's objections and a statement that the budget could still be revised after the public hearing process. No changes to the proposal were recorded during this portion of the meeting.
