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St. Mary’s County commissioners advance FY26 budget to public hearing after work session; set revenue baseline at 4.8%
Summary
After a marathon work session, commissioners directed staff to bring the county administrator's recommended budget to public hearing, set a revised revenue baseline of 4.8% and earmarked $1.6 million of fund balance as a placeholder for a volunteer first-responder benefit pilot to be finalized next week.
St. Mary's County Commissioners on March 18 directed staff to take the county administrator's recommended FY26 budget to public hearing while leaving room to adjust after the state budget is finalized.
Commission President Gai and the board spent the session reviewing department essential-cost-change requests, enterprise fund balances and several open items including a proposed volunteer first-responder benefit. After extended discussion about revenue assumptions and fund-balance usage, commissioners signaled support for a revenue baseline of 4.8% growth for planning purposes, up from the 3.8% staff had used earlier, and agreed to hold $1.6 million from fund balance as an earmark for the volunteer benefit pilot pending final design next week.
The county's chief financial staff presented interactive sensitivity models…
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