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Commissioners direct one-time fund balance to transit pilot, SDAP expansion and library support; debate over commissioner's reserve
Summary
As part of budget work-session trade-offs, commissioners agreed to use fund balance for a one-year free-fare pilot ($200,000), a $356,000 expansion of the Specialized Demand-Response (SDAP) transit program and $118,000 in library materials and utilities, while commissioners debated whether to reduce the commissioner's reserve.
During a lengthy May 6 budget work session, St. Mary's County commissioners agreed to direct several one-time fund-balance allocations to selected operating priorities and discussed trade-offs to preserve contingency reserves.
Staff and commissioners confirmed three fund-balance uses: $118,000 for the public library (materials and utility costs), $356,000 to expand the county’s Specialized Demand-Response (SDAP) transit service to cover more areas and times, and $200,000 to fund a one-year pilot of fare-free local bus service. County staff confirmed that…
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