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Planning board seeks ongoing master‑plan funding, committee narrows priority list
Summary
The committee reviewed the Planning Department’s FY26 requests including ongoing master‑plan support and three new positions; members agreed to prioritize master‑plan support and to place a placemaking coordinator (with a 6‑month hiring lapse) and a partial housing needs study on the reconciliation list.
Montgomery County’s Planning Department told the Planning, Housing and Parks Committee on April 23 that it needs steady funding for master plans and additional staff to keep up with rising workload and resident requests.
Why it matters: planning staff argued that Master Plan work is a core, recurring function and that paying for it project‑by‑project increases cost and delays. “In 2019, my office included 3 administrative positions ... by 2023, that had dropped to only 2 administrative positions. Yet our work has only multiplied,” Hardy, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, told the committee.
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