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Labor relations office seeks software, bargaining consultant funding; committee advances budget
Summary
The Office of Labor Relations asked for $33,300 for case‑management software and $29,910 for collective bargaining consultant contract escalation in the County Executive's FY26 recommendation. The Government Operations Committee recommended the executive's budget and requested additional details on repurposed positions and consultant costs.
The Montgomery County Office of Labor Relations (OLR) presented its FY26 budget request to the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee, which recommended the County Executive’s proposed budget for the office. The executive’s recommended FY26 budget for OLR includes an increase of $309,000, of which $33,300 would buy a labor and employee relations case management software solution and $29,910 would cover an increase in collective bargaining consultant costs.
OLR staff told the committee the office currently uses an in‑house grievance tracker and two separate systems that create data accuracy and workload…
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