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County executive outlines budget pressures, revenue‑cap effects on schools and services
Summary
Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano and Administrator Bunkie Luffman told the Board of Education about state funding shifts, pension and assessment changes, forward funding for Fruitland Primary and the local revenue cap’s effect on county priorities.
Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano and County Administrator Bunkie Luffman briefed the Wicomico County Board of Education on county finances, warning of new state cost shifts for fiscal 2026 and outlining how the county’s revenue‑cap constraints affect funding for schools, public safety and roads.
Giordano told the board the state’s proposed budget shifts roughly $143 million of costs onto counties and specifically pointed to reductions in a pension supplement that will reduce county revenue by about $784,000 and another state action…
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