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St. Mary’s County commissioners review enterprise funds and proposed user fee for two waterfront parks
Summary
At a March 7 budget work session, county staff reviewed enterprise fund requests for recreation, golf, solid waste and other services and proposed a new user fee for Elms Beach Park and Myrtle Point to cover seasonal staffing and supervision costs.
St. Mary's County commissioners on Monday reviewed the county's enterprise funds and heard a proposal to begin charging a user fee at two popular waterfront parks.
The discussion covered four enterprise funds — Recreation and Parks, Wicomico Shores Golf Course, Solid Waste and Recycling, and a now-privatized medical adult day care operation — and a proposal to charge $5 per vehicle for in-county visitors and $10 for out-of-county visitors at Elms Beach Park and Myrtle Point, with a season pass priced at about $20 for county residents.
The enterprise funds are intended to be self-supporting, county finance staff said. Jeanette Cudmore, deputy chief financial…
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