Commissioners approve school budget items, infrastructure amendments and grants; multiple motions pass unanimously

St. Mary's County commissioners on Aug. 30 approved a set of routine and emergency financial actions, including school budget realignments, the county's FY2012 local education budget submission, several transportation and shoreline project amendments, a Department of Aging repayment to the state and grant acceptance for emergency medical dispatch training.

The approvals came during a meeting that also included updates on hurricane recovery and a planning briefing on the Wildwood planned unit development. The votes were taken by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded on the transcript.

School finance and budget approvals Commissioners approved a final-year categorical expenditure transfer for fiscal 2011 that realigns $227,000 among Board of Education categories to reconcile utility and related costs. The motion to approve the FY2011 categorical transfers was made and seconded on the record and carried by voice vote.

The board also accepted the fully developed FY2012 Board of Education budget book and authorized the commissioner-president to execute the local unit annual budget that will be submitted to the Maryland State Department of Education. The board then approved a consent letter signifying county approval of the items contained in those motions. The motions were presented by St. Mary’s County Public Schools leadership and…