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Commissioners back 10% cut to nonprofit allocations and debate moving Walden Sierra funding to emergency services
Summary
As part of budget reconciliation, commissioners agreed on a 10% reduction across nonprofit grants and discussed relocating a $340,447 Walden Sierra crisis-hotline allocation under Emergency Services to explore co-location with 911 call takers.
St. Mary's County commissioners directed department heads to implement a 10% reduction in recommended nonprofit funding and debated whether to shift Walden Sierra's crisis-hotline funding into the county's emergency services budget to allow co-location and potential cost savings.
During the budget presentation, Jean Cudmore noted nonprofit requests and scoring. A specific item drew attention: "I'd say on item p, Wald and Seer, $340,447. We've talked about maybe taking that funding and putting it under Bob Kelly's group emergency service," Cudmore said (transcript spelling as…
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