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Commissioners reallocate part of BRAC CIP to school textbooks and technology; keep remainder in CIP
Summary
After divided debate, St. Mary's County commissioners approved moving a one-time allocation to the Board of Education for textbooks and technology while leaving the remainder of a BRAC-designated CIP balance in place for future use.
St. Mary's County commissioners agreed to move a one-time, nonrecurring allocation from the county CIP toward the Board of Education's request for textbooks and technology, while leaving the larger portion of the BRAC-designated CIP balance intact.
The decision came after staff identified $6,500,000 currently shown in the CIP as the county's BRAC contingency. Jean Cudmore, presenting the budget package, said, "We do have, $6,500,000 in our CIP for the BRAC project. We could revert this money from the CIP fund to the general fund and fund it, and then include this as an excludable cost that would come back to you in June with the final board of ed budget." Commissioners debated whether moving…
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