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Commissioners narrow FY2013 county-department requests; privatization and FTE cuts drive savings
Summary
St. Mary''s County commissioners on March 13 reviewed the county-department portion of the proposed FY2013 budget and directed staff to fold several administrator-recommended reductions into the public-hearing draft.
St. Mary''s County commissioners on March 13 reviewed the county-department portion of the proposed FY2013 budget and directed staff to fold several administrator-recommended reductions into the public-hearing draft.
The changes reflected two large prior policy decisions: the planned privatization of Marcy House and the removal of the housing function from the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). County staff reported a personnel-cost reduction for Marcy House of $351,519 and elimination of 4.5 full-time equivalents. For DECD housing, staff totaled a reduction of $1,229,703 and 19 positions; one housing position will remain in DECD through about November and then be removed.
Why it matters: those cuts account for a sizeable share of the county-department…
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