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St. Mary’s County commissioners move Board of Education request back to MOE, narrowing budget gap pending sheriff reconciliation
Summary
At a March 14 budget work session, county finance staff and commissioners adjusted revenue and expenditure lines, agreed to treat the Board of Education request as maintenance-of-effort (MOE) for this cycle and set next steps pending the sheriff’s reconciliation of his budget, narrowing an earlier projected shortfall.
St. Mary’s County Board of Commissioners and county finance staff on March 14 reviewed updated revenue estimates and departmental changes that moved the county’s projected shortfall into a small surplus, contingent on a sheriff’s-office reconciliation.
Chief Financial Officer Patty Cudmore presented revised revenue projections showing a net increase of about $118,000 from department-level adjustments and a revenues total of roughly $220.5 million against expenses initially at $221.6 million. Cudmore and staff said they incorporated requested changes including a county employee one-step increase and…
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