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St. Mary’s County officials outline FY2015 budget unknowns, recommend reserves for mandates and capital impacts
Summary
County finance staff presented a working FY2015 budget draft and urged commissioners to set aside reserves to cover pending state mandates, NextGen radio operating impacts and capital timing differences; board directed several limited one-time uses of fund balance and asked for follow-ups next week.
St. Mary’s County finance staff and commissioners spent their March 4 budget workstation reviewing the county’s FY2015 spending requests and identifying items not yet reflected in the draft recommended budget.
Finance Director Elaine Kramer told the Board of County Commissioners that the draft package reflects department submissions but still needs updates for several items, including pay-go capital changes the planning commission recently recommended, operating impacts from accelerated NextGen radio implementation and potential minimum-wage legislation. Kramer said some costs will be nonrecurring and could be financed from fund balance while recurring items should be covered in operating reserves.
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