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Worcester County presents FY2026 requested budget with roughly $2.3 million shortfall
Summary
County administrators presented a $286.8 million FY2026 requested budget and estimated $284.6 million in revenues, leaving an approximate $2.3 million gap; officials cited state funding shifts, rising health and public-safety costs, and enterprise fund stressors as drivers.
Worcester County Chief Administrative Officer Weston Young on Tuesday presented the county’s fiscal year 2026 requested budget, saying estimated revenues total $284,574,909 while requested expenditures total $286,835,734, producing a shortfall of about $2.3 million.
Young told the Worcester County Commissioners that the county’s FY2026 revenue estimate of roughly $284.6 million is led by property taxes (about $192 million, roughly two-thirds of total revenues) and income taxes (about $53 million). He said the county’s real property assessable base is rising sharply—about $4.4 billion (23.8%) in the current three‑year cycle—while noting that the county’s real property tax rate of $0.845 is among the lower rates on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
The requested expenditures total $286.8 million, Young…
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