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Residents press Montgomery County on Ridge Pike costs, election testing and staffing during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents used the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners’ public comment time May 1 to press for clearer oversight of the Ridge Pike project’s cost, stronger ballot testing procedures and more public tracking of newly created county positions and associated salaries.
Speakers at the May 1 public comment periods raised a cluster of concerns about county spending, election testing procedures and personnel expansion.
David Morgan of Ambler (identified in the record as representing himself) told commissioners he is tracking costs on the Ridge Pike project and asked for updates and oversight. "I think it's up to about 35,000,000 in cost," Morgan said, asking whether federal reimbursements and other funding sources will adequately limit county tax impacts. He warned of a sequence of tax…
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