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Wicomico County executive submits balanced FY26 operating and capital budget at revenue cap rate
Summary
County executive submitted the proposed FY2026 operating and capital budget to the Wicomico County Council proposing a tax rate at the revenue-cap level, funding the school systemmaintenance-of-effort request for FY26, $16 million in capital pay-go and programmatic increases including county employee cost-of-living adjustments.
The county executive submitted the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating and capital budget to the Wicomico County Council on a motion to set council review dates, covering the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
Pamela, the county finance director, told the council the proposal is a balanced budget "as required by the charter" and that the property tax rate is set at the revenue-cap number of 0.8099, a decrease of just over 3 cents from last year. She said the county's assessable base grew by more than 9 percent, and that personal property tax rates were reduced to comply with state limits tying personal property to real property rates.
The nut of the budget, officials said, is a mix of recurring and one-time changes.…
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