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Queen Anne’s County presents FY26 budget proposal with 8.8% revenue increase; no tax rate change proposed
Summary
County administrators proposed a $209.1 million FY26 operating budget with an 8.8% increase in revenues, a $7 million increase above maintenance-of-effort for the Board of Education and no proposed tax rate change; commissioners scheduled three work sessions and public hearings ahead of a June adoption vote.
County Administrator Dan presented the county administrator’s proposed FY26 operating budget Tuesday, proposing $209,100,000 in revenue — an 8.8% increase over the current year — while recommending no change to the county property tax rate.
The proposal projects 12.7% growth in assessed property tax revenue and 4.1% growth in income tax collections. County staff said property and income taxes together would make up about 85.6% of the county’s revenue base.
The nut of the proposal is a requested increase in local funding for public schools. The budget includes an $8.3 million increase for the Board of Education, of which $7.0 million is presented as an increase above the maintenance-of-effort (MOE) level and $1.3 million reflects a state pass-through for teacher pensions. Officials…
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