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Council hears plan for state-local impact grant funds; staff recommends Crossland High School and policing support for National Harbor
Summary
County budget staff presented a proposed multi-year plan for new local impact grant funds (roughly $3 million annually), recommending $450,000 for Crossland High School vocational programs and the remaining allocation to support policing costs at National Harbor and MGM.
Prince George’s County budget staff presented a proposed use of a new stream of local impact grant funds created by the state, recommending allocations to Crossland High School vocational programs and to the police department to cover policing needs at the National Harbor and MGM properties.
Stanley Early, director of the Office of Budget Management, told the committee the state-created local impact fund would be approximately $3 million per year going forward, with $1.8 million available for local allocation after statutory reservations. Early recommended allocating 25% of the available local amount — $450,000 — to Crossland High School, consistent with the county code language calling for at least a 25% allocation for vocational and skilled-trades programs at Crossland. He recommended committing the remaining $1.35 million toward police costs associated with National Harbor and MGM.
Early said the county spent about $1.7 million in the prior year on National Harbor policing, not including miscellaneous costs that appeared in other units’ budgets. Office of Law representatives cautioned committee members about reading county code and the need to confirm how prior bills were incorporated into the county code; staff and council members noted some recently passed bills had not been reflected correctly in the published county code.
"We are recommending $450,000 for Crossland," Early said, and advised the remainder be committed to public safety needs tied to large event venues. Office of Law pointed the committee to county code section addressing video lottery facility funding (cited during discussion as "section ten-three 9.01") and to enacted bill CB 32-2024 for the exact language and options on compliant uses of the 25% allocation.
Committee members asked staff and Office of Law to ensure draft language and allocations align with county code requirements and state reservations. Staff said the council will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed multi-year plan in the coming week.
No committee vote was recorded on the funding plan in the transcript; the item was presented for council review and comment.
