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Maryland counties warned of multi-year state shortfalls; housing and energy flagged as priorities
Summary
The Maryland Association of Counties told the Anne Arundel County Council the state budget gap and structural funding shifts will pressure county budgets for years, and urged local officials to prepare for increased attention to housing and power-transmission issues in Annapolis.
Michael Sanderson, executive director of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo), told the Anne Arundel County Council on Oct. 6 that counties face persistent, multi-year fiscal pressure because of state budget choices and a larger-than-expected shortfall from the most recent General Assembly session.
"It was a $3,000,000,000 problem by the new year," Sanderson said, describing the deficit that forced a sequence of difficult decisions in Annapolis. He and Jack Wilson, Queen Anne's County commissioner and MACo president, recommended county leaders plan for lingering consequences over the next several budget cycles.
Why it matters: MACo’s briefing framed state-level choices — including shifting program costs onto counties and a…
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