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Wicomico County Council tables $15,000 Beats Not Bullets payment, seeks more detail
Summary
Council voted 4–2 to table a $15,000 county contingency payment proposed to support the ‘Beats Not Bullets’ youth music education program, asking staff and the school system for detailed budgets, program videos and written questions before reconsideration.
Wicomico County Council voted to table Resolution 206-2025, which sought to use $15,000 in county contingency funds to support the Board of Education’s Beats Not Bullets program. The motion to table passed by a voice/roll-call vote reported in the meeting transcript as 4–2.
County staff explained the county would be a party to the memorandum of understanding so the payment would not increase the Board of Education’s maintenance-of-effort calculation. The planning presenter said the county acting as the paying entity keeps the Board’s budgeted amount unchanged. Micah Stauffer, superintendent of schools, told the council the county executive had recommended the program and that the district had looked for grant funding but had none available for this year.
Council members pressed for line‑item detail after reviewing the program materials. One councilmember highlighted that the program packet budgets three-hour on-site sessions in which roughly one hour is allotted to set up and break down equipment, and noted the application lists $3,000 in travel costs (about 20% of the $15,000) and other administrative or lodging expenses. The program representative said setup and travel are necessary for an initial launch: instructors and producers must vet and train local staff, and those costs would drop in future iterations once local capacity is built.
After asking the program and school staff for additional documentation — including an itemized budget, any program videos and written questions to be returned to the council in advance of reconsideration — Councilmember Jeff moved to table Resolution 206-2025. The motion was seconded and the motion to table passed (vote reported as 4–2 in the transcript). Council asked staff to provide a written list of questions so presenters would know what data to bring back.
The tabling preserves the applicant’s ability to return with the requested detail and does not block future consideration; the council’s public record shows the item will be placed on a later agenda once the requested information is submitted.
