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Howard County Council adopts 2025 budget and approves new salary ordinance
Summary
The Howard County Council approved multiple 2025 fund budgets totaling $55,948,342 for levy funds and approved a 2025 salary ordinance that provides a blanket 3% increase plus targeted adjustments up to a 10% cap; both measures passed by voice vote.
The Howard County Council approved its 2025 budget and a new salary ordinance during a continuation of the county's budget session.
An official reading of ordinances identified Ordinance/Resolution 2024-HCCO-38, listing total levy funds at $55,948,342, an adopted tax levy of $30,802,165 and an adopted tax rate of 0.7598. The council also recorded the Howard County Solid Waste budget (2024-HCCO-39) with an adopted budget of $1,408,748 and levy $1,225,413 (tax rate 0.0317), and Ordinance 2024-HCCO-40 for Harrison Township with an adopted budget of $474,645 and levy $312,753 (tax rate 0.1236). Speaker 5…
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