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Finance and Central Services brief commission; no charter amendments proposed
Summary
The Office of Finance reviewed its charter duties including accounting, treasury, investments and fund integrity and offered no amendments. The Office of Central Services described facilities, fleet and CIP responsibilities and shared operational figures including a $70 million CIP budget and a fleet of roughly 4,400 vehicles.
Linda Allen, director of the Office of Finance, and acting Central Services director (identified in the transcript as David Bird/Byrd) briefed the Charter Review Commission on Feb. 4, 2026. Neither office proposed charter amendments during the session.
Allen summarized Finance functions required by the charter: preparing the annual comprehensive financial report, managing investments and cash, administering tax collection and payroll, and ensuring fund integrity and balanced budgets under Article 8. She reiterated that Finance does not have discretion to change tax rates midyear and that bond issuance and restricted funds must follow charter and legal limits.
Acting director David Bird/Byrd said the Office of Central Services (OCS) manages county facilities, fleet, real property, general services and the capital improvement program (CIP). He told the commission OCS is the largest landowner in Prince George's County and manages more than 100 county-owned buildings and roughly 4.7 million square feet of property. Deputy Deborah Carter added that the CIP program has a budget of about $70,000,000, with roughly $34,000,000 rolled over from prior years and about 27 projects in the pipeline. OCS also reported a fleet of approximately 4,400 vehicles valued at about $140,000,000 and noted that a significant share of capital construction dollars were spent with certified small or minority-owned businesses.
Both offices said they would be available to answer further questions but had no charter language edits to propose at this meeting.
