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Resident asks Pocomoke City for line-by-line budget and 2024 audit; city manager pledges a follow-up
Summary
During public comment, resident Mike Hall said he filed a Public Information Act request for the city's detailed budget and the 2024 PKS audit, which he could not find online; city staff said a line-by-line file had not been posted and promised an answer by the next day.
A resident pressed Pocomoke City officials March 2 for greater budget transparency and access to the 2024 audit.
Mike Hall identified himself during public comment and said he had submitted a Public Information Act request for a copy of the current budget and for the 2024 PKS audit. “I put in a written request under the Public Information Act to get a copy of the current budget,” Hall said. He told council the budget file posted online was a high-level summary and lacked a line-by-line breakdown.
Mayor and staff responded that the city posts a summary budget online by historical practice, but the detailed line-by-line file had not been uploaded. City manager Miss Matthews said the detailed 'by-line' budget is a large file and that she had personally posted the 2023 version when she took office; staff agreed to provide a response to Hall the next day.
Council members agreed the matter warranted follow-up. No specific timeline for a public presentation of the FY2025 budget was recorded beyond the manager’s comment that departments will meet to prepare FY2027 budget schedules and that tentative dates for a first budget work session would be circulated.
The council did not take formal action on the request during the meeting; staff committed to respond to the public records request and to post the requested material where appropriate.
