Prince George's County Council holds FY27 budget orientation, outlines key figures and hearing schedule

Prince George's County Council members received a one-item budget process orientation on March 23, 2026, with staff and agency representatives laying out the proposed FY2027 operating and capital budgets and the calendar for review and adoption.

“My colleagues and I will present a brief review and refresher of the current budget process for the various FY '27 proposed budget cycles,” Sylvia King, senior legislative budget officer, told the council as she opened the orientation. King said the county executive transmitted the proposed FY27 operating and capital budgets by the March 15 deadline and reminded the council that it must adopt a budget before June 1.

King provided headline figures for the county’s planning: an estimated general fund revenue level of $4,989,000,000 and a general fund budget of about $4,970,000,000, with an initial shortfall of $58,300,000. She said the proposed FY27–2032 capital improvement program totals about $4,100,000,000 and described new items in the FY27 package, including the creation of an emergency operations fund and the transfer of the DPI enforcement division…