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Committee reviews MCDOT budget, urges council to fund essential operating items
Summary
The Montgomery County Transportation and Environment Committee reviewed the FY27 transportation general fund on April 13, endorsing most executive recommendations while urging the council president not to place safety-critical operating items — notably uninterruptible power system maintenance and capital-related operating impacts — on the reconciliation list.
The Transportation and Environment Committee reviewed the county executive’s FY27 transportation general fund recommendation on April 13 and agreed with most of the proposed changes while pressing the council president to treat several operating items as essential rather than discretionary. Committee staff said the executive proposes a $2,785,913 (4.13%) increase over the FY26 approved operating budget for the transportation general fund, with $596,166 of that in program and staffing additions flagged for the reconciliation list.
The presentation by council staff (Mr. Kenny) highlighted four reconciliation-list items: $305,000 for operating impacts from capital projects, $250,000 to expand civilian parking enforcement outside parking districts, $27,900 for maintenance of…
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