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Montgomery County Recreation department asks for contract manager, Rapback system and expansion funding; committee places items on reconciliation list
Summary
The county’s Recreation director presented a FY27 “cost-of-doing-business” budget and asked the committee to place a contracts program manager (1 FTE), a one-time FBI Rapback fingerprinting verification investment, and an Excel Beyond the Bell expansion at Sedgwick Elementary on the reconciliation list for full-council consideration.
Chair Friedson opened the budget work session and the Department of Recreation summarized its FY27 request as a "cost-of-doing-business" budget that preserves current service levels and responds to recent audits.
The county executive’s recommended FY27 Recreation operating budget totals $71,442,894, a $2.9 million (4.27%) increase from FY26. Council staff highlighted three decision points for the committee: a program manager (1 FTE) to administer recreation contracts ($104,098 projected cost in FY27, annualized thereafter), a one-time $23,305 investment to adopt the FBI Rapback fingerprinting verification for background checks, and a proposed Excel Beyond the Bell (EBB) elementary expansion at Sedgwick School (estimated $429,253 for a full year or $229,626 for half a year).
The department director framed the request as necessary to sustain programs and facilities and to respond to audit…
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