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Carroll County Commission approves last-minute budget adjustments ahead of delegation meeting

Carroll County Commission · March 21, 2026
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Summary

The Carroll County Commission approved a bundled set of budget adjustments March 20, including an IT software increase, a $2,000 IT overtime line, a $550 telephone line, reductions to a town coverage agreement, a raise in contracted services to $100,000, and an increased $800,000 water tank roof request offset by lower capital reserves; the package was passed by voice vote.

The Carroll County Commission voted March 20 to approve a package of last-minute budget adjustments ahead of the delegation meeting, including increased line items for IT, contracted services and a larger contingency for a water storage tank roof.

Melissa, a county staff member, told commissioners the IT software line should be raised from $245,000 to $288,189 to cover costs tied to moving dispatch software to the county’s new system (Central Square) and to include one jail-related software source that had been missed in the original budget. She also asked the commission to add a…

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