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Council introduces FY27 sewer and water budget ordinance, reallocates some hotel–motel funds
Summary
The Smithsburg mayor and council introduced Ordinance No. 202603 to adopt FY27 general sewer and water fund budgets and approved reallocating Hotel/Motel restricted funds for Veterans Park reading-room landscaping and benches; the ordinance was introduced by motion and carried.
The Smithsburg mayor and council on May 19 introduced Ordinance No. 202603, the FY27 general sewer and water fund budgets, after brief staff updates and clarifications.
Staff said there were a few tweaks since the council last considered the proposal. Council members confirmed that Hotel/Motel restricted funds may be used for landscaping and benches tied to the Veterans Park reading-room project, and a $350 item originally for square decorations was moved into Hotel/Motel to be used for tree maintenance in the park. Council also agreed to reduce a $10,000 line for speed-camera building maintenance to $6,000. Staff clarified that a retirement item that appeared in FY25 was now accounted for within payroll and represented employee-withheld funds rather than a town expense.
A council member moved to introduce Ordinance No. 202603 for the fiscal year 2027 general sewer and water funds as distributed at the meeting; the motion was seconded and carried on a voice vote.
Next steps: the ordinance was introduced at the meeting; the transcript records introduction and passage of the motion to introduce the ordinance but does not record a final adoption vote or effective date. Any formal adoption or subsequent public hearing dates were not specified in the open-session record.
