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Council approves four supplemental appropriations for schools and crisis services
Summary
The Montgomery County Council approved four supplemental appropriations on June 9 — funding for a mobile crisis team and stabilization center, school lifecycle asset replacement, MCPS sustainability initiatives, and MCPS technology modernization — following public hearings; each vote passed by voice and had no registered public opposition recorded at the time of the votes.
Following a series of brief public hearings, the Montgomery County Council approved four supplemental appropriations during its June 9 meeting.
Supplemental appropriation 26-60 (FY26 operating budget) will fund the Department of Health and Human Services’ crisis services mobile crisis team and a behavioral health crisis stabilization center (listed source: state grant). The motion to approve was moved by Council Member Sales and seconded by Vice President Balcom; the chair announced the motion carried.
Supplemental appropriation 26-77 (FY26 capital budget) provides roughly $600,000 to Montgomery County Public Schools’ lifecycle asset replacement program (source: fund). Vice President Balcom moved the measure; Council Member Sales seconded and the motion passed.
The council also approved amendment and supplemental appropriation 26-79 (an amendment to the FY25–30 capital improvements program and more than $3 million in state aid) for MCPS sustainability initiatives; the motion was moved by Council Member Wilando and seconded by Vice President Balcon.
Finally, supplemental appropriation 26-83 (approximately $1.5 million in federal aid) for MCPS technology modernization was considered after a single public speaker urged wired infrastructure rather than purchasing wireless end-user devices; Vice President Balcom moved approval and Council Member Sales seconded the motion, which passed.
None of the four items recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript; each was approved by voice vote immediately after its public-hearing segment. No registered speakers opposed the three earlier appropriations; item 6 (26-83) included one public commenter who urged funding wired infrastructure due to health and monitoring concerns.
The supplemental appropriations will be incorporated into the county’s FY26 operating and capital budgets per administrative practice; council staff did not announce additional committee referrals during the meeting.
