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Amendment day: Council adopts a range of FY27 tweaks and receives supplemental budget from executive
Summary
The Anne Arundel County Council adopted multiple amendments on June 9—capital timing shifts, a hospital–fire oversight reserve, edits to facility projects and technical corrections—and the administration presented a supplemental budget with school and capital planning additions to be considered June 11.
On June 9 the Anne Arundel County Council completed its amendment day for the proposed FY27 budget, adopting a series of changes that included block adoption of 15 capital-line adjustments, technical corrections and targeted budget reallocations, and then received the county executive's supplemental budget letter.
Early in the session the council approved a block of amendments (1–15) that made multiple capital and bond reductions and re-allocations. The secretary read each amendment line and budget staff told the council the changes were consistent with auditor guidance and would fund later supplemental items.
The council debated multiple park- and water-access-related amendments (Valentine Creek, Beachwood Park and Quiet Waters Retreat) in a string of votes that reordered capital timing for selected projects. A proposed deeper cut of $7.6 million to Quiet Waters Retreat (Amendment 18) was defeated 6–1 after administration and council members warned it could jeopardize existing federal and state funding and delay projects already in construction.
The council also adopted Amendment 20 to require a comprehensive Jumper Hole Road (MD 177) plan be shared with the community prior to use of funds; the Department of Public Works said the language reiterated ongoing community engagement and would not delay the work. Amendment 21 moved $200,000 from the fire department medication budget into CAO contingency pending resolution of operational arrangements with hospital partners.
Later in the meeting the council recessed briefly and then heard the county executive's supplemental budget summary from Chris Trumbau, budget officer. The administration's supplemental included targeted operating additions (school pay adjustments and a Southern High School greenhouse allocation), a library mechanic position, additional SAFER grant-related firefighter positions (offset by federal grant funding), and capital changes including feasibility studies and revisions to the education capital program to fund athletic facilities and school planning studies.
Under charter Section 709 the council voted to waive a public hearing on the supplemental package (7–0); the supplemental budget will be posted on the county website and the council will reconvene June 11 to consider final passage of the full FY27 budget.
The outcome of June 9 leaves multiple projects in the capital program with adjusted timing and instructs departments to continue permitting, stakeholder engagement and to report back with schedules and any required legislative appropriation to restore funds from contingency.
