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Prince George’s and Montgomery councils approve joint FY27 budgets for WSSC, M-NCPPC CAS and transit commission
Summary
Prince George’s County Council and the Montgomery County Council approved, by a single joint motion, the FY2027 budgets for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission central administrative services portion, and the Washington Suburban Transit Commission; the motion was moved by Dawn Luedke and seconded by Eric Olson and passed by voice vote.
Prince George’s County Council and the Montgomery County Council on July 7, 2026, voted to approve the fiscal year 2027 budgets for three multi‑county agencies — the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), the Maryland‑National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M‑NCPPC) central administrative services (CAS) portion, and the Washington Suburban Transit Commission (WSTC) — in a single joint motion.
The vote came after joint staff summarized recommended adjustments and funding levels. David Murray, identified in the meeting as council administration, told members that staff recommended concurrence with the commission’s proposed FY27 CAS funding while applying a reduction of $223,795 to Prince George’s County’s CAS allocation and $202,123 to Montgomery County’s portion. "This will result in a revised FY27 CAS budget of $13,541,014 for Montgomery County and $14,961,244 for Prince George’s County," Murray said.
Why it matters: the three agencies provide regionwide utilities, planning services and transit oversight that affect capital projects and operating costs shared by both counties. Approving the joint budgets sets the funding levels the commissions will use for their FY27 work and signals continued intergovernmental coordination on compensation and collective bargaining policy.
Joint staff also recommended agency‑wide compensation guidance. Murray said staff recommended support for the amount allocated in the commission’s FY27 budget for compensation — $5,500,000 for Montgomery County and $8,200,000 for Prince George’s County — and urged that compensation adjustments not exceed the commission’s proposed totals.
On the WSSC and transit budgets, the executive director from the Montgomery County side (introduced during the meeting) recommended support for WSSC’s submitted Water Budget and Capital Improvements Program. He also reported the WSTC FY27 amounts as $171,793 for Montgomery County and $149,293 for Prince George’s County.
Procedural details: Chair Chris Bridal (councilwoman, chair of the Prince George’s County Council) reviewed the meeting’s voting rules at the start: a motion must be made by a member of one council and seconded by a member of the other council, and a majority of each council must vote in favor for passage. After the staff presentations, Councilmember Dawn Luedke (Montgomery County, District 7) moved to approve all three budgets; Eric Olson (vice chair, Prince George’s County Council, District 3) seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote with members responding “aye.”
No roll‑call tally by name was recorded in the transcript; Chair Bridal declared the motion passed after hearing no objections.
The meeting concluded after a brief motion to adjourn. Chair Bridal closed by thanking staff and members for the inter‑county collaboration and saying, "That was painless."
