Preliminary Budget Talks: County FY13 Expenditures to Include Takeover of More State Costs

The county will be responsible for some Board of Education costs previously funded at the state level.

The preliminary FY13 budget discussion during the Carroll County Board of Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday ended with the commissioners blaming Gov. Martin O’Malley for a state budget plan that requires the county to take over sizable state costs. An early look at the budget presented by Carroll County Director of Management and Budget Ted Zaleski shows a slight increase from FY12, with one of the biggest changes coming in the form of changes in what has to be paid by the county budget. The FY12 budget is $350.3 million, and the preliminary FY13 budget discussed by Zaleski is $353.7 million. Under Gov. O'Malley's proposed budget, the Carroll County Public School System pensions will continue to be paid by the state, and the Board of …

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