Council to Continue FY11 Budget Worksession on Wednesday 5/19

The Montgomery County Council will continue its worksession on the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budget on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 beginning at 9:30 a.m. This worksession will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM—Cable Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, Channel 30 on Verizon) and also will be available via streaming through the County Web site at http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/.

The Council will receive an updated status report on the FY11 revenues and expenditures. It will also take action on the following items:

• Bill 13-10: Emergency Medical Services Transport Fee
• Bill 29-10: Excise Tax on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
• Telephone tax
• Transportation fees, charges and fares

In the afternoon, the Council will meet at 2PM to discuss the Montgomery County Public Schools budget.

The Council is scheduled to reach a tentative agreement on the budget on May 21 and is scheduled to adopt the budget on May 27.

To view Council session's complete agenda, click here.