MFP/T&E Joint Meeting on Monday, May 17

The Management and Fiscal Policy Committee, chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, and the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, chaired by Council President Nancy Floreen, will hold a joint meeting on Monday, May 17 at 1:30PM to discuss the following FY11 Operating Budget items:

• Expedited Bill 15-10: Fuel/Energy Tax
• Resolution to amen fuel/energy tax rates

This meeting will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. The meetings 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/.

For more information on the issues to be discussed at this meeting, please contact Laurie Mintzer Edberg, Director of Management and Fiscal Policy, at 240-777-7948 or laurie.edberg@montgomerycountymd.gov.

MFP/T&E Committees to Discuss FY11 Operating Budget on 4/29

The Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, and the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment (T&E) Committee, Chaired by Nancy Floreen, will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, April 29th at 1:30 pm. The committees will meet in the 3rd Floor Conference Room of the County Council Office Building located at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville. The MFP/T&E Committees will discuss the FY11 Operating Budget. The agenda items include:

• Expedited Bill 15-10, Taxation-Fuel-Energy Tax-Rate
• Resolution to amend Fuel/Energy Tax rates
• Expedited Bill 29-10, Taxes-Excise Tax-Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Please contact Laurie Mintzer Edberg, Director of Management and Fiscal Policy, at 240-777-7948 (direct dial) or laurie.edberg@montgomerycountymd.gov with any questions regarding this joint MFP/T&E session.

MFP and T&E Committees Discussed Expedited Bill 15-10, Taxation-Fuel Energy Tax-Rate

The Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, and the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment Committee, Chaired by Nancy Floreen, held a joint committee meeting on Thursday, April 21st at 9 am. The joint committees discussed Expedited Bill 15-10, Taxation-Fuel-Energy Tax-Rate and Resolution to change fuel/energy tax rates. The MFP and T&E Committees agreed to continue discussion on this topic at a later date. The date for further discussion is tentatively scheduled for April 29th.

Please contact Laurie Mintzer Edberg, Director of Management and Fiscal Policy, at 240-777-7948 (direct dial) or laurie.edberg@montgomerycountymd.gov with any questions or concerns regarding this joint MFP/T&E Committee session.

Power outages and snow problems continue in Montgomery

Unrelenting snow leaves thousands without power, cars

by Jeremy Arias, Gazette staff writer 

A total of 83,000 Montgomery County residents were without power as of 5 p.m. Saturday as one of the worst snowstorms in recent history blanketed the region. Police and emergency response officials were still battling the poor road conditions to provide service.

The majority of power outages in the area are due to the high volume of heavy, wet snowfall weighing down trees and branches, which in turn fall and crash power lines, causing outages, said Pepco spokesman Andre Francis. Due to the urgent need of residents without power in the heavy snowfall, every available Pepco crew had been mobilized to fix the problems and restore power quickly, Francis added.

"Usually what we do is we assess the problem and then go out and fix it, but what we're doing now is assessing the problem while we are out working on it, so we can't offer a definite timeline for when we can restore power to certain areas," Francis said.

To view the complete article in the Gazette, click here. 

County Council To Receive Briefing on County's Snow Removal Operations

The Montgomery County Council will be briefed on the County’s snow removal operations at a meeting of the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 2:30 pm.

The Committee meeting will be held in the seventh floor conference in the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland.