Councilmember Duchy Tractenberg visited with the Up-County Citizens Advisory Board last at the Up-County Regional Services Center, located at 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD 20874.
The Councilmember’s remarks, as Chair of the Management and Fiscal Policy Committee (MFP), focused primarily on the current and growing challenges of the FY11 operating budget proposal that is presently being considered by the County Council. She talked about the budget shortfall resulting from decreasing tax revenues and prospective cuts to a wide range of County services. She also noted the serious challenge to the county’s Triple A Bond rating resulting from a deteriorating economic and fiscal environment. She said that it was going to be critical to fundamentally restructure County government. She also discussed recent Council action regarding two Master Plans—the White Flint Sector Plan and the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan—as both being critical for the future soundness of Montgomery County’s economic health.
During the Q&A period, a serious conversation took place that touched on a wide range of topics, including a fairer distribution of the state’s tax revenue for Montgomery County; the fate of the Regional Service Centers; the recent defeat of the alchohol tax; and a possible rise in the gas tax.
The Up-County Citizens Advisory Board meets the third Monday of every month at the Up-County Regional Services Center and these meetings are open to the public. For more information,
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