MFP Committee Discussed FY11 Operating Budgets on 4/22

The Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, met on Thursday, April 22nd at 9:30 am. The MFP Committee discussed FY11 Operating Budgets. The agenda items included:

(1) Revenue Stabilization Fund - FY10-FY11 Transfers
(2) Intergovernmental Relations
(3) Inspector General
(4) NDAs: County Associations, Public Technology, Inc., Council of Governments, and Boards, Committees, Commissions
(5) Board of Elections
(6) NDA: Charter Review Commission
(7) NDA: Inauguration and Transition

For agenda item #1 on the Revenue Stabilization Fund – FY10-FY11 Transfers, the MFP Committee delayed action until after receiving the updated budget briefing on April 22nd at 1:30.

For agenda item #2 on the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, the MFP Committee approved the County Executive’s recommended FY11 operating budget for $840,680.

For agenda item #3 on the Office of the Inspector General, the MFP Committee delayed action until after receiving the updated budget briefing on April 22nd at 1:30. In addition, the MFP Committee requested information on the Inspector General’s four-year work plan.

For agenda item #4 on the NDAs: County Associations, Council of Governments, Public Technology, Inc., and Boards, Committees, and Commissions, the MFP Committee approved the County Executive’s recommended FY11 operating budget for $863,080.

For agenda item #5 on the Board of Elections, the MFP Committee approved the County Executive’s recommended FY11 operating budget for $7,975,310. Moreover, the MFP Committee will add $245,500 to the reconciliation list to fund payments to the State for Touchscreen voting machines.

For agenda item #6 on the Charter Review Commission, the MFP Committee decreased the Charter Review Commission NDA to $100 from the County Executive’s recommended FY11 operating budget for $1,000.

For agenda item #7 on the Inauguration & Transition, the MFP Committee delayed action on this agenda item in order to obtain additional information from Council Staff.

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 MFP session.