AVOID LINES ON ELECTION DAY – VOTE EARLY

For the first time the State of Maryland is implementing Early Voting for the Gubernatorial Primary Election. Montgomery County will open 5 Early Voting Centers from September 3 – 9, excluding Sunday, from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Voters are able to vote on the same voting equipment used on Election Day, but at a time that is more convenient.

Early Voting Centers are located at:

• Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center, 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville 20853
• Germantown Recreation Center, 18905 Kingsview Road, Germantown 20874
• Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center, 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville 20866
• Montgomery County Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville 20850
• Silver Spring Civic Building, 8525 Fenton Street, Silver Spring 20910

Voters are encouraged to visit our website – http://www.777vote.org/ – to view additional information on the Early Voting Centers. During Early Voting hours, the website will display a scroll bar which will provide wait times of each of the five Centers, updated hourly.

For more information on Early Voting, please call 240-777-VOTE (8683).

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.

MFP Committee To Discuss FY11 Operating Budget on 4/22

The Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, will meet on Thursday, April 22nd at 9:30 am. The meeting will be held in the 7th Floor Conference Room of the County Council Office Building located at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville. The MFP Committee will discuss the FY11 Operating Budget. The agenda items include:

(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

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.