MFP Meeting as the Audit Committee on 5/6

The Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg, will meet as the Audit Committee on Thursday, May 6th at 12:30 pm. The meeting will take place in the 7th Floor Council Hearing Room of the County Council Office Building located at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville. The Audit Committee will discuss the following:

• Discussion of the Office of Inspector General’s Four Year Work Plan
• Status Report-Inspector General and Executive Branch communications

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 Audit Committee session.

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.

PS/MFP Committees Discussed the Tuition Assistance Program and Inspector General Report

The Public Safety (PS) and the Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP) Committees met on Thursday, March 25th to discuss the Tuition Assistance Program, including the Inspector General Report. The three main presenters included Tom Dagley, Inspector General from the Office of the Inspector General; Joe Adler, Director of the Office of Human Resources; and Marc Hansen, Acting County Attorney for Montgomery County. In addition, Marc Zifcak, President of the Fraternal Order for Police, responded to some questions with respect to the program. The MFP Committee will continue the discussion of this program at a future date. Currently, the Committee is awaiting an internal audit report on the tuition assistance program.

Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg is the Chair of the Management and Fiscal Policy Committee and a member of the Health and Human Services Committee.