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Wicomico County Takes Up Budget

 

The Wicomico County Council is set to take up the 2013 fiscal year budget on Tuesday night after a two week delay.

Among the cuts the County  liability for pensions that should produce a $767,000 savings.

The County Executive was given a delay in presenting the budget to assess the impact of the state’s budget problems.   

During that time Governor Martin O’Malley has said he would  consider calling a special session of the state legislature to close a $500 million spending gap by finding additional revenue and avoid major state spending cuts.

Local officials also expect the special Session to provide a set of qualifications for Wicomico County to get a waiver to revisions of the maintenance of effort in school funding. 

Without the special session and the waiver the county would experience a $14 million hit to its school funding line item during the budget process.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.