Leggett Outlines County Budget Recommendations
Leggett presented his fiscal year 2013 budget proposal in Rockville Thursday.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett outlined his $4.56 billion fiscal year 2013 budget proposal at a press conference in Rockville at noon on Thursday. The proposal represents a 4.6 percent over the previous year. In dollars and cents, Leggett is proposing nearly $200 million more in expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year. His recommendations include: Last year, the county council approved a $4.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2012; it represented a 2.2 percent increase from the previous year. This year, Leggett proposes maintaining the current property tax revenue levels. Under the proposal, the water quality fund contributions would increase from $70 per household to $92. Leggett called his proposal both "prudent" and a "great …
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Danila Sheveiko
8:08 pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012
The budget also contains the second $2 million to Westfield for the Costco Mall Addition project that includes the busiest gas station in the County shoehorned next to an outdoor swimming pool and single-family residences. Please see attached images. more ›