Wednesday, May 30, 2012
More than 70 new teachers will be hired for the 2012-2013 school year, but current teachers will not receive a pay raise.
The County Council adopted its fiscal year 2013 budget on Wednesday with a last-minute change that allows 128 new personnel at county schools, including 75 new teachers. The council passed the budget Wednesday morning during a brisk meeting in which a few final amendments were made. Among the amendments was a drastic change to the school system's budget that afforded them additional positions—the most hired at any one time in nearly a decade, a school official said. Councilman Chris Trumbauer (D-6th District) of Annapolis called the budget fair and responsible, but said every budget is a compromise. “When all is said and done, it’s a very responsible budget,” Trumbauer said. Councilman John Grasso (R-2nd District) of Glen Burnie was the …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
A property tax rate hike is included in the 2013 fiscal year's proposed budget.
Anne Arundel County's $1.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 is set to be approved at 9 a.m. Wednesday, when councilmen are also scheduled to raise the property tax rate. The next budget year begins on July 1 and includes a property tax hike that increases the rate by 3.1 cents—from 91 to 94.1 cents per $100 of assessed value. Under that tax rate, the owner of a $200,000 home would pay $1,882 in property taxes per year, up $62 from last year's rate. On Thursday, the County Council met to amend the proposed budget. After a 10-hour recess, the council reconvened and was able to shave $3.9 million from Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold's proposed budget, bringing the total to $1,230,650,400. The council also cut $4.8 million …
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Crofton Elementary, Severna Park High schools are moved up on the construction schedule under the proposed budget.
Cries for help at some county schools went unanswered, but other school projects were moved ahead on the list of scheduled work under next year's proposed county budget. On Thursday, the Anne Arundel County Council approved 83 amendments to the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget, including several shifts in the school construction schedule. As a result, work is slated to begin for a new Severna Park High School in 2014, and renovations at Crofton Elementary School moved up three years to start next spring. Students are expected to move into a new Severna Park High School by December 2016, a date that’s two years earlier than how things were left in the fiscal year 2012 budget. However, that’s 10 months later than what County Executive John R…
The final budget vote is slated for Wednesday morning.
The Anne Arundel County Council is on track to have next year's budget approved on Wednesday after they trimmed nearly $4 million from the county executive's proposed spending plan Thursday. The basics of the fiscal year 2013 budget: General (includes salaries and departmental expenses): Capital (construction and infrastructure projects): Ten hours after Council Chairman Derek Fink called a recess for Thursday’s 9 a.m. county budget hearing, the councilmen could be seen scrambling from room to room across the county government’s office building. What were they up to? They were meeting with the county auditor and budget officials, combing through projects one at a time and trying to find a way to make this year’s budget work. Fink …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
As the finish line for the new budget draws closer, officials are still days away from a solution.
The first shots of budget season were heard this week. It’s open season from now until May 30, when the County Council is scheduled to approve next year's budget. Members of the County Council and top county officials have been involved in talks throughout the past month on how to make the $1.2 billion fiscal year 2013 budget work. The budget must be approved by the end of May. The next fiscal year begins on July 1. The hurdles involved in the 2012-2013 spending plan include a last-minute shift in teacher pension costs from the state for an estimated $11.5 million, and $12 million in maintenance-of-effort payments for Anne Arundel County schools. Under the proposed budget, the property tax rate in Anne Arundel County would be raised from …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The schools superintendent rails against the county executive in a speech at the second budget hearing.
Hundreds of parents and teachers raised their voices in support of a fully funded school system at the Anne Arundel County budget hearing on Monday night. An estimated 800 people filled the auditorium at Old Mill High School with applause after dozens of parents testified before the County Council during the second hearing on the budget for fiscal year 2013. The County Council holds the purse strings for the school system, which takes up $572 million of the county's proposed $1.2 billion budget. Most who testified on Monday implored council members to fully fund the school budget, but had some additional projects in mind for their local schools. Some of these projects included a replacement for Edgewater Elementary, construction …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Now is the chance to speak up about the budget for the coming year.
A public hearing about the county's budget—which includes the school system's budget—will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Fiscal year 2013 begins on July 1. Sign-ups to speak at the public hearing begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will be in the Anne Arundel County Council's chambers, located at 44 Calvert St., in downtown Annapolis. The council will be reviewing the budget later this month (see attached PDF). Much of the controversy about the budget stems from Superintendent Kevin Maxwell and County Executive John R. Leopold's argument over whether the school system was properly funded in last year's budget. The state's school board has reinforced Maxwell's position that the system was underfunded. This may force Leopold to fund the …
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