Executive Summary
The Latest News from County Executive Jan Gardner
Budget Focuses on Making Life Better for People
Today I am proud to unveil my proposed budget for the upcoming year, which features a record investment in education. The budget should reflect our community’s values, so I have focused on what matters most: education, good health, economic prosperity, and equity.
The budget will help Frederick rise, recover and renew. It does so in a fiscally responsive manner. For the seventh straight year, my budget has no tax rate increases.
This budget creates a healthier, stronger, and even better Frederick County. Rise, recover and renew. It is like our shot in the arm – to lift us up and help us overcome, to ensure the delivery of important services both now and into the future, and to make life better for people.
Good news deserves good headlines, so here are the headlines from this year's budget:
Making a Record Investment in Education Funds:
| Jump-Starting the Economy
| Restoring Good Health
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Making a Record Investment in Education
- $21.5 million over the legally required Maintenance of Effort for public education, plus $50 million in school construction and renovation in Year 1 of the Capital Improvement Program;
- $1.5 million for Frederick Community College; and
- $475,000 for Frederick County Public Libraries.
Jump-Starting the Economy
- Invests $1 million in rural broadband.
- Funds an agriculture innovation center feasibility study.
- Supports job seekers and businesses through Workforce Services.
Advancing Equity
| Taking Care of People
| Valuing County Workers
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Advancing Equity
- Improves equity in the workplace.
- Includes $83,000 for AARCH’s Heritage Center.
- Funds economic empowerment programs.
Taking Care of People
- Ensures safe communities by funding contracts for law enforcement, corrections and firefighters.
- Provides $1 million for Community Partnership Grants.
Building a Better Future Constructs new schools, libraries, bridges, and parks in every area of the county. | Protecting Taxpayers
| Rise. Recover. Renew. Together, we move forward with optimism for the brighter days ahead as we RISE, RECOVER AND RENEW. |
Building a Better Future
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