Howard County Resident's Budget Hearing Planned For Dec. 9

Ellicott City MD

20 November, 2020

11:40 AM

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HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his first resident's budget hearing for the fiscal year 2022 budget cycle on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. This year's budget hearing will be held virtually and can be watched live from the County Council's streaming website; the hearing will be listed under "upcoming events." "This year has been unprecedented in many ways, and our upcoming budget season will be no exception. The ongoing pandemic has caused serious economic consequences and challenges for our fiscal outlook," Ball said. "Especially now, we want to hear from our residents. This is a wonderful opportunity to make your voice heard, share your concerns, and provide input on priorities for the upcoming fiscal year." Starting Nov. 25, residents will be able to sign up online to speak at the hearing by visiting www.howardcountymd.gov/budgettestimony. Speakers must sign up individually and one person may not sign up for several testifiers. Additionally, individual testimony is limited to three minutes and group testimony is limited to five. Speakers who have a document or record they wish to submit with their testimony are asked to email the file to [email protected], with "budget testimony" in the subject line. From the same link, residents will also have the option to provide online budget testimony; however, residents are reminded that internet testimony is considered public information and, as such, is subject to the Maryland Public Information Act.