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Some council members concerned about balance of budget for next year

Some council members concerned about budget proposal for next year Officials push back on federal aid assumptions, employee raises April 15, 2021 | 8:32 am April 15, 2021 File photo As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to chip away at the economy, Montgomery County officials are looking ahead to financial uncertainties of the next fiscal year. Although tax-supported revenues are expected to grow by 0.8%, County Executive Marc Elrich proposed a budget for fiscal year 2022 that is about a 5% increase from the current fiscal year’s budget. The next fiscal year begins on July 1. During a briefing on the budget with the County Council on Tuesday, staff members discussed key points of the recommended $6.7 billion spending plan.

Montgomery County Council approves limits, guidance for summer camps

Officials want to look ahead at parameters for summer sports April 13, 2021 | 3:30 pm File photo Montgomery County summer camps can open up registration to residents of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., after the County Council unanimously approved guidance and limits. The council on Tuesday approved several restrictions for camp operations, including requiring that participants be separated into groups of 25 for indoor activities and 50 for outdoor activities. Other restrictions include : ● Members from a group can’t mix with members of a different group at the camp ● Each camp must have a COVID Protocol Plan approved by Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer, or his designee

Council calls for hearing to review police treatment of 5-year-old boy

County leaders want to examine policy, learn how officers were disciplined March 31, 2021 | 6:16 pm April 1, 2021 Body cam footage of the incident This story was updated at 3:03 p.m. on April 1, 2021, to include comments from the Fraternal Order of Police and clarify details of the disciplinary process. Montgomery County officials want a hearing to look at county police discipline and procedures after a video showed two officers accosting, handcuffing and screaming at a 5-year-old boy last year. In the 51-minute video of body camera footage, which police released on Thursday, two officers can be seen and heard accosting the child on Jan. 14, 2020. The boy had walked away from his class at East Silver Spring Elementary School.

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