ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his second Residents’ Budget Hearing for the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget cycle on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:00 p.m. This year’s budget hearing will be held virtually and can be watched live via Webex, using webinar number 2303 422 0232 and using the password: “password” (72779673 when dialing from a phone or video system).
Our budget is a reflection of our community’s shared priorities and this hearing provides another wonderful opportunity for our residents to learn more about the County budget, offer input and make their voices heard as we work to develop the County’s FY27 budget. I’m confident that when we work together as a community to set our spending priorities, we will weather challenges together come out stronger in the end.
Residents will be able to sign-up ONLINE to speak at the hearing by going to the County’s “Budget Testimony Registration” website. 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 minutes.
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.
If you have any questions and/or problems registering for the Budget Hearing, please contact the Budget Office at 410-313-2077 (voice) or use Relay at 7-1-1, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.