Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his first Resident's Budget Hearing for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget cycle on Monday, December 13th at 6:00 p.m. This hearing provides residents with an opportunity to make their voices heard, share concerns and provide input on priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. This year's hearing will also cover State COVID-19 Relief funding received for rent and mortgage assistance. The December 13th 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.”
Beginning Monday, November 29th, residents will be able to sign-up ONLINE to speak at the hearing by going to 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.
Please contact the Howard County Office of Budget should you have questions or problems at 410-313-2077 or [email protected].