The Baltimore County Council is planning on making just one cut to County Executive Johnny Olszewski’s $5 billion budget, and it’s an indication that the council remains split over whether voters should decide if the body should expand from seven to nine members.
At a budget hearing Thursday, the council decided on a 5-2 vote to slice in half the $1.2 million Olszewski had requested to plan for two new members.
Deborah Shindle, the county’s property management chief, told the council that adding two new offices to the current space “could be a challenge so we need to look at that holistically.”
She added, “It could involve as you add walls and offices, HVAC, electric, all of those functions.”
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