Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has proposed $60 million in cuts as part of the first effort to address the county’s $120 million operating budget shortfall.
The cuts to Montgomery County Public Schools, county departments and agencies were detailed in a memo Leggett sent to County Council President Hans Riemer on Tuesday.
Leggett’s proposed cuts include:
$25 million from the school system’s budget
$5 million from Montgomery College
$4.3 million from the Department of Health and Human Services
$3.8 million from the police department
$2.6 million from the fire department.
Other agencies’ budgets also are expected to be cut as Leggett seeks to reduce funding for each department by about 2 percent to address the shortfall.
The county’s fiscal 2018 operating budget totals about $5.4 billion.
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