RIVERDALE – The last few years have been fiscally tight for the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC).
Property taxes make up nearly 85 percent of the Prince George’s County Planning Board’s budget, said John Kroll, the budget manager for the organization. With the housing market recovering slowly after its bubble burst, revenue for parks and recreation is lagging behind countywide needs and expenditures.
Last week, the planning board hosted the second of two public hearings on the fiscal year (FY) 2018 planning budget. A little more than a dozen residents spoke at the hearing, though they and M-NCPPC staff filled the hearing room at the organization’s county headquarters in Riverdale.
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