Reply to 5/12 County Council Meeting -- Gutting MCPS Budget Request to the Tune of $180M

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the Section G list of the operating budget. You won't find it in the proposed budget - it's created by Council after they vote on the operating budget. So, you can see the list for last year, but not this year.

The Section G list is a list of nonprofits who are to be awarded non-competitive contracts by the County for the upcoming fiscal year. For fiscal year 26, it totaled $131,933,975.

A lot of what is on there is really important. But there is absolutely room for cuts/consolidation/reduction to preserve other essential services. Some examples from the fiscal year 26 budget:

- $2.3 million to promote tourism in the County

- $2.48 million for 2 community media cable channels

- A total of $4.5 million to various nonprofits for coaching and training to small and/or minority business owners.
 
- $61,798 for online real estate information for the  County business community

- $50,605 for outreach to businesses in the Asian-Pacific and Hispanic communities to increase awareness of the various business assistance programs available (so not even the actual assistance)

- $47,206 for promoting economic development between the County and Israel

- A total of $957,315 to various nonprofits for providing legal services to residents involved in removal proceedings.

The above are just from the first 3 pages of the list. Flipping forward several pages (and bypassing all the HHS stuff), I see a total of $700,249 across several nonprofits for tenant education services. Maybe that can be halved? We could record the info sessions and put them online?

$7 million to the Arts and Humanities Council for support of the art community, including grants to artists. Another $400,000 into the public arts trust fund to purchase and maintain artworks in public buildings. Nice to have, sure, but not an essential government service or worth several people losing their jobs.

No one talks about this because Council is loathe to cut the Section G list. The nonprofit community has enormous political sway in Montgomery County. But there's no doubt that there is money to be had, if you look into the details.

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Can you provide a link to Section G? I'm having trouble digging to this document. TIA.[/quote]

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