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[quote=Anonymous][quote=ModeratelyMoco][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have the council members staked out positions on this yet?[/quote]

If they are smart they avoid it entirely, since it doesnt need their vote.

In theory it would need full council approval unanimously but since it doesnt- why would they go on record for supporting a huge tax increase?[/quote]

Sorry for asking but can you explain? Do they need to vote for it or not? [/quote]

By law any increase in the property tax requires a unanimous vote by the council, to raise the charter limit.

The one exception is the state allows them to go around this to comply with maintenance of effort for schools funding.   So, a bit of a gray area- but I dont think it needs their vote- and they are probably quite relieved about that.[/quote]

Yea it’s pretty shady because tons of other things are increasing in the budget too but since the increase is just under the increase for MCPS alone, he is making the argument they only need a majority. So much for that charter amendment pushed through with promises of needing an anonymous vote [/quote]

But the council still needs to vote on it, right?  It's just that it's a majority vote.  Elrich cannot do it on his say-so alone, so the council members cannot avoid the issue.[/quote]

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