Montgomery County OKs $891M in 2018 spending, warns of 2019 problems
"We can take a deep breath this year, but next year be prepared," said
The looming shortfall on the 2019 horizon is the loss of
"Every county in the state and every transit authority is wrestling with the loss of this Medicaid managed care sales tax," said
The 2018 budget of
"There are increases in every programmatic area, and those increases are driven primarily by our staff aggressively pursuing the maximum amount of grant funding that we can receive," said
As required by law, the 2018 budget is balanced, Tuss said. Almost half of the budget,
The number of budgeted positions is down 16 from 2017 to 4,366, but health insurance is coming at a greater cost per employee, Tuss said.
"We continue to really hold the line in terms of maintaining staffing levels that are consistent with the right-sizing of the organization was forced to do in 2011 and 2012 as part of the Great Recession," he said. "Any new positions either require a revenue offset or some additional revenue to be brought into the system."
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