FY27 Operating Budget and FY27-32 Capital Improvements Program
Montgomery County
Summary
The council's final wrap-up worksessions on the FY27 operating budget and FY27-32 capital program were postponed, delaying the county's spending decisions. Taxes, services, and construction projects all hang on these numbers.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jun 11, 2026.
Impact analysis
The FY27 budget sets county spending and services for the coming year, and the CIP funds roads, schools, and facilities.
Residents gain from a council that takes extra time to get the budget right before final votes.
Homeowners lose the $692 tax credit, and departments and nonprofits didn't get full funding requests.
Mentions & discussions (7)
GO Committee Worksession - Jun 11, 2026
The six-year fiscal plan locks in the projections from the budget the council just adopted — but it also shows FY28 will be tighter and liquid reserves are thin after January's ~$50 million snow cleanup. The committee wants a fall review of how the rainy-day fund and general reserves are balanced.
Council Session - May 21, 2026
The council formally adopted the county's FY27 operating and capital budgets for county government, schools, Montgomery College, parks, housing, and the Revenue Authority. This sets funding levels for nearly everything the county does next year. Most votes were unanimous, but the operating budget passed 9-2.
Council Session - May 15, 2026
The council approved a roughly $6.9 billion FY27 operating budget in straw vote, but members from both camps warned that relying on one-time money for recurring costs leaves a projected $293 million hole for next year. Homeowners lose the $692 income tax offset credit, while about 95% of wage earners get an income tax cut under the new progressive structure.
Council Session - May 14, 2026
The council's final wrap-up worksessions on the FY27 operating budget and FY27-32 capital program were postponed, delaying the county's spending decisions. Taxes, services, and construction projects all hang on these numbers.
Council Session - Apr 21, 2026
A $417.6 million six-year gap separates what the council's affordability guidelines assume and what the County Executive's bond plan funds. Overcoming it would take eight or more council votes, and $172 million of projects have already been trimmed. Schools, roads and other construction priorities are on the line.
Council Session - Feb 9, 2026
The capital budget and CIP decide which construction and infrastructure projects — schools, roads, parks, facilities — get funded over the next six years. Residents testified at both hearings; final decisions come during budget worksessions.
GO Committee Worksession - Jan 29, 2026
The County Executive's recommended six-year capital plan issues $390 million more in bonds than the Council's spending-affordability rules allow, leaving an estimated $633 million gap. Projects the Executive cut or deferred to balance the plan could come back before the Council — making the gap even bigger.
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