Maryland General Assembly’s 90-Day Session Begins Jan. 11
Rockville’s 2017 state legislative priorities include calls for more state aid for school construction, youth and senior services and for the permanent restoration of state aid for road maintenance.
Under priorities approved by the Mayor and Council in June, and presented by Council-member Julie Palakovich Carr to the Montgomery County Delegation on Nov. 16, the city will advocate for:
- Increased school construction funding from the state to address overcrowded and aging Montgomery County Public School facilities in Rockville and across the county.
- Permanent restoration of municipal Highway User Revenue funding. The state provided one-time restorations in the aid, used for road maintenance and small infrastructure improvement projects, over the past four fiscal years.
- Payment of fees by county, state and state institutions, including school systems and colleges, for stormwater management services provided to government facilities in Rockville.
- Enhanced senior programs and services. Rockville’s senior population is 11,900 residents, which is 18 percent of the city’s population.
- The preservation of Maryland Youth Service Bureau funding. Rockville’s Community Services Division is a youth service bureau that is partially funded by the state. It provides prevention and intervention services to at-risk youth.
- A fair and reasonable municipal tax duplication system, in which counties reimburse municipalities for providing certain services, such as road and bridge maintenance.
The 2017 state legislative session runs from Jan. 11-April 10 in Annapolis. For more details on these state legislative priorities, contact Linda Moran at [email protected] or 240-314-8115.