![]() ![]() ![]() Patoka said, “We’re out at community meetings every single evening and so we hear about needs and I would love to be able to address some of those needs directly as a council member.” The county charter stipulates that the council can only cut his proposed budget.Ī majority of council members, including Democrat Izzy Patoka who represents District 2, would like the council to have more say over how money is spent. The county executive holds nearly all of the budgetary cards. There is a debate over whether the council and executive should have more authority or whether that could lead to both political and fiscal disaster. The Baltimore County Council holds its annual public hearing on the budget Tuesday night.īut in reality, the seven council members have little power over County Executive Johnny Olszewski’s nearly $5 billion spending plan. ![]()
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