The Worcester County Commissioners met Tuesday in their final budget work session before the plan is set to be voted on June 5. Some of the most important decisions made during that meeting included the following.
Pension Shift Figures Finalized
The exact cost of the long dreaded teacher pension shift has been factored into the budget. Coming in at $1,271,561, the cost of the shift for the first year has been added to the Board of Education section of the budget. Originally, Worcester officials feared that the traditionally state-funded teacher pensions would be dumped to an even greater degree onto the laps of individual counties.
Chief Administrator Gerald Mason reminded the commission that pension costs had a “worst case scenario of $2.2 million.”
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Please. The 2 percent salaries they are giving employees will cost the county more than the pension shift will this year. They are raising taxes by 7 cents, just the constant yield. That means that the county cut money from the operating budget;s of the departments somewhere else to be able to fund these raises, the pension shift etc. So the employees get more money but the tax payers get fewer services. Nice. Am I the only one who noticed that?
Okay....I guess it will be like Wicomico County where the Teachers and the Sheriffs are going to get raises and the rest (the small percentage) get nothing. I think very little of an elected official that thinks it is okay to give raises to only a select group. Worcester and Wicomico councils....shame on you.
BTW, the teachers have received nothing in the way of a pay cut, yet the wicomico "regular" employees have had no pay raises for 6 years and furloughs for three.....and the teachers will get raises this year? How is that right? Please someone explain. I think a council person should explain this pretzel logic.
I heard that Fruitland is raising the tax rate 5 cents....can anyone confirm? Not sure if it is just a rumor.
wico needs to do the same!
and then some
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