Putting aside the self-funded 2013 study Ocean City uses as a benchmark to claim $17 million in duplicated services, the Worcester County government has approved a nearly $30,000 expenditure to fund its own study to determine the nature of any duplicated services between the resort and surrounding county.
The issue isn’t new — the resort has been after a tax differential for at least a decade and has requested one every year in lieu of a grant, which is the county’s preferred method to redistribute tax revenue to municipalities.
Last year marked the first change in the discussion in a long time, when Ocean City proposed a graduated increase in the grant amount relative to percentages of returned tax income instead of a differential, but neither request was granted.
On Tuesday, the county commissioners approved the high bid of $29,960 from Bethesda’s TischlerBise consultants to conduct the study over a period of 90 days.
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Good for them. The Ocean City Police Department needs to be absorbed into the Worcester County Sheriffs Office. The same goes for Ocean Pines, Pocomoke and Snow Hill. There is no need for 5 police departments in Worcester County. Dissolve the municipal PD's and use their buildings as sub stations.
Wicomico County and Somerset County should do the same thing.
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