Although not officially adopted, the Ocean City Council concluded a recent series of public meetings on the $138 million fiscal 2020 budget with a wrap-up meeting on Tuesday.
In the wrap-up, council members discussed lingering topics and made some changes to the budget, although the bottom-line impact is not yet known.
Budget hearings began April 2 and the fiscal document is to set to be finalized next month. A first reading is scheduled May 6 and a second reading is scheduled May 20.
Items discussed during the wrap up included:
Tram fare increase
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$8 for a 30-45 minute round trip tram ride? Count me out.
ReplyDelete$6 was bad enough.
Greed will kill the Trams.
Just don't go
ReplyDeleteA lot better other places to go
Even though Maryland has a Republican Governor it appears to me that the State is actually Democrat with talks of raising taxes. Now that is scary since the Eastern Shore has only 2 things going for it - chicken farms and OC. Now taxes
ReplyDeleteCorrection 5:13, Maryland has a RINO governor
DeleteThey are only raising fees and taxes because they have run out of money. No other choice!
ReplyDeleteOcean City, like most municipalities is a net loss venture. It has to rely on state and federal funds to stay afloat. Our communities have become unaffordable. We have unfunded liabilities, our societal infrastructure is crumbling.
ReplyDeleteThere are simply too many people riding in the cart and not enough pushing anymore. Too many takers, not enough makers. We have reached a productivity critical mass.
Raise the rate to park, raise the rates to ride. Don't come to OC and think the city isn't going to fleece you for every dollar that they can. All to pay overpriced salaries to year round employees in a five month resort town. I quit going there years ago. The Baltimorons can have it. Over 250K people on one 10 mile island is a stupid place to go for a vacation. From what? There is no R&R at a placed that is packed with nowhere to park (except for an exorbitant fee), and lines to spend money to do anything, anywhere on the island. They have commercialized a summer retreat into a monster that is all about sucking every last dollar from your pocket and credit card accounts. Yep, Baltimorons can have it. Actually, they deserve it. It's their monster.
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