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by Erin Cunningham Staff Writer
Although not all Maryland counties have released budget requests for fiscal 2011, those that have are expected to spend what they did about two years ago — or in some cases, less….
In Garrett County, officials are considering a $69 million budget — a 30-percent reduction from fiscal 2009’s $99 million spending plan.
County Administrator Monty Pagenhardt said the county will defer several large projects to reduce spending. Sixteen of the county’s 375 employees are retiring, and those positions will not be filled, he said.
“We’ve told people not to submit projects they want in the budget,” Pagenhardt said. “We would not have the money to fund them.”
The story is the same statewide, and many do not expect fiscal 2012 to be much better.
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