Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is expected to argue the Council president’s budget proposal that fundamentally changes his suggestion to raise taxes at Wednesday’s briefing.
Elrich and Montgomery Council President Natali Fani-Gonzalez are at odds because both aim to raise taxes to sustain the county’s economy, but do so in completely different ways.
“I was quite surprised by this proposal from the Council President proposing dramatic changes to the budget and tax structure,” Elrich wrote in a County Executive Newsletter.
Elrich’s budget proposal from last month includes a property tax increase of 6.3% and an income tax increase by 0.1% to fund Montgomery County Public Schools and other services, while Fani-Gonzalez proposes a bracketed income tax structure by eliminating certain tax credit services.
