FY27 - CA Budget Presentation

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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S

PROPOSED FY2027 BUDGET

March 24, 2026 Todd R. Mohn, County Administrator

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS- REVENUES

FY2027

$209.4 million 12.0% increase from last year $234.5 million

• Income Tax Revenue - Projected to grow by 5.5% from FY2026

estimates.

• Property Tax Revenue - Projected to grow by 4.6% from FY2026

estimates.

• New Tax Revenue- Short-term rental permitting and tax collection

program; increases of over $100 thousand in revenue.

• All tax rates - Proposed to remain the same.

⚬ Property Tax Rate $0.83/$100 of assessed value Income and property tax make up ⚬ Income Tax Rate 3.2% 86.1% of total revenue. 2

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS - EXPENDITURES

Board of State Seven Employees Education Pass-Downs Capital New Positions Funded at $9.3 million above FY26 Teacher Pensions; State Potentially More: 7 new Funding for employee Paygo funding to appropriation. Includes Assessment Office at full-timepositions to recruitment and retention Capital Projects at state pass -down of $73k; Chesapeake support additional second actions, including 3% cost $7.7million

$644kteacher College Pensions at $47k Circuit Court judge. of living allowance and pensions. (Pending state legislation) (Pending state legislation.) pay for performance.

FY2027

BOARD OF EDUCATION

State

APPROPRIATIONS

Funds

HISTORY AND FORECAST

State Funding for Fiscal Year 2027 $45,027,977 *$3,472,023 less than original state Kirwan Funding Plan in

FY27

$12 million less than original state Kirwan Funding Plan FY22through FY27 4

BOARD OF EDUCATION

County

APPROPRIATIONS

Funds

HISTORY AND FORECAST

County Funding for Fiscal Year 2027 $91,429,260 *8,864,767 above Maintenance of Effort Does not include full $1.3 million teacher pension liability state may be passing to the County.

LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS

Queen Anne’s FORECAST County MOE Forecast

FY 2025 -75.1

FY2026 -75.1

FY2027 -75.1

FY2028 -75.3

FY2029 -78.0

FY2030-85.5

FY2031-89.6

91.4

FY2032-93.1

FY2033-97.9

FY2034-101.3

This year we will be above where the state expectsus to be after FY31 6

FY2027

PROPOSED

REVENUE BY

SOURCE

FY2027

BUDGETED

REVENUES

EXPENSES BY FUNCTION

FY2027

Board of Education -42.8% Public Safety -22.4% Public Works -6.9% County Administration –5.4% Other Agencies -5.1% Community Services -2.5% Parks and Recreation -3.3% Planning & Zoning -1.4% Gen Govt Debt Svc -3.1% Other Expenses -7.1% 9

FY2027

BUDGETED

EXPENDITURES

FY2027

BUDGETED

EXPENDITURES

CONTINUED

FY2027

BUDGETED

EXPENDITURES

CONTINUED

FY2027

BUDGETED

EXPENDITURES

CONTINUED

FY2027

WHAT

CHANGED?

FY26 TO FY27

FY2027

REAL

PROPERTY TAX

RATES BY

COUNTY

*Queen Anne’s County is fourth lowest property tax rate in the state.

ENHANCEMENTS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

FUNDED

REQUESTED

Aging $77,088 Board of Education $9,344,041 Chesapeake College $190,923 Circuit Court $91,067 16

ENHANCEMENTS

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

REQUESTED FUNDED

DES - Communications $110,595 17

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

ENHANCEMENTS

FUNDED

REQUESTED

Elections $67,935 Extension Services $15,720

FEC $311,128

Housing Authority $89,947 18

ENHANCEMENTS

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

REQUESTED FUNDED

Intergovernmental $73,000 Library $204,612 Parks $99,530 19

ENHANCEMENTS

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

REQUESTED FUNDED

Sanitary $119,127 Total Total Requested Funded $16,222,016 $10,794,713 20

FY2027

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS - CAPITAL

Board of Emergency Chesapeake UMMS Regional Education Services College Hospital Funding for design of Funding for Motorola new Centreville Middle Funding for Queen Console upgrade, School, HVAC Anne’s Technical ambulance, radio replacement at KES & Building construction. $5 million over 4 years, subscriber replacement, FY25 through FY28 CES, roof replacement Total 3-year project public safety network,

at KES, paving KIHS, cost is $56.4 million of replacement of bus replacements, which Queen Anne’s protective gear and furniture replacements share is $4.1 million.

other projects.

and other projects. Other funding from 4 Does not include $7.0 mid-shore counties and million from state. state.

$16.4 Million $2.9 Million $3.0 Million $1.25 Million 21

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS - CAPITAL

Housing Volunteer Fire Roads Animal Services Authority Companies Major repairs and Funding for a pedestrian Funding for purchase of Funding for design of maintenance for Fisher bridge crossing US apparatus and facility new Animal Services Manor, Riverside 50/301 constructionat the 9 Shelter and Adoption Estates, Grasonville (85% Grant Funded) local VFDs. Center Terrace, Terrapin Grove, Foxxtown, and

Scattered Sites Housing. May receive some CDBG funding.

$1.4 Million $0.8 Million $0.3 Million $3.1 Million 22

FY2027

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS - CAPITAL

Parks Recreation General Services Information and Engineering Technology Funding for South Funding for land Funding for renovations Funding for IT Island trail, capital acquisition, design and of Historic infrastructure and other equipment, athletic contract development of Courthouseand technology projects.

field work and other new Recreation Center renovations to other projects. County facilities.

$2.7 Million $10.5 Million $5.1 Million $0.5 Million 23

FY2027

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS - CAPITAL

Roads Southern Kent Sudlersville WWTP Marling Farms / Island Sewer Dominion Sewer ENR Improvements Funding for systems System Phases Extension preservation including III and IV Funding to install a Funding for the planned asphalt overlays, bridge Post Anoxic Reactor Includes Queen Anne connection of Marling maintenance, rehab, tank to meet nitrogen Colony, Kentmorr, Farms subdivision and and capital equipment. discharge permit goals.

Chesapeake Estates, Dominion community, Includes $550,000 Sunny Isle of Kent, located south of Md Rt revenue from special Batts Neck/Normans 552 in Chester, to public benefit assessments.

and Matapeake Estates sewer.

$5.0 Million $4.8 Million $3.0 Million $0.5 Million 24

FY2027

CAPITAL BUDGET BY FUNDING SOURCE

FY2027

CAPITAL BUDGET BY FUNCTION

FY2027 Golf Course 0.5% 26 6 Year Capital Budget 27 6 Year Capital Budget 28 6 Year Capital Budget 29 6 Year Capital Budget 30 6 Year Capital Budget 31 6 Year Capital Budget 32

UPCOMING DATE

CONSIDERATIONS

•Work Sessions – March 26, 31 & April 9 •County Commissioners’ Budget Release – April 29 •Public Information Meetings – May 18, 19 & 20 •Work Session – June 2 (if needed) •Budget Adoption – June 9 33