ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will hold his first Residents’ Budget Hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget cycle on Monday, December 9th at 6:00 p.m. This year’s budget hearing will be held virtually and can be watched live from the County Council’s streaming website. The hearing will be listed under “Upcoming Events.”
Our budget is a reflection of our community’s shared priorities and this hearing provides a wonderful opportunity for our residents to offer input and make their voices heard as we work to develop the County’s FY26 budget. I’m confident that when we work together as a community to set our spending priorities, we will continue to remain resilient to any challenges that might emerge and always come out stronger in the end.
Residents will be able to sign-up ONLINE to speak at the hearing by going to www.howardcountymd.gov/residents-budget-hearing. Speakers must sign-up individually, and one person may not sign-up for several testifiers. Additionally, individual testimony is limited to three minutes and group testimony is limited to five.
From the same link, residents will also have the option to provide online budget testimony; however, residents are reminded that internet testimony is considered public information and, as such, is subject to the Maryland Public Information Act.
If you have any questions and/or problems registering for the Budget Hearing, please contact the Budget Office at 410-313-2077 (voice) or use Relay at 7-1-1, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.