Pittman gives budget highlights ahead of meeting with Anne Arundel County Council

Ahead of the public release of Anne Arundel County’s proposed fiscal 2023 budget later this week, County Executive Steuart Pittman says some highlights of the spending plan include holding the line on income and property tax rates and funding new positions in the public schools. Pittman, Budget Officer Chris Trumbauer and others will present the budget to the County Council on Friday. The next step is a series of budget debates and public hearings in the coming weeks. Council members Jessica Haire, an Edgewater Republican, and Amanda Fiedler, an Arnold Republican, said they wouldn’t comment on the released pieces of the budget. They are waiting to see the entire fiscal plan before they weigh in.