Carroll adopts lean budget

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Carroll commissioners unanimously adopted a $545 million budget for next year, a spending plan trimmed back about 7.5 percent from this year?s $589 million.

The county delayed its budget meetings a few weeks this year until the General Assembly ended its session. Commissioners went into the public meetings in April with the mindset that they would be working with a lean budget without the luxury of adding many new programs.

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