Understaffing, U.S. Open lead to MontCo overtime spike

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The three Montgomery County agencies that hand out the most overtime pay — the Montgomery County Police Department, Fire and Rescue Services and Department of Transportation — exceeded their overtime budgets last fiscal year, county officials said Tuesday.

Although officials attributed the excess spending to understaffing, they also said the county did not budget for overtime pay for the U.S. Open, which was held in June at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda and required all three agencies to pay staff overtime.

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