Budget Amendment Proposed For Howard County To Cover Flooding

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman is submitting a budget amendment to cover the costs from Ellicott City’s deadly flash flooding in July.
If passed, it would allow the past year’s budget surplus to cover the costs from the flood response and recovery.
The proposal suggests the county’s budget surplus cover $5.9 million going to county departments to cover costs related to the flood, and another $1.7 million would go to flood mitigation pro