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Developers and new homebuyers in Carroll County have been granted another reprieve from paying impact fees when constructing and purchasing a new home.

Carroll County government is forging a relationship with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to hire a medical director who will oversee operations for the county’s new Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services.

Carroll County government employees will receive a 10% pay raise starting in August. The pay increase is for the county’s 671 full- and part-time employees and does not include contractual workers.

The design of a new Carroll County Sheriff’s Office headquarters is finally moving forward after the Board of Carroll County Commissioners unanimously approved a $2,562,300 contract Thursday with Manns Woodward Studios, of White Marsh, for architectural and civil engineering design.

Carroll County government employees will receive a 10% pay raise starting in August. The pay increase is for the county’s 671 full- and part-time employees and does not include contractual workers.

Board of Carroll County Commissioners Election Series: There are only two candidates running for the District 4 seat on the board and both are Republicans, meaning the winner will be decided in the July 19 primary.

Carroll County will use about half of the $32.7 million it received from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program, part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, to fund five broadband infrastructure projects, already approved for the county.

The Carroll Board of County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously voted to authorize $6.6 million in bond allocations to Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development’s mortgage program on behalf of the county.

The Carroll Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to adopt a $700.7 million budget for fiscal 2023, which begins July 1. In three additional, but separate votes, the board approved the property tax rate with no increase, water and sewer rates, and solid waste fees.

The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously approved a fiscal 2023 budget Thursday for the public school system, including a $416 million operating budget for its 25,000 students.