FY2021 Adopted Budget

FY2021 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

County Administrative Services efficiency retrofits in County buildings and residences, manages a Property Assessed Clean Energy Loan program, implements Climate and Energy initiatives of the Livable Frederick Comprehensive Plan, and more. The Watershed Management Section of this Office works to identify water quality problems from the storm sewer system discharges to watersheds in Frederick County and to correct these water quality problems. This work includes GIS data collection, water quality monitoring, special studies and reporting, stream restoration projects, stormwater management facility retrofits, and the reduction of untreated urban impervious areas by twenty percent. Regulatory compliance programs including management of the mandatory National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit and reporting as well as industrial stormwater discharge permits on county facilities and compliance with Total Maximum Daily Load regulations for polluted waterbodies.

This Office is fostering the long-term ability to provide an excellent quality of life for citizens, a thriving economy for businesses and jobs, and conservation of important resources. Sustainability means that the needs of the present and the needs of the future both have weight. A sustainability framework requires that decisions are made that give consideration to the economy, society, and environment. Sustainable Frederick County 7KLV 1HZ )UDPHZRUN IRU 6XVWDLQDELOLW\ RSHUDWHV XQGHU WKH ³6XVWDLQDEOH )UHGHULFN &RXQW\´ EDQQHU 7KLV )UDPHZRUN SURYLGHV DQ LQWHUQDO JXLGH WR WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ RI WKH &RXQW\¶V VXVWDLQDELOLW\ SURJUDP ,W LQFOXGHV D YLVLRQ for the sustainability program, discussion of guidance related to sustainability, focus areas for the program (practices, policies, and partnerships), and an implementation plan to measure short-term progress.

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