# Nov 10, 2026 - Council Session (PM)

Montgomery County Council session, November 10, 2026 (meeting metadata is dated November 11 UTC). The Council unanimously approved several FY2027 capital-budget actions: transferring $7,290,637 in Montgomery County Public Schools project funds to its liquidated-surplus account; transferring $2 million to the Burtonsville Elementary School replacement project, along with an additional HVAC/mechanical-systems transfer whose amount is garbled in the transcript; approving a $185,000 Alcohol Beverage Services retail-store refresh funded by contributions; and approving $1,172,127 for General Services energy conservation funded by utility incentives. The Council also approved a special tax for the Viva White Oak development district. No vendor was identified for these capital items.

The Council held public hearings, but did not take final action, on FY2027 supplemental operating-budget requests scheduled for committee review on November 18. These included $1.2 million for services for high-need Medicaid clients; $486,000 for behavioral-health services; $885,000 for emergency-shelter custodial services; $619,000 for adult-only shelter services, with a proposed noncompetitive-contract designation for Rainbow Place Shelter; $487,000 for Care for Kids and senior dental programs; $220,000 for the Immigrant Services Corps; $500,000 for Lighthouse Immigration Legal Services; and $170,000 for Kids in Need of Defense, with a proposed noncompetitive-contract designation. Testimony cited the Immigrant Services Corps’ potential to leverage $550,000 in state funding. Separately, the Council enacted a bill requiring short-term-rental platforms to verify county licenses and barring payment processing for unlicensed rentals; it requires an electronic verification system and takes effect July 1, 2027.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Education
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** November 11, 2026

### Sources
- [Nov 10, 2026 - Council Session (PM)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Y-J5OZqkc) - MoCoCouncilMD