The League pointed out that Moody’s, one of the three credit rating agencies, already has downgraded that credit rating to AA-1, based in part on the county’s borrowing to pay for operating costs such as pensions.
“We cautioned against this practice in our comments on the 2013 budget,” Sharon Lindsay, League president said in a release, “and yet the County continues to rely on a funding device that could snowball into the future. It is unsustainable.”
Moody’s cited the county’s limited liability and increasingly depleted reserve fund, concerns shared by the league.
The statement also noted that there is no increase in department personnel and some deletions in key departments, including environmental areas.
The League repeated its plea for an earlier release of the budget to give the Board of Legislators and the public more time to review it, and for the board to make and publicize its additions and deletions.
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