Worcester County's new finance officer-

 

(WGMD)

The Worcester County Commissioners have appointed Ondrea Starzhevskiy to serve as the new finance officer. Starzhevskiy briefly served as deputy finance officer after joining the County’s finance team in August 2025. In her elevated role, Starzhevskiy will lead the Treasurer’s Office. Starzhevskiy has 14 years of accounting expertise, including seven years as a director. Her extensive experience in public-sector finance, strategic budgeting, and intergovernmental coordination align well with the County’s financial leadership goals.

Worcester's bad news/good news?

 

Whoops! Someone forgot to check the Maryland statutes regarding what rates the counties are allowed to impose for their income (or piggyback) tax.

Had that happened, the Worcester County Commissioners would have known two weeks ago that they could not lower the county’s piggyback tax rate from 2.25% on residents’ taxable income to 2%.

The upshot of correcting that mistake is that the county, which was already flush with money because of strong growth in property and income tax revenue, will end up with more money left over than it realized.

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