A representative from the school system was not present when Council member George Leventhal inquired if anyone from MCPS wanted to provide input to the council before the vote.

The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday for guidelines that cut bond issuances by $40 million incrementally over a period of four years.

The move by the council is a step toward limiting growing debt-service payments the county is paying on the current $3.5 billion in bonds that fund capital projects such as school construction and new government buildings in the county.

The county pays about $394 million in debt service each year, which is more than the county pays for all but two departments using the county’s $5.4 billion annual operating budget...

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