<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2HHIhq_0vkXWChD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2HHIhq_0vkXWChD00" width="1320" height="743" >Baltimore County officials are coming under scrutiny for the purchase of a building to house county agencies. The deal includes a purchase of a downtown Towson office building for $5.8 million and the rehabilitation of that same building for $7.5 million.the issue now that officials did not follow up with their promises about the building being “move-in” ready and that expensive renovations would be a deal breaker.This Morning Fox 45 Spoke with David Williams with the Taxpayers Protection Alliance to discuss where this money is coming from and if there is another way the agencies could be moved without the high cost.Williams told us the cost is on the Baltimore County and that 13 million dollars have already been put towards the building which never should have happened."there are a lot of questions about transparency whether the county needed to spend this money and the county council is saying "you never told us about the renovations, you only told us about the purchase". Williams said.He also went on to say "the county is having serious financial issues right now and actually they are looking to borrow Six hundred million dollars just to pay some bills for next year".</div></body>

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Taxpayers question Baltimore County's costly building renovations

Baltimore County officials are coming under scrutiny for the purchase of a building to house county agencies. The deal includes a purchase of a downtown Towson office building for $5.8 million and the rehabilitation of that same building for $7.5 million. the issue now that officials did not follow up...