News Analysis It was the virtual swan song of the Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday, at their last full-scale business meeting before the transition to Charter government that begins on 12/3/12, but there were also several shades of the Charter ahead—including a proposal for a highly-compensated Council “manager” and complaints by some members of the...
Read more »
Tags: Al Wein, cecil county, Cecil Times, charter, county commissionere, county executive, Diana Broomell, election, Elkton, ethics, Ethics Commission, government, Republican, Robert Hodge, Route 222, Tari Moore, valerie falcioni, Walt Rozanski
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elections, Elkton, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized, women | 5 Comments »
The Cecil County Commissioners have drafted a $169 million proposed budget for Fiscal 2013 that would freeze public schools funds at the current level, give a 1 percent cost-of-living raise to county employees and set property taxes at the “constant yield” rate. But since overall revenues from income taxes and property taxes paid to...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", ambulance, budget, cecil county, cecil county public schools, Cecil county schools, Cecilton, constant yield, detention center, fire companies, General Assembly, government, Hollywood casino, impact aid, Perryville, property tax, revenues, Richard Brooks, Sheriff, taxes, teacher pension, volunteer fire company
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, education, Elkton, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | 11 Comments »
A citizen’s budget advisory committee urged Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday to impose a hiring freeze for most county employee positions, keep the county schools budget at the current level, and reject a proposal for a limited county-operated ambulance service. The report also urged opening up community services all over the county to receipt of...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", ambulance, budget, cecil county, Cecil county schools, citizens budget advisory, Deputies, government, Jim Butkiewicz, maintenance of effort, public schools, Richard Brfooks, school funding, Sheriff, spending, tax, Volunteer fire companies
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, county commissioner, education, politics, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Michael W. Dawson Answers GOP Casting Call Michael W. Dawson, who ran as the Constitution Party candidate for state Delegate in Dist. 34B last fall, is returning to the Republican Party fold and has answered the “casting call” of the local GOP Central Committee that is seeking to fill a vacant seat on the...
Read more »
Tags: "Mike Smigiel", Baltimore Orioles, batting average, cecil chatter, cecil county, Cecil County Republican Central Committee, Cecil Times, Ceciltimes.com, Cecilton, Central Committee, commissioners, county commissioner, GOP, government, Michael Smigiel, Michael W. Dawson, Mike Dawson, Nancy Schwerzler, Robert Hodge, Route 213, Royal Farms, Smigiel
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Michael Smigiel, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Tea Party, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
