Comments on: Cecil CO Budget: Moore’s Last Plan Boosts Employee Pay, Limits School Spending Rise, Taxes Stable; But Reserve Funds Raided Again https://ceciltimes.com/2016/04/cecil-co-budget-moores-last-plan-boosts-employee-pay-limits-school-spending-rise-taxes-stable-but-exec-continues-reserve-funds-raid-for-spending/ News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Jonathan Hart https://ceciltimes.com/2016/04/cecil-co-budget-moores-last-plan-boosts-employee-pay-limits-school-spending-rise-taxes-stable-but-exec-continues-reserve-funds-raid-for-spending/#comment-40993 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:39:55 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=4789#comment-40993 How can anyone looking at this budget be pleased. Again the taxpayers are being taken to the cleaners. Don’t I wish I could get a 5 percent pay raise like the county employees. But then I work in the private business sector and you have to pray every day that you will still have a job tomorrow, not job security for life like the government employees.

And now we have to pay for 8 new county workers to handle the animals and buy a government shelter for $500,000 on top of that. Why didn’t the council get told about this, before Moore made her own decision, without telling anyone how much the total costs will be. Why didn’t Moore tell anyone that there was a much cheaper option on the table– $650,000 for EVERYTHING from a private contractor. So taxpayers wouldn’t have to pay top dollar salaries and benefits and expand the county worker payroll.

If I were a deputy I would be insulted that Tari Moore will pay dog catchers more money than a law enforcement officer who risks his life every day dealing with the criminals in this county. Thanks to Cecil Times for finding this out.

County Council, it should be very clear to you why she would not reveal her animal control budget before the budget submission deadline. Anyone with a half a brain could figure out this is a bad decision.

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