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		<title>Cecil Co Exec Moore Wants More $ for Unbid Animal Control Contract for Her &#8216;Buddies&#039;; Council Budget Snubbed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Cecil County Executive Tari Moore will ask the County Council next week to approve a $24,000 budget increase to give her preferred animal control contractor, A Buddy for Life, Inc., an extra $4,000 a month on their six-month extension of a three year contract. Moore unilaterally extended the Buddies’ contract without Council approval, while she looks for a kennel to buy at an unspecified taxpayer expense, that could be operated by the Buddies. Now she is looking to give the Buddies even more money on their current unbid, unilateral $271,000 six month contract extension, and would take the additional $24,000 out of county reserve funds, according to the text of her proposal to the County Council. Moreover, her proposal is a slap in the face to the County Council, and especially Council President Robert Hodge (R-5), who proposed and won Council approval of a budget cut in the animal control spending account for Fiscal 2016 as part of the Council’s successful efforts to reduce Moore’s spending plans that would have boosted property taxes for the first time in three years. Moore’s latest spending increase proposal also comes at a time when the Buddies have not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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