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		<title>Cecil County to Get $9.9 million Biden Windfall; County Exec Budget Cuts First Responders Pension $; Capital Budget Fudge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County is about to receive a $9.9 million windfall under the new American Rescue Plan signed into law in March by President Biden but some of County Executive Danielle Hornberger’s budget actions could limit how, and how much, money could be spent to help the county recover from the impacts of the COVID pandemic. At the same time, Hornberger’s proposed Fiscal 2022 budget would reduce allocations to pension funds for first responders, violate budget rules for how capital budget construction costs are allocated, and mislead local residents about her proposals and errors by some of her new political appointees as department heads. Several weeks ago, the National Association of Counties (NACO) did a county-by-county analysis of the American Rescue Plan’s impact on counties around the nation. And those calculations were confirmed in documents released on Monday by the White House, showing that Cecil County will receive a total of $19,948,094 over two years, with the first installment of $9.9 million to be paid this month and the balance paid next year. The state of Maryland will receive $3.7 billion as a one-time payment, plus a special pool of nearly $529,000 that will be available for distribution to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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