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		<title>Cecil County Property Values Rise in South County; Home Sellers Benefit, Residents Could Face Higher Tax Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home values rose 9 percent in southern Cecil County and parts of Elkton over the past three years, according to new state property assessments&#8211; reflecting a resurging real estate economy in the county and a blessing for homeowners who suffered major losses in values during the recession that left them with mortgages higher than their property was worth. But the new valuations could mean higher tax bills for some residents. The Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (MDAT) recently issued new property valuations for one-third of Cecil County, covering southern Cecil County and parts of Elkton in an area designated as “Group 1.” One-third of county properties are re-assessed by the state each year, with all properties re-evaluated over a three-year cycle. The new assessments calculated that residential properties rose in value by 9 percent over their last evaluation three years ago, while commercial property values in the area rose by 11.4 percent in the “Group 1” area. Gary Duffy, supervisor of assessments for the Cecil County office of MDAT, told Cecil Times that the Group 1 area of the new assessments covers the south county, including Earleville, Cecilton, and Chesapeake City, plus sectors of Elkton south of I-95 and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commish Split on Pipkin Teacher Pensions Bill; &#8220;Patriots&#8221; Protest Pipkin Mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evolving political split among the Cecil County Commissioners came into play Tuesday when two commissioners tried to get the Board go on record against proposed state legislation, sponsored by state Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36), to transfer some financial responsibility for teacher pensions from the state to the counties. But a three-member majority of the all-Republican board refused to speak out against the Pipkin legislation. At the same time, members of the Cecil County Patriots—the local “tea party” organization that has often been at odds with the political machine led by Pipkin and his ally, Del. Michael D. Smigiel (R-36)—announced plans to testify and protest against the Pipkin pension bill at a hearing in Annapolis on Wednesday 3/2/11. For the second consecutive year, Pipkin has proposed legislation that would transfer responsibility for local teachers’ pensions from the state to local counties. But this year’s version (SB629) includes some mitigating language that would only transfer pension obligations to the counties insofar as the costs are above the median for the state. Pipkin has maintained that his newest proposal would not harm Eastern Shore counties in his district but would force more urbanized counties, such as Montgomery County, to pick up the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Cleanup Plan Worries Cecil County; Towns-County Fight Looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan submitted to federal authorities last December will have “a significant impact on everyone” and the burden of enforcement could be dumped on the counties, Cecil County Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) told fellow commissioners. Moreover, the program could pit the county against its incorporated towns as they vie for allowable wastewater discharge flows. At the Cecil County Commissioners workshop session Tuesday, Hodge voiced “serious, serious concerns” after attending a meeting of Eastern Shore local leaders and environmental officials to discuss the program. Maryland and other states near the Bay are under orders from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reduce nutrient pollution running off into the Bay under a program that sets “maximum daily loads” for pollutants. Maryland submitted its plan in December 2010, and EPA commended the state for its multi-pronged efforts to combat pollution from agriculture, septic and sewage treatment systems, and urban run-off. Governor Martin O’Malley stunned state and local lawmakers a week ago when, in his State of the State message, he advocated legislation—subsequently introduced in the General Assembly—to sharply curtail septic systems in rural areas such as Cecil County. The state’s plan submitted to the EPA in December also included a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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