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		<title>Cecil County Exec Vows Not to Abandon Earleville Boat Ramp and Park; Standing Room Crowd in Cecilton Applauds Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore told a standing room only crowd of about 200 citizens Tuesday evening that her administration will not abandon the Stemmer’s Run boat ramp in Earleville and she will seek state grant funds to build a breakwater, at an unknown cost, in the adjacent Elk River to protect the ramp. It was a public about-face from the earlier presentation to the County Council by her administration that it was considering not renewing a free lease with the state that expires in December. Clyde VanDyke, the county parks and recreation director, had said he was reluctant to spend the $5,000 currently spent per year to mow grassy areas near the ramps, pier and parking lot. After an outpouring of support for continued operations of the boat ramp from local residents and boaters for one of only three public ramps operated by the county, County Council members said they had been privately assured that the ramp would remain open and the lease renewed. But the county administration did not provide a public statement to that effect, and scheduled the meeting for Tuesday evening at the Parklands community meeting room in Cecilton, after moving the site from the tiny [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Ethics Panel Cites Animal Oversight Chair in 4-1 Vote; Dissenter Questions Mind-Readers; Yelton Protests to Council, Exec</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT The former chair of Cecil County’s troubled animal control oversight panel has been found subject to “reprimand” by four members of the county’s Ethics Commission—but it’s a moot point because the chair, Lyn Yelton, already resigned several months ago. A dissenting opinion challenged that conclusion and said other members were trying to punish someone for “what we think someone intended to do,” but didn’t do. The outcome of the ethics panel’s action was also seen as a potentially damaging blow to efforts to get knowledgeable volunteers to serve on various county unpaid advisory panels. And Yelton has appealed for “exoneration” to the County Council and County Executive, over what she called an “outrageous” finding that will have a chilling effect on public discussion of issues and the county’s policies and programs. It was also the latest installment in a troubled history of the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission (ACCOC), which was established under a new county ordinance that was largely written by Mindy Carletti, a veterinarian closely tied to A Buddy for Life, Inc., which currently holds a more than $2.24 million county contract for animal control that the ACCOC is supposed to monitor. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commish Name Two Ethics Panel Members with &#8216;Secret&#8217; Resumes; Panel Supports Broomell Revisions to Ethics Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHH—don’t tell anyone. The Cecil County Commissioners named two new members to the county’s Ethics Commission on Tuesday, but their applications seeking appointment, listing their resumes and why they wanted the post, are a secret. For months, the commish have been having closed door meetings to discuss various appointments to boards and commissions, which they are permitted to do under the state’s Open Meetings Act when debating the relative merits of various candidates. But suddenly, the one word agenda item—“appointments”—appeared on Tuesday’s formal commissioner meeting schedule. In rapid fire action with no verbal or written disclosure to the public of the appointees’ backgrounds or reasons for their selection, the commish approved two new members of the ethics panel: Mike Dixon and Robert Boonstoppel. The appointments were ratified without comment on a 4-member vote, with Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) abstaining. Cecil Times filed a written public information act request to obtain the applications which all candidates for appointments to county boards and commissions must fill out to be considered. However, in a written response from the county attorney, Norman Wilson, we were advised that the applications “should not be disclosed as they are protected under SG Section 10-616 (i) ‘personnel records.’ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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