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		<title>Cecil County Council OK&#8217;s $140K for Animal Overspending, Questions Cat Overload; Another Ordinance Ordeal Looms?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 23:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS The Cecil County Council has approved a $140,000 budget boost in the current fiscal year to cover overspending by the county’s Animal Services agency, despite questions about a massive intake of cats under a policy that is not consistent with county or state laws. And new calls for review of county animal law raise the specter of a re-play of a previous three-year bitter fight over the current law that featured fierce opposition by cat advocates to any regulations of owned cats or feral cat colonies. On a unanimous 5-0 vote in Elkton on Tuesday (5/7/2019), the County Council approved the budget amendment to transfer funds in the current fiscal year, drawn from budget “reserve” fund accounts that are supposed to be off-limits to routine spending. The Animal Services overspending was signaled, at a lower level of nearly $67,000, in the county’s budget estimates report for the second quarter of the current Fiscal 2019 budget year in a report to the Council issued in early February. But that early warning was not flagged for the Council at the time and members indicated they felt blindsided by the new $140,000 budget amendment thrown at them a few weeks ago. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Animal Services Overspends Budget, Asks $140K from Reserve Funds; Choice Between Cat Kibble or Ambulance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County’s Animal Services agency is overspending its current Fiscal 2019 budget and is asking for an infusion of $140,000 immediately, drawn from a county fiscal reserve fund that is supposed to be off-limits for current spending. In addition, the agency is seeking a 41.7 percent operating budget boost in the proposed fiscal 2020 budget and adding 2.5 full-time-equivalent workers to its payroll—the highest number of any unit of county government. The full cost of the county’s animal services program is not even reflected in its own budget, with operations and maintenance costs of its Chesapeake City facility buried in an overall county property management account and its vehicle replacement costs shifted into the countywide vehicle “fleet” account. In the new Fiscal 2020 budget, Animal Services is seeking a 41.7 percent increase in its operating budget, bringing those costs to $1,097,415. In addition, maintenance of the shelter is budgeted separately at $64,565, a 21.2 percent increase over the current budget year. The total request amounts to $1,161,980. But even before the County Council reviews the new budget, Councilors are now being asked to make a significant transfer of funds in the current fiscal [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>County Seizes 63 Animals, Citing &#8220;Neglect;&#8221; Questions on Animal Services Lack of Kennel Inspections, County Oversight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 01:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report Cecil County’s government-operated Animal Services agency recently raided two locations, in Elkton and Rising Sun, and took into custody 63 animals as part of an investigation of alleged animal “neglect” by a non-profit animal rescue organization, according to county officials. But there are many unanswered questions about licensing and inspection of “rescues” and kennels by the county animal agency, including information provided to CECIL TIMES contending that many kennels were not inspected or licenses issued in 2018 as required by county law. CECIL TIMES had arranged in advance a telephone conference call to discuss kennel license and inspection issues, including the “rescue” raided by the county, for Tuesday afternoon with key county officials, including Abigail Bingham, the animal services director, and her boss, David Trolio, the Community Services and transit head, and county attorney Jason Allison. But Allison abruptly cancelled the call via email 15 minutes before it was due to start, saying that no discussion would be allowed and only written questions would be considered for response at a future date. He stated that the “ongoing investigation” of the rescue group precluded any discussion of the matter. But in subsequent emails, he declined to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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