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		<title>Cecil Co Exec Hornberger Budget Gives Penny Property Tax Cut, State Minimum to Schools; Deputies Get “Blue Ribbon” but No ‘Green’ Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 23:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Danielle Hornberger (R) submitted her proposed Fiscal 2023 budget to the County Council on 4/1/2022, providing a penny cut on the property tax rate, the minimum state-required aid level for county schools and Cecil College, and a “Blue Ribbon Commission” to look at law enforcement pay scales—but no extra pay beyond their current bare bones union contract. The one indication that Hornberger may have begun listening to upset county residents was her attempt to make up in part for her Fiscal 2022 assault on the county public libraries, which suffered the deepest cuts of any agency in the current budget. That policy forced major cutbacks in public services&#8211; while also making library staff the only county employees to receive no cost of living pay raises this budget year. While other county employees received 1.5 percent COLAs last summer and up to an additional 6 percent in the past few months, library workers would belatedly get a 6 percent COLA effective 7/1/2022—but they would still be behind other county workers who will get another 1.5 percent COLA in July on top of their FY22 pay boosts. The County Council begins its review of the budget on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Councilor Jackie Gregory Violated Ethics Code, Commission Finds; Stops Teaching in Schools Under Panel Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Council member Jackie Gregory (R-5) violated county ethics rules with “an appearance of a conflict of interest” by holding a job as a substitute teacher for county schools at the same time as she served on the County Council and voted on school budgets and appropriations, according to a report by the county Ethics Commission. Gregory, who is seeking re-election to her County Council seat in District 5 in the 6/2/2020 Republican primary election, has repeatedly contended in campaign statements and flyers that the ethics probe of her conduct was politically motivated and an attempt by County Executive Alan McCarthy to silence her. In fact, last November it was Gregory herself who first disclosed her work as a substitute teacher and expressed her defiance of county ethics and Charter rules. It was not until over a month later – on 12/9/2019&#8211;that a private citizen filed a complaint with the Ethics Commission, the report said. The Commission’s report also stated that “It is worth noting that no evidence was presented to the commission that the complaint was filed with any political or personal malice.” Gregory herself disclosed her work as a substitute teacher for CCPS, while also serving as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Budget: Virus &#8220;Crisis&#8221; and Revenue Uncertainty Shape Budget; County Exec Avoids Raid on Emergency Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy admits putting together the Fiscal 2021 county budget was a bit like being in a hurricane bunker while hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc with the state and local economy won’t overwhelm the fiscal safety measures he installed over the past three years that could help the county weather the storm. “I must say it is by far the most difficult budget my staff and I have ever put forward,” McCarthy said Wednesday (4/1/2020) in presenting his proposals during a Facebook live teleconference. “We are in the midst of a crisis none of us has ever experienced before.” He said that he and his staff had to rewrite the budget substantially in the past two weeks, as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded and Gov. Larry Hogan took escalating steps to shut down most businesses in the state, leading to his most recent “stay home” order to all but essential services workers. The new county budget proposal freezes property tax rates and income tax rates at current levels and the county executive has included a new property tax credit for senior citizens to give them up to a 20 percent break on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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