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		<title>COMMENTARY: Cecil County Charter Amendments on Election Ballot&#8211; NO on Questions A and D; YES on Questions B and C</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/10/commentary-cecil-county-charter-amendments-on-election-ballot-no-on-questions-a-and-d-yes-on-questions-b-and-c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY In this year’s election, Cecil County voters are being asked to decide four local ballot questions on whether to overhaul some key provisions of the county’s new Charter form of government. The proposed changes would alter the county budget process and in some cases tilt the balance of power toward the County Executive in key fiscal matters. Consequently, Cecil Times urges voters to carefully consider these four local ballot questions, and recommends adoption of two, and rejection of two other, Charter amendments for the following reasons: QUESTION A— Question A asks voters to re-arrange the schedule&#8211; and in many ways tilt a balance of power&#8211; for drafting the annual budget by the County Executive and review and deliberations by citizens and the County Council. In essence, the proposal gives the Executive more time to draft her budget while citizens and the County Council get two fewer weeks than under the current schedule. The Charter amendment would allow the County Executive to delay submission of her budget to the Council from the current March 1 until April 1 each year. That gives the County Executive an extra month to prepare her budget. (A separate Charter amendment, Question B, on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Exec Proposes Charter Changes to Give Her More Time&#8211;and a Heavy Hammer&#8211; on Budget; Cuts Time For County Council, Citizen Input</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY Cecil County Executive Tari Moore has proposed the first changes to the county’s governing Charter, adopted by voters in 2010, that would give her an extra month to draft her annual budget but would cut two weeks from the time that the County Council, citizens, and a budget advisory panel would have to review her proposals. In addition, under an amendment to her initial proposals that was offered on Tuesday 7/8/14, Moore would mandate a fiscal hammer: if the County Council failed to adopt a budget by a new June 15 deadline, her original budget proposal would automatically become law. The Moore proposals shift the balance of power to the county executive even more than the Charter already provides under a governance system that creates a powerful executive and a relatively weak legislative branch of local government. Review of the executive’s budget is one of the few powers of the Council under the existing Charter, but the new proposals would hamstring the Council further and limit the time and opportunities for citizens to voice their viewpoints on the budget. The Moore proposals, introduced last week as resolutions before the County Council, would require Council approval before they could be [&#8230;]]]></description>
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