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		<title>State Senate Panel Trims Pension Shift, but Still Hits Cecil County for $1.2 Million in 2013 Budget</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANALYSIS The state Senate is expected to vote this week on a revised proposal, approved by a Senate committee late last week, that would ease the devastating blow to county budgets proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to shift half of teacher, community college and library staff pension costs to the counties. But the bill would still hit Cecil County’s budget—and taxpayers—hard. Never underestimate the ability, and desire, of state lawmakers to make their own political decision-making process easier and dump the tough decisions onto someone else. But at least the latest proposal gives counties a bit of breathing room before slamming them big-time in subsequent budget years. According to an analysis by the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO), the pending Senate legislation would shift $1,229,909 to Cecil County taxpayers in the Fiscal 2013 budget that Cecil County Commissioners have just begun to develop. The county budget must be adopted by late May and would go into effect on 7/1/12. In contrast, the governor’s original proposal would have cost Cecil County $4.3 million in Fiscal 2013, according to MACO and their coalition, dubbed “Stop the Shift,” that includes many county governments, teachers’ groups and community organizations around the state. Those groups [&#8230;]]]></description>
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