<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Cecil Times &#187; costs</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ceciltimes.com/tag/costs/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ceciltimes.com</link>
	<description>News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:25:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Silence is Golden for Cecil County Council on Animal Control Costs; County Ignores Oversight Regs</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/silence-is-golden-for-cecil-county-council-on-animal-control-costs-county-ignores-oversight-regs/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/silence-is-golden-for-cecil-county-council-on-animal-control-costs-county-ignores-oversight-regs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 22:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abby Bingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Schneckenburger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David trolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Bowlsby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tari Moore]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report The Cecil County Council didn’t seem to care that costs of animal control services rise in the proposed Fiscal 2018 budget, on top of costly fiscal add-ons a year ago to buy a county-owned shelter facility and staff it with county employees earning government-worker salaries, healthcare and pension benefits. The Council consensus appears to be that silence is golden, and as long as they are not being pestered with complaints, the costs are worth it. At a Council budget hearing on 4/25/2017, Council members had virtually no questions for the director of the Animal Services agency, Abigail Bingham, and her boss, David Trolio, head of the Department of Community Services. Councilors Dan Schneckenburger (R-3) and Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2) suggested that, while the Council has heard recent complaints about “animals,” those objections haven’t involved dogs and cats. That was a humorous reference to the on-going “chicken wars,” involving a group of citizens opposed to organic chicken farms locating in the county and who attend most county meetings to voice objections to large poultry farms. Nor did Council members ask detailed questions about the county owned and operated animal shelter and whether it complies with existing laws [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/silence-is-golden-for-cecil-county-council-on-animal-control-costs-county-ignores-oversight-regs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cecil County Council Fires Shot Across Budget Bow at County Exec On $1.4 Million Extra Spending</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2015/02/cecil-county-council-fires-shot-across-budget-bow-at-county-exec-concerns-with-1-4-million-extra-spending-this-year/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2015/02/cecil-county-council-fires-shot-across-budget-bow-at-county-exec-concerns-with-1-4-million-extra-spending-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Hodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff&#039;s Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State's Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Whiteford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Schneckenburger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fund balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tari Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Robinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=4297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Cecil County Council fired shots across the budget bow on Tuesday, warning the County Executive that they expect stronger cost-cutting steps in her new budget to prevent a recurrence of more than $1.4 million in over-budget expenses this year. At issue before the council members at a worksession in Elkton was the request by County Executive Tari Moore for approval of a budget amendment to account for overspending in multiple accounts during the current budget year. County finance officials have been drafting the budget amendment for about a month, with shifting numbers from preliminary versions previously discussed with the council. But details of the proposal submitted to the council this week show extra expenses in multiple categories, including higher utility costs, failure by the State’s Attorney’s office to account for a new prosecutor’s salary, snow removal and especially spiraling repair costs for dump trucks and other vehicles serving the Department of Public Works (DPW). “They really have to do a better job of saving taxpayer dollars,” Councilor Dan Schneckenburger (R-3) said of the county administration. “We’ve got to get a better grip on it.” Schneckenburger asked Winston Robinson, the county’s Director of Finance, “what did the county [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2015/02/cecil-county-council-fires-shot-across-budget-bow-at-county-exec-concerns-with-1-4-million-extra-spending-this-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
