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		<title>Cecil County Exec Moore Proposes New Budget to Freeze Property Tax Rates Again, Boost Schools Aid and Target Drug Abuse Programs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore proposed a new Fiscal 2015 budget that would freeze property tax rates, add one new Sheriff’s deputy to the force and boost public schools spending by 3.5 percent, including a rising share of teacher pension costs dumped on the county by the state. For the second consecutive year, Moore would balance her budget by tapping more than $4.1 million from reserve funds, or “fund balance” accounts. Moore’s current year budget called for using $4 million of reserve funds but the County Council made some last-minute cuts in schools, libraries and the Sheriff’s budget that brought the hit on reserves down to $3.3 million this year. Also for the second consecutive year, Moore’s budget would freeze local property tax rates at .9907 per $100 of assessed property value. While most homeowners will face no increases, some residents whose properties are re-assessed this year by the state may have higher property values to which their tax rate is applied. Moore said, at a Friday press conference to unveil her budget, that she had to cut $20 million from various departmental spending requests and defer many capital improvement projects in order to stick to her pledge to keep [&#8230;]]]></description>
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