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		<title>Cecil County Council OKs Budget, Last Minute Cuts to Cops, Schools, Libraries. Property Tax Rate Frozen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council approved the first-ever county budget under the new Charter government late Tuesday night, after last-minute cuts of $689,000 primarily targeting law enforcement, public schools and libraries. The Council adopted an operating budget for Fiscal 2014, which begins on 7/1/13, providing $173,532,772 to support county government and services. As part of the budget decisions, the Council accepted the proposal by County Executive Tari Moore to freeze the current property tax rate at .9907. As a result, most property owners will see a drop in tax bills since state assessments of property values have been declining and all areas of the county have now been re-assessed under the state’s three-year cycle of property value reviews. (County property taxes are assessed based on the value of the property as established by a state agency.) Moore’s budget boosted spending in a number of areas, especially county public schools, but she was able to hold the line on the tax rate by dipping into the county’s accumulated “fund balance’ or un-tapped reserve accounts, by $4 million. The Council’s actions Tuesday night will mean that the fund balance will take a slightly lesser hit to balance the overall operating budget. Moore sat [&#8230;]]]></description>
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