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		<title>Cecil County Council OK&#8217;s $140K for Animal Overspending, Questions Cat Overload; Another Ordinance Ordeal Looms?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 23:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS The Cecil County Council has approved a $140,000 budget boost in the current fiscal year to cover overspending by the county’s Animal Services agency, despite questions about a massive intake of cats under a policy that is not consistent with county or state laws. And new calls for review of county animal law raise the specter of a re-play of a previous three-year bitter fight over the current law that featured fierce opposition by cat advocates to any regulations of owned cats or feral cat colonies. On a unanimous 5-0 vote in Elkton on Tuesday (5/7/2019), the County Council approved the budget amendment to transfer funds in the current fiscal year, drawn from budget “reserve” fund accounts that are supposed to be off-limits to routine spending. The Animal Services overspending was signaled, at a lower level of nearly $67,000, in the county’s budget estimates report for the second quarter of the current Fiscal 2019 budget year in a report to the Council issued in early February. But that early warning was not flagged for the Council at the time and members indicated they felt blindsided by the new $140,000 budget amendment thrown at them a few weeks ago. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Admits Animal Services Failed to Inspect Kennels; Cecil Times Report Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report Cecil County Animal Services failed to inspect multiple kennel businesses in 2018 and is only now scheduling inspections, according to the county attorney, after CECIL TIMES reported previously that many inspections were not conducted or licenses issued as required by county law. “The County acknowledges it has been late in performing several kennel inspections in 2018,” Jason Allison, the county attorney, wrote in a letter to CECIL TIMES that was sent via email late Friday (2/8/2019) afternoon. He further admitted that four commercial and/or boarding kennel businesses had applied for licenses but the county failed to inspect the facilities or issue licenses as required in 2018. He said that the four premises would be inspected soon, and that the owners would not be fined or extra fees imposed for their 2018 licenses that were not issued previously. Kennel license applications must be submitted in April of each year, and county inspections of the premises are usually conducted in May, with licenses issued upon completion of the inspections. Furthermore, in response to previous questions by CECIL TIMES, Allison acknowledged in a footnote to his letter that Eden Rehab and Rescue—which is currently under investigation for alleged [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Silence is Golden for Cecil County Council on Animal Control Costs; County Ignores Oversight Regs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 22:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>
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