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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 Exec Wants to Abandon Earleville Boat Ramp to Save $5K; Fate of Park Adjacent to US Dump Uncertain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County government wants to abandon the Stemmers Run boat ramp and waterfront park in Earleville to save $5,000 a year in maintenance costs and because the county parks director dislikes having to send mowers and staff to the rural area. The boat ramp is operated under a free lease from the state and federal governments and if the county fails to renew the lease in December, those agencies won’t continue the facility, county officials said. The facility, located on 22 acres of land adjacent to a state Department of Natural Resources-operated Wildlife Management Area and the US Army Corps of Engineers Pearce Creek dredging spoil dumpsite, features two boat ramps, a pier, a large parking area, and grassy areas at the waterfront setting on the Elk River at the entrance to the upper Chesapeake Bay. Located at the end of Pond Neck Road, the site is popular with local joggers, bike riders, dog-walkers, and picnic-ers as well as boaters, who have to pay a $20 annual fee for a county permit to use boat trailers to launch their watercraft. The site is the only county recreational facility of any size south of the C&#038;D Canal, other than a half-acre [&#8230;]]]></description>
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