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		<title>Gov. Hogan Lifts High-Tech Septic Regs, Saves Residents, Business $$$ in Most of Cecil County; &#8216;Critical Areas&#8217; Near Bay, Rivers Still Under Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Larry Hogan will rescind regulations that required installation of costly high-tech septic systems in most of Cecil County, and instead will only retain the requirements in the “critical areas,” close to the Chesapeake Bay and tidal rivers feeding the Bay. The action, which repeals a mandate created by former Governor Martin O’Malley, will lower costs for most new construction as well as homeowners seeking to build additions to existing homes in the county. Hogan announced his decision during a weekend meeting of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) in Ocean City, a gathering of most of the state’s county and local elected officials as well as lobbyists and members of the General Assembly. Since a 2009 law enacted by the General Assembly, properties located in the “Critical Area”&#8211; within 1,000 feet of the Chesapeake Bay or its “tidal tributaries”—have been required to install nitrogen-reducing “Best Available Technology” (BAT) septic systems for new homes or to replace facilities for existing homes that had failing septic systems. But as of 1/1/13, O’Malley instituted broader regulations that applied to any property considered affecting the Chesapeake Bay “watershed.” In Cecil County, with its many rivers, streams and creeks feeding into the Bay, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hogan Budget Cuts $2.1 Million in Cecil County Direct Aid; Gov. Counts Pension Costs as State Contributions to Schools, College</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s newly proposed budget would cut state aid to a variety of programs and services in Cecil County&#8211; but after counting the cost of pensions for some employees, the state calculations try to make the cuts look smaller. Overall, state “direct aid” to Cecil County government operations would drop from $114.6 million in the current budget year to $112.5 million in Fiscal 2016, or a cut of over $2.1 million and 1.8 percent. But in a broader, comprehensive listing of total state aid and spending—including state-paid retirement costs for teachers, Cecil College and library employees—the Hogan budget figures it is reducing state aid in Cecil County by only $1.6 million, or 1.3 percent. The state pays the full costs of library and college employees’ pensions, while for the past several years the state has been shifting an increasing portion of public school teacher pensions from the state to local counties. What the Hogan budget doesn’t mention is the rising share of teacher pensions that the counties have to pay out of local funds. In the upcoming Fiscal 2016 budget, Cecil County taxpayers will have to come up with $3.9 million to cover [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s Parting Gift to Cecil County: Cuts in &#8216;Disparity&#8217; Grant to Offset Low Income Tax Revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Departing Governor Martin O’Malley, never much of a fan of Cecil County nor a favorite among county voters, has cut a new source of state aid just a year after the county first qualified for it, putting a more than $230,000 hole in the county budget to plug shortfalls in his own state budget. O’Malley pushed through a $205 million package of spending cuts at a meeting of the state Board of Public Works last week as part of an effort to leave office without a gaping deficit in the current Fiscal 2015 budget year. But his successor, incoming Republican Larry Hogan, is facing even more budget cutting in the Fiscal 2016 budget he will have to produce just days after he is sworn into office next week. As part of the O’Malley cutback, the state would freeze current “disparity” grants to lower-income counties to help offset their limited income tax revenues. The state would save more than $7.9 million in the current budget year, according to documents presented to the Board of Public Works, by freezing grants at the previous Fiscal 2014 level. Cecil County was slated to receive more than $530,000 in this budget year from a “disparity” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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