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		<title>County Council Frets on Bond Rating, Sewage Fees; Compromise to OK Exec&#8217;s Fee Boosts for 2 Years</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council heard a strong pitch from an outside expert on the county’s bond rating on Tuesday (8/21/2018) to demonstrate fiscal responsibility on the county’s sewage funds, which have been running a deficit for years. In response, Council members indicated support for a compromise to give the county executive his request for the first two years of a fee boost plan but defer action on a larger, later fee increase. The bottom line of the proposed compromise is that sewage user fees would have a small, pennies-per-day increase for the next year and a half, while putting the “enterprise funds” on a path toward self-sufficiency. But the deal would put off the political pain of a real deficit-reduction plan until after the next local election, or until the local economy has a major boost in economic development. Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy had proposed a three-year plan to put the county’s sewage treatment “enterprise funds” on a path toward fiscal balance, by having users of the services pay most of the costs. Currently, all county taxpayers&#8211; including the majority who do not use sewage services—pay as much as $3.2 million a year to subsidize sewer customers who are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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