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		<title>BULLETIN: Councilor Gregory Targets Emergency Services, Library, Parks for Cecil Co Budget Cuts; Worksession, Council Votes Expected Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 16:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Council member Jackie Gregory (R-5) has drafted a list of budget cuts for the proposed Fiscal 2021 county budget that will be considered today (5/19/2020), with no advance public notice, that particularly targets county library, parks, and emergency services, including paramedics responding to emergency calls during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Gregory, who is running for re-election in the June 2 Republican primary, was still writing and re-writing her proposals late Monday night and is expected to offer amendments to the budget during a Council worksession that is slated to begin at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Council is meeting via videoconferencing and is also scheduled to vote on the full Fiscal 2020 budget during an evening legislative meeting that will also be conducted remotely. It is the first time in two years that Gregory, a routine critic of the county budget, has actually offered a list of amendments and sought formal votes on spending cuts. For the past two years she has just offered a few verbal suggestions, such as a possible $140,000 cut in parks operating funds last year, and instead called for using emergency reserve funds to lower the property tax rate, which has been frozen [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Council OKs New Budget; Political Tunes Counter Fiscal Harmony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS “I don&#8217;t care too much for money/Money can&#8217;t buy me love.”&#8211;The Beatles The Cecil County Council voted Tuesday evening (6/4/2019) to approve County Executive Alan McCarthy’s proposed Fiscal 2020 budget, but not before some grandstanding and the political equivalent of tapping on a calculator with dead batteries. Sometimes, even if the numbers don’t add up, singing about money can be a serenade for election year love. By a vote of 4-1, the County Council approved the executive’s budget for the fiscal year beginning 7/1/2019, which freezes the county property tax rate at the same rate that has been in effect for the past two years. The budget also provides a substantial spending boost for county schools, which receive the largest overall spending allocation from county taxpayers. County Councilor Jackie Gregory (R-5) voted against the operating budget, the capital budget, and legislation to formalize the property tax rate. She did not offer any specific spending cut amendments to the budget at the evening session, just as she failed to do in previous worksessions on the budget, and instead cited President Trump and Governor Hogan as her inspirations. Gregory has filed for re-election to her Council seat and has expressed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Schools Get $4M State Aid Windfall but Still Sing Budget Blues; High Costs Limit School Security Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Cecil County Council moves into the final stages of its review of the new Fiscal 2020 budget, county school officials told Councilors they still face budget shortfalls despite nearly $4 million in newly confirmed state aid that boosts school spending by even more than the educators asked for. But higher than expected costs on school security upgrades will leave ten schools still without needed improvements. The County Council, which is scheduled to adopt a new budget in the next few weeks, completed its meetings with county department heads to review spending proposals with a final call-back session with leaders of the Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) on Tuesday (5/21/2019) to follow up on an earlier meeting. The next step is a countywide public hearing on the budget before the Council tonight at Elkton High School followed by one or two worksessions next week. A new budget is scheduled for adoption by the Council on June 4. Appearing before a Council worksession on Tuesday morning, CCPS Superintendent Jeff Lawson updated figures on how much the county schools will receive under new state legislation designed to serve as a “downpayment” on broad state spending boosts for education as called for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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