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		<title>Cecil County Council OKs Hornberger Budget, I95 Toll Study Dropped; Library, Pension Cuts Accepted&#8211; Soda, Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Call it the once-a-month soda budget: you’ll be able to treat yourself to an occasional large Coke at the drive-through under the slightly over a penny cut in property tax rates set in the new Fiscal 2022 budget proposed by County Executive Danielle Hornberger and approved by the Cecil County Council Tuesday night. (6/1/2021). But there won’t be COLAs of the financial sort for library employees and cuts to first responders pension fund contributions may have those dedicated professionals reaching for aspirin instead of a cold drink. In her budget for the fiscal year that begins on 7/1/2021, Hornberger sets the property tax rate at $1.0279 or slightly over a penny. (about 0.0135-cents) decrease from the current Fiscal 2021 rate of $1.0414, per $100 of assessed property valuation. So for a home assessed at a full value of $200,000, the property tax bill sent out this summer will be $26.94 less than last year’s annual bill. For a home with an assessed property value of $300,000, the new tax bill will yield a savings of $40.50—so add a mini-burger off the dollar menu to that monthly Coke. But for homeowners in the western area of the county whose [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate Panel Trims Pension Shift, but Still Hits Cecil County for $1.2 Million in 2013 Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANALYSIS The state Senate is expected to vote this week on a revised proposal, approved by a Senate committee late last week, that would ease the devastating blow to county budgets proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to shift half of teacher, community college and library staff pension costs to the counties. But the bill would still hit Cecil County’s budget—and taxpayers—hard. Never underestimate the ability, and desire, of state lawmakers to make their own political decision-making process easier and dump the tough decisions onto someone else. But at least the latest proposal gives counties a bit of breathing room before slamming them big-time in subsequent budget years. According to an analysis by the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO), the pending Senate legislation would shift $1,229,909 to Cecil County taxpayers in the Fiscal 2013 budget that Cecil County Commissioners have just begun to develop. The county budget must be adopted by late May and would go into effect on 7/1/12. In contrast, the governor’s original proposal would have cost Cecil County $4.3 million in Fiscal 2013, according to MACO and their coalition, dubbed “Stop the Shift,” that includes many county governments, teachers’ groups and community organizations around the state. Those groups [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commish Will Not Cut per Pupil School Funds, but Protest State Pension Cost Shift to County</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioners will provide at least the same level of per pupil schools spending in the upcoming county budget as provided this year, Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) said Tuesday, even if the state passes on some of the costs of teacher pensions to the county. During last year’s budget deliberations, Broomell advocated “keeping the option open” of asking the state for a waiver of the so-called “maintenance of effort” rules that require a county to provide at least the same level of per pupil funding as in the previous year. But county budget officials pointed out that Cecil County’s economic situation was not so dire that the state would consider a waiver and eventually the commissioners agreed to abide by the maintenance of effort requirement. In response to a Cecil Times question, Broomell said that the commissioners have “collectively agreed we will not be seeking a waiver” for the Fiscal 2013 budget. She noted the costs of school maintenance, repairs and other costs will require adequate funds in the new budget. (However, since school enrollment is calculated at 111 fewer students than in the current budget year, the ‘maintenance of effort’ level will be $485,000 less in county funds [&#8230;]]]></description>
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