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		<title>McCarthy Proposes Property, Income Tax Increases in First &#8216;Balanced&#8217; Cecil County Budget in Decades; More $ for Cops, Library but Nicks School Budget</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/mccarthy-proposes-property-income-tax-increases-in-first-balanced-cecil-county-budget-in-decades-more-for-cops-library-but-nicks-school-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy has proposed his first budget that breaks with years of deficit-financed spending policies in the county but takes the politically risky road of raising property and income taxes to pay for county services. Property taxes would rise by $100 a year for a home valued at $200,000, while local income tax rates would rise from 2.8 percent to 3 percent. McCarthy’s budget is a landmark fiscal blueprint in recent county budget history, clearly setting out the costs of services that county citizens have demanded—for schools, libraries and public safety—and asks county residents if they are willing to put their money where their mouths are. Unlike the past four budgets advanced by his predecessor, Tari Moore&#8211;which relied on substantial drains on reserve funds accumulated over many years as safeguards against fiscal and weather emergencies&#8211; McCarthy’s budget is fully funded by actual revenues expected in the Fiscal 2018 budget year, which begins 7/1/2017. “This is my budget,” McCarthy said in announcing his proposals on Friday (3/31/2017.) “I will take full responsibility, be you like it or like it not.” McCarthy was sworn into office in December, 2016. County budget officials calculate that the “unassigned fund balance” reserve [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>BULLETIN: Cecil County Drafts $169 Million Budget; Schools Get Flat Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Commissioners have drafted a $169 million proposed budget for Fiscal 2013 that would freeze public schools funds at the current level and taps reserve funds for $3 million to provide over half of a $5.9 million increase in county spending in the new budget year. The draft proposal was hammered out in several closed door sessions of the County Commissioners over the past few weeks. Those sessions were less contentious than last year’s budget process, according to some participants, but they were still not without some partisan sniping among board members who have been sharply divided on a wide range of issues for well over a year. Overall, the proposed budget provides for $169,135,431 in spending for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2012, up by more than $5.9 million over the current $163,233,252. The rise amounts to a 3.6 percent increase in spending. Revenues to support the budget would primarily come from property taxes (61 percent), followed by income taxes (28 percent), “other” revenues (8 percent) and pulling $3 million out of county “reserve” funds to pay for the remaining 2 percent. The budget also projects “impact aid” revenues from the Hollywood Casino on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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