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		<title>Cecil County Exec Moore Unveils Budget with Tax Freeze, Sheriff Staff Boost, Increase for Schools; Budget Magic Relies on $4 Million Hit on Reserve Fund</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore unveiled the first budget under Charter government, freezing the property tax rate, approving the hiring of 5 new Sheriff’s deputies and providing a slight boost over current aid levels for the county’s public schools. The budget will be presented to the County Council on Tuesday 3/5/12. There were smiles in the room as Moore discussed her budget at a 3/1/13 afternoon press conference in Elkton attended by county law enforcement and school officials. They didn’t get everything they wanted, but there was much more joy than pain, unlike budget deliberations in the past few years under the former County Commissioners form of government. One difficult choice in the package was Moore’s decision to insist on substantial increases in sewer usage fees paid by customers of the county-operated sewage treatment plants—a decision rejected in recent years by a majority of the Commissioners. Multiple consultant reports have warned that fees were too low to cover costs and that countywide taxpayers who were not served by the plants were being forced to pay tax dollars to subsidize residents who received such services. Moore’s budget proposal would phase in sewer fee increases over several years. Overall, it was a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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