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		<title>Cecil Co Exec Moore Wants More $ for Unbid Animal Control Contract for Her &#8216;Buddies&#039;; Council Budget Snubbed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Cecil County Executive Tari Moore will ask the County Council next week to approve a $24,000 budget increase to give her preferred animal control contractor, A Buddy for Life, Inc., an extra $4,000 a month on their six-month extension of a three year contract. Moore unilaterally extended the Buddies’ contract without Council approval, while she looks for a kennel to buy at an unspecified taxpayer expense, that could be operated by the Buddies. Now she is looking to give the Buddies even more money on their current unbid, unilateral $271,000 six month contract extension, and would take the additional $24,000 out of county reserve funds, according to the text of her proposal to the County Council. Moreover, her proposal is a slap in the face to the County Council, and especially Council President Robert Hodge (R-5), who proposed and won Council approval of a budget cut in the animal control spending account for Fiscal 2016 as part of the Council’s successful efforts to reduce Moore’s spending plans that would have boosted property taxes for the first time in three years. Moore’s latest spending increase proposal also comes at a time when the Buddies have not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT: Moore Seeks to Buy Kennel in Residential Area; RFP, Oversight Panel, Buddies Questions Loom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Cecil County Executive Tari Moore&#8211; who has unilaterally suspended county laws governing an Animal Control Oversight panel, extended a controversial 3-year animal control contract and signed a kennel lease for six months, all without County Council approval—is considering taxpayer purchase of a private kennel business that some local residents have complained about. The kennel is located in a residential zone that now does not allow a dog kennel use but is “grandfathered” because it was established many years ago. Converting the property to a government-owned animal shelter&#8211; with two trucks used to pick up and deliver strays and generating significant traffic from people looking for lost pets or seeking to adopt a dog or cat—would no doubt cause concerns to nearby property owners in the residential neighborhood. Based on reviews of public records, court documents, property records, real estate for sale listings and other information, CECIL TIMES has identified the property in question but is not publishing the specific location, its name, or the names of its owners so as to avoid a disclosure that might be considered impeding the county’s negotiating process. However, the county in effect telegraphed the property’s owners that the government [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Co Exec Moore to Buy Animal Shelter, Outside Bid Process, Put County in Debt; Extends Contract with Buddies for 6 Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore, after a more than one hour secret meeting with the County Council on Tuesday 11/17/15, announced that she plans to buy a property for a government-owned animal shelter at an unspecified cost or location, and will unilaterally extend a contract for six months with A Buddy for Life, Inc.,&#8211; the current contractor that has been the subject of multiple complaints from citizens, former volunteers and some employees for their care of stray animals under a more than $2.24 million three-year county contract. Cecil Times waited outside the closed door meeting in Elkton with the Council and when Moore emerged, asked her a series of questions, to which she replied each time, “I’m not at liberty to say.” But moments later, her administration issued a written statement about her intentions. Then Cecil Times conducted an hour-long interview with county Director of Administration Al Wein and County Attorney Jason Allison on the ramifications of Moore’s plan to extend, and in some cases side-step, a county “Request for Proposals” (RFP) for animal control/animal sheltering services. There were many unanswered questions about the potential costs to taxpayers, quality of services to animals and, at least initially, cutting the County [&#8230;]]]></description>
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