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		<title>County Council Frets on Bond Rating, Sewage Fees; Compromise to OK Exec&#8217;s Fee Boosts for 2 Years</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/08/cecil-county-council-frets-on-bond-rating-sewage-fees-compromise-to-ok-execs-modest-fee-boosts-for-two-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council heard a strong pitch from an outside expert on the county’s bond rating on Tuesday (8/21/2018) to demonstrate fiscal responsibility on the county’s sewage funds, which have been running a deficit for years. In response, Council members indicated support for a compromise to give the county executive his request for the first two years of a fee boost plan but defer action on a larger, later fee increase. The bottom line of the proposed compromise is that sewage user fees would have a small, pennies-per-day increase for the next year and a half, while putting the “enterprise funds” on a path toward self-sufficiency. But the deal would put off the political pain of a real deficit-reduction plan until after the next local election, or until the local economy has a major boost in economic development. Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy had proposed a three-year plan to put the county’s sewage treatment “enterprise funds” on a path toward fiscal balance, by having users of the services pay most of the costs. Currently, all county taxpayers&#8211; including the majority who do not use sewage services—pay as much as $3.2 million a year to subsidize sewer customers who are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sewage Fees: Another &#8216;Holy Crap Moment&#8217; Faces County Council; Will They Punt Again?</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/07/sewage-fees-another-holy-crap-moment-faces-county-council-will-they-punt-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS The three water-filled jugs placed in front of the witness table at the Cecil County Council worksession on Tuesday (7/17/2018) were a graphic show-and-tell representation of what has been described in the past as a “holy crap moment” in the long and politically torturous saga of providing and paying for adequate sewage services in the county. One jug was a murky shade of deep brown: untreated raw sewage as it flows through pipes into the county’s Seneca Point treatment plant on the Northeast River; one jug contained amber-hued water from the river itself, the same waters local residents enjoy for swimming and fishing; and the final jug contained crystal clear water discharged from the state-of-the-art treatment plant. The jugs were also a metaphor for the county’s fiscal health and the questions facing the County Council: will the county continue to take the murky waters route to bury the actual costs of providing sewage services to those who use the facilities by raiding general revenues provided by all taxpayers, including those who do not use the services? (That ‘brown jug’ option cost general fund accounts $3.2 million in Fiscal 2017.) Or will the Council choose an amber-hued middle ground, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>McCarthy Withdraws Sewer Fee Boost; Council Political Concerns May Set Back Cecil Exec Drive to Stop Reserve Fund Raids</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/05/mccarthy-withdraws-sewer-rate-boost-seeks-fee-review-council-political-concerns-may-set-back-cecil-exec-drive-to-stop-reserve-fund-raids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 23:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy has withdrawn his proposed major increase in sewer user fees as part of his Fiscal 2019 budget, saying he wants to review alternative rate structures to give small users a break. But the action may signal a setback for McCarthy’s overall budget plans to end policies to tap emergency reserve funds to pay for day-to-day operations. The County Council had been slated to review the proposed rate increases in depth at its Tuesday (5/15/2018) worksession, with an appearance by county Director of Public Works Scott Flanigan. But his appearance and the meeting agenda item were cancelled, after McCarthy ordered the rate increase proposal withdrawn on Monday. McCarthy told Cecil Times on Tuesday that he withdrew his proposed rate increases so that county finance and public works officials could review the matter and perhaps come up with a more gradual rate increase and possible special rates for senior citizens and “small users” of sewage treatment services. “I want to see if we can come up with a more equitable way” to generate needed revenues to operate county sewage treatment facilities, he said. That review will take the sewage services rate increase off the table [&#8230;]]]></description>
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