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		<title>Cecil County &#8216;Strategic Plan&#8217; Draft Sets Future Goals; But Short on How to Get There</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new proposed “strategic plan” for Cecil County’s future, mandated by the new county Charter, sets five priorities for the county’s next five years but at least in its draft form, it is long on lofty rhetoric and short on concrete steps on how to achieve its goals. The proposal&#8211;drafted by a panel of senior county employees, local officials and representatives of the business community—was written over the past five months, and is being put out for public comment and potential further revision before a final plan is presented to the County Council for adoption before 5/1/14. At the first meeting of the “Strategic Plan Advisory Network” (SPAN) on 7/10/13, County Executive Tari Moore told the group that she had four priorities for county government: infrastructure, job creation, education and ‘safe communities.’ The draft plan presented just before Christmas by the SPAN group expanded upon and re-arranged Moore’s original four priorities, listing education at the top of the list, followed by “fiscal stability,” infrastructure, economic growth, and “safety and health.” Moore’s original proposal did not mention “fiscal stability.” The result of the SPAN group’s deliberations falls short of the goals of at least some of the participants, as reflected in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Exec Names 30-member Panel to Draft County &#8216;Strategic Plan&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore has appointed a 30-member task force to draft a long-range “strategic plan” to guide the county’s future, a requirement established by the county’s new Charter form of government. The Strategic Plan Advisory Network (SPAN) will be headed by Dr. Diane Lane, Vice President of Student Services and Institutional Effectiveness at Cecil College. Lane also headed the 41-member citizens task force that drafted the county’s Comprehensive Plan, which dealt with land use and zoning issues, several years ago. Most of the members named to the new SPAN panel represent key areas that will be addressed by the plan, including public schools, public safety, public works, health, jobs and economic development. County government department heads are included, as well as members of various boards and commissions or agencies that deal with such issues. The county Charter specifies that a strategic plan, which must be adopted by the County Council by 5/1/14, should address future issues involving “anticipated shifts in demographic, legal, political, social or physical conditions.” The Charter also calls for a plan to address “at least five strategic issues” that will be top priorities for the county’s future. County Councilor Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2), the &#8216;godmother&#8217; of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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