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		<title>Cecil County Council Ignores Legal Rules; Taxpayers Pay $ for Jackie Gregory&#8217;s Dinner Events, Legal Questions on Dual Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report (With legal footnotes) Cecil County Council member Jackie Gregory (R-5) has continued to collect a salary from county public schools in the current budget year, despite questions of county Charter and ethics rules barring Council members from paid employment with other county agencies. And she has also claimed reimbursement for tickets she bought to local civic dinners and banquets, despite county law prohibiting sending such bills to taxpayers, according to a CECIL TIMES investigation. In addition, the County Council has ignored its own rules for obtaining legal opinions from its outside legal counsel, including expenses incurred to review Gregory’s school employment status as well as private legal consultations between Gregory and the Council’s lawyer and private consultations with Councilor Bill Coutz (R-2), according to a review of invoices for legal services by John Downs, the Council’s lawyer, and Downs’ response to a Cecil Times public records request under state law. The county also paid an invoice for Coutz for a ticket to an Elkton dinner event. Furthermore, the issues have been the subject of recent closed-door meetings of the full Council, at which Council President Bob Meffley (R-2) said he “laid down the law” to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Admits Animal Services Failed to Inspect Kennels; Cecil Times Report Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report Cecil County Animal Services failed to inspect multiple kennel businesses in 2018 and is only now scheduling inspections, according to the county attorney, after CECIL TIMES reported previously that many inspections were not conducted or licenses issued as required by county law. “The County acknowledges it has been late in performing several kennel inspections in 2018,” Jason Allison, the county attorney, wrote in a letter to CECIL TIMES that was sent via email late Friday (2/8/2019) afternoon. He further admitted that four commercial and/or boarding kennel businesses had applied for licenses but the county failed to inspect the facilities or issue licenses as required in 2018. He said that the four premises would be inspected soon, and that the owners would not be fined or extra fees imposed for their 2018 licenses that were not issued previously. Kennel license applications must be submitted in April of each year, and county inspections of the premises are usually conducted in May, with licenses issued upon completion of the inspections. Furthermore, in response to previous questions by CECIL TIMES, Allison acknowledged in a footnote to his letter that Eden Rehab and Rescue—which is currently under investigation for alleged [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecilton Water Pipeline on Track as State Agrees to Require Connection of Earleville Homes Affected by Federal Dump</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stumbling block to bringing safe, clean water to three Earleville communities with wells polluted by a US Army Corps of Engineers dredge spoil dumpsite has been overcome with a new commitment by state environmental officials to require homes to connect to the water system once it is completed. Without such state action, there were concerns that there could be cross-contamination from old wells or too few homes would tie-in to the new system to make it financially viable. The Town of Cecilton is planning to run a seven-mile water pipeline from the town to serve the Earleville communities of West View Shores, Bay View Estates, and Sunset Pointe. In an 8/21/14 letter to top Cecil County officials, Robert Summers, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), wrote that after the new water system is finished, “the Department will take the actions necessary to require residents to connect” to the new water lines. In addition, Summers said, “the Department may also order that the property be connected and that the well be abandoned where an existing well is or could become prejudicial to public health.” And MDE “supports the abandonment and sealing of all on-site wells to avoid [&#8230;]]]></description>
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