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		<title>Cecil County Budget: Books, Business, Ballfields; Council Faces Heavy Lifting for Limited Results</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy’s first-ever budget proposal landed with a bang at the doorstep of the County Council this week, accompanied by a perhaps surprisingly muted reaction, so far, from the public and positive endorsements from local business leaders and representatives of popular county programs. McCarthy’s budget raises property tax rates and local income taxes, invests in sewerline expansion to promote economic development in the growth corridor along Route 40 and nicks school spending proposals but still provides a substantial boost above state-mandated minimum aid levels. It is the first county budget in decades to be fully balanced between annual revenues and spending, without deficit spending gimmicks of the past. It is a pay-the-piper budget, asking the Council and citizens to pay-as-you go for services that people say they want, even if they are unhappy about paying the real price for them. [SEE detailed CECIL TIMES report on the new budget proposal here: https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/mccarthy-proposes-property-income-tax-increases-in-first-balanced-cecil-county-budget-in-decades-more-for-cops-library-but-nicks-school-budget/ ] The executive’s proposed Fiscal 2018 budget calls for a five-cent boost on the property tax rate and would increase the local “piggyback” income tax rate from 2.8 percent to 3 percent. The county budget would be balanced between actual revenues and spending, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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