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		<title>Cecil County Council in Budget Home Stretch to Freeze Tax Rate; Schools Off Cutting Block but Some Wonder Why</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council crawled into the home stretch of their budget deliberations on Tuesday, with another round of spending cuts that put them within about $146,000 of their goal to prevent a two-cent property tax increase proposed by County Executive Tari Moore. At one point, County Council President Robert Hodge (R-5) proposed a new $250,000 cut in the Sheriff’s Department budget, including an earlier Council-endorsed cut of $89,000 to eliminate riot safety gear, “and whatever else he can find” to cut in his budget. Several Council members were uncomfortable with such a steep cut but Hodge made it clear he was willing to sacrifice law enforcement funds in order to give the full spending request in the budget for the Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS). “I don’t like micromanaging the Sheriff,” said Councilor George Patchell (R-4), who also questioned a previous Hodge proposal to eliminate a position of director of the Sheriff Department’s Community Corrections program. (That program is currently headed by former Sheriff Barry Janney.) “I would rather not cut public safety,” commented Councilor Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2). “It’s a way of getting around a cut in the public schools,” Hodge replied. Indeed, through several weeks of budget deliberations [&#8230;]]]></description>
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