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		<title>Cecil County Council OKs Hornberger Budget, I95 Toll Study Dropped; Library, Pension Cuts Accepted&#8211; Soda, Anyone?</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2021/06/cecil-county-council-oks-hornberger-budget-i95-toll-study-dropped-library-pension-cuts-accepted-soda-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Call it the once-a-month soda budget: you’ll be able to treat yourself to an occasional large Coke at the drive-through under the slightly over a penny cut in property tax rates set in the new Fiscal 2022 budget proposed by County Executive Danielle Hornberger and approved by the Cecil County Council Tuesday night. (6/1/2021). But there won’t be COLAs of the financial sort for library employees and cuts to first responders pension fund contributions may have those dedicated professionals reaching for aspirin instead of a cold drink. In her budget for the fiscal year that begins on 7/1/2021, Hornberger sets the property tax rate at $1.0279 or slightly over a penny. (about 0.0135-cents) decrease from the current Fiscal 2021 rate of $1.0414, per $100 of assessed property valuation. So for a home assessed at a full value of $200,000, the property tax bill sent out this summer will be $26.94 less than last year’s annual bill. For a home with an assessed property value of $300,000, the new tax bill will yield a savings of $40.50—so add a mini-burger off the dollar menu to that monthly Coke. But for homeowners in the western area of the county whose [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hornberger Budget Cuts Property Tax Rate Slightly, Keeps Income Tax Boost; $1 Extra for Schools, Cuts Library Operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Danielle Hornberger submitted her first budget to the County Council on 4/1/2021, proposing about a 1-cent cut in the property tax rate while keeping income tax rates at the level set by her predecessor, Alan McCarthy. She also slashed operating funds for county libraries and bestowed the hefty sum of $1 above a state-required county aid level for public schools in order to avoid losing substantial state education aid. At the same time, there were substantial pay raise costs for two of her newly appointed department heads whose Republican Party and Annapolis political credentials far exceed their local government experience. The capital budget, which covers various construction projects that are supposed to have at least ten years of useful life, includes several surprise expenditures for projects that had been cast aside in the past for legal or practical/longevity reasons. The capital budget expenditures do not “count” in calculations for the property tax rate, the bell-weather of local politics, but the costs still must be paid over long-term bond expenses. In her 2020 political campaign, Hornberger pledged to “rollback the tax increases” enacted under the four-year administration of McCarthy, whom she defeated in the Republican primary. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Road Takes Heavy Toll in South Cecil: Angry Residents Demand End of Truck Invasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was anger in the air, and some gallows humor, as about 100 southern Cecil County area residents gathered in Cecilton Wednesday evening (3/20/2019) to question state and local officials on efforts to counteract the invasion of heavy trucks, and speeding cars, in the Warwick and Cecilton areas as drivers trying to avoid newly imposed tolls on US 301 in Delaware clog rural roads in Maryland. Cecil County and Maryland state officials fielded questions and provided answers, but there was a glaring absence of officials from the Delaware Department of Transportation (DELDOT), the architects of the 301 tollroad project. A small contingent of Delaware State Police truck enforcement officers did attend, apparently as a show of solidarity with their counterparts from Maryland, with whom they have recently conducted joint truck weight enforcement efforts on both sides of the state line. Toward the end of the nearly two-hour session, Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy told the crowd that he thought an “abatement” of the tolls for a trial period, while various solutions were explored, would be a positive step. He said he would raise the prospect of suspending the tolls in further talks with DELDOT and try to enlist the help [&#8230;]]]></description>
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