Cecil County Council’s New Math: 2 plus 1= Action; 3 minus 1= Gripes and Snipes
It was the new math on the Cecil County Council: Two members plus one new appointee equaled three majority votes to make many stalled decisions. But Two Amigos– after losing one of their past allies–...
View ArticleCecil County Exec Moore Unveils Budget with Tax Freeze, Sheriff Staff Boost,...
Cecil County Executive Tari Moore unveiled the first budget under Charter government, freezing the property tax rate, approving the hiring of 5 new Sheriff’s deputies and providing a slight boost over...
View ArticleCecil County Council Backs Most of County Exec’s Budget; Rejects Cuts to...
The Cecil County Council voted late Thursday afternoon to support most of County Executive Tari Moore’s Fiscal 2014 budget proposal, repeatedly rejecting proposals by Councilors Diana Broomell (R-4)...
View ArticleCecil County Council: Good News, No News and the Bad News Bears
The Cecil County Council had some good news from the county library, no news from the county’s finance director and some Bad News Bears– growling about how to deal with misbehaving councilors– at a...
View ArticleCecil County Roads Need $2 Million in Urgent Storm Repairs; Broomell Objects...
It’s been a rough winter on Cecil County roads, as multiple snowstorms and freezing temperatures have buckled pavement and opened up crater-sized potholes on many streets and highways. So county roads...
View ArticleCecil County Budget: Current Budget Year on Fiscal Track Despite Drop in...
As the Cecil County Council begins deliberations on the county’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, county finance officials told the Council that despite the still lagging economy the county’s...
View ArticleCecil County Exec Proposes Charter Changes to Give Her More Time–and a Heavy...
COMMENTARY Cecil County Executive Tari Moore has proposed the first changes to the county’s governing Charter, adopted by voters in 2010, that would give her an extra month to draft her annual budget...
View ArticleTaxes, Tears, and Cecil County Council: Lame Duck Quacks, Belatedly
“Now, if there’s a smile on my face, It’s only there tryin’ to fool the public… I’m hurt and I want you to know, But for others I put on a show… The tears of a clown, When there’s no one else around.”...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Cecil County Charter Amendments on Election Ballot– NO on...
COMMENTARY In this year’s election, Cecil County voters are being asked to decide four local ballot questions on whether to overhaul some key provisions of the county’s new Charter form of government....
View ArticleCecil County Council Fires Shot Across Budget Bow at County Exec On $1.4...
Members of the Cecil County Council fired shots across the budget bow on Tuesday, warning the County Executive that they expect stronger cost-cutting steps in her new budget to prevent a recurrence of...
View ArticleCourt Decision Cuts Cecil County Future Tax Revenues $1.3 Million a Year;...
A new US Supreme Court decision will cost Cecil County an estimated $1.3 million a year in future lost income tax revenues, and refunds for past taxes struck down by the court could cost the county up...
View ArticleCecil County Council Fine-tunes Budget: Tax Boost Killed, Tennis Courts Out,...
The Cecil County Council reached its goal on Thursday to block a property tax increase proposed by the County Executive, with extra money still available for possible last-minute additional tax relief...
View ArticleBULLETIN: Cecil County Council Slashes Extra $150K from Sheriff; Delays Land...
In a last-minute move just hours before the Cecil County Council was slated to approve the Fiscal 2016 budget, Council President Robert Hodge (R-5) pushed through another $150,000 cut in the Sheriff...
View ArticleCecil County Budget: Just When You Thought it was Over, Here Come $ Amendments
The Cecil County Council adopted the new Fiscal 2016 budget just a few weeks ago but now that the new budget year began July 1, the panel is considering several budget amendments to boost or shift...
View ArticleCecil Co Exec Moore Proposes Animal Law Changes; Consolidates Power on...
Cecil County Executive Tari Moore on Friday submitted to the County Council proposed changes to the county’s animal law that would convert an independent citizen ‘oversight’ panel into an ‘advisory’...
View ArticleCecil County Allows Late Bid from Chestertown Trapper on Animal Control...
Cecil County officials acknowledged Monday that they received a late bid, after the 1:30 PM Thursday 10/1/15 deadline for submission of bids on a new Animal Control contract, from a Chestertown pest...
View ArticleShow Us the Money: Cecil County to Juggle Bonds to Buy Sheriff’s Building,...
The Cecil County Executive wants to spend $7.3 million to buy a building in Elkton where the Sheriff’s Department and emergency dispatchers currently rent office space under a proposal presented to the...
View ArticleCecil Co Exec to Give Buddies More $ Despite Council Budget Cuts, No Spending...
A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Cecil County Executive Tari Moore’s proposal to give an extra $24,000 to her preferred animal control contractor, A Buddy for Life, Inc., for a six-month extended contract...
View ArticleCECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT: County Budget Bleaker Than Rosy Report to County...
A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County’s fiscal picture looked rosier than expected recently as county finance officials presented a detailed accounting of the recently completed...
View ArticleRollins Resigns as Cecil County State’s Attorney, After Conviction on...
Edward D.E. “Ellis” Rollins III has resigned as Cecil County State’s Attorney, after clinging to his job and its nearly $150,000 taxpayer-paid salary and benefits for months after he was charged with...
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