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Cecil County ‘Strategic Plan’ Draft Sets Future Goals; But Short on How to Get There

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A new proposed “strategic plan” for Cecil County’s future, mandated by the new county Charter, sets five priorities for the county’s next five years but at least in its draft form, it is long on lofty rhetoric and short on concrete steps on how to achieve its goals. The proposal–drafted by a panel of senior county employees, local officials and representatives of the business community—was written over the past five months, and is being put out for public comment and potential further revision before a final plan is presented to the County Council for adoption before 5/1/14. At the first meeting of the “Strategic Plan Advisory Network” (SPAN) on 7/10/13, County Executive Tari Moore told the group that she had four priorities for county government: infrastructure, job creation, education and ‘safe communities.’ The draft plan presented just before Christmas by the SPAN group expanded upon and re-arranged Moore’s original four priorities, listing education at the top of the list, followed by “fiscal stability,” infrastructure, economic growth, and “safety and health.” Moore’s original proposal did not mention “fiscal stability.” The result of the SPAN group’s deliberations falls short of the goals of at least some of the participants, as reflected in […]

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