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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Herald Reports Four Montco Officials Let Go in Wake of Grand Jury Report

According to The Times Herald, the four county employees will work through the end of the year.

According to The Times Herald, four county employees have been "fired" in the wake of Commissioner James R. Matthews' arrest and a grand jury report criticizing the way the county conducts business. The Herald is reporting that Human Resources Director Eleanor Schneider, Purchasing Department head F. Thomas Snyder, Chief Financial Officer Randall Schaible and Fred J. Shaughnessy in the Public Property department were terminated today. County officials declined to comment, but one source told Patch that discussions had taken place, but said that "'fired' was a bit strong." The source noted that a new administration was coming in next year and personnel changes were to be expected. John Corcoran, Communications Director for the county, was …

Monday, December 12, 2011

County Scrambles to Retool Budget by Deadline

Hoeffel said commissioners will meet on weeknights and weekends if necessary.

The clock is ticking for Montgomery County to finalize its 2012 operating budget and the county government will be holding a series of public meetings over the next two weeks to achieve that goal, County Commissioner Joseph Hoeffel said this morning. Hoeffel indicated that a county tax increase was likely to figure prominently in the discussions after commissioners received more than 4,000 public comments objecting to massive program cuts in the preliminary budget announced Nov. 30. "We had 300 people in a public meeting who stood up and asked us to raise their taxes," Hoeffel said, referring to last week's public hearing on the budget. Matthews Expected to Participate Public meetings will be held in the 8th floor boardroom at One …

brian shannon

1:28 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The mess that the legacy "administrations" have left requires swift action to REDUCE spending not raise taxes. The "MEETING" was packed with county employees and special interests. Bite the bullet like all other TAXPAYERS and just fix the problem. PS the Elmwood ZOO is no asset to the county trust me!   more ›

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