Caroline County has eliminated 10 jobs and reduced salaries across the board in an attempt to bring its budget down to a manageable level. The reductions will save the county $548,532.

County Administrator Percy Ashcraft said that residents should not feel a big impact from the changes. "The personnel decisions have been made to attempt to have the least impact on the delivery of services to our citizens," he said. "We have an obligation to have a high standard of serving the public at large. We must continue to do that despite having fewer people in place."

Homeowners benefit from carefully balanced budgets that avoid raising property taxes, as long as public services are adequately funded.

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