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Monday, April 20, 2015

Advertised county tax hike jumps to 15.7 cents for ‘16

Last week as the County Commissioners decided to put off the amount they were considering raising taxes to meet an expected $22 million shortfall, the magic numbers were 6.7 cents per $100 and 14.4 cents per $100 of assessed value. This week, as they finalized the advertisement, those numbers increased.

The county is required by law to advertise any proposed increase to the tax rate above the constant yield rate, or what the government is able to collect year over year to bring in the same amount of revenue. This year, the constant yield rate had been determined to be 77.55 cents per $100 of assessed value, an increase from last year’s rate of 77 cents even.

To fund absolutely everything at the requested levels, the county now reports and will advertise a jump of 15.7 cents. Several high-ranking officials within the county have said this large of an increase is unlikely.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am glad the WorCoComms are asking for taxpayer input. After being overwhelmed every year by the BdofEd and their unions' smackdowns, the taxpayers must engage in this process!

lmclain said...

The taxpayers are often given an "opportunity" by the Masters to give input.
Remember the Bridge toll "citizen input sessions"? How about the gun control measures in Maryland?
The politicians can barely control their laughter as they watch "we, the people" act like what they say will make the slightest difference. Those citizens....they are SO earnest!!
Want to start fixing the problem?
Bring about 20 feet of rope to the next "citizen input" meeting.
Just dangle it as you are giving your "input".

Anonymous said...

I understand your cynical outlook. However, Messrs. Bunting and Bertino are not of that political ilk as they aspire to be representatives and not rulers. Don't let the politicians win!

Anonymous said...

What is the point of this article it ssys there is no chance of it going that high very misleading article.

Anonymous said...

LOL raise their piggyback like the rest of the county's did! or just cut some of those exorbitant salary's down there!

Anonymous said...

So all of you who thought living in Worcester Co was so great can now officially shut up.