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Frederick County adopts FY2025–26 budget, sets real-estate rate at $0.48 per $100
Summary
After hours of debate and a failed last-minute amendment to cut new positions, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved the $256–$282 million FY2025–26 budget and set the advertised real-estate tax rate at 48 cents per $100 of assessed value.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted April 9 to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 budget, approve appropriations and set the 2025 real-estate tax rate at $0.48 per $100 of assessed value.
The resolution approved at the meeting incorporates an advertised reduction in the real-estate rate from 51 cents to 48 cents per $100 and accepts about $3.2 million in additional state revenue earmarked for the schools that was added after the published advertisement of the draft budget.
Why it matters: Board members spent months in work sessions on the budget and staff warned the board that the county is running recurring operational deficits and relying on capital fund transfers to close gaps. Supervisor Blaine Dunn argued the budget continues a pattern of using capital funds for…
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