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Assessor reports town ratio dropping toward revaluation threshold; collector posts 99.5% collection rate
Summary
Tax Assessor Lorraine Jones said West Windsor's assessment ratio has fallen to about 65.8 percent amid rising market values, increasing the likelihood of a future revaluation; Tax Collector Kelly Montesinos reported a 99.5 percent collections rate for 2024 and rollout plans for online sewer billing.
Lorraine Jones, West Windsor's tax assessor, told the council the township's equalization ratio has fallen sharply as market values rose and assessments lag. Jones said West Windsor's ratio for 2025 is about 65.83 percent; by comparison, in 2022 the ratio was near 86 percent. She explained ratios only change with a revaluation and said a county-directed revaluation could be ordered if the ratio falls sufficiently far out of alignment with market value. Jones said a revaluation's cost…
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