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Residents urge Somersworth council to limit 2025 tax increase as reassessment raises bills
Summary
Multiple residents told council the recent citywide property reassessment sharply raised household bills, and urged a 0% tax-rate increase; councilors outlined the budget process and scheduled workshops and hearings ahead of final votes.
Residents filled the Somersworth council chamber on March 17 to press the council over the city budget and the impact of the recent property reassessment, urging limits on any tax-rate increase and asking the council to explore hiring freezes, delayed capital projects and other reductions.
Why it matters: The council must adopt a fiscal-year 2026 budget that reconciles the city manager’s proposed spending, school department bottom-line authority, and taxpayer capacity as many homeowners — including residents of manufactured-home parks — reported large assessment increases.
Several speakers said reassessment results have produced acute hardship. Jeff Bass of Ward 1 urged the council to weigh the “financial impact that the recent citywide reevaluation…
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