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Arlington delays budget adoption after assessor/comptroller discrepancy; board asks staff for work session and ambulance fee analysis
Summary
Arlington’s board removed the proposed fiscal 2025‑26 budget from the May 5 agenda after staff reported unresolved valuation discrepancies between the assessor and the state comptroller that would materially alter the tax rate.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on May 5 decided to remove the proposed fiscal year 2025‑26 budget from the agenda after town staff reported unresolved valuation differences between the Shelby County assessor’s office and the state comptroller.
Mrs. Owens, the town’s finance director, told the board staff had been working with both the assessor and the comptroller and recommended pulling the budget because of material valuation discrepancies. “It’s about a $5,000,000 for personal property difference, and about a $6,000,000 for real property,” Owens said, and added that those differences would “change your tax rate completely.” She recommended the board move the first reading to a June 2 work…
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