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Commissioners hold homestead tax-cap at 3% for now; energy tax change kept under review
Summary
Commissioners gave staff direction to keep the homestead assessment cap at 3% for the FY26 budget cycle and discussed separately whether to reduce the local energy tax to zero, but deferred a final decision until budget adoption.
St. Mary's County commissioners on March 4 declined to lower the county’s homestead property tax assessment cap from 3% for the upcoming budget, directing staff to leave the cap unchanged in the recommended budget.
CFO Vanetta Van Cleef presented refined analyses of smaller percentage changes and said staff had included multiple scenarios (2.0%, 2.5%, 2.75%) for commissioner…
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