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Frederick County delays final tax-rate decision after reassessment figures, schedules follow-up budget work sessions
Summary
After staff presented reassessment totals and revenue projections, Frederick County supervisors agreed to delay setting a final tax rate, schedule budget work sessions and a public hearing, and continue reviewing spending requests before advertising a final rate.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 22 delayed finalizing an advertised real‑property tax rate after staff presented preliminary results from the county’s biennial reassessment and highlighted uncertainties in other revenue streams.
The meeting, intended to determine what the public notice about the county’s reassessment would say about potential tax impacts, ended with the board directing staff to return with more budget detail before the board files the official advertisement and holds a public hearing. The advertised rate establishes the maximum rate the board may adopt later; the board may lower the rate when it adopts the budget but cannot increase it beyond the advertised amount.
The reassessment presented to the board shows an estimated total real‑estate assessment (the "book") of about $18,600,000,000 and an anticipated revenue figure of $95,254,103 for fiscal year 2026 if the rate is left unchanged. Derek (Staff member representing the Commissioner of the Revenue) told supervisors the personal property book used for projecting motor‑vehicle and business‑equipment taxes currently sits around $2,100,000,000 and that the office continues to await…
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