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Red Bank commissioners flag certified tax-rate error, call for tighter cross-checks
Summary
Commissioners discussed an incorrect certified tax rate and said the city, county assessor and state board of equalization will increase checks; no formal action taken.
Commissioner Fairbanks Sarcie said the city must respond after auditors identified an incorrect certified tax rate, and she and other commissioners urged more internal review to prevent similar errors.
The error was disclosed after auditors Johnson, Wright and Murphy reviewed the city's budget and the certified tax rate. "I should have been more vocal and questioned the 0.8968 certified tax rate after the submitted increased budget," Commissioner Fairbanks Sarcie said.…
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