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Havre de Grace holds public hearing on fiscal 2026 tax-rate ordinance
Summary
The Havre de Grace mayor and city council opened and closed a public hearing May 12 on Ordinance 1188, which would set the city tax rate for fiscal year July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026; no members of the public spoke and counsel offered no comments.
Havre de Grace, Md. — The Havre de Grace mayor and city council on May 12 opened and then closed a public hearing on Ordinance 1188, an ordinance to fix the city tax rate for fiscal year July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, including a special tax for the critical-area special taxing district and a service charge for the semiannual property tax payment option.
The hearing matters because the ordinance would determine the rate applied to assessed real and personal property in the city for the 2025–26 fiscal year and implements a special critical-area levy and payment-service charge that affect property owners who pay semiannual.
Council members present for the roll call were Council Member Ringstalker, Council Member Robertson and Council Member Broker. No members of the public spoke on Ordinance 1188, and the city’s counsel offered no comments during the hearing. The council closed the hearing at 6:04 p.m.
The ordinance text presented on the record references authority in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Tax-Property Article (Title 6) and the Annotated Code of Maryland, Local Government Article. The transcript did not record proposed rate numbers or other fiscal details; those specifics are not specified in the hearing record provided.
The hearing record contains no formal vote on the ordinance itself; it documents only the opening and closing of the public hearing with no public testimony.
