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Adams County commissioners tell callers rising home valuations, not local rate increases, are driving higher property bills
Summary
At a county telephone town hall, residents raised rising property taxes and affordability concerns. Commissioners said the county has not raised its tax rate, pointed callers to senior exemptions administered by the assessor, and said they will advocate to state lawmakers for additional relief.
About 14,500 residents joined an Adams County telephone town hall where a wave of callers asked about rising property-tax bills and housing affordability.
Commissioner Steve O'Dorisio told a caller that the county has not raised its tax rate and that higher property bills are driven primarily by rising home values. “The problem is that for families is that the values keep going up,” O'Dorisio said. He added that insurance costs and other factors are also increasing household expenses.
Commissioner Julie Duran Mullica, a recently…
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