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Court-ordered reassessment and deadline loom amid public support and county debate
Summary
At the Oct. 15 hearing in Dunmore, residents and commissioners debated the countywide property reassessment, with officials citing a court order requiring completion by Jan. 1, 2026, and warning that pausing the process would disrupt municipal budgets and invite litigation.
A court-ordered countywide reassessment and its Jan. 1, 2026 completion deadline drew sharp attention at the Lackawanna County budget hearing in Dunmore on Oct. 15, 2025.
"We do not want to pause. No," Commissioner Bill Gahan said, citing a court order he attributed to Judge Tom Mummley and warning that delaying reassessment would "screw up every budget in Lackawanna County" and risk renewed litigation by plaintiffs who sued over the county—s long…
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