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Board debate centers on fund balance use and how rate changes appear after town reassessments
Summary
Board members and a supervisor debated whether the budget presentation's focus on average tax-rate declines obscures reassessment impacts on individual homeowners; one supervisor said reassessments can raise a homeowner's tax despite a lower rate.
During the budget workshop several board members and a supervisor debated the county's fund-balance policy and how the presentation framed tax-rate changes after town reassessments.
Supervisor (Speaker 5) said she supports the budget overall but cautioned that the 'tax rate decrease page is a little not deceiving' and warned the average-rate metric can mislead residents after reassessments. She…
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