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Consultants tell Takoma Park council tax rate pressure tied to narrow revenue base; offer options including solid-waste fees and asset leasing
Summary
Raptellus consultants told the council the city's property tax rate (55.22) is the highest in Montgomery County because the tax burden falls on single-family homeowners; they presented revenue options (annexation, solid-waste fees, asset leasing) and forecast scenarios showing reserves could be drawn down absent changes.
Raptellus consultants presented a two-part financial sustainability briefing to the Takoma Park City Council, outlining why the city's property tax rate — 55.22 cents per $100 of assessed value — sits at the top of Montgomery County and what policy options could relieve pressure on single-family homeowners.
"The city has a unique distribution of assessed parcels whereby the largest burden for property tax revenue falls on single family homeowners," the consultants said, noting detached and attached single-family homes comprise about 50% of units but contribute roughly 77% of real property tax revenue. They added that Takoma…
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