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Residents press board over reassessment as county prepares to advertise FY25 budget
Summary
Southampton County residents criticized a new countywide reassessment and a proposed FY25 budget that staff said would be advertised with a preliminary 79¢ real‑estate rate; the board scheduled a budget work session and will hold public hearings in May.
At the April 23 Board of Supervisors meeting in Courtland, a stream of residents raised objections to a recent countywide property reassessment and a proposed FY25 budget that staff said could be advertised with a preliminary real‑estate rate of $0.79 per $100 of assessed value.
“I told them one time … you can get anything you want done in prison. So out here in the public, you can get most anything done you want,” said Hunter Darden, who delivered photos and urged supervisors to inspect local schools before approving additional school funding. Several other residents, including Jamie Lee — who said he…
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