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New Castle County councilors spar over auditor review of 2025 reassessment
Summary
Council members debated a resolution asking the county auditor to review the 2025 mass property reassessment, with sponsors citing constituent concerns and critics warning the measure politicizes an independent office and may not deliver the parcel-level relief residents expect.
Council members at the New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee meeting on Aug. 26 debated a resolution asking the county auditor to review the methodology used in the 2025 mass property reassessment.
The measure, introduced by Councilman Tackett, "came out of a lot of conversations with the community" and was drafted with input from the county auditor, Tackett said, as councilors sought clarity about how external contractors set fair market values and whether uniform standards were applied.
Supporters framed the resolution as a targeted review of methodology, not a…
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