...The property tax increase, which had to be approved by all nine council
members because it surpassed the county’s inflation-based charter limit,
will mean an increase of $326 in property taxes next fiscal year for
the average county homeowner. The average home value in the county is
$464,441...
...The operating budget will fund Montgomery County Public Schools
(MCPS) at almost $90 million above the minimum per-pupil spending amount
required by the state, an amount that will require at least as much
per-pupil education funding in future budgets.
Floreen proposed the recordation tax increase, which the council unanimously approved with a straw vote Wednesday,
to net the county about $200 million over the next few years. Most of
the money will go toward the school system’s record $1.73 billion
portion of the county’s $4.6 billion capital improvements program...
...Many in the real estate industry opposed the increase, but Floreen
pointed to the fact the money will be used to stave off one-year delays
to addition projects at Whitman and Wootton high schools...
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/Web-2016/County-Council-Approves-87-Percent-Property-Tax-Increase/
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
2015-Del. Korman Got Letter of Advice Re: Only 5 Votes Needed to Raise Property Taxes if for MCPS #CharterLimit
In September of 2015, Delegate Marc Korman received a Letter of Advice from a Maryland Assistant Attorney General. Apparently, Delegate Korman immediately turned the letter over to the Montgomery County Council. Delegate Korman has notified us that the Montgomery County Council received the letter before he did "because the AG's off asks their opinion on this stuff."
The letter discusses whether or not the Council can set a property tax rate that exceeds the Charter limit with less than 9 votes.
The Assistant Attorney General who wrote the Letter of Advice concludes that the Montgomery County Council can raise property taxes above the Charter limit with just a simple majority (5) of the Council if the purpose of the taxes over the Charter limit is for education funding.
The Letter of Advice was released by the Council on April 8, 2016, seven months after it was received and after the conclusion of public comment on the County's Operating Budget last week.
Delegate Korman does not appear to have ever made the letter public.
Here it is:
The letter discusses whether or not the Council can set a property tax rate that exceeds the Charter limit with less than 9 votes.
The Assistant Attorney General who wrote the Letter of Advice concludes that the Montgomery County Council can raise property taxes above the Charter limit with just a simple majority (5) of the Council if the purpose of the taxes over the Charter limit is for education funding.
The Letter of Advice was released by the Council on April 8, 2016, seven months after it was received and after the conclusion of public comment on the County's Operating Budget last week.
Delegate Korman does not appear to have ever made the letter public.
Here it is:
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