Fitzwater proposes 4.7% property tax rate increase for FY25 to fund school construction

Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater said Monday that her proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 will include a 4.7% increase in the county’s property tax rate, a change intended to help fund school construction projects. The proposed tax-rate increase from $1.06 per $100 of assessed value in fiscal year 2024 to $1.11 per $100 of assessed value in fiscal year 2025 would mark the first change in the county’s property tax rate since the charter model of government took effect in 2014.