Tax Rebates Increase for Glade Valley

Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner’s first proposed budget, which will be for fiscal year 2016, includes substantial increases in tax rebates for Glade Valley’s municipalities. In fact, Glade Valley’s town’s would receive the second and fourth highest increases. These tax rebates provide funds to the towns, because those towns provide services that the county provides outside of their boundaries. For instance, Walkersville and Woodsboro maintain their own streets. Walkersville also provides law enforcement through a contract with Maryland State Police. So, residents within the towns pay the county for these…

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