Credit to: Susan Canfora, Coastal Point
Ocean View Town Council members said at their budget workshop on Tuesday this week that they were pleased taxes won’t increase this year, but Town Manager Carol Houck warned that there will likely be a hike next year. “I anticipate a 1-cent increase” through the 2029 fiscal year, “and I don’t foresee our ability to not increase the tax rate” in the 2026 fiscal year, Houck said at the Feb. 27 workshop on the Town’s 2025-fiscal-year budget.
“We have maintained the tax rate for the third year in a row, and getting to the current rate included a 3-cent reduction three years ago. We’re proud of that and all we have been able to accomplish,” she said.
The current property tax rate for the Town is $.2378 per $100
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