Charles County Commissioners Propose Increase in Environmental Impact Fee
As reported to me by the Southern Maryland Association of Realtors, the Charles County Commissioners, during a recent budget meeting have preposed to increase the environmental impact fee, which will show up in your property tax bill.
What is an environmental service fee? Its a fee for the County's recycling and stormwater management maintenance programs and is included on the homeowners' property tax bill. It is shown on the bill with the designation ESF. The fee is currently $62.00 per year.
After many questions of staff and a great deal of healthy discussion at the Commissioners' FY08 budget worksession held on Tuesday, the Commissioners agreed to take forward to the public hearing on the FY08 Budget a proposed increase of this fee to $65.00 per year.
Homeowners can find their property tax bills on-line by visiting the Charles County website at:
http://www.charlescounty.org/treas/taxes/index.html#realproperty
Click on property tax inquiry, and follow the instructions given to search for the tax bill. A detailed breakdown of a property tax bill in a given year may be found by clicking on the year.
