Whoops..... I don't think annexation by a town takes it off the county tax
rolls. From what I recall digging through the land records, a town resident
is still taxed on land + buildings at the same rate as county residents, but
in addition has a town tax on top of it. I know that does not sound
equitable, but at least the town resident gets to elect a County Supervisor
and a Town Coucilperson -- i.e. Taxation WITH representation :))
Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Hershman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Forms of VA local government
> When an Independent City reverts back to the status of an incorporated
town
> it gives up the responsibility for maintaining a public school system and
a
> court system, which devolves to the county. So if a city that crossed into
> two counties reverted to incorporated town, it would mean that the
residents
> of those areas would be served by the schools and courts of the respective
> counties. It could get a bit sticky and I suspect that an urban area with
> population of Richmond would not follow that path. The town usually
maintains
> some law enforcement, street care, water and sewer service, building
codes,
> etc., while letting the county provide such things as schools, courts and
> jails, and libraries. The downside is that residents get two tax bills,
for
> more services of course, that depending on how elaborate the town services
> get can become quite burdensome. The upside is that towns can much more
> readily annex adjunct suburban areas, with their valuable tax base, than
can
> independent cities since such annexation takes that area completely off
the
> county's tax rolls.
>
> Jim Hershman
>
> T Greg Evans wrote:
>
> > The City of South Boston was the first to revert several years ago, and
> > in 2001 the City of Clifton Forge reverted. I know Charlottesville
> > extorts a lot of money from Albemarle by threatening reversion. All of
> > these are clearly "part" of a specific county. What happens if a city
> > like Richmond which has territory taken from two counties reverts?
> >
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