RESIDENTS COMMITTEE ON TAX AND SERVICE DUPLICATION ISSUES (TASDI)

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On October 11, 2004, the Takoma Park City Council established the 21-member Residents' Committee on Tax and Service Duplication Issues. Bruce Moyer and Dan Robinson are Co-chairs of the Committee. City Manager Barbara Matthews and Community and Government Liaison Suzanne Ludlow serve as staff.

This web page includes reference documents provided to the Committee as well as information on the Committee meetings. In addition, a good deal of the Committee's discussion and information sharing is done via a list serve that is open to the public.

A. Final Report April 25, 2005 (entire report - 535 kb)

Or Download by Section:

• Cover
• Title Page and Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Key Findings and Recommendations
• Chapter One: Introduction and Background
• Chapter Two: Revenues and Rebates
• Chapter Three: Analysis of City Services
  • Police
  • Public Works
  • Recreation and Parks
  • Housing and Community Development
  • Library
• Chapter Four: Arriving at More Accurate Rebate Calculations
• Chapter Five: Outreach and Education
• Appendix A: County & City Revenues
• Appendix B: Montgomery County Tax Duplication Payments to Takoma Park
• Appendix C: FY05 Montgomery County Tax Duplication Payments to Municipalities
• Appendix D: Overview of Governmental Responsibility for Parks, Recreation, Public Works and Planning in Takoma Park
• Appendix E: Incidence of Property Taxes and Fees of Takoma Park Residents Compared to Residents in Other Jurisdictions
• Appendix F: The Benefits of Regional Tax-Base Sharing
• Appendix G: Workgroups of Residents' Committee on Tax and Service Duplication Issues
• Inside and outside back cover
  
• Press Release
• Committee Presentation of April 25, 2005 to City Council - Download (PowerPoint)

B. List serve

• Discussion List
• Announcement List

Subscriptions can also be requested by e-mail by sending a message to:

• TASDI-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
• TASDIann-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

C. Resolution 2004-50 establishing the Committee

D. Committee members

• Excel
• Bios of Committee members

E. Reference documents on tax duplication

F. Committee work group structure

• Service Analysis Groups

G. Meeting Notes

• Meeting One (November 10, 2004)
• Meeting Two (November 17, 2004)
• Meeting Three (December 1, 2004)
• Meeting Four (December 8, 2004)
• Meeting Five (January 12, 2005)
• Meeting Six (January 26, 2005)
• Meeting Seven (February 9, 2005)
• Meeting Eight (February 16, 2005)
• Meeting Nine (March 2, 2005)
• Meeting Ten (March 6, 2005)
• Meeting Eleven (March 30, 2005)

The November 17 meeting included informative presentations by Jim Peck, Director of Research of the Maryland Municipal League, and Sunil Pandya, Budget Manager of the Montgomery County Office of Management and Budget.

A videotape of the presentation is available to be borrowed from the Takoma Park, Maryland Library.

For more information, contact Suzanne Ludlow, Takoma Park Community and Government Liaison, at SuzanneL@takomagov.org or 301-891-7229.

Background Information

On October 11, 2004, the City Council voted to establish the Residents' Committee on Tax and Service Duplication Issues. The Committee is charged with becoming knowledgeable of the legal requirements and constraints of municipal tax duplication in the State of Maryland and in Montgomery County and recommending how the City can communicate this information to the public. The Committee will also recommend actions the City could take to obtain a fairer tax duplication payment from Montgomery County and to decrease the level of tax duplication paid by City property owners.

Resolution No. 2004-50 constituted the Committee for a period of six months, which could be extended at the discretion of the City Council. The Committee will provide the City Council with a final report at the conclusion of this six-month period.

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