OSSIPEE — State Rep. Ed Comeau and the towns of Tamworth and Ossipee are growing impatient with Carroll County’s inability to produce a timely audit and fear that the county’s financial woes may portend financial calamity or possibly a delay in the towns’ ability to issue fall tax bills accurately.
Meanwhile, the county says the audit isn’t necessary to set the tax rate and the county’s finance director says she’s struggling to keep up with the work load.
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