Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 - To Be Distributed
Approved minutesApproved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
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- Sep 3, 2024Board
P59AdoptedPublished agenda - Sep 19, 2023Board
P84AdoptedPublished agenda Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the final budget for Fiscal Year 2024 with Commissioner Bradford absent from the vote.
- Sep 5, 2023Board
P54AdoptedPublished agenda Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2024 with Commissioner Weightman voting nay.
P120AdoptedPublished agenda Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
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Approved the Resolution adopting the final budget for Pasco County for Fiscal Year 2023.
- Sep 6, 2022Board
P76AdoptedPublished agenda Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
- Sep 28, 2021Board
P85AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the final Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 with Commissioner Starkey absent from the vote.
- Sep 15, 2021Board
P113AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2022.
- Sep 21, 2020Board
P10AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the final Budget for Fiscal Year 2021.
- Sep 8, 2020Board
P11AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 by roll call vote.
- Sep 18, 2019Board
P12AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2020 (TO BE DISTRIBUTED)
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Approved the Resolution to adopt the final Budget for Fiscal Year 2020.
- Sep 3, 2019Board
P14AdoptedPublished agenda Agenda for Adoption of Tentative Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2020
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Approved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2020.
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- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Bob Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the board, the aggregate millage rate was advertised on the trim notices was 9.3490 MLs, which represents a 7.52% increase from the aggregate rolled back rate of 8.6955 ML. The reason the aggregate millage rate is higher is because the total taxable value increased between last year and this year, generating additional revenue levied for the same millage. Table one in your handout shows the millage rates for the various county levies and a comparison of the recommended millage rates to the rolled back rates and the prior year adopted millage rates. Rather than read this chart into the record, we have provided copies to each commissioner, board records, and members of the audience. At the first public hearing on the budget, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a budget based upon the millage rates used in the trim notice each property owner received. At this time, I'd like to give a brief summary of the general fund and transportation trust fund budget, starting stating the millage rates. The percentage change from the rolled back rate and the reason for such change. The
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Kathryn Starkey All in favor? Aye. Aye. Is there a motion to adopt a millage rate of 0.0557 MLs for the 2020 A fire rescue bond? Move approval. All in favor? Aye. Is there a motion to adopt a millage rate of 0.0126 MILLs for the 2019 C Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Bond?
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Kathryn Starkey Okay. That's not healthy to sit so long. Uh in accordance with Florida statute twenty zero zero point zero six five, the first issue to be discussed is the recommended millage rates and the percentage changes from the rolled back rates.
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Bob millage rate for the general fund is 7.6076 MLs, which represents a 10.21% increase from the rolled back rate of 6.9026 MLs. The millage rate is the same as last year's millage rate. This morning the County Commission received a presentation outlining the amendments to the final budget. These changes will have no effect on the final millage rate. The county realized a 16.7% increase in taxable assessed values over the past year. Compared to the current fiscal year, the general fund expenditure budget represents an increase of $66.8 million. The main factors for this increase include funding the sheriff's full budget request, including 10 additional deputies, fully funding rescue units for fire stations, for fire rescue stations three and nine. Additional rescue units for fire rescue stations 23 and 26, additional peak hour rescue units, and a wage increase for board and constitutional officer employees. Prior action by the Florida Legislature eliminated the requirement for a mandatory transportation ad valorem
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Bob Very good. I will now provide a summary of the eight voter-approved debt service millage rates. These millage rates are levied to repay the debt service for the general obligation bonds. To include two tranches each for the jail project, the fire rescue projects, the parks and recreation projects, and the libraries projects. The eight individual millage rates are listed on Table One in your handout. Rather than read this chart into the record, we have provided copies to each Commissioner, Board Records, and members of the audience. The total of the eight voter approved debt service millage rates is zero point two eight zero seven mills. This is an increase of zero point zero seven zero nine mills. Over the twenty twenty-two actual millage rates of zero point two zero nine eight mills. An additional tranche of the general obligation bonds was completed this year for the parks and recreation budget. and will be levied for the first time during this budget cycle. I would ask the board to accept public comment and then vote on each debt service millage rate. There is no vote requirement for these milletrates, so a simple majority or three votes is all that's needed.
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Bob tax. No transportation millage was levied last year, and we propose no millage be assessed this year for the transportation trust. I would ask that the board accept public comment and then vote on the general fund and transportation trust millage rates and associated budgets. The minimum vote required to levy the general fund millage rate is a simple majority or three votes according to the minimum I'm sorry according to the maximum millage rate calculation.
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Several speakers Kathryn Starkey: All right. Is there a motion to adopt the millage rate for the general fund of 7.6076?
- P120Adoption of Final Millage Rates and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
Kathryn Starkey Does anyone wish to speak to the board regarding any of the eight bond millage rates? Is there a motion to adopt a millage rate of zero point zero three three six mills for the two zero? Twenty nineteen A jail facility bond. Move, approval. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Is there a motion to adopt a millage rate of zero point one one nine four mills? for the twenty twenty one B jail facility bond. No problem. Second. All in favor? Aye. Is there a motion to adopt a millage rate of 0.0268 MLs for the 2019 B fire rescue bond?
- P40An Ordinance Amending The Parks, Recreation, And Natural Resources Municipal Service Taxing Unit; Providing For Boundaries; Providing For Levy Of An Ad-Valorem Tax; Providing For The Amended Municipal Services To Be Funded; Providing For Severability; Providing For Inclusion In The County Code Of Ordinances; Providing For Limitations On Actions; And Providing An Effective Date.
Several speakers off of how just that fund would grow assuming we didn't change the millage rate that we adopted and then just some growth projections on taxable assessed value. And so it's important to remember that currently the only thing that's being funded for parks is that middle row. scenario for operations, that capital maintenance piece would be an increase in that level of funding. So if we were to keep a net neutral methodology for our taxpayers moving forward, we would have to find if the board desired to commit eight million dollars, we would have to find somewhere else to offset that money.
- P40An Ordinance Amending The Parks, Recreation, And Natural Resources Municipal Service Taxing Unit; Providing For Boundaries; Providing For Levy Of An Ad-Valorem Tax; Providing For The Amended Municipal Services To Be Funded; Providing For Severability; Providing For Inclusion In The County Code Of Ordinances; Providing For Limitations On Actions; And Providing An Effective Date.
Several speakers So if the cities were to say, yes, we want to be taxed as part of this MSTU, this is um how that the numbers would shake out, assuming current year taxable assessed value. The next slide shows you if the cities did not raise their hand and say yes we want to be taxed as well, what would that look like to generate the same amount of revenue? What would that look like? The last time we met Um Commissioner Mariano, you did ask us to come back with a fee schedule until we've got so there's two m main things that Made it kind of challenging for us to be able to bring that back now in May. The first thing is we don't really know what those taxable assessed values are going to shake out to be next month. And then the second main contributing factor is what level of funding does the board want to put towards this MSTU? Meaning what is that millage rate? Because those two numbers would tell us how much the cities would have contributed, and then how much would we try to make up and absorb? orb through some kind of fee schedule
- P40An Ordinance Amending The Parks, Recreation, And Natural Resources Municipal Service Taxing Unit; Providing For Boundaries; Providing For Levy Of An Ad-Valorem Tax; Providing For The Amended Municipal Services To Be Funded; Providing For Severability; Providing For Inclusion In The County Code Of Ordinances; Providing For Limitations On Actions; And Providing An Effective Date.
Jack Mariano Yeah, one of the things I was concerned about with the cities and and the contributions of what happens if that we're gonna do all the contribution for ninety-one percent of the population covering all the fields. I don't think it's right. I think they should contribute. But one comforting thing I got from let's say the Port Ritchie and uh New Port Richey, their C RAs if we reduce the millage down and we're using uh this MSTU instead They're not getting revenue they would have got. That they're gonna go dump into the C R A and it comes into this. So that was a I was trying to think of that Mike as we were talking the other day. I couldn't remember what that argument was, it just came to me a little while ago. But that's the ar that's the one piece where I got even if the cities don't contribute in Um It's gonna still help us in a way where not as much is gonna go to the C R A.
- P40An Ordinance Amending The Parks, Recreation, And Natural Resources Municipal Service Taxing Unit; Providing For Boundaries; Providing For Levy Of An Ad-Valorem Tax; Providing For The Amended Municipal Services To Be Funded; Providing For Severability; Providing For Inclusion In The County Code Of Ordinances; Providing For Limitations On Actions; And Providing An Effective Date.
Several speakers Alright, well so um next steps in our timeline. So At our upcoming budget workshop, that's when we'll start to talk about millage rate um and get some kind of idea of where you all sit where that's concerned, we will have preliminary taxable assessed values and then we can roll um We can roll this MSTU through the regular trim process, but today it's approval of the updated ordinance that Keith has presented.