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Pasco County adopts tentative FY2026 budget, sets aggregate millage at 9.8683 mills

5923668 · September 4, 2025
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Summary

The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners held the first public hearing on the tentative fiscal year 2026 budget and adopted tentative millage rates and the budget by resolution, setting an aggregate millage of 9.8683 mills and a tentative budget of $2.2339 billion (net of interfund transfers).

The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners adopted tentative millage rates and a tentative fiscal year 2026 budget at its first public hearing, setting an aggregate millage of 9.8683 mills and a tentative budget of $2,233,927,313 net of interfund transfers.

County staff told the board the aggregate millage as advertised on TRIM notices was 9.8683, a 1.37% increase above the aggregate rollback rate of 9.735 mills, and asked the board to adopt the tentative rates and budget by resolution. "The millage rates adopted tonight are the maximum allowed by Florida law without mailing each property owner an additional notice," the presenter said, noting the board could reduce rates at the final hearing on Sept. 16 but not increase them.

Why it matters: the tentative millage and budget set the maximum tax rates the county may levy before the final public hearing, and…

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