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Dade City adopts tentative 2025-26 budget, sets millage at 6.6208 and approves several assessments
Summary
The Dade City Commission approved a tentative operating millage of 6.6208 (the rollback rate) and a tentative budget of $62,969,607 on Sept. 8, 2025. The commission also approved stormwater and multiple special-assessment rates and scheduled a second budget hearing for Sept. 23.
Dade City commissioners voted unanimously Monday to adopt a tentative operating millage rate of 6.6208 mills and a tentative fiscal year 2025-26 budget totaling $62,969,607, and to approve several utility and street-lighting assessments.
The millage resolution (Resolution 2025-25) and the tentative budget (Resolution 2025-26) were adopted during the commission’s first public hearing on the budget; the second public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m.
Why it matters: The 6.6208 mills equals the city’s rollback rate (a 0% increase) and reflects the city’s calculation that 1 mill on current certified taxable value would yield about $812,425. The tentative budget and the millage set the spending and revenue baseline for the coming fiscal year and will be finalized after the second public hearing.
Key facts and votes - Certified taxable value (Pasco County property…
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