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Brevard commissioners back water-control district request to remove user-fee caps in local bill

5793002 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

The Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution supporting the Melbourne Tillman Water Control District's request that the legislature amend local law to remove caps on district user fees and allow a 10% annual budget increase with CPI adjustment; district leaders said the change is needed to maintain drainage infrastructure.

The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Sept. 16 to support a local bill requested by the Melbourne Tillman Water Control District seeking to remove statutory caps on district user fees and to permit defined annual increases.

Commissioner Altman read a resolution into the record that asked the Florida Legislature to amend the relevant local act (quoted in the resolution as “Florida statute 2,001 dash 3 3 6, laws of Florida”) to remove…

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