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Orange City council adopts 2025 millage rate of 7.2387 at first reading
Summary
At a budget hearing this week, the Orange City Council adopted a 2025 millage rate of 7.2387 at first reading; the rate funds the 2025 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and a second and final reading is scheduled for Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m.
At Wednesday night’s budget hearing, the Orange City Council adopted a 2025 millage rate of 7.2387 at first reading, city public information officer Anna McAllister said. The rate will apply to the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2025.
The millage rate, McAllister said, determines how the city calculates property taxes: “1 mill equals $1 of tax for every $1,000 of a property's taxable value.” Using that formula, she provided an example: a home with a taxable value of $200,000 would pay $1,447.74 in city property taxes for the 2025 tax year under the adopted rate.
The revenue from the millage supports city services and events, McAllister said, and she provided a breakdown of how each tax dollar is distributed: 38 cents goes to the city of Orange City, 29 cents goes to Volusia County, 27 cents goes to the Volusia County School Board, and 6 cents goes to other entities such as the West Volusia Hospital Authority.
The council’s first-reading adoption is not the final step. McAllister said the second and final reading of the 2025 budget and millage rate will take place at the upcoming budget hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. — when the council will make a final decision on the millage rate and the budget that will fund services for the 2025 fiscal year.
