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Miami Lakes council, residents spar over draft budget, franchise fee and tentative millage cap
Summary
At a Sept. budget workshop, council members and residents debated a proposed tentative millage and an FPL franchise-fee change; staff presented updates that cut the proposed millage after council direction, and officials flagged several policy and timing constraints for final decisions.
Council Member Sanchez called the Sept. workshop to discuss the town's draft budget and public concerns about a proposed tentative millage and other revenue changes. Town Manager said the presentation incorporates council direction from the prior meeting and several technical changes.
The town manager told the dais that staff had incorporated three main council directions: assuming a change in the Florida Power & Light franchise fee from 3% to 6; suspending a local FPL franchise ordinance that directs amounts above $1,275,000 to infrastructure so those funds can be used in the general fund for one year; and maintaining committee budgets flat for the coming fiscal year. "That generates in this coming fiscal year ... $1,125,000 for this next fiscal year," the manager said of the franchise-fee change; he added that those two…
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